The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-03-31
DUTIES OF PARENTS.
Dr.. Talmsge's Advice on the Bring
ing Up Of Children.
The Danger. and Temptations which
surround the NOanE-Neeessity
OF Wise TrainihE-llespon-
sibliity OF Nsther-
Copyright lso0 by Lcuis Klopschl
Mashi-Efan March &

~[CopyrighG IN0 by Louis klopschl
Washington March g
This discourse Of Dr.. Talmage will
interest young meu, while it Is full OF
advice ana encouragement 10 parents
who are trying TO bring up their chill
dren Alright. text, Proverbs, 10 !; "A
wise son maGeth a glad father; but g
foolish son j. the heaviness Of his
mother.
In this graphic way solomon sets
forth the iuea that the good or evil be-
haNior Of children blesSes or Flights
the parental heart, ! know there are
persons who seem TO have no especial
interest in The welfare Of their cAl-
dren. The father says My boy must
take the risks Itook in life, nhe turns
out we'll. all right, If ne urn out ia.
he will have to bear the consequences.
He has the same chance thatIhad He
must take care Of himself" A shep-
herd might just as well thrust a lamb
into a den Of lions ana say: LITTLE
lamo. take care Of yourself"
Nearly au The brute creation are
kind enough 10 look after their Young,
| was going through a woods, and |
heard a shril cry in a nest. 1 climbed
up to the birds nest. and ] found that
the old bird had left the brood to
starve. But that is 4 very rare occur
renee. Generally a bird will pick YOUR
eyes out rather than surrender her
young TO your keeping or your touch.
A lion will rend you II you come too
near the whelps; w the barnyard
fowl, with its clumsy foot and heavy
wing will come at you II you approach
its Young too nearly, and God certain
y intended 10 have fathers and moth
ers as kind as the brutes.
Christ comes through all our house
holds to-day, and lie says: You take
care Of the bodies OF your children and
the minds o. your children. What are
you doing for their immortal souls" /
read Of = ship that fouDdered. A life
boat was launched. Many OF the pas
sengers were in the water. A mother.
with n hand beating the wave and
the other hand holding her little child
out toward the lifeboat, cried out:
save my child" And that impas-
stoned cry is the one that finds an echo
in every parental heart in this land to-
day. save my child." That man out
there says: 81 have fought my own
way through life. | have got along
,olerably well. The world has buff
isted me. and 1 have had many a hard
struggle. II doesn't make much differ
ence what hspepns to me, but save my
child You see. | have a subject Of
stupendous import, and / am going. as
God may help me. TO show the cause Of
parental solicitude and then the alleyi-
atoms OF that solicitude,
The frstcause of parental solicitude,
l think, arises from the imperfection
Of parents on their own part. We all
somehow want our children 10 avoid
our faults. We hope that il We have
any exeellencies they will copy them.
but the probability is they will copy
our faults and omit our eNcellencies.
Children are very apt 10 be echoes Of
the parental life. SOME u meets a
LAD in the back street. finds him smok-
ing. and SAYS: why, | am astounded
at you. What would your father say
If he knew this? Where did you get
that cigar?' oh. | picked il up on the
street" What would your father say
and your mother say II they knew
this2" oh" be replies. that's moth
ing. Ny father smokes There Is not