The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-29
REV. Or. TALMAGE.
THE RMuNMvT prvuVE's SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
Subjects The Home Life--It Points out
the Duty of Parents and Ad,nonishee
tho Children-Don't stun the Young
People with Religion.

!copyright 1901
WAsHiNaToS, d. C.--This discourse ot
DR.. Talmage will interest young mon, while
| II is full OF advice and encouragement "a
parents who are trying TO bring up thei'
children Alright: text, Proverbs K, l, "A
wise son markoth glad fathor, but fool
lsh son Ia the heaviness OF his mother"
In tbls graphic way SOlotnon sots forth
the idea that the good or evil behavior ol
,hlldron blesses or bllghts the parental
heart. l know there ara persons who seem
to have no especial interest in the welfare
OF tncir children. The father says; "My
boy must take the risks. l took In life. II
ne turns out we'll. all right, II he turns
out III, he will hnvo to bear tho conse.
quenees. He has the same chance that
had. He must take euro Of himself" a
shepherd might Just ns we'll thrust lamt
into den OF lious and say, Little lamb,
lake care of yourself
Nearly all tho brute creation ato kind
enough to look after their young. l was
going through woods, and henrd .
shrlli cry In Il nest. / climbed up TO the
birds nest and found that the ole
bird had leit the brood 70 elarve. Butthai
is u very rare occurrence. Generally bird
will pick your eyes out rather than surren'
der her young to your keeping or your
touch Hon will rend you IL you como
too nea. the w.elps. Even the barnyurd
fowl, with its clumsy foot and heavy wing
too nearly, aud God certainly Intended &c
have fathers aud mothers as kind ns the
brutes.
Christ comes through ali our household
to-day, and He suys: you take care Of
the bodies of your children and the minds
OF your children. What ure ayou doing for
tn cir Immortal solls9" | read of n shiI
that foundered. A lfe-boat vas launched
Many OF the passengers were In the waters
A mother, with one nnnd boating the wave
and the other band holding her little child
nut toward the ufcbout, cried out, "Savt
ny childv' Aud that impassioned cry 4,
the one that ilnd9 an echo In every pnren
tai hears In this land today. Save my
childV' ThGt man out there says: II have
fought my own way through lie, l have got
along tolerably we'll the world has bufIetet
mo, and have Ii many II hurd struggle
II don't make much difference what han.
pens to me, but sNve my childl' You sec
I hive subject OF stupendous import. and
am going, rs God may help mo, to show
the cause OF parental solicitude and ther
the allevIaticns OF that sollcltude.
The first cause OF parental sollcltude, l
think, nrise5 tIom the imperfoctlou OF
parents on then own part. Wo all somo
how want our "hildren to avoid our taults
We hope that II we have any oxcelIences
they will copy them. But tho probHbility
Is they will copy our faults and omit OUT
GXcelinnces. Children 80 very apt to be
echoes OF the parental life. Some one
meets n lad in the back. street, finds him
smoking and says: "Why, lam nstonishe6
at youl What would your father say il he
knew this2 Where did YOU get that cgar7r
"Oh, picked II up on tho street." "WhRt
would your father say and your mother say
II they knew this?" "Oh =" bo replies, ,"that's
nothing. My father smokesl" There Is
not one OF us to-day who would like t.
have our children copy oil our examples,
And that IL the cause OF the sollcitude or
the part OF nll of us. We have 30 many
faults we do not want shem copied aud
stereOtyped in the lives and characters Of
those who come after us.
The sollcltude arises from our conscious
insufliciency and unwlsdom OF discipline
Out Of twenty parents there may be one
parent who understands how thoroughly
and sklllfully to discipline; perhaps not
more than one out Of twenty. We, nearly
NIL OF ns, err on one sido or on the other.
Here is n father who says, 81 nm going to
bring up my children right; my sons shall
know nothing but religion; shall see moth.
Ing but religion, and hear nothing but re.
liGion." They are routed out ut O'Clock
in tho morning to recite the Ten Com.
mandments. They are awakened up from
the sofa on Sunday night to reclte tho
Westminster Catechism. Their bedroom
walls are covered with religious pictures
and quotations of Scripture, aud when tho
boy looks for the day OF the month he
looks for 1t In IL religious almanac. II q
minister comes to the house, he Is re-
quested to take the boy na!de and tell him
what n great sinner he IL. 1t Is religion
morning, noon and night.
Time passes on, ind the parents arr walt
ing for tho return of the son n. night. 1t
Is 8 O'Clock, 1t Is 10 o'lock, 1t IL II o'cioc.
1t Is IL o'clock, 1t is half-past IL o'clock.
Then they hear rattllng OF tho night key,
and George comes in and has.ens upstairs
lest he be nGcosted. His father says,
George, where have you been2" He says
IL have been out" Yes, he has been out
and he has been down. and he has started
on the broadroad to ruin for thIs life and
ruin Tor the life to come. and the futh 81
says to his wife, Mother, the Ten Com
mnndments are n failure; DO use OF West.
Minister Catechism; have dono my very
best for that boy; Just see how he has
turned out" All, my friend, you stuffed
that boy with religion; you hnd no sym
pathey with innocent hiarities; YOU had
no common sense. A man ut midiro said
to me, II haven't mu3h desire for religion;
my father was MS good nman rs ever III ed
but he jammed religion down my throat
when was boy until L got disgustod
With 1t, and l haven't wanted any OF it
since" That father erred on one side.
Then the discipline is am entire failure
In many households because tho father
pulls one way and tho mother pulls tho
other N-ay. Tho father says, "My son,
told you II ever found you guilty Of false.
hood again would ohastise you, and Am
going to keep my promise." The mother
says: "Don'ti Let him of this time"
father snys, 81 have seen 80 many shR,
make mistake by too grent severity IN the
renring of their children. Now, l VIII Let
my boy do as ho plensoJ. Te shall have
full swing. Hsre, my son, are tickets &C.
the Theatre and opera. Ifyou want to play
cards, do so; II you don't want to play
cards, you need not to play them, &C
want to. Have good time. 90 H." G'ys
boy plenty OF money anG ask him not
what he does With It, and you pay bis way
straight TO perdition. But after awhile
the lad thinks ho ought to have st!'l
larger supply. HO has boen treatoG, and
he must treat. lIo must have wlue sup.
pers. There are larger aud larger OK
pensos.
After awhile ono day messenger from
the bank over tho way calls In and says 10
the father OF the household of which nm
speaking, 1.-THE officers Of the bank would
like to have you step over minute" The
father step9 over, and the bank officer
says, 'is that yonr check?" mo- he
says; "that Is not my check. never mnde
an II In that way; never put curl to
the 'Y' In that way. That Is not my
writing. That Is not my signature. That
Is counterfeit. send for the police
"Stopl' says the bank ofllcer. "Your son
wrote that"
Nowthe father and mother are waiting
ior the son to ccme home at night. II Is