The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-11-17


hood. David planned the temple AT .Jerl
salem and gathered the mareriaIs for il
building. bat >oi,mon the son, came an
put up the structure, and that goes on i
all ages The father plans the character O
the child and lis destiny for time an,
eternity, then the sen completes the struc
turr.
Iou might as wel nut down = founda
tion ten feet bv five and eynect +, rca
on it a great cathedral as to p,t dow,
a cor acted character in a child's ,oul am,
yet rear upon it something extensively
grand and extensively useful
| Let me say to those Christian parents
who are dong their best in the education
OF their children: Take good heart. Your
sons this morning may be far away from
you and IN a distant city, but God. to
Whoii You % dtticdle:l lhem VIII look alter
tneh. ne ''od OF Daniel viii take care
VI tite,'i Lar away ~ iabHi9h' ram up
q eiliid IN 'ile way ne should go, ana when
nc Is @ on ne VIII hot o'larI from H.. He
may "anuef away Ior aWhiie ana 1all INTO
S'i anu pieah Your hear' put before lie IS
9 u9'it WIN ms me you; haVihg commend
ssu s INN TO 200 ne VIII come back again
lor l pul 'he emphaciS as, IN the right Place
| anu ~ oii 'he "oi" .n 1u "heh repent mat
| passage anu say IRAN up d child IN 'he
way he should 90, and when he is old he
Are you fond of pictures? Here is one
drawn by solomon: Who hath Woe?
W no hath sorrow? Who hath conten-
tlons. VINO hath babbhng. Who hath
wounds without cause! They that tarry
long at the VINE, they that go to seek
IN mixed VINE. LOOK not thou upon the WINE
"he'i IL Is reu, When IL moVetn l'Seh aright
IN lhe cup; At the last 1t b1teth like
,"' TX "'ii S'l'iRe'n NE an "'iaer- o.,
10 sou hhoM Mhat you are doire'
] s"iu h'otnei VINO h3d pfokeh INTO res
eaurant: the aoor locked against her, her
soii ihsIue Hhe came up TO the counter
CIV @;' 'im th ,,te man Vi .ne resi'urdit MN
SSh7;J . ,is Iul iol iItl own son
IN s"it ~ .le iil'li penind .le counter;
" YOU hho" "hat you are doihs:
NO, sald he; Il don't. Says she, "l on
are fattening SraveyardS,
was tod at Des MONIES OF tram OF
cars gong through very stormy night
over one OF the western pralrles. The
young man who was present told us the
story IN the night there was little child
IN the sleeping car trettul and worrying
ana cryIng hour after hour. man on the
opposite side or the car lost his patience
ana said' Either make that child shut
up Oh .dhe IL 10 i's lhotner' IL hen another
man on tile Opposite s'de OF the sleeping
ear; man WIN proken heart, pushed
..W naek lhe curtain ana looked out ana sad
ouhg man, that enid mother Is dead |
III ,ie baggage car, ana lhe niue thhg IS
"al'lhg lor ner' men the man VINO had
conlilil.ted tne ahr9ht rose ana oilered ms
sti,1ces :Ii ior ,he hi2ht ana TOOK care OF the
child untli the morning ana all the pas
sengers IN the car were broken down with |
emotion.
Oh. If the cry of one child could arouse
SO many sympathies, what ought to be the
effect OF the ten thousand voiced shrek
or orphanage and Widowhood from the inc
brlate 5 grave. God save this country |
IRON the perlls OF strong drink.
My subject also lmpresses me with the
beauty of youthful character remaining
away IRON home. ii Daniel had
plunged INTO every wlckcdness OF the city
OF Babylon the old folks at home would
never have heard of it. If he had gone
through all the rounds of inlqulty. it would
have have cast no shadow on his early home.
There were no telegraphs, there were no
railroads. But Daniel knew that Gods
eye was on HIM.
Inat was enough. There are young men
not so good away IRON home as at home.
rederlck tendIna his father sheep among
me hills or thrashlng rye in the barn is
Inherent perhaps from Frederick on the
stock Exchange. Instead of the retiring
disposition there is bold effrontery. In
stead OF an oblIglng spirit there Is perhaps
oppressive selhshness.
instead OF open handed charity there is
ight hsted st1ngInesS. Instead of reason !
Ibie hours there Is midnight revel. | speak
o many Young men on this matter-you
Who may have left your fathers house and
'thers who, though still under the par
ntal root, are looking forward to the
ime when YOU will go forth to conflict,
lone IN this world, with its temptations
nd It's sorrows, and when You will build
p your own character. Oh. that the God \
j DanIei might be with YOU III Babylon! !
L thnk the most thrilling passage of a
Dung man life Is when he leaves home !
0 make his fortune. The novelty and the )
omance of the thing may keep him from
NY keen sorrow. but the old people who
ave seen the destruction OF 50 many who
ave started with high hope cannot help
ut be ANXIOUS. As long as he was in his L
lther house his wayWardness was kindly
nded. and although sometimes he thought
ne restraint rather bitter and rather Sc
ere IN ms caImer moments, he acklowl-
dyed it was salutary and righteous.
through the influence of metropolitan
lends the father has obtained a situation
n his son in the city. The comrades of
le young man come the night before his
eparture to bld farewell to the adven- :;
lrer. The morning of his going away he
alks around the place to take a last look
things, perhaps comes upon some OBJ
ct that starts tear, some old familiar =
ace. but no one sees the tear. The
INK is nut uDon tho WAGON tho vorp,