The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-20
A SERMON ON OUR BOYS.
Rev. VI. S. SChaeffeT'S Practical Dis
course TO Parents.

The Duties Of Parents to Their Chill
dren and of Children to Their Par
ents Pointed out-A Lack Of Relig-
ious Training and of Watchfulness
Sending Boys and Girls Astray
Every Day-The Godlessness of Chill
dren Painfully Apparent-What Our
Boys Need.
Rev. w. S. SchaefTer, D. D., preached an
interesting discourse at the Lutheran
church yesterday morning on the subject
of "Our Boys"
DR.. Schaeffer's sermon is one that
might have been listened to with profit
by every parent in the city. He based it
upon Solomons admonition to parents
Train up child in the way he should
go, and when he is old he will not depart
from it, =" and Paul's advice to the Ephe-
slams: "And We fathers n bring
them up in the nurture and admonition of
the Lord"
Dr. Shcaeffer began his discourse with
an expression upon the duties of parents
to their children and of children to their
parents. He said it was the duty of par
ents that they should give their children
in worldly matters. He spoke of the boys
as he saw them in the city. This age, he
said, is an age of irreverence. The
gOdlessness of children of tender years
is painfully evident. Boys of 4, and g
years Of age can be seen upon the streets,
smoking cigarettes, using profane Ian
guage, and associating with bad charac-
tiers of older years, Young men, and boys
not old enough to be called young men,
remain upon the streets at night, acquir
ing bad habits aud associating with evil
companions.
THE FAMILY TIE.
"The family tie" he said, ''is the unit
of the nation, existing for the training of
the child. The family, the civil govern
ment and the churches are the true agen-
cies of God in our civilization"
DIR. Schaeffer discussed the home and
what it should be. Its atmosphere, he
said, should be fragrant with love and
tenderness, prayerfulness and godliness.
The home, he said, is the place where the
child should receive his first spiritual
nourishment
81 have found homes in this city" said
he, with no religious paper, and without
healthful literature, and the Police
Gazette and vicious novels lay upon the
table to be read by young as well as old"
The most important lesson, be said,
which the child should be taught, is ODE
dience. He should betaught to obey be-
cause it is necessary that he must learn
to obey in order to make his way in the
world. The child should be taught to
reverence sacred things. Sacred things"
he said, "are, in this age handled with
f1ippancy. The children are taught no
reverence for age and religion. We can
not hope for good to result from such a
state of things"
THE MOTHERS INFLUENCE.
DR. Schaeffer spoke of the value of the
training given the children by the
mothers. He then discussed the duties of
fathers to their children.
There was a special divine call, he said,
to the father to train up his children in
the nurture and admonition of the Lord
to teach the truth in all it's various forms
by precept, by discipline, by restraint, by
direction and by example bespoke of the
fact that many fathers set such bad ex-
amples to their boys They show them
selves negligent of their duties to the
church and fail to avail themselves of its
privileges. They do not walk in
paths of righteousness, but neglect the
church, violate the sanctity of the Sab
bath, indulge themselves in all sorts of
worldly pleasures and designations, and
their boys follow their example.
in the day of retributiOn of Judgment
said he, many a boy will accuse his
father for having led him by example in
paths of unrighteousness, bringing both
into condemnation"
DR. Schaeffer said that the child is an
immortal soul intrusted by God to its
parents for their training. He appealed
10 parents to appreciate the privilege con-
ferred upon them and to exert their full
est power to train their children that
they might lead useful lives and obtain
everlasting happiness