The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-03-31
DUTIES OF PARENTS.
Dr.. Talmage's Advice on the Bring
ing UP of Children.
The Dangers and Temptations which
Surround the YOuDg-Ncccssity
of Wise TraininE-ItcspOn-
sIbIIity of Mothers.
Copyright. 1900. by Louis Klopsch.l
Washington, March 20

advice and encouragement 10 parents
who are trying to bring up their chill
drcn Alright; text, Proverbs, 10, /: "a
wise son matcth glad father; but a
foolish son is the hcHvincss of his
mother
In this graphic way Solomon sets
forth the idea hat the good or evil be-
haNiUr Of children blcsscs or blights
the parental heart. | know there are
persons who seem TO have no especial
interest in the welfare of thor chill
drcG. The father says: "My boy must
take the risks took in life. If he turns
out well, all right; if he turns out i'll,
ne will have, to bear the consequences.
lie has the same chance that had. lie
must take care of himself" a shop
herd might just as wcILthrust a lamb,
into den Of lions andN say: LITTLE
lamb. take care Of yourself"
Nearly all the brute creation are
kind enough to look after their young.
] was going through "A woods, and
heard Il shrill cry in a nest. climbed
up to the bird's nest, and found that
the old bird had left the brood to
SIdINi. lNi IUHl IS u VIZ IuIt otCllI-
renee. Generally bird will pick your
eyes out rather than surrender her
young 10 your keeping orfEOur touch.
A Lion win rcnd you If you come too
near the whclps; even the barnyard
fowl, with its clumsy foot and heavy
wing will come at you if you approach
its young too nearly, and Gud certain
is intended to have fathers and moth
cr5 as kind as the brutcs.
Christ comes through all our house
holds to-day, and He says: you take
care of the bodies Of your children and
the minds of your children. What are
you doing for their immortal souls?'' |
read Of ship that fouHdcrcd. \ life
boat was launched. Many of the pas
ScugorS were in the water. \ mother,
with one hand beating the WAKES and
the. other hand holding her littlc child
out toward the lifcboat, cried out:
"Savc my child" And that impas
stoned Crv Is the one that finds an echo
in every parental heart in this land to-
day. Save my child!'~ That man out
there says: II have fought my own
way through life. | have got along
toIcrahly well. The world has buff
fctcd me, and have had many a hard
struggle. II doesn't make much differ
cucr what happens 10 me, but save my
child" You see, | have subject of
stuprudous import, and | am going, as
God may help me. TO showt be cause Of
parental $olicitudc and then the allcyi-
u!ions OF that solicitudc
The first cause of parental solicitudc,
| think, arises from the impcrfcction
OF parents on their own part. We all
somehow want our children to avoid
our faults. We hope that if Wc have
any cNcoIlcncics they Will copy them,
but the probability is they will copy
our faults and omit our c&ccllchcies,
Children are very apt TO be echoes Of
the parental life. Some one meets -
lad in the back street, finds him suoh-
ing, and says: why, am ~ loundcd
ut yulL What would your father say
if he knew this? Where did you get
that cig;lr?" "Oh, picked il up on the
street," what would your father say
and your mother say If thcy knew
thjs?" "Oh," hc replies, "that's Moth
ing My father smokes" There is not
one Of Us to-day who would like have
our children copy all our example. Ana
that j. Ire cause Of soiicitudc on the
part of all Of us. We have 50 many
faults we do not want them copied and
.strrcotyprd in the lives and characters
of those who come after us.
linen Sulicitudc arises from our con;
srj6u, nsunicicncy and uuwisdom Of
discipline. out Of 20 parents there
may be one parent who understands
how thoroughly and skiIlfully 10 dis
ciplinc: perhaps not more than one out
Of 90. We, nearly all of us, err ON one
side or on the other. Here is n father
who says: 81 am going TO bring up
my children right My sons shall know
nothing but religion, shall see nothing
but religion, and hear nothing but re-
ligion.' They are routed out at six
o'clock in the morning TO rccite the
Ten commandments. They arc~Wali-
cncd up from the sofa on Sunday night
TO rccitc the Westminster catcchiSm.
Their bedroom walls are covered with
religious pictures and quotations Of
Scripture, and when the hoy looks for
the day Of the month he looks for il in
religious almanac. " minister
comes To The house, he is requested 10
take the hoy aside and tell him what u
great sinner he is. 1t is religion morn
ing. noon and night.
Time passes on, and the parents are
waiting for the return of the son nj
night II is nine o'clock il is ten
o'clock. it is II o'clock. it is IL o'clock
II is half-past IL o'clock. Then they
hear rafting Of the night key, and
George comes in and hastcns upstairs
lest he he accostcd. His father SAYS:
George. where have YOU been" IL,
SAYS: 81 have been out" Yes, he has
been out, and he has been down. and h,
has started on the broad road to ruiz
for this life and ruin for the life e
come and the father says 10 his wife
Mother. the Ten Commandments ar,
failure. No use of Westminster cate
shism. | have done my very best fo'
that boy. just see how he has turnct
out" .kh! my friend, you stuffed tina
boy with religion. You had no sym
pathywith innocent hilaritics. Gouha,
a, common SepSa 4 man nj mi1li Il