The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-02

Christ does not cranlp the chest or
curve the spine or weaken the nerves.
There are no malarias floating UP
from the river of life The religion
of Christ throws over the heart and
life Of a child supernal beauty. Her
ways are ways of pleasantness, and all
her paths are peace"
pass on to consider the susceptible
ty of childhood. Men pride them
selves on their unchangeability. They
will make an elaborate argument to
prove that they think now just as
they did 20 years ago. 1t IS charged
to frailty or fraud when man chang
es his sentiments in politics or in re-
lieion, and it is tbs determination of
soul that so often lrives back the gos-
pei from a mans nIart. 1t is so hard
to make avaricc cnaritable, and fraud
honest, and pride humble, and sceptl-
cism Christian. Tie sword Of Gods
truth seems tc glance off from those
mailed warriors, and the helmet seems
battle proof against Gods battleax.
Bat childhood how susceptible to ex-
ample and to instruction You are
not surprised at the record, Abraham
begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, F"
for when religion starts in a family it
is apt to go all through. Jezebel a
muroeresss, you are not surprised to
find her son Jehoram attempting ss-
sassination. Oh, what a responsible
ty upon the parent and the teacher !!
The musician touches the keys, and
the response to those keys is away Off
amid the pipe and the chords, and you
wonder at the distance between the
key and the chord. Ard so it is in
life-if you touch child the result
will come back from manhood Or old
age telling just the tune played, wheth-
er the dlrge Of great sorrow or the
anthem to 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 despotism, the barbar.
ism or the civilization, the upbuilding
of an empire or the overthrowing OF
it. Higher than parliament or con-
gress are the school and the family,
and the sound of a cbld's loot may
mean more than the tramp Of host.
What, then, are you doing for the
purpose of bringing your children in
to the kingdom of Coda If they are
so susceptible, and if this is the very
best time to act upon their eternal in
terests, what are you doing by way OF
right impulsion?
There were some hacvesters in the
fields of Scotland one hot day, and
Hannah Lemond was helping them
gather the hay. She laid her babe
under tree. While she was busy in
the field there was futter of wings
in the air, and golden eagle clutch,
ed the swaddling band Of the babe
and flew away with it to the mountain
eyrie. All the harvesters and Han
nah Lemond started for the cliffs.
It was two miles before they came
to the loot OF the cliffs. Get
ting there. who dared to mount
the clif9 No human foot had ever
trod it. There were sailors there who
had gone up the mast in the DAY of
terrible tempest. They did not dare
risk it. Hannah Lemond sat there
for 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 swooping in ferceness all
around about her. Fastening the
child 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 ard
by that root, coming down farther
and farther to the most danger
Gus pass. where she found a
goat and some kids. She said:
s.Now I'll follow the goat. The
goat will know just which is 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 Godw her strength not
giving way until the rescue was effect
ed. And they cried: Stand back,
now. Giveher air" Oh, if a woman
viii do that for the physical life of her
child, what will you do for the eter-
nal life of your boy and your girl2
Let it not be told in the great day OF
eternity that Hannah Lemend put
forth more exertion for the saving of
the physical life of her child than you,
o parent, have ever put forth fer the
eternal life Of your little one. God
help you!
I pass on to consider the power
which child wields over the parental
heart. We often talk about the influ.
ence of parents upon children. [
never hear anything said about the in
fuence of children upon their parents.
You go to school to them. You no
more educate them than they educate
you. With their little hands they
have caught hald OF your entire nature
and you cannot 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 is to you more stupend.
Gus thing than it was before those lit
tie feet started on the pathway to eter-
nifty. Oh, how many hopes, how
many joys, how many solicitudes that
little one has created in your soul!
You go 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
though your children may die, from
the very throne of God they will reach
down an influence to your soul, lead
ing you on and leading you up until
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