Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-11-23
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Parental Neglect.

"His sons made themselves vile and he
restrained them not."--Samuel.s sS3 # RI {s
A father took his little girl of a.
few summers out for walk one
pleasant afternoon In their ram.
bles they found themselves near a.
ledge of rocks. The tempting breeze
caused the father to sit down and
enjoy it. Almost unoonsciously 5he.
fell asleep. The little girl amused
herself in picking flowers and grasses
Venturing nearer to the edge of
the rock, and looking down, she saw.
beautiful flower, as she supposed,
just within her reach. STOPPING
down and leaning over she grasped
the flower, but in doing so she lost
her hold and fell into the depths be-
low. Her cry of anguish as she fell
awoke her father, who, fastening to3
her relief, could do nothing but Ipckss
up the lifeless form Of his loved one,
with the little hand still clutohingS
the flower. The regret and relnorsei
of a lifetime could not cancel the
effect of that moment OF neglect. 5s5
There are other parents whose
children are in danger, morally and
spiritually, of pitfalls more destruc.5,
tive than any preoipice. The parantsi
who permit their children to run at
large without knowing what com-S
pany they are in, or who permit their;
children to be out night without
knowing where they are, may be-
awaked from their slumber OF reg
lect by the cry of anguish that comes
from lost or ruined life. r., Us
Parents may think that their chill
dren are able to judge for themselves,
that they are too wise or too cautious
to permit their foothold to be lost,
that they are too we'll trained to-
yield to the temptations to evil, that
they no longer need the care and.
oversight of earlier years. They:
may, however, find that in unguarded
moments an enemy has been sowing
seed that are springing up and are
yielding harvest of tares. .',5 i
The public was recently informed
of a youth of we'll trained Christian
family whose parents led a very busy
life. They were satisfied that stour
boys arc all .virtuous and have no
bad habits" Imagine their surprise
to find that a promising son had,
almost ruined himself by cigaretteI
smoking. Although under theirl
daily care, they had not observed
that bad companions were misleadipgg
one of their household until the ruin
ons effects of the cigarette had !
its mark upon him. How
frail barks have been. wrecked
the breakers of strong md
parents unaware of the terribTs
ger of their sons until they hid aois
down.
Many parents are anxioua
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social world and insist they ys;,s 9S q
rules of fashion. Mothers Segoof5
their daughters to card parties.
dances, balls, theatres. Fathers flo
the same. Their children receive
their encouragement in these thinsIs.
1t ls an easy matter to pet $SSSst
children "into the world" But
hard it is to get them out. 'Isot
carried his family to Sodom. IIse,, hon
the angels came, announcing tlla
destruction of the wicked Rcity soG's
| pleading with his children Mas .s,f
no avail. They would not believe
HE testimony or report about .tae
destruction of the wicked city, Sotlany.
They mocked him, ridiculed and
scoffed him. With a broken heart
he left them to be destroyed. Nc
wonder his wife looked back. ffi,sgf,
daughters we're there. Parents.ssdsS,
not lead your children into the world
Be careful about their associates,
They may now be falling over the
precipice. How frequently the oase
that the young man or woman lias
fallen over the precipice before Sthe
parents are aware of any danger
0. 3. JoYFui,.
November Goth, 1899.
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