The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-08-14

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John The rod % necessary nd ono ease.
while fr0wn of dlsplcasuro D. mon,
than enough ln another Whipping and
dark closet DO not exhaust uil tho
rounds 90 domestic discipline. There have
been children who have grown up and gone
90 glory without ever having their cars
boxed 0h. how much care aud Intelligence
arc necessary ia the rearing oi chlIdrcnl But
iu this day, when there ara So many book.
on this subject. no parent lg eKcusabla ia De-.
ing ignorant Of the best mode 0l bringing ur
o. child. m parents knew moro ol dlutgtics
there would not De 80 many dyspeptic
stOmnchs. and weak nerves. Hnd inactive live
on among children. II parents knew more
OF physiology, there would not be So MANY
curved spines and cramped chests, aud in
famed threats, and diseased lungs as there
are among children. II parents knew more
Of art and were in sympathy with an that Is
beautiful, there would not be 30 many chill.
dron coming out In the world with b00rish
proeliviues. II parents knew more OF Christ
aud practlced more OF His religion, there
would not be 90 many little feet already
starting on the wrong road, and all around
as voices OF riot aud blasphemy would not
come up with such ecstasy Of internal
triumph.
Again, Hannah stanc before you to-day as
a Christian mother. From her prayers and
from the way she cOnsecrated her boy to
God know she was good. A mother may
have the finest culture. the most brilliant
surroundings, but she Is not az for her
duties unless she be q Christian mother
There may be- we'll read libraries Ia the
house. aud exquisite music In the parlor,
aud the canvas OF the best artist adjoining
the walls, and the wardrobe be crowded
with tasteful apparel. and the children be
wonderful for their attachments and make
the house ring with laughter and innocent
mirth, but there Is something woefully
lacking In that house n Il be not also
the residence OF Christian mother.
bless God that there are not
many prayerless mothers. The weight
OF responsibility Is so great that they feel the
need OF divine hand to help and a divine
voice to comfort and divine heart 10
sympathize. Thousands OF mothers have
been led into the kingdom Of God by the
hands OF their little children. There are
hundreds OF mothers to-day who would not
have been Christians had II not been for the
prattle Of their little ones. Standing some
day IN the nursey, they bethought thOm-
selves: fThis child God has given me to
raise for eternity. What is my influence
upon NJ Not being Christian myself, how
can / ever expect him to become Christian.
Lord. help mel"
Every child Is a bundle Of tremendous pos
slbilities. And whether that child shall come
forth In life, its heart attuned to the eternal
harmonies, and after life of usefulness on
earth, 90 10 a life Of Joy in heaven. or
whether across 1t shall jar eternal discords,
aud after a life Of wrongdoing on earth 1t
shall 20 10 a home Of impenetrable darkness
and an abyss OF unreasonable plunge-is be-
| ing decided by nursery song and Sabbath
lesson and evening prayer and walk and ride
and look and iroWn and smile. Oh, how
many children In glory, erowdiDg on the
| battlements and lifting million voiced h0-
sauna, brought to God through Christian
| parentagel One hundred and twenty clergy
men were together and they were telling
| their experience and their ancestry, and Of
the one hundred and twenty cletgymef,
| how many Of them, do you suppose, as
| signed as the means Of their CONVEX
sion the influence of a Christian mother?
| One hundred out of the hundred and
| twenty. Philip Doddhdge was brought
| to God by the Scripture lesson on the
! Dutch tile OF the chimney fireplace. The
mother thinks she is only rocking a child.
but at the same time she may be rocking the
destiny OF empires rocking the fate OF
nations. rocking the glories Of heaven. The
same maternal power that may lift child
up may press child down. A daughter
came to a worldly mother aud said she was
anxious about her sins and she had been
praying all night. The mother said. ooh
stop praying! don't believe In praying.
| Get over all those religious notions, and III
| give you a dress that will cost five hundred
dollars. and you may wear 1t next week tc
that party"
The daughter took the dress, and she
moved in the gay circle, the gayest Of al
the gay that night, and, sure enough, all
religious impressions were gone, and she
stopped praying. A few months after. she
came to die and in her closing moment:
said, "Mother, wish you would bring me
that dress that cost $780," The mother
thought 1t was very strange request, blu
she brought II to please the dying child
"Now," said the daughter, "mother, hans
that dress on the foot Of my bed" And thu
dress WINS hung there on the foot OF the bed
Then the dying girl got up on one elbow AMI
looked Mt her mother and then pointed t
the dress and said, ''Mother, that dress is thu
price OF my soul" Oh. what momentum
thing 1t Is to be a mother!
Again, and lastly, Hannah stands befor'
you to-day, the rewarded mother. For al
the coats she has made for Samuel, for al
the prayers she offered for him, for the dis
|
dant compensation in the piety and useful
ness and the popularity of her son Samuel
and that is true In oil ages. Every mothe
gets full pay for all the prayers and tears II
behalf Of her children. That man useful II
commercial life, that man prominent in tn
profession, that master mechanically
every step he takes In life has an echo Q
glRdness In the old heart that long ag
taught him to be Christian and heroic anC
earnest. The story Of what you have don
or what you have written, Of the infuenc
you have exered, has gone back to the oil
homestead-for there Is some one Away
ready to carry good tidings-snd that stor
makes the needle In the old mothers tremu
lous hand fly quicker and the fail In tn
fathers hand come down upon the bar
floor with more vigorous thump. Parent
love to hear good news from their children
Do you send them good news, always2 Loo
out for the young man who speaks Of b
! father as the governor, the esquire" {
the "old chap" Look out for the youn
woman who calls her mother her "materni
ancestor or the "old woman" ''Ihe ey
. that mocketh at his father and refuseth