The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05

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the oueen mother would have " O'e
her flesh for the fatal stroAe 10 th
royal hirelings who came u Co..
bidding of murderous SON oonne
times the unkindest act that p"len'
! can do to a child is to give TO 'lle 10y
or girl sugar plum when tn"s Gu
ought to have, according 10 lne go
monte advice, a good, sounu 'Hl .
The sin of Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy is the most a"lul +1,a
parental sins. No matter "nas tne
father or mother may do, as long aS tne
child can firmly believe that nl9 p",,
ents are living consecrated, goa'y, pure
and noble lives, that child is Dounu 10
the foot of the cross with jams ~. VI
steel, but when the child pence '''
his mother and father are leading hypo-
critical lives, pretending one Ilins "
the world and living another hliu ~, VI
life at home, as a rule, there IS very NJ
tie temporal or spiritual hope lor the
child. Bad parents generally Il" W o'sI
children. The sins of those lalhei anu
mothers are visited upon the cllllureh'
even to the third and fourth senei"-
tons. 80,
Sometimes the reverse Of tins RUE
seems to be true Good parents, aiSo'
for awhile may seem to have pau oliii-
dren, but if you will carefully s'uuS
the history of different Christian MONIES
YOU will generally-aye, | beIl'Ne al
wavs-fnd that the children OF coliSe-
Grated, godly parents who nave 'I"''eo
them up in the way they shoulu 20
will always turn out right, WINE must
hypocritical parents who do mol nam
ND their children right will ultimately
have their children turn out wrong
Good old DR. Alexander Of ITlhcetoh
college once preached upon inns 'eA',
'oTrain up a child in the way he SIoulu
90. and when he is old he Will not ue-
part from it." He preached to prove
that nearly all the sins which men arc
women practice can ultimately be traced
back to wrong parental training Or the
hypocrisies of parents who nave HNeu
in the home religion of sham AItei
the sermon was over some of DR.. Alex
ander's friends said to him: professor
it is absurd for you to preach a sermon
like that. If what you say is true then
Won Yourself have been living the wrong
kind of a Christian life or else you nave
not trained your children as you should
have done. You know, doctor that
your boy Dick is one Of the worst boys
in all Princeton college, He is as wild
as wild can be-" ooh" answered the
good old doctor, "you did not hear my
text Alright My text was, Train up
when he is old Dick is not old yet
Just wait awhile, and the boy will come
out all right" DR.. Alexander spoke
the truth. Dick did come out all right.
In a few years he not only gave his
heart to God but he went to New York
city and entered business as a Chris
tan layman, and long after his hon
ored father had pillowed his head in
the dust Richard Alexander, the wild
Princeton student, welded a mighty
influence for God and for heaven. So,
my friends, today as Christian men
and women, we must realize that the
whole future destinies of our children
are largely dependent upon us. If we
live consecrated, godly lives and train
up our children in the way they should
go, they will also become consecrated'
Christian men and women, and if we
are hypocrites and do not train them
as they ought to be trained then our
will also turn out wrong. Bad
parents have bad sons and daughters;
good parents produce good children.
There is hardly an exception to the
rule.
The Eject of Example.
Parental examples and training in
reproduce themselves in the
lives of children. There is Il beauti-
full story told of noted king in the
far east who was about to take a
journey into a remote part of his king
dom. He therefore sent ahead of him
a trusted minister to build for his royal
masters suitable palace where the king
could lodge in the far country. When
the royal courier reached the remote
par VI lhC hllSNLOlll, llC lOulld a PA''7
raging there and people were dying
by thousands and tens of thousands.
So, instead of taking the money from
the royal treasury and spending it for
bricks and stones and mortar the royal
spent it for bread and medl-
cine. With it he dug graves ana
buried the dead. With it he bought
to protect the living. Ana
when the king came and found what
his messenger had done, instead or
his minister. he commended
him He said: "Oh, faithful servant
you have builded for ne palace. You
builded it in the hearts of my people.
You have builded its white walls out
of the tombstones which you have
erected over the graves of the dead'
You have jeweled it with the tears
you have wiped away. You have maze
my palace echo with the sweetest or
songs; for those songs are the echoing
sobs which you have stilled." SO, IKE
the king of old, who sent his messen-
ger into the far country, God sends US
forth as parents on a most important
mission. BY our examples and sell
sacrificing love, we are to build the
palace of purity in the hearts OF our
children. What we do invariably ue-
cides how our children shall live ana
die; it decides their eternal welfare
The influence of noble Christian par
ents upon the lives of their children
cannot be described better by me ID
closing than by telling the history OF
my old home, the home of my boyhoou!
My father and mother had a large
brood-we were seven. l never knew
any one of those seven children to nave
more indulgence than the others. Each
had the full measure of parents love.
XNhnr, tr.n,,l,I.... -. Al. Ahnt hnInp and