The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-19
THE CITY CHURCHES.
Rry. pR. LAMKIN's SERMON Ar THE
BAPTIST oHuRcH.
itc reek HIs rsxt From JadEes, Thir.
s.sn,h Chapter and rweit,h verse.
rho scv,non Notes OF Other
Charchss in Hou-sn.


Bey. L. %, i4amklu chose for his sub
jcct yesterday morning Judges xiii.i2;
And Stanoab said Now let thy words
como 10 pass how shall We order the
child And how shall we 10 with himr"
TIE grandes, conception OF the human
MIND j. God The idea OF God. sublime
aud awful as II SIS Is the idea OF our own
spiritual nature purified and enlarged 90
sndni,y. The NOS; splendid revelation OF
Sod IS not hts omuirotcnce. omniprcs-
ence or oinniseience, but OF that endear-
Sng relation @ humanity. his Fatherhood.
God more frequently uses the relationship
( 81 Father IN revealing Himself 10 our
| race ta4h hH does 1ry osiler. He las
tribute upon all roe moods and lenses Of
ssiv ideal iatners experience Win MS
ca.ia to set forth Ills attitude toward the
sons Of man.
What glory this throws around the
( wleFd mystery Of fatherhood, How il ele-
raies the father into the nearest kinship
With Deity For Il IS only as a husband
ami father that a man reaches the eli
max Of his physical destiny This fact
alone Should a. the earliest period OF
mAnhaeds dawning consciousness. be a
inignty uphftiug aud restraining foree IN
his soul, purifying his desires.
e.
teiy upon YOUR children 40 wonder Ma
moan Asterei the prayer OF this text. Ills
heart Is allied WITH great thoughts and ne
tetls a scRsc OF great responsibility lie
Is anxious 10 nieeI 1t with all the power
81 a conseeratesi heart anu mind lie felt
tae need % heavenly wisdom, that na
SION ard its destiny no succeed Ia this
Z Is 10 40 r. greater work thuu 10 lead TO
Z suofess ana victory the grandest army
that ever made thc earth to tremble be-
Z tn It's fnlUhfg traal
l1e Responsibility OF Eatherhood-To
( be q farther Is 70 assume vast responsibih-
( Eies. ljy the very Jaw Of the organic
+ world neresity --there Is fhe transmission
(, of charDcter ana natural idioHyncrasy.
/ And AGRgn lived a hundred years aud
/ pesat 4 son Ia mas own likeness. after MS
! image 3Anis Is the earliest Recorded as
4 serllon OF tue srsz4t doctrine OF nliasion
I % CHARACTERISTIC law 81 lie. IL you enter
I the veseiable woIad the law Is plainly
Z recogniatai II Is precisely because what
Z soever q man sowcth. that shall ne also
! r,Stp. trhs sle asrlcptturiat sowa his
wheat IN confidence, knowing tnft u ne
j feaps anything from that seed IL Will be
I wleat. and not sand. II Is law OF the
IlmAi world and Is emnenty true OF
< the human lie. There Is bodily inherit
aIice, as sAat ol c0mplexion, features
7 voice. gait How often We say, THAT boy
u ihe image - mis- fasherH 1t is said
that persons visiting the portrait galleries
I he struck With the family likeness trans-
! mit.ed tnroagnont centuries, and espe-
!
p,'rt; silar 5e9ture 81 remote ancestor
1 - sort ~ alternate generation"
ihere IS intellectual Inheritance, as cer-
\ tain talents. aptltudes Tastes, which run
Z IN particular families. Vigorous theology
runs on N the line OF the Alexandefs;
I trasesiy runs on in the line Of the KEN.
hts~ liselgGure riisls on 10 the line OF thes
] line ~ The Wiiberforces; craftsmanship
/ russ on u The line u Inc Adamses me
ceientssied family q The caAini all MATTE
/ ios keen Intellect. The law OF morality
! fts5e;its itself without reference 10 Hoclai
iha fhe igaebie IN higa place and the
] hdnuritbic In ohscisfe Npia ees.
/ sphiuft g more gtlli,endpus fact: i'nere
! Is such a thing as moral Inheritance
'fllese are hereditary virtn4s or Vices. as
4 ENERGY. courage. generosity ccurstsy or
4 saaltse aYurice, lnterperance How often
( Brown q. ian.s d, ci,fs.i,. re- Il = ,.l1ir,
4 ~ She o,i block Moral hsssslttv 4 Il
( fSct. Tine soul Gas lis physiology as well
~ the toiys Hers il " believed TO large
,ssfeiis, IS ille Significance 81 the Greek
lraS cfty The drama & tlagfeal because
tia son Is made 10 suffer on uccOunt Of
I gioa said II VIII visH the Sins Of the
& fatbcr upoa the children 70 the shird and
fourth generation Who sinieds aaF
I itie dsseipics az Jesus rag about 70 heal
I pagetf,e. thAt he should be born blind..'
file question dpssbtirss sprng from 4 dis
Il
/ ~. tie characteristics law 81 all hufnas.
ion can not wonder that appeal to
tfaiAeTs Tonight for your children are sfii-
Z inS faie truth onuneiated from the pulpit
Z fni flc first time ssies went home
( rgsna with thy moral education Of Your
Z h.dffM. huf II YOU yourself are not per-
fsaupily religious YOU are slhtiy and tn
T 61iidren q tendency 70 lrreli9len That
srsaI Christian philosopher, writing 10
5 irz ~ remembrance the unfeigped faith
sbat IA 10 nee xhicn dwelt first II thy
sranamntnei5 .ois, md tly mother. Isu-
4 pice ana lam persuaded that IS IN thee
also N9t tiaat there u OF Gan be any
/ ssea9s.ttscn Of personal piety that would
b. agalnsi the very genius Of Christianity.
every one pinHt fiNc an account OF himself
10 Cod i3ttt tnere Is. accordine 10 Gods
oaQB iaw Or hefeiity. a rfopagaii0n Of the
tendency % pjsty X there is hereditary
fnept 81 q irepcifil and insg Father should
( thete NOT be 4 hAredtiafy tendency to.
nags yeA 3 tnperh the future Of your
ionApFinXY VIII you dare hang Il milf
I at1ir around The neck of your little ofire
3'htfc g a price'css beduest which each
/ one ~ you cnn make--it IS the legacy OF a
sanity ttararf ter. - hildreD SAID Mar
tip Ls.hsf q his family gathered around
bus / lease you a rich God
laa1l there y the mighty Influence OF
pttsolat tktinple onns says; ri3Natn-
more Dnch aiore fatherssr t,ilr ,.x.,s,i
4 pie must ~. hameless ar our leachlng "
,pss pispn 9uf children. The child has q
Dnf 1fff example ana precepi He will
pctise the lack Of harmony fathrr
teIat eann4 stfpped INTO q saloon 10 take
"a drink What Nili you taikef' said tho
ae1e9r Nstaer e the boy = VII fako
4 Tho fatffrlpuf down his eiaSs and rAft,aed