Owingsville outlook., 1896-08-27

L pass on 10 CONSIDER the SuSceptl bill
ity of childhood. Men pride themselves
on their unchangeability. They will
make an elaborate argument to prove
that they think now just as they did 20
years ago. 1t is charged To frailty or
fraud when a mau changes his scnti-
mcnt~ in politics or religion, and il is
this determination of soul that So often
drives back the Gospel from Il man :
heart. II is 81 hard To- make avarice
charitable, and fraud honest, and pride
hun bile, and skcpticism Christian.
The sword of GoI'S truth seems to
glance off from those mailed warriors.
and the helmet seems hattlc-proOf
against Gods battlr-aN. hut child
hnod: how susceptible to example aud
I" instruct on, You are not surprised
at the record: Abraham bcgat Isaac.
and Isaac hcgat .Iacoh:' for when re-
lirinn starts in family il i apt To 90
all through. Iczchcl. murdcreSS, You
are not surprised to find her son J"ho-
ram attempting assassination. oh.
what IA responsibility upon the
parent and the teacher The
musician touches the keys, and
the response of those keys is away
oil amid the pipes and the chords. and
You wonder at the distance between
the key and the chord. Aud 81 il is in
life; If You touch "A child the results
will com" barl, from manhoo ar old
age. tuliiu" Just the tune played.
whether the dirr at a great sorrow or
the anthem "f Il great joy. The word
lt.s &s,l.i oh K.sil
this afternoon whisper in the ear of the
class will be echoed back from ever
lasting ages of light ar darkness. The
home and the school decide the republic
of the dc>putism; the harbarism or the
civilization; the uphuildinm of an en-
pirr or the ovcrthruwing of it. Higher
than parliament or congress are the
sch Iol and the family, and the sound
oi Il childS foot may mean more than
the tramp Of a host. What, then, are
You doing for the purpose of bringing
Your children into the Kingdom of
God? If they are 50 susceptible. and if
this is the very best time to act upon
their eternal interests, what are you
doing 10y way of right impulsion?
There were some harvestcrS in the
fields of Scotland one hot day, and Han
nah Lcmond was helping them gather
the hay. She laid her babe under II tree.
While She WAS busy in the field there
was a iluttcr of wings in the air and
golden eagle clutched the swaddling
band of In" babe an hsw away with
1t to the mountain cyrie. All the
harvcstrrs AMI Hannah Lcmond started
4. : H.. Ii AZ Il
they came to the foot of the cliffs. Get-
ting there, who dared tnmonnt the cliff?
No human foot had ever trod il. There
were sailors there whohad gone up the
mast in the day Of terrible tempest: they
did not dare risk IL. Hannah Lemond
sat there iar awhile, and look "a up and
saw the eagle in the eyric, and then She
lcapel To her feet. and then started up
where no human foot had ever trod.
crag above crag. catching hold of this
root or that root until She reached the
eyrlc aud caught her bIhr, the eagle
swooping in tirrr ness all around about
her. Fastening the child To- her back
she started for her friends and for home,
q, what a dizzy descent sliding from
this crag 10 that crag. catching by that
vine and by that root, coming down
further and further, to the most dan
gerous pass, where she found a goat
and some kids. She said: NOW I'll
follow the goat; the goat will know just
Which 10 thc s"'esI way Gown anu
s,io ""s leu uS 'nI "HI"ial uown 10
VIZ pam mn H',e EoI tnerI al, 'me
Pe'p,e nan" ''o"' ''iriiN uou'
iie' io' giving way "h'h 'ha
iea'uo l',e' vas 'i'e''eu, anu 'ne! crleui
:. "'p p'."' nv" Nv "ei ar "
Mofiai, wiz uo 'ila' ior Tue physi=
"- '.,D " me- Ini.'' H"' "Hi you eu
~, 'ne ste,.'n' iitI .. i1ur poy anu
Soui li' Lc. II no'''e lou III 'ne great
% Una. iiat'h'n i-eii'oiiu
P". 10 toi vi , l'Gre enr'ion I.sr ior 'ur saving
'io Pi'A S'o'i iio Vi her eiiiu thah
yO"' w. parent nave ever put lorth ior
.ne e'eri'"i liie Vi your ii''ie one uod
heiP you
l pass on to consider the power
which enid wlelds over the parental
heaFt' We often talk about the intiu=
enee o parents upon children. never
hear anything said about the influence
N' -
TO school To them. You no more edu-
1a.e @ 'nem tnan tneS educate you.
WIN their littio hahus they nave
caught hoiu Oh your entire nature ana
you can not wrench yourself away
IRON their grasp. lou are different
men anu women from What you were
oeiore they gave You the hrst lesson:
Ihey nave feVolutlohizeo your soul
mere are fountains OF JOY III
your neart Whlch never would nave
Deen discovered mad they not dlseov-
ered them. Llie Is To you more stu
pendous thing than II was before those
niue ieet started on the pathway To
eternity o. hoW many hopes, how
many Joys now many snileitpdes that
llttlp one mas created IN your soul
iou go TO schooi every day-a school OF
sell-uehlal, school OF patience, IN
Whlch you are get'ng wiser day by
day; ana that influence OF the child
over you VIII increase and increase;
ana though your children may die,
from the very throne 81 God they VIII
reach down an influence to Your soul,