The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-11
-9r BIBLE IN HE HOME.
...oa sermon Eby REV. A. VI.

,,..rted sermon by Rev. A. VI.
,iI,-.rns at WesIeI Monumental.
-,,,n on The Bile in the Home
-..,bed vesterdaymorning at Wes-
w. Monumental chureI by the pastor,
NJ Williams. lie text was drawn
Genesis 1919: '1or I know him
nb-a. nd hat he viii leommand his chill
.,d his househdd after him, and
U,...-,lI keep the wat of the Lord, to do
/ ,.s.i.o ma Judgment
.--.. If me crying beds of this day."
.s 7r. Williams, "isl revival of family
4 r4,is.on Too many pa ents let the world
81. ... stan lard Of ling for their chill
j." s~b, Hsfghbors Do this and that, so
t5sv lar their little oneL foi-oW IN the PAIN !;
. mi considering the q1ecI on character
w. Rad q r.vival of family religion. God
-..-- men 10 do his york that have pow
$50, -ba 4mily. Abraham founded one
Of tH.. NOS. wonderful races the world has
aver sen, and gives he impetus 70 faith
th,- dominates the fvilized world. When
~ .er.ants reaehed their promised
lopd -beir adler was of the same make.
H. l5sld stand before all Israel, point to
The surrounding idoatry of the Hittites
and the Invites THAI the people We're dis
nos 10 coQuette with. and say you
nav follow these gods but as for me
will S rye ne Lord. and more than that
N, household win be with me"
"yyesley founded religious system that
touches millions of people and has had
wonderful effect on all religious life.
II WAS bis mother of nineteen children
who trained him for that work and made
me man God could use for this grand
work We need to have a revival of this
knl of Motherhood. The Bible is the
basis of This revival. Let US see its
u.s. in the home.
"FirsI. it should be the standard Of
family morality. The more the Bible is
studied the more effective 1t is made for
its use as an ethical standard. The dam
ger we are in is the undermining of the
Bibles practical teaching. The parent
must study it and rear his children ac-
cOriing to its wise precepts. The world
is seeking to destroy its influence. 1t is
composed Of two tables, and men seek now
10 uullify a prominent command of each
table In the first which relates to our
duty to God, he tries to destroy the sane
uty of the Sabbath; in the second, which
teaches mans duty to man, there is one
command, which I will not mention. but
which you may infer, that they tell US
It is impossible for man to keep, thereby
teaching that God made a great mistake
when he sent down his law to man.
Second the Bible should be the center
Of family worship. The family altar
should be established. The father should
daily call around him his sacred charge
and read the wonderful story, the sublime
psalms, the inspiring prophecies, the inim-
table teachings of Jesus, the interpreting
epis.les. What a beautiful picture Burns
gives us in the Cottager's Saturday Night,
when he describes the scene of worship.
We need to keep up that old custom. The
progress of the present win be robbed of
its value if we are to give up this old heart
culture.
Third, study the Bible in the home. The
Sunday school has done great good. 1t
has gone adding one improvement after
another. The latest is the home depart
ment In this those, who cannot attend
the school, agree to keep up with the les
sons at home, devoting half an hour a
week to the work. Thus the parent keeps
In touch with his children. The home
keepers are a part of the great army of the
Sunday school The drummer, here one
Sabbath and yonder another can do the
work, and wherever he finds himself he is
prepared for study and knows the lesson.
Int parent keeping in touch with the
mid in Bible study, intensifies the inter-
st and makes it the more delightful