Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-28
MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 1896.

man changes his SO ltiments In politics ol
In religion and It Is this determination OF
soul that so often drives back the gospel
! from II mans heart 1t is so hard TO make
a.arice charitable and fraud honest. and
| pride humble, and skcpticism Christian.
I The sword Of Gods truth seems to glance
off from these mailed warriors, and the
I helmet seems battle proof against God s
| battleax But childhOod-how s,scepti-
I BILE 70 example and to instruction. You
Rrc not surprised at the record, Abraham
begat Isaac, and Isaac heg.t Jacob, " for
when religion starts in "a family it is apt Ia
go all through. Jolcbel n murdC ress, you
are not surprised to find her son Jehoram
attempting assassination. Oh, what n r.
spOnslbility upon the jarrett and the teach
er! The musician touches tho keys, and
! the response of those keys isnway off amid
the pipes and the chords, and you wonder
ut the distance between the key and the
chord. And 50 1t is in life-if you touch n
! child the result will come back from man
hood or old age, telling just the tune play
ed, whether the dirgc of u great sorrow or
the anthem Of IL great joy. The word that
the sabbath school teacher will this after
noon whisper I'm the ear of tho class will
he echoed buck from everlasting ages Of
light or darkness The home and the
school decide the republic or the despotism,
the barbarism or the civilization, the up
building of an empire or the overthrOwing
of It, Higher than parliament or congress
are the school and the family, and the
sound of child's foot may mean more
than the tramp of host What then, are
you doing for the purposes bringing your
children into the kingdom of Godf Ii they
are ~ susceptible, and if this Is the very
best time to act upon their eternal lntcr-
ests, what are you doing by way Of right
impulsion?
There were some harVestcrs in the fields
of Scotland one hot day, and Hannah Le-
mond waH h.lping them gather the hay
She laid bgr babe Gndcr tree. While she
was busy in the field there was flutter of
wings in the air, and a golden eagle
clutchcd the swaddling band of the babe
and flew away with it to the mountain
eyrie All the harvesters and Hannah L.
mond started for the cliffs. 1t was two
miles before they came to the foot Of tho
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 mast in the day Of terrible tempest
They did not dane risk it. Hannah Le-
mond 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 ever trod, crag
above crag, catching hold of this root or
that root until she reached the cyrie and
caught her bale, the eagle swOoping in
aerceness all around about her. Fasten-
ing the child to her back, she started for
her friends and for home Oh, what dizzy
descent, sliding from this crRg to that
crag, catching by That vine and by that
root, coming down farther and farther
to the most dangerous pass, where she
found n goat and some kids. She said;
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 GOdp her
not giving way until the rescue
was effected. And they cried: ''Stand .
back, now. Give her air" Oh, il awoman .
will do that Tor the physical life of her
child, what will you do for the eternal life
of your boy and your giIl? Let it not be
told in the great day of eternity that Han
nah 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'll
Power of Childhood.
pass on to consider the power which q
child wiolds over the parental heart. VIC
often talk about the influence of parents
upon children. never hear anything said
about the influence of children upon their
parents You go to school to thcm. You
no more educate them than thoy educate
you With their little hands they have
,aught hold of your entire nature. and you
,annOt wrench yourself away from their
grasp. You are different men and women
rom what you were before they gave you
he first lesson. They have revOlutiOnized
IOur soul. There are fountains of JOY in
Tour heart which never would have been
discovered lad they not discovered them.
life is to you a more stupendOus thing
han it was before those little feet started
IN the pathway to eternity. Oh how many
lopes how many joys, how many solicit
udes that little one has created in your
Gull You go to school every day, a
chOOl of self denial, Il school of patience,
n which you are getting wiser day by day,
md that influence of the child over you
will increase and increase, and, though
our children may die, from the very
hrone Of God they will reach down an in
luence to your soul, leading you on and
eading you up until you mingle with their
Oices and sit beside their thrones.
The grasp which the child has over the
arent's heart is seen in what the parent
will do for the child. Storm and darkness
nd heat and cold are nothing to you If 1
hey stand between you and your child's {
Felfare. A great lawyer, when yet I'M
nOwn, one day stood in the courtroom ]
nd made an eloquent plea before some
men of great legal attainments, and gen
leman said to him Afterward, ''HOw could :
GU be so calm standing in that august
"Oh. said Erskine, Il felt
ny children pulling at my skirts crying {
or bread. What stream will you not {
win, what cavern viii you not enter, I
THAT battle will you not fight, what
unger will you not endure for your chill !
ren? Your children must have bread 1
hOugh you starve. Your children must be /
7ell clothed though you 60 in rags You I
ny, "My children shall be educated, though a
never had any chance.
What to you are weary limbs and aching 6
cad and hands hardened and callous If G
My the welfare of your children can be a
Irought out by 1t? Their sorrow is your c
lrrow, their joy your joy, their advance c
lcnt your victory. And, OH when the
lst sickness comes, how you fight buck
he march of disease, and it is only after y
struggle that you surrender
nd then when the spirit has fed the great I
eep is broken up and Rachel will not be t
because her children are not, e
Id David goes up the palace stairs, cry
e, 30 Absalom, my son, my son, would {
God had died for thee; o Absalom, my ]
N, my sonr' il
The Lost Treasure. G
Thcce is not large family, or hardly s
rye family, that has not bent over such o
easure ard lost It, In the family fold is d
ere no dead lamb? have seen. many a
Ich cases of sorrow. There Is one pre- c
ninent in my memory as pastOr-Scoville r
agnes McCollum. The story Of his death a
,e hrore,ht hundreds rnto Cod He he L