Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-07-29
BEAUTIFUL PICTURE,
On the Christian Parent After a Long
Life Of Duty Done.
ne Hand That Rocks the Cradle and
aotdes the Child's First Steps wields n
mighty Power for Future Good or
Evil-Dr. Talmages Sermon.

offer the yearly sacrifice"
The stories of Deborah and Abipail
are very apt to discourage woman's
soul She says within herself: at is
impossible that / ever achieve any such
grandeur of character, and / don't
mean to try as though n child should
refuse to play the eight notes because
he can not execute n civilian Tell. {"
This Hannah of the text differs from
the persons l just named. She was an
ordinary woman, with ordinary in
teiiectual capacity, placed in ordinary
circumstances, and yet, by extraordi-
nary piety, standing out before all the
ages to come, the model Christian
mother. Hannah was the wife of Ell
kanah, who was person very much
like herself-unromantic and plain
never having fought battle or been
the subject of marvellous escape.
Neither of them would have been
called n genius. Just what you and |
might be, that was Ell<anah and Han
nah The brightest time in all the his
tory of that family was the birth
OF Samuel Although no star ran
along the heavens pointing down
TO his birthplace, think the angels
OF God stopped at the coming of SO
wonderful prophet. As Samuel had
been given in answer to PRAYER, FL
~kanah and all his family, save Hannah.
started up to Shiloh to offer sacrifices
OF thanksgiving. The cradle where
the child slept was altar enough for
Hannah's greatful heart; but when the
boy was old enough she tool, him TO
Shiloh, and took three bullocl1s and an
ACnh1h
and made offering of sacrifice unto
the Lord, and there, according to n
previous vow, she left him; for there
he was to stay all the DAYS of his
life, and minister in the sanctuary.
Years rolled on, and every wear Han
nah made with her own hand n gar
ment for Samuel, and took it over to
him. The lad would have got along
well without that garment, for | sup
pose he was well clad by the ministry
of the temple; but Hanna could not be
contented unless she was all the time
doing something for her darling boy.
Moreover, his mother made him a
little coat and brought it to him from
year to year when she came up with
her husband to offer the yearly sacri-
fec
III.
day, in the first place, as an industri-
-ons mother There was no need that
she work. Elkanah, her husband. was
far from poor. He belonged to a dis
tinguished family, for the Bible tells
us that he was the son of Jeroham,
the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu.
the son of Zuph. "Who were thev?'
You say. / do not know. but thew
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Or their names would not have been
mentioned. Hannah might have
seated herself in her family. and.
with folded arms and disheveled hair,
read novels from year to year. if there
had been any to read; but when see
her making that garment and taking it
over to Samuel, / know she is indus
trious from principle as well as from
pleasure God would not have another
become drudge 1r "A slave: He would
have her employ all the helps possible
the REARING of her children But
WI h ought never to be ashamed to
do it +lAfd making n coat for Samuel
Most mothers need no counsel in this
direction. The wrinkles on their brow
the pallor on their heck, the thimble
lark on their finger, attest that they
8.
The bloom and the brighltt44+eSS and the
vivacity Of girlhood have given place
to the grander dignity and usefulness
and Industry OF motherhood. But
there a hcathenish idea pe4tino
abroad in So # the families of Amer.
leans; there are mothers who Danish
themselves from the home circle. For
three-fourths of their maternal duties
4
They are ignorant of what their chill.
uren wear, what their children eat. and
what their children read. They in.
trust to irresponsible persons these
young immortals and allow them TO he
under influences which may cripple
thelr bodies, or faint their purity. or
spoll their manners, or destroy their
souls From the awkward cut Of Sam.
neIs coat you know his mother Han
nah did not make it. Out from under
haming chandeliers, and off from i'm
ported carpets, and down the granite
stairs, there is coming great
crowd Of children in this dav.
unframed, saucy, incompetent for all
the practical duties OF life. ready to be
caught in the first whirl Of crime and
sensuality. Indolcnt and unfaithful
mothers viii make incident and un-
faithful children. You can not expect
neatness and order in any house where
The daughters see nothing bnt slat-
ternliness and pside-downativeness i'm
their parents. Let Hannah be idle.
and most certainly Samuel will grow
up idle. Who are the industrious
men Ia all our occupations and
professions? Who are they man
aging the merchandise Of the
world, building the walls, timing the
roofs weaving the carpets, making the
Jaws. governing the nations. making
the earth 90 quake and heavc and roar
and rattle with the tread Of gigantic
enterprises? Who are they? For the
most part they descend from industri.
ous mothers who, in the Old home.
stead, used 90 spin Their own warn.
aod weave their own carpets and
plat their own doyrmats. and FAC
&helr own chairs and do their
own work The stalwart men and
the Influential women Of this dav
ninety -niue out q % hundr,d Of tbcrn
came from such an illustrious a7cc.trv
OF hlri aDucsics and Lomc.puu And
who are these people in society. ltgbt
~ roth. blown every whittier Of tenn.
tat'ou and fashion-t5e peddIers Of
filthy stories, the dancing jacks o, DO