The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-25

mans heart. ltlafo bard 30 make avhrcs
charitable. and fraud honest. and pride
humble. und FkcptIo.sm Christian. The
sword oi Gods truth seems 90 glance on
from those mailed Warr.ou. and the helmet
scems buuie-prooi against Gods uattIe-aX.
brt childhoodi how susceptible 90 example
Bud t0 instruction, You ace not surprised
or the ricur1. Abraham berH laHc. and
lanas nHgHt Jacob" fof when religion a.aud
in q umiy. 30 Is aft o. geo ail through. Jeze-
hrl. % n.urlerns# you Hrn not surprised to
rud hcr .on jchowm attempting assasslna.
ilou. OH WHAT % responsibility ufou tht
fu-anf H0f fhf ieHrhar. The muateu
touches the keys. and the response OF those
keys Is awav on amid the pipes and the
chords, and Won wonder NJ the distance be-
tween She key and the chord. Aud no e q
IN ll'oi ~ you touch a child. the result wll
come ba1k from manhood or old age, telilne
just The tune played. whether the dlrgo OF q
great sorrow or the anthem OF a great 10y
Tho word that the sabbnth-schoo teacher
viii this afternoon whisper In the ear OF the
class, VIII be echoed back from everlasting
ages OF light OF darkness. The homo and
the school decide the republic or the despot.
ismi the barbadsm or the civilization the
upbulldlng oi an empire, or the overthrow
ing OF e. Higher than Parliament or Con-
gros8 are the school and tho family. and the
HfNAAA HA - aAAAA AAtHh AAHN atAtHAA NAAAN AAAAA
the tramp OF a host. What, then, are YOU
doing FOR the purpose Of bringing your chill
dren into the Kingdom Of Godi 10 thoy are
SD susceptible, and n this Is the very best
time 90 net upon their Oternal Interests, what
are you doing b. way o. right impulsIou2
There were some haryestcrs In tha fields OF
Scotland one hot day, and Hannah Lemond
was helping them gather the hay. She laid
her babe undor tree While she was busy
IN the field, there was futter OF wings In
the air, and e golden eagle cluched the swnd-
ding band Of the babe, and few away with
| Il % the mountain eyrle. an the haryesters
and Hannah Lemond started for the cliffs
II was two miles before they came 90 the
! foot Of the cliffs. Getting there, who dared
TO mount the cins2 No human foot had
ever tr0d t. There were sailors there who
| had gone mp the mast IN the day Of terrible
tempest; thoy did not dare risk Il. Hannah
/ Lemond snt there for while aud looked mp
and saw the eagle 10 the eyrie. and then
| ste loaped 10 her rect, and che
started up where no human foot had ever
/ trod, crag above crag, catching hold OF this
/ root or that root, unfit she reached the
| eyrie and caught her habo, the eagle swoop-
! ing In ilerceness all around about her
| Fastening the chilli to her back, she started
/ for her friends and for home Oh. what a
| dizzy descent! sliding from this crag TO that
| crag, catching by that vine and by that root,
| coming down further and further, TO the
most dangerous pass, where she found a
/ goat and some kids. She said: "Now I'll
| follow the goat; tho goat will know Just
| which Is the safest way downs" aud she was
led by the animal down to the plain. When
sne got there, all the people cried; "Thank
| Godl thank God!" her strength not giving
way until the rescue was effected. And thew
| cried; "Stand back. now Give her air"
Oh, II a woman will DO that for the physical
ne OF her child, what will you do for the
eiernal life Of your boy and your grip Let
! not be told Ia the great day Of eternity
hat Hannah Lemond nut forth more exer.
| Ion Tor the saving OF the physical life OF
1er child than you, o parent, have ever put
orth for the eternal life OF your little one.
Tod help you!
pass on to consider the power which a
bid Yields over the parental heart We
'lten talk about tho influence Of parents up-
n children. I never heard anything said
sOout the influence OF children upon their
arents. You go to school to them. You no
lore educate them than they educate you.
With their little hands they have caught
old OF your entire nature aud you cannot
french yourself away from their grasp. You
re different men and women from what you
'ere before they gave you the first lesson.
heY have revolutioniZed your soul. There
10 fountains Of Joy in your heart which
lever would have been discovered had they
not discovered them. Life is to you more
tupendous thing than il was before those
title feet started on the pathway to eternity.
)h, how many hopes, how many joys, how
many solitudes that little one has created in
your SOUL You 90 to school every day-a
school of self-denial, school of patience, in
which you IRE getting wiser day by day; and
that influence of the child over you will in
crease and increase; and though your chill
dren may die, from the very throne Of God
they will reach down an influence to youI
soul, leading you on aud leading you up nm
J I'll you m!ngle with their voices and sit be-
. side their thrones.
t The grasp which the child has over the
parents heart is seen in what the parent
will do for the child. storm and darkness
: and heat and cold are nothing to you If they
2 stand between you and your child's welfare
J A great lawyer when yet unknown, one dal
/ stood in the court room and made an elo
quent plea before some men Of great lega
attainments; and gentleman said to hin
afterward; "How could you be so cain
standing in that august preseneeP ooh,
said Ersiine, II felt my children pulling a
my skirts crying for bread" What stream
will you not swim, what cavern will you no
enter what battle will you not fight, wha
! hunger will you not endure for your chill
. dren2 Your children Your children mus
have bread though you starve. Your chill
dren must be well clothed though you 80 i
rags. You say; "My children shall be edu
Gated though l never had any chance.
D What to you are weary limbs, and achin
{ head, and hands hardened and callous,
only the welfare of your children con b
o wrought out by i2 Their sorrow is you
e sorrow, their Joy your Joy, their advance
= ment your victory. And, oh, when the las
( eiokness comes, how you fight back tn
e march of disease, and it is only after trt
% mendous struggle that you surrender. An
t then when the spirit has fed. the great dee
i is broken up, and Rachel will not be con
e iorted because her children are not, an
b uavid goes up the palace stairs, cryini
= h0h, Absaom, my son, my son. would Go
e I had died for thee, OH Absalom, my sol
h ny son."
G There is not a large family, or hardly
t large family that has not bent over such
7. treasure and lost it. Ia the family fold
Il here no dead lamb? have seen many su,
= eases of sorrow. There is one pre-emine
!, ia my memory as pastor-ScoYille Hayn
It HcCollum. The story of his death h