The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-09-04

| keys is awav of amid the pipes and the
chords. aud YOU wouder ut The distance be-
| tween :he key and the chord And so il is
IN he, If you touch child. the result will
come back from manhood or old aga. telling
| Just tn" tune played, whether the dirge Of u
great sorrow or the anthem OF Il great JOY.
| IhN word that the Sabbath-school teacher
1 will this afternoon whisper in the ear of the
| class, will he echoed back from everlasting
| ages OF light or darkness. The home and
| the school decide the republic or the despot-
ism; the barbarism or the civilizations; tho
upbullding OF an empire, or the overthrow
| ing oil 1t. Higher than Parliament or Con-
| gress are the school and the family, and the
sound OF child's foot may mean more than
| tho tramp OF n host. What, then, are YOU
doing for the purpose OF bringing your chill
dren into the Kingdom OF God: II they arc
| 50 susceptible, and il this is the very best
time to act upon their eternal Interests, what
are you doing by way o: right impulsion?
| There were some harvesters In the fields of
Scotland one hot day; AMI Hannah Lemond
was helping them gather tho hay. She laid
her babe undor a tree. While she was busy
| In the field, there was fiutter OF wings in
| the air, and golden eagle cluched the swad-
ding band OF the babe, and flew away with
1t to the mountain eyric. All the harvcsters
and Hannah Lemond started for tho cliffs.
1t was two miles before they came to the
! foot OF the cliffs. Getting there. who dared
TO mount the cliffs? No human foot had
ever trod 1t. There were sailors thore who
had gone up the mast in the day Of terrible
tempest: they did no; dare risk It, Hannah
liemond sat there for 4 while 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 ever
trod. crag above crag. catching hold OF this
root or that root. until she reached the
eyrie and caught her babe, the eagle swoop-
ing in tHrceDrss all around about her
Fastening the chill to her back. she started
Tor her friends aud for home. Oh. what n
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 n
goat and some kids. She said: "Now I'll
follow the CONT tho goat will know inst
which Is the safest way down." and she was
lea by the animal down to tho plain. When
she rot there. all the people cried: "Thank
God! thank God,' hcr strength not giving
way until the rescue was effected Aud they
cried: Stand back, now. Give her nirr'
Oh, il woman will do that for the physical
life Of her child. what will you do for tho
eternal life Of your boy aul your Gir,? Let
1T not be told in tho great day of eternity
that Hannah Lemoud put forth moro oycr-
ton for tho saving OF the physical life OF
her child than you. parent, have over put
forth Tor the eternal life OF your little one
God help you,
PASS on t" consider the power which a
cnilI wields over the parental heart. We
often talk about the influence OF parents up
on children. I never heard anything said
about tho influence OF children upon thC,r
parents. You go to Scnool to them. You 10
more educate thcm than they educate YOU
With their little haulS they have caught
hold OF your entire nature and Won cannot
wrench yourself away from their grasp. You
are different men aud women from what you
wore before they gave you the first lesson.
In"y have rcvO!utoui:el your soul. Thvre
are fountains OF Joy in your hear, which
never would have b.on discovered hai they
no; discoverc them. Life is to you more
StunenGous thing than il WAS before those
little feet started on The pathway to eternit.I.
Oh. how many hopes. how many JOYS, ho!.
many solitudes that little one has created in
your soul. Nor 30 to school every dry--;t
schoo! OF srli-dcnial. Il school q; patience in
which you are getting wiser day by day: and
THAI influence of the chill over YOU " II in
"roas. and increase: and though your chill
dren may die. from the very throne OF God
thov will reach down an influence to your
soul, leading you on aud lca'iiuS vou up an-
Ill you m!nS!e with their voices and sill be-
side tho" thrones.
The grasp which thc chill has owe. the
parents heart is seen in what tn" parent
will do for the child. Storm and durSuesS
and hent ard cold are nothing to YOU il they
stand between You and your chil.rS welfare.
a great lawyer, when yet unknown ono day
stood in the court room aud ma.c an clo-
uUent plea before some men of great legal
uttainmrn,S; and II gent cmau said 10 him
lftcrwarj: "How could Won be- so calm
standing in thar august preSsnce!' "Oh,"
said ErSkinr. II t"it my children pulling at
. III! skirts crying for bread" What stream
w.l! YOU rot SWIM whr: cavern will yon not
, enter. whar battle vii, vou not light. wia:
hun-er will y"u not endure for youi chill
drcn? Your children! Your children must
have bread though You starv. Your rnil-
dren must br well c'othei though you go in
rags. You say: "My children shall be v,.u-
Gated though [ never Eal any chnErn.'
What 10 y"u ar" weary limbs ant achin,
head. and II Inis hardened aud Gallons. if
only the wrin-c al Your children can lie
! wrought out hr l.? Their SORROW is vour
sorrow. their jDy your JOY. th"ir Il !van"r-
n"nt Your victory. And. OIL when thu iaS.
| -ic%n"S: comes. how you nght back the
/ march oi d sr:t"". aud il is only after It ire
men,lous s,ruy;io that you Surr"ni"r AMI
! then when the spirit h:t- n"d. rhn great ,i."p
| is hrot-n ny. aud Eachri Will nni hr com
! lortri because her "aildrcn are. not. AMI
! David goes Un th" paa". stairs. "rv,n.,:
! ION. ArsAio:n. my sou, III! SON. WoU'ri SO
| | had died COR thee. oh AbSa:or nv son.
| my SON"
| The brightest lights that can be kinilei.
Christ has kindlod. l."t us. old aud Young
rejoice that haven is gathering up 50 much
| that is attractive. In that far land we are
no: strangers. There arc those thrrc who
| speak our name day by day. and they won
der why so long we tarry. 1! cou!d count
| up the names OF all those who nave gone
| out from thesn families into tho kingdom of
heaven. 1t would take mo all day to mention
| their names. 4 great multitude bstore tue
| throne. You loved them once; you love them
| now; ant ever and anon you think you henr
their voices calling you upward. All. yes
| they have gone out from all Theses families
ami you wan; no no X to toll y"n Of the hy-
ing experience Of Christian children. You
have heard 1t; it has been whispered In your
ear, o father, o mother, o brother. o sister.
Toward that good Ian ali Christians are
hearing. This snapping Of heart i-strings this
flight Of years, this tread of the heart reminds
us thnt we are passing away. Under spring
blossoms. and through summer harvoStS, and
across autumna leaves; aud through the
| wintrv snowbanks. we are passing on. Oh