El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-14

revealed so plainly in Gods word,
tn at he who will not accept divine
revelation as it is, would not believe
though one should arise from the
dead.
At Trinity Church.
The Rev. J. D. Hammond, D. D.. OF
Nashville, Tenn, secretary OF the
board of education M. E. G. South
preached twice in Trinity church Sun
day. Both his sermons were taken
upon the educational stand point In
the morning he ably demonstrated the
parental side of the question and in the
evening he discussed it from the child
ren's side, showing that in the first
place, we as parents must educate our
children and as children we have q
right to expect an education and to de-
mand, if we do not receive the best our
fores of the deficiency.
His text in the evening vas taken
from Exodus 10 chap 26. eve know
| not with what we must serve the Lord
| until we come thither." From this he
drew that we must prepare our chill
dren for life because we know not what
they may meet. He said that the per-
| iod of existence spent by the children
of Israel in Egypt was like the period of
CuliuuOOO, duo w 10 ~ OPoi Lug oAlOhA III
the time when they should shine forth
as q nation having the one true God.
They could not afford to have God cal,
upon them and they be not ready.
Their foresight was taxed to the ut
termost so as not to put this God to any
disadvantage in the sight of the
Egyptians. The Isrealites were under
bondage long time and when releas-
&c presented a prepared people, school
n IT, h.,c Of Il md dor
hard taskmasters.
ST. Paul said: ga child just as long Is
he is child is bond servant though
he be Lord OF all " Such was it with
Israel. A child does not have a will of
his own, his affairs are settled by his
parents or people of larger experience,
and is not allowed to follow the bent
OF his own free will. A great modern
philosopher has said that one of the
cardinal virtues, is how to yielo to the
proper authority. Thus we must
prepare for man hood. We must
submit.
When an employer tells his work.
men to do any piece of work, it is his
business to do it and is not supposed
to have the masters reasons for having
it done. So with a child he must
subvert to his parents and obey the
parents orders, not because
it is always enjoyable to the parent.
And unless the parental authority is
recognized aud exercised the charac-
ter of the child is not developed. God
has in his own government willed that
some are in authority and some under
it. This training period under au-
thority is necessary. He that eth
his own spirit is greater than he that
talketh." A child is able to follow the
voice of parent. Israel after Exodus
teaches the world how to live. God
brought them through their formative
period until they were able to govern
themselves. Israel had her formative
period. So must child. AS the Is
raelites in their transitOry existence
through the wilderness yearned for
their hard task masters $50 does youth
yearn for the authority of a parent.
AS they wanted to return to the flesh
pots OF Egypt; so does child
yearn for the kild confiding care of a
parent. Israel in Egypt had no care,
and wished for the time to return to
them when they should again have no
care, but having learned the necessary |
lesson of self control, we find this great
people showing that after passing the
formative period they have the ability |
TO govern themselves.
This is the ndetinate period of time
when man is passing from childhood to
age. This is the point where souls are
made or wrecked for time and for
eternity. From this time on they must
work out their own design. They
know not how they must serve the
Lord until then. Yesterday was all one
way, today is another, Youth looks
adly back and finds'all gone henceforth
he must find his own way.
What he becomes to this hour is what
'ou make him 1t is too responsible a
position to 90 into in an half handed
way. You are responsible no matter
What time it takes. 1t is your duty as
'arents to do that. Some people have
gregious ideas of what is necessary to
Dung folks. There are too many ma
erial ideas about it. If you give them
louses, acres, or herds you think you
re providing the best FOR young men.
lis not SO When he comes to him
elf he finds himself cast in sea.
Whether We will or not, posterity
7ill have whole lot to do with
E. They are going to take
p what Oyou lay down. When
GU lay it down, it is going to be
aid at your door whether they are pre-
AIRED or not. There is an immense
lai N for manhood and womanhOod.
he reason a man runs from a thing is