St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-17

relisien Of Christ doe not srsmp The
chest q carve tho spine or weaken the
nerves. There are no malarias doeS.
ing up from the river Of life. The ~
ligion ot Christ throws over the heart
and lie Of = child { supernal beauty.
''Her ways are ways Of pleasantness,
and all her paths arc peace"
psss on 70 consider the susceptible
ity Of childhood. Men pride themselves
on their unchangsability. They will
make m elaborate argument to prove
that they think now just N they did
80 years ago. It 70 charged to frailty
or fraud when . man changes his
sentiments In politics or in religion.
and it il this determination Of soul
that SO often drives back the Gospel
from Q mans heart It il 90 hard to
make avarice charitable. aud fraud
honest, and pride humble, and skepti-
cism Christian. The sword Of Gods
truth seems to glance on from those
mailed warriors, and the hemlet seems
bsttle-proof against Gods battle
az. But childhood: how suscepti-
BILE to example and to instruction!
You IRE not surprised 1t the record:
abraham begst Isaac, and Isaac be-
gat Jacob;" for when religion starts In
. family, it il apt to go all through.
Jexebel . murdersss. you are not sur
prised to and her son Jehoram at
tempting assassination. Oh, what re-
sponsibility upon the parent and the
teacher! The musician touches the
keys. and the response Of those keys il
away on amid the pipes aud the chords.
aud you wander At the distance be-
tween the key and the chord. And 30
it is in life; IL you touch . child. the
results will come back from man
hood or old age. telling just the
tune played, whether the dirge of .
great sorrow or the anthem of a great
joy. The word that the Sabbath
school teacher will this afternoon
whisper in the ear Of the class will be
echoed back from everlasting ages of
light or darkness The home and the
school decide the republic or the des-
potism; the barbarism or the civ'liza-
ton; the upbuilding Of IN empire; or
the overthrowing Of 1t. Higher than
parliament or congress are the school
and the family, and tho sound of .
child's foot may mean moro than the
tramp Of : host. What, then, are you
doing for the purpose OF bringing your
children into the kingdom Of God? If
e,~cNAnAsh1A N~I - this =
the very best time to act upon their
eternal interests, what are you doing by
way Of right impulsion? There were
some harvesters in the field of Scot
land .one hot day; and Hannah Lemond
WAS helping them gather the hay. She
laid her babe under a tree. While she
was busy in the field, their was nut
ter of wings in tho air, and 4 golden
eagle clutched the swaddling band Of
the babe, and few away with it to the
mountain eyrie. All the harvesters
and Hannah Lemond started for the
cliffs. 1t was two miles before they
came to the foot of the cliffs Getting
there, who dared to mount the cliff?
No human foot had ever trod It. There
were sailors there who had gone up
the day of terrible temptest; they did
dare risk it. Hannah Lemond sat
there for awhile and looked up and
saw the eagle in the eyrie. and then
she leaped to her feet, and she started
up where no human foot had eSer
trod. crag after crag, catching hold of
this root or that root, until she
reached the eyrie and caught her ba De,
the eagle swooping in fiercsaess all
around her. Fastening the child to
her back. she started for her friends
and for home. o, what 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 Ill follow that goat; the goat
win know just which il the safest
way down." and she was led by the
animal down to the plain. When
she got there. all the people cried:
Thank God, thank Godr' her strength
not giving way until the rescue was
effected. And they cried: ''Stand
back, now. Give her ARR @, If a
woman will do that for the physical
life Of her child, what will you do for
the eternal life of your boy and your
girl? Let it notsbe told in the grea.
day Of eternity that Hannah Lemond
put forth more exertion for the saving
of the physical life of her child than
you, O. parent, have ever put forth
for the eternal life of your little one.
God help you!
/ pass on to consider the power
which child wields over the parental
heart. We often talk about the .influ'
ence Of parents upon children. nevc,
hear anything said about the influence
of children upon their parents. You
70 to school to them You no more
educate them than they educate you.
With their little hands they have
caught hold Of your entire nature and
you can not wrench yourself away
from their grasp You are different
men and women from what you were
before they gave you the first lesson.
They have revolutionized your soul
There are fountains of Joy in your
heart which never would have been
discovered had they not discovered
them. Life IL to You a more stupendous
thing than it was before these little
feet started on the pathway to cter
nifty. oh. how many hopes, how many
joys. how many solicitudes that little
one has created in your soul. You &C
to school every day. school of self
denial, . school Of patience, in which
you are getting wiser day by day; and
that influence of the child over you
will Increase and increase. and though
your children may die, from the very
throne of God they will reach down a.
influence to your soul. leading you on
and leading You mp until you mingls
| with their voices and sit beside the il
thrones
The grasp which the child has owe,
the parents heart Is seen ia what the
parent will do for the child. Storm
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