The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-24

trlous ancestry OF hard knuckleS ana
homespun. And who are these people
in society, light as froth; blown every
whittier of temptation and fashion
the peddlers of filthy stories, the dane
ing jacks of politi cal parties, the scum
of society, the tavern-lounging,
story-infesting, the men of low
wink, and filthy chuckle and
brass breastpin, and rotten as
sociations? For the most part they
came from mothers idle and disgusting,
the scandal mongers of society. going
from house to house attending to
everybody's business but their own;
believing in witches and ghosts, and
horseshoes to keep the devil out of the
churn, and by a goddess life setting
their children on the very verge OF
hell. The mothers of Samuel Johnson,
and of Alfred the Great, and of Isaac
Newton, and of St Augustine, and of
Richard Cecil, and of President Ed
wards, for the most part were indus
trious, Woodworking mothers
Now, while l congratulate all Chris
tian mothers upon the wealth and the
modern science which may afford them
ali kinds of help. let me say that ev-
cry mother ought to be observant of
her children's walk, her children's be-
havior, her children's food, her chill
dren's companionships- However much
help Hannah may have, l think she
ought every year, at least, to make
one garment for Samuel The Lord
have me roy on the man who is so I'M
fortunate as to have had lazy motherl
Again. Hannah stands before you as
an intelligent mother. From the way
in which she talked in this chapter,
and from the way she managed this
boy, you know she was intelligent
There are no persons in a community
who need to be so wise and we'll in
formed as mothers o. this work of
culturing children for this world
and the next. This child is timid,
and it must be reused up and
pushed out into activities This
child is forward, and he must
be held back, and tanned down
into modesty and politeness. Rewards
for one, punishment for another. That
which will make George will ruin
John. The rod is necessary in one
case, while frown of displeasure is
more than enough in another. Whip
ping and a dark closet do not exhaust
all the rounds of domestic discipline.
There have been children who have
grown up and gone to glory without
ever having had their ears boxed.
o, how much care and intelligence is
necessary in the rearing of childrenl
But in this day, when there are so
many books on this subject, no parent
is excusable in being ignorant of the
best mode of bringing up child. If
parents knew more of dietetics, there
would not be so many dyspeptic stom-
achs and weak nerves and inactive liv-
ers among children. If parents knew
more of physiology, there would not
be so many curved spines and cramped
chests and infamed threats and dis
eased lungs as there are among chill
dren. If parents knew more of art,
and were in sympathy with all that
is beautiful, there would not be so
many children coming out in the world
with boorish proclivities. If parents
knew more of Christ, and practiced
more of His religion, there would not
be so many little feet already starting
on the wrong road, and all around US
voices of riot and blasphemy would
not come up with such ecstacy of in
fernal triumph.
The eaglets in the eyrie have no ad-
vantage over the eaglets of a thousand
years ago; the kids have no superior
way of climbing up the rocks than the
old goats taught them hundreds of
years ago; the whelps know no more
now than did the whelps of ages ago
they are taught no more by the lions
of the desert; but it is shame that in
this day, when there are so many OPP
portunities of improving ourselves in
the best manner of culturing children,
that so often there is no more advance
ment in this respect than there has
been among the kids and the eaglets
and the whelps
Again: Hannah stands before you as
Christian mother. From her prayers,
and from the way she consecrated her
boy to God, know she was good. A
mother may have the finest culture,
the most brilliant surroundings; but
she is not fit for her duties unless she
be Christian mother. There may be
we'll read libraries in the house, and
exquisite music in the parlor; and the
canvas Of the best artist adjoining the
walls; and the wardrobe be crowded
with tasteful apparel: and the chill
dren be wonderful for their attain
ments, and make the house ring with
laughter and innocent mirth; but
there is something wofully lacking in
that house if it be not also the resi-
dence of Christian mother. bless
God that there are not many prayer
less mothers The weight o! response
bility is so great that they feel the
need of a divine hand to help. and a
divine voice to comfort, and divine
heart to sympathize.
Thousands of m Others have been led
into the kin Idom of God by the hands
of their little children. There are
hundreds of mothers to-day who would
not have been Christians had it not
been for the prattle of their little
ones Standing some dav in the nurs-