The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-27
AUTHORITY AND EXAMPLE.

AUTHORITY AND EXAMPLE.
America Rotten Now for the Want of
Them, Says Rev. Geo. r.. Stewart.
Rev. G. r. Stuart preached at the Tab
ernacle yesterday afternoon TO a crowd
that completely filled the building, and
that heard with undated interest and
pleasure an excellent sermon on home au-
thority and home example. His text was
from Genesis, xviii:19, "For 1 know him,
that he will command his children and his
household after him, and they shall keep
the way of the Lord, to do justice and
judgment; that the Lord may bring upon
Abraham that which he hath spoken of
him" The speaker prefaced his text by
telling the congregation that he would
preach a sermon that would touch every
body that had heart to be touched
when the Lord God wanted to start
a great nation said Mr.. Stuart "he
looked for a mamie has often had occa-
sion to look for a mainland he saw a
tall dark-sknned Arab, Abraham, and
he choose him. Why? Because he knew
him; knew that he would command mis-
children and his household after him.
that they should keep the way of the
Lord
What a picture 1t reminds me of the
old-fashioned way of going to church; a
way that we've mighty near got out Of
when father and mother and all the chill
dren, thesmore the better, went to church
and sat in one pew, father at one end,
mother at the other, and the children,
like a row of pearls, between. What
Al folfr
any more know where your children are
now than you know where the dog star
is. Abraham had only one son, the hard
est kind of a family to raise. I'm sorry
for any of you folks that have only got
one son; l bet he's a spoiled kid.
The two points of the text that I wish
TO impress" said MIR. Stuart. "are the
necessity and desirability of home author
ity and home example. America is rot
ten to-day because of the want of both of
them. 1 know what I'm talking about
because 1 once taught school, and like
the gladiator of old in the arena I've met
every kind of animal, that is chid-animal,
and never lowered my arm-except to lick
the boy. Settle the home question and
you settle every question. AS Mr.. Glad
stone once told Rev. T. D. Talmage,
There is only one question; that is Chris
tianity. Settle that and you will have
SetlieQ ali questions Oh HOTdlS dtlQ pOil-
tics in every country To this l should
like to add, Settle the question of Chris
tianity in the home and you have set
tied all questions everywhere. ,"
In order to show the lack of parental
authority the speaker related a scene that
he had once witnessed between a gentle
man and his little tot of a laughter, who
had refused fatty to comply with her ia
theirs request to shut the door. Having
toe he Safd uan cd
to borrow that kid for just fifteen MN
utes. And l want to say right here that
no American has any right to raise up
such animal and turn 1t loose on the
public. tell you anarchy isn't developed
in places hike the Hay Market, Chicago,
but in your homes from hack of authority
and discipline. Too many are like the
young mountaineer in a Tennessee town
who when asked who brought him up re-
pied. Nobody brung me up l just float
ed down the river on a raft with pa
I'm one of our Southern states" con-
tinued Mr. Stuart, there was an old lady
who, though left a widow with a large
number of sons of a tender age, had
brought them all up to be credit to her
self and the community. The father OF
a large family hoping to profit by her
method, asked her what II was. Prayer
and hickory, laconically replied the old
lady, and" continued the speaker, pray
er and hickory go very well together"
Mr. Stuart then gave a humorous paral-
lei between training children and train
ing dogs stating THAI he had once Wis
tied dog trainer that he might get point
ers for training children. The trainer
told him that the first thing to
do was to get the dogs while they were
stin pups There you are, thought L."
said Mr. Stuart God gives us our chill
dren young; they walk like us, act like
us, and look like us--though thank God
mine look like their mother-and God
makes them to go with us and to be with
US. If we are French, they talk French;
II we are German. they talk German; and
II we are sinners they talk sin. One day
two children were overheard quarreling
What is the matter asked the father.
Nothing, sir they answered. But / heard
you quarreling he insisted. or re-
piled the children, we were Just play
ing papa aud mamma fear that In
the region of the lost there will be found
those that went there through playing
papa and mamma"
The speaker told an interesting story
of his own escape from death because
he had followed the wishes Of his mother
rather than his own incination and then
he continued but home authority Is
not so great as home example" Illustrat-
ing this maxim he told number OF in
teresting stories. mostly Of personal ex-
perience, showing that though parents
might lnstill In their chldrens minds
the best OF theories. they were useless
- GTORIA