The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-04-04
nONE LIFE LESSONS.
Dr.. Ta|rnage on the Duties OF
Parents to Children.
DUTIES OF AL MOTHERS.
The Dangers and Temptations
Which Surround the Young.
Necessity Ct Wise Training
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and Proper Discipline.


This discourse Of DR.. Talmage will
Interest young men, while it is full O.
advice and encouragement to parents
who are trying to bring up their chill
dren Alright; text, Proverbs lO,i "a
wise son naketh glad father; but a
foolish son is the heaglne>s OF hl>
mother.
In this graphic way Solomon ssfs
Firth the idea that the good or cT!l oe
n.v,or Of cbiidren blesscS or 1tsht>
che parental heart. ! know there sr'
persons who seem to have no eSpec'a'
inter, st in the welfare OF Their children
The father says: My boy mus; taxi
the risks / took in life II he turns out
well, all right; If he tulns out Ill, h'
will have to bear the consequence
He has the same chance that had
He must tske care OF himself a
shepherd might just as we'll thrust
lsulb iuto den of lions and say, Lit
tie lamb. take care Of yourself
Nearly all the brute creation are Sloo
enough to look after their young. !
was going through woods and | heard
8 shr,lI cry in nest | climbed up to
the birds nest, aud found that the
old bird hao left the brood 10 starve.
But that is a very rare occurrence
Generally bird viii pick your eyes OUT
rather thau surrender her young 70 Your
keeping or your touch. 4 hon VIII
rend YOU if you came too pear th'
vhelps; even the b2ruyard fowl, with
lis clumsy foot and h"aSy wing, ~ilI
come at You If you approach It, young
too nearly, and Sod ccIta!uiy INTENDED
10 have fathers aud uLoLh,r, as kind as
the trutes.
Christ comes through all our house
holds today, and be says: You take
care Of the boclcs OF Your children and
the minds Of your children. What are
you doing for .heir III uortai souls! |
read OF ship that foondered A lltc-
boat was launched, Masy Of the pas
sepgers were in the water. A mother
with one hard beating the waves and
the other hand holdiug her little child
out toward the iifeboat cried out. Save
my child" And that imprisoned cry
is the one that finds an echo in every
parental heart Of this land To-Day
Save my chlld.' That man out there
says: i have fought my own way
through life have got a aloDg tolersoly
well. Tne world has buheted me, and
] have had many hard struggle. 1t
doesn't make much difference what
happens 10 me, but save my child. "
You see, I have asubject Of stupenoous
import, and | am gong, as God may
help me, to slow The cause Of parental
solicitude and then the alleviations Of
that solicitude.
The nrst cause of parental solicitude,
I think, arises from the imperfection Of
parents on their own part. We ail
somehow want our children TO avoid
our faults. We hope thas if we have
any excellences they will copy them,
but the probability Is they will copy
our faults aDd omit our ezcellences.
Children are very apt to be echoes OF
the parental life. Some one meets a
lad il the back street, finds him smok-
ing and says: why. | AN astounded
ct you. What would your father say
il he knew this? Where did you get
that cigar?" ''Oh, l picked tup on
the street ''N hat would your father
say and your mother say if they knew
is?' Oh" he replies, that's moth
Log. My father smokes. There Is
not one Of US today who would like to
have our children copy al our example.
Aod that is the cause of solicitude on
she part of all of US. We have SO many
faults we do not want them copied and
stereotyped in the lives and characters
efthose who come after Us.
Then sollcitu1e arises from our con-
scious insafhciency and uuWisdom Of
discipline. Out Of 20 parents there
may be one parent who understands
how thoroughly and skillfully to DIS
eipline; perhaps not more than one out
ef20. We, nearly all Of Us, err on one
side or on the other. Here IS a father
who says: i am coi., - a!;ng up my
children right. My sous shall know
nothing but religion, shall see nothing
Ggion." They are routed out at 6
o'clock in the morning to 1ecite the Ten
Commandments. They are wakened
no from the sofa on Sunday night TO re-
cite the Westminster cateehism. Their
bedroom walls are covered with rellgi-
Gus pictures and quotations Of Scrip
tRre, and when the boy looks for the
day Of the month he Looks for it IN 8
rei,gious almanac. II n,isister comes
to the house, he is requested TO take
the boy aside and tell hun what great
sinner he is. IL IS religion morning,
1oun and night.
Time passes on, aud the parents are
waiting for the rcturo of the soa at
Night. 1t IS 8 clock, it is 10 clock,
it is II o'elock, it is Il clock, 1t Is
half past Y clock. TIeD they hear
rattIins OF the night key, and George
comes IN aud has.ous up stairs lest he
be accosled HIS father says, George,
where have you beeu?' He says, i
have been out" Yes, be has been out,
aud be has been dowa, and he has
started on the broad road to rum for
this life aud lulu for the life 10 come,
and the father says to his wife:
Mother, the Zen Commandments are
. failure. No use Of Westminster
catechis2. have d)ue my very best
Tor that boy. just see how he has turned
out All! ny friend, YOU stuffed that
boy with religion. You had 40 sym
ps,hy with innocent hilarlties, You
bad 10 common sense Auau at md
life said TO me: j haven't much de-
sire for religion. My father Was as
good man as ever lived, but he iammed
religion down my throat when | was
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