The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-09-02
What are the possibilities of the
parent and s. S. combined for
the child.

What are the possibilities of the
parent and s. S. combined for
the child.
"Man is very small part of the
universe" Prof. Newcomb of John
Hopkins University, the greatest
living astronomer, says that one
hundred millions of worlds, which
average as large or larger than this
one of ours, is the revelation of the
heavens which is given to us by the
searching eye of the photograph ic
camera put behind the lens of the
telescope; that cannon ball fired
from the earth to celebrate the Dec
laration of Independence, and con-
tinuing in its course ever since with
velocity of 1900 feet per second
would not yet be halfway to the
orbit of Neptune,the outer planet of
our solar system. Light travels at
the rate of 10000 miles per second,
and at this rate it takes over three
and one-half years for the light
from the nearest fixed star to reach
us. Countless millions of stars stud
the heavens beyond; yet the math-
meticians tell us that there must be
a limit to their number because an
infinite number of stars infinitely
extended would fill the heavens
with a blaze of light like that of
the monday sun My own opinion
is, that the number of stars is indef-
initely great and as the infinite eye
of God beholds them, the blaze of
light is greater than that of the
MONDAY sun.
What do these revelations mean
to.us? Opportunities, possibilities
of service. "The chief end of man
is to glorify God and to enjoy him
forever" But in order to know
how to enjoy him and to glorify
him, we must first learn to serve
him. This must be done in the
home, in the Sabbath School, and
in the day school.
l. What are the possibilities of
the parents for good in the home ?
They can furnish the child model
of Christian example. Are you
doing this? Are your words, your
expressions, fit models for your
children Do you never lie in
their presence? Do you never let
them hear a vulgar, impure or pro-
fame word fall from your lips? Do
you ever express your anger in
their presence? Do you punish
them while you are angry? Ifyou
do, you must not be disappointed,
when you find them following in
your steps Children learn largely
by imitation, so those who wish
their children to act well, must give
them as nearly as possible, a per-
feet model.
! Children should be trained early
to respect, and to conform to the
modes of family worship. AS soon
as the child is brought to the table,
whether it be one, two or three
years old, it should be taught to
fold its hands and shut it's eyes dur
ing the blessing. 1t should be re-
quired to conform to the customs
whatever it be, and should it be re-
bellious at times, it should be com.
PEELED by torce, if necessary, to con-
form to the custom but in my opin-
ion it should not be whipped.
Family worship shonld be held at
such a time that all the members OF
the family can be present. The
habit that some families have OF
conducting family worship LATE at
night after most of the children
have gone to bed, or EARLY in the
morning before the children are up,
is very unfortunate for the child
rem. The children should all be
present, and should be taught to
lay aside everything else, to sit
quietly and listen to the reading of
Gods word; or still better let each
one that can read have a Bible and
read turn about; or each one may
repeat verse of scripture. 1t is a
good plan to close the prayer with
the Lords prayer and have the
whole family join in repeating it.
Be careful to live your prayers
When we pray for the needy, the
hungry, and those in distress, we
should use all the powers that God
has given us to assist those for
whom we pray. In other words,
our lives should be prayer in act
ion.
Ii is possible, then, for parents &c
teach their children frugality, in