The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-18

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bad premises. No one ever gets over
having had a bad example set him.
Your conduct more than your teaching
makes impression: Your laugh, your
frOwn, your dress. your walk, your greet
ings. your goodbys, your comings. your
goings, your habits at the table, the
tones Of your voice, are making an I'M
preston which viii last a million years
after you are dead, and the sun VIII be
eXtinguishsd. and the mountains Will
eTumbIe, and the world will die, and
eternity viii roll on in perpetual cycles.
but there win be TO diminution Of the
force of your conduct upon the young
eyes that saw it or the young ears that
heard il.
Now. l would not have by this the idea
given To you that you must be in cold
reserve in the presence Of your children.
You are not emperor; YOU are companion
I with them. As far as you can you must
walk with them, skate with them. fly
| kite with them. play ball with them
show them YOU are interested in all mat
interests them. Spensippus. the nephew
ard successor Of Plato in the academy.
had pictures Of joy and giadness hung
ali around the schOOlrOOm. You mast
not give your children the impression
that when they come to you they are
PLAYFUL Tipples striking against a rock
You must have them understand that
YOU were boy once yourself. that you
know a boys hilarities. boys tempta-
tions, boys ambition-yea. that you
are a boy yet You may deceive them
and try to give them the idea that You
are some distant supernatural effulgence,
and you may shove them of by your
rigorous behavior. but the time viii come
when they VIII find out the deception,
I and they will have for you utter con-
tempt.
Aristotle said that a boy should b gin
to study at seventeen years of age Be
.an~e n frHH -rN
to recreation. / cannot adopt that the
Ory. But this suggests truth in the
right direction. Childhood is too brief.
and we have not enough sympathy with
its sportfulness. We want divine grace
to help us in the adjustment Of all these
matters
Besides that. how are your children
ever To- become Christians If YOU your
self are not a Christian? I have noticed
that. however worldly and sinful parents
may be. they want their children good
When young people nave presented them
selves for admission into our member
ship. I have said To them Are your
father and mother willing you shall
come" and they have said. "Oh, yes;
they are delighted To have us come. They
have not been in church fer ten or fifteen
wears but they will be here next Sab
bath to see me baptized 7 have no
tieed that parents, however worldly,
want their children good
The Love of Mother.
So it was demonstrated in a police
court in Canada. where mother her
little child in her arms. sat by table
on which her own handouts lay. and the
little babe took up the handouts and
played with them and had great glee
She knew not the sorrow IF the hour. And
then when the mother was sent to prison
the mother cried out: "Oh. God. let not
this babe go into the jail. Is there not
some mother here who will take this
child? / cannot have it tainted with the
1t pure. l am bad. ] am wicked. Is
! there not some one who viii take this
child2 l cannot have il tainted with the
prison Then brazen creature rushed
up and said. Yes. IN take the child. q"
No, no said the mother. mot YOU not
YOU. Is there not some good mother here
who will take this Child?" And then
when the officer of the law i'm mercy and
pity took the child To carry il away to
md home for IT. the mother kissed il
lovingly gOod-by and said. "Good-by.
my darling II is better you should never
see me again.
However worldly and sinful people are
they want their children good How
are YOU going to have them good Buy
them few good b0oks2 Teach them a
few excellent catechisms? Bring them
10 church That is all very well. but of
little final result unless YOU do il with
the grace OF God in your heart Do YOU
realize that your children are started
for eternity Are they ON the right
road Those little forms that are now
SO bright and Decentralization they have
scattered in the dust, there viii be an
immortal spirit living on i'm a mighty
theater Of action. and your faithfulness
or your neglect now is deciding that
destiny
There is contention already among
ministering spirits of salvation and fall
len angels as To who shall have the mas
terry of that immortal spirit. Your chill
dren are soon going out i'm the world
The temptations of life Will rush upon
them The most rigid resolution viii
bend in the blast Of evil. What win be
the result Ii Will require all the re-
straints of the gospel, all the strength
OF fathers prayer. all the influence
OF Christian mothers example to keep
them
You say it is too early To bring them
Too early To bring them 10 God? DO you
know how early children were taken TO
the ancient passover The rule was
Just as soon as they could take hold of
the fathers hand and walk up Mount
Moriah they should be taken 10 the pass
over. Your children are not too young
to come To God. While YOU sit here and
| think Of them perhaps their forms now
50 bright and beautiful vanish from YOU.
and their diSembOdied spirit rises and
you see it after the life of virtue or
crime Is past and the Judgment is gone
| and eternity is here.
Delicate Questions.
4 Christian minister said that i'm the
| first year Of his pastorate he tried u
! persuade a young mechanic OF the i'm
( pOrtance Of family worship Some time
/ passed. and the mechanic came to the
! pastors study and said do YOU re-
/ member that girl2 That was my own
/ child. She died this morning very sud
! denly. She has gone to God. / have no
| doubt. but if so she has told him what I
| tell YOU nOw-that child never heard a
! prayer in her fathers house, never heard
/ a prayer from her fathers lips. Oh if
4 / only had her back again one day 10
| do my duty IL viii be a tremendous
thing at the last day if some one shall
| say Of us: I never heard my father
! pray. ] never heard my mother pray"
! Again. ] remark. We want religion in
I all our home sorrows. There are 10000
/ question that come up in the best regu-
/ leted household that must be settled.
/ Perhaps the father has one favorite in
/ the family. the mother another favorite
| in the family. and there are many ques-
/ lions that need delicate treatment
! Tyranny and arbitrary decision have
no place in a household If the parents
! love God. there win be a spirit Of SELF
sacrifice. and a spirit Of forgiveness. and
"A kindness which will throw it's charms
/ over the entire household Christ will
come into that household and Will say:
| Husbands love your wives and be not