The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-04-26

~bettar fitted &c pull out saorr and
soothe pang Children wanting any
thing from the mother, cry fc: it. They
hope to dissolve her with tears. But
the mother must not interfere, must
not coax off, must not beg for the child
when the hour comes for the assertion
Of parental supremacy and the subjuga
ton Of child temper. There coues
in the history Of every child an hour
when it is tested whether the parents
shall rule or the child shall rule. That
is the crucial hour If the child tri-
umphs in that hour, then he will some
day make you crouch. it is a horrible
scene | have witnessed it. \ mother
come to old age, shivering with terror
in the presence Of a son who cursed her
gray hairs and mocked her wrinkle
face and begrudged her the crust she
munched with her toothless gums.
Pow sharper than a secvent's tooth it IS
To Ii we a,hArk!,sS cbi.,i!
There are many W no are sacrificing
their children to spirit Of worldllneSS
Some one asked mother whose chill
dren had turned out very well what was
the secret by which she prepared them
for usefulness and for the Christian
life. and she said: This was the Sc
cret. When in the morning | washed
my children, l prayed that they might
be washed in the fountain Of Saviours
mercy. When | put on their garments
| prayed that they might be arrayed IL
the robe of SaviourS righteousness
When | gave them food, | prayed that
they might be fed with mama from
heaven. When | started them on the
road to school, I prayed that their path
might be as the shining light, brighter
and brighter to the perfect day. When
l put them to sleep, l prayed that they
mi ght be infolded 10 the Saviour arms.
Oh, you say, that was very old fashion
ed. 1t was quite old fashioned. But
do you suppose that child under
such nurture as that ever turned out
bad?
Further on thousands aud tens Of
thousands of the daughters of America
are sacrificed to worldliness. They are
taught to be in sympathy with all the
artihcialties Of society. They are in
Quoted into all the hollowness of what
is called fashionable life, They are
taught to believe that history is dry.
but that so cent stories of adventurous
love are delicious. With capacity that
might have rivaled Florence Nightin-
gale in heavenly ministries or made the
fathers house glad with fllal and sis
terly demeanor their life is waste,
their beauty curse, their eternity a
demolition.
| lift up my voice against the ::
Zee of children. Hook out Of my !.
low on a Sabbath, and | see grou !:
.hildren unwashed, uncombed, II
Ghristianized. Who cares for t; Ct Il?
Who pray, for them? Who utte:S 70
hem one kind word? When the cry
missionary, passing along the palS in
New \ ork, saw ragged lad and Lard
| vim swearing, he said to him: ''My son
stop swearing! You ought to 60 t. he
| house of God today. You ought Il be
| Christian. The lad looked IL his
face and said: "Ah, it is easy for you
q talk, we'll clothed as you are ana ,TelI
led. But we chaps hain't got no
cbance..' Who lifts them to the alter
or baptism? Who goes for'h to snatch
chem up from crime and death and
zoe? Who today viii 60 forth and
o,ing them into schools and churches?
No; heap them up, great piles Of rag
and wretcheduess and 6lth. Put un
i-rneath them the fires of sacrifice, stir
,p the blaze. put on more fagots, and
chile we sit in the churcb bes with fold
d arms and Indifference crime and dis
.a>e and death will 60 or with the
g,uizing sacrifice.
During the early French revolution
at Bourges there was company Of boy S
sho used to train every day as young
soldiers. and they carried a flag aud
they had on the flag this inscription,
'.Tremble. Tyrants, Tremble; We Are
Growing Up" Nightly suggestive!
This generation is passing of, and "a
uightier generation is coming on. Will
they be the foes of tyranny, the foes Of
>iu and the foes of death, or will they
be the foes of God? They are coming
up! l congratulate all parents who are
doing THEN best to keep their children
away from the alter of sacrifice. Your
prayers are going to be answered. Your
children may wander away from God,
but they will come back again. Avoice
comes from the throne today, encour-
aging you, Il will be God to thee
and to thy seed after thee" And
though when you lay your head in death
there may be some wanderer Of the
family far away from God, and you may
be 20 years in heaven before salvation
shall come to his heart, he will be
brought into the kingdom and before
the throne of God you will rejoice that
you were faithful Come at last though
so long postponed his coming. Come
at last
congratulate all those who are toll
ing for the outcast and the wandering
Your work will soon be over, but the in
fuence you are setting in motion will
never stop. Long after you have been
garnered for the skies your prayers,
your teachings and pour Christian iu-
fuence will go on and hc;p to people
heaven with bright inhabitants. Which
would you rather see, which scene
would you rather mingle in in the last
great day, being able to say, Il added
house to house and land to land and
manufactory to mandatory: | owned
half the city; whatever my eye saw |
had, whatever l wanted l got, or on
that day to have Christ look you fullin
the fa,e and say, Il was hungry, and
ye fed me; l was sick and in prison,
and ye visited NE, inasmuch as ye did