The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-16


uust 90 or be miserable.
Remark the third: If both the mar
! ri.d couple are very strong in their see.
| fHrianism. let them attend the ditcrertt
churches preferred. II is not necessary
| that YOU attend the same church. Re.
| ligion is between your conscience and
your God. Like Ahrnm and Lot. agree
TO suffer. When on Sabbath morning
you come ont of your home together
and ono goes one way and the other The
| other. heartily wish each other good
sermon and time OF profitable devo.
ton. and when you meet again at the
MONDAY repast LEI il be evident each to
each and TO your children and TO the
hired help. that you have both been on
the Mount Of TRANSPORTATION. although
you went up by different paths. and
that you have both been fed by the
bread of life. though kneaded by diff
ferent hands in different trays and
baked in different ovens. "But how
about the children?" am often asked
by scores Of parents. Let them also
make their own choice. They will
grow up with reverence for both the de.
nominations represented by father and
mother If you by holy lives commend
those denominations. II the father lives
the better life they will have the more
favorable opinion of his denomination
And some day both the parents will
for at least one service, go TO the same
church. The neighbors will say; 81 won
der what going on to-day for saw our
neighbor and his wife. who always go
to different churches, going arm in arm
to the same sanctuary" Well, | will
tell you what has brought them arm in
arm to the same altar. Something very
important has happened. Their son is
standing in the aisle, taking the vows of
Christian. He has been somewhat
hayward and gave father and mother
agood deal Of anxiety, but their prayers
have been answered in his conversion,
and as he stands in the aisle and the
minister of religion says: do you
consecrate yourself 20 the God who
made and redeemed you, and do you
promise to serve Him all your days."
and with manly voice he answers: 81
do there is an April shower in the
pew where father and mother sit and a
rainbow of joy which arches both their
souls that makes all the difference OF
creed iufinitcsimal. And the daughter.
who has been very worldly and gay and
thoughtless, puts her life on the altar
of conservation, and as the sunlight of
that Sabbath streams through the
church window aud falls upon her brow
and cheek she looks like their other
daughter, whose face was illuminated
with the brightness of another world
on the day when the Lord took her into
His heavenly keeping years ago.
| should not wonder if. after all.
these parents pass the evening of their
life in the same church. all differences
of church preference o, ercome by the
JOY of being in the house OF tod where
their Children were prepared for use.
fulness and Heaven. But | can give
You a recipe for running your children.
Angriy contend in the househ hold that
your church is right and the church Of
your companion is wrong. Bring sneer
and car!cuture to emphasize your opin-
ions, and your children will make up
their minds NAT religion is n sham.
and tlcv will have none of il. In the
northeast storm * domestic contro.
versy the rose Of sharon and the lily
of the valley will not grow. Fight
about annstalic succession. FIGHT about
, lection and free agency. FIGHT about
hontis,n. Gpht ohol,r the hishnpric. frht
;.bnut rny,u md surrl.ce. and the re.
,irious rrrsp,ct Of YOUR children will
le lief, G.ud ON the field. You will he
as unfortunate rs Charles. duke of Bur
who i'm battle lost diamond |
The ,alue ofo I.irrdom. for in YOUR figh,
van win Io.n IN. i,,v.l'ot salvation for
,o,r ep,irc lousrLold. This is moth.
ira opoinst the advocacy of YOUR own
,'iof1,,. theories Use MI forcihle ar.
ru.n.pt brirr all t,llinr illustration.
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