The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-09-04

acter. But when the grace Of GOD
comes upon child, how unspeakaoiy
attractive. When Samuel begins 10
pray, and Timothy begins to read the
Scriptures, and Joseph shows himseih
invulnerable to temptation--how pean'
tiful the scene! know that parents
sometimes get nervous when their
children become pious, because they
have the idea that good children al
WAYS die. The strange questions
about God and eternity and the dead
excite apprehension in the parental
mind rather than congratulation.
Indeed there are some people
that seemed marked for Heaven.
This world is too poor a garde 1or
them to bloom in. The hues OF Heav-
en- are in the petals. There is some
thing about their forehead that makes
YOU think that the hand OF Christ mas
been on it, asying: "Let this one
come to Me, aad let it come to Me
soon." While that one tarried IN the
house, you felt there was an angel IN
the room, and you thought that every
sickness would be the last; and when,
finally, the winds of death scatter tne
leaves, you were no more surprised
| than to see star come out above the
cloud on q dark night; for you haa
| often said to your companion: MY
dear. we shall never raise that child"
But l scout the idea that good chill
dren always die. Samuel, the plous
how. became Samuel the great
prophet. Christian Timothy became
a minister at Ephesus. Young Dan
lei, .consecrated to God, became prime
minister of all the realm, and there
are Ia hundreds of the schools and
| families of this country to-day chill
dren who love God and keep His com
mandments, and who are to be fore
most among the Christians and phi
lanthropists and the reformers OF the
next century. The grace OF God never
kills anyone. A child will be more
apt to grow up without it. Length OF
days is promised to the righteous. Inc
religion Of Christ does not cramp the
chest or curve the spine or weaken the
| nerves. There are no malarias hoat-
ing up from the river of life. The re-
ligion of Christ throws over the heart
and life OF child supernal beauty.
"Her ways are ways OF pleasantness,
aud all her paths are peace
pass on to consider the susceptible
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
| 90 years ago. 1t is charged to frallty
or fraud when man changes his
sentiments in politics or in religion,
and it is this determination OF soul
that so often drives back the Gospel
from a mans heart. 1t is SO hard to
make avarice charitable, and fraud
honest, and pride humble, and skepti-
cism Christian. The sword OF Gods
truth seems to glance off from those
mailed warriors, and the hemlet seems
battle-proof against Gods battle
ak. But childhood; how suscepti-
BILE to example and to instruction!
You are not surprised at the record;
Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac be-
gat jacob" for when religion starts in
a family, it is apt to go all through.
Jezebel a murderess. you are not sur
prised to find her son Jehoram at
tempting assassination. Oh, what a re-
sponsibility upon the parent and the
teacher! The musician touches the
KEYS, and the response of those keys il
away off amid the pipes and the chords
and you wander at the distance be-
tween the key and the chord. Aud sc
it is in life; if you touch child, the
results will come back from man
hood or old age, telling just thu
tune played, whether the dirge OF
great sorrow. or the anthem OF grea
low. The word that the Sabbath
> school teacher will this afternoon
whisper in the ear of the class will b.
echoed back from everlasting ages
, light or darkness. The home and tn
a school decide the republic or the des
a potism; the barbarism or the civ'liza
I ton; the upbuilding of an empire;
= the overthrowing of it. Higher thai
q parliament or congress are the schoo
A and the family, and the sound of
4 child's foot may mean more than tn
q tramp of a host. What, then, are 20
A doing for the purpose of bringing you
r children into the kingdom of God?
l. they are so susceptible, and ii this
n the very best time to act upon the
! eternal interests what are you doing b
!. way of right impulsion? There wei
!. some harvesters in the field of SEQ
a land one hot day; and Hannah Lemon
a was helping them gather the hay. ST
II laid her babe under a tree. While 81
If was busy in the field. their was flu
"a ter of wings in the air, and golde
"a eagle clutched the swaddling band
r. the babe, and few away with it to Il
IL mountain eyrie. All the harveste