Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-12-05

uemnauon or parents who were over
indulgent and would not compel obcdi-
ence upon the part of their children.
But the older l grew tie more lenient
7 became in my criticism of this evil. l
have found out that the invariable
reason why most parents are over
lenient with their children is because
they have Il family plot in which they
have buried some Of their little ones. 1t
is on account of the little pale faces OF
the dead that they shrink from causing
tears to flow over the rosy checks of
the living. 1T is all well enough for
you, Mr.. Talmage, to say that l ought
to be stricter with my children" once
said a member of my church, but l
have already buried two Of my babies,
and | am living il constant fear that l
may have to bury my other two. They
are all that I have left"
But fathers and mothers. though
you may have buried two OF your chill
dren, remember that you are not just
to the living unless you teach them the
laws of filial obedience. a dlsobedient
ward. selfish, petulant, unbalanced and
God defying man. Al undutiful daugh-
ter generally means Il quick tempered.
sinful. ungovernable woman, who will
ultimately despise and trample upon all
pure love 1t was because Queen
Agrippina laughed at her little. willful
boy, Nero, who doubled up his tiny
fists and struck at her that she was
compelled to live to see the day when
the queen mother would have to bare
her flesh for the fatal stroke Of the
royal hirelings who came to do the
bidding of a murderous son. Some
times the unkindest act that a parent
can do to a child is to give to the boy
or girl a sugar plum when that child
ought to have, according to the Solo
monte advice, a good, sound thrashing.
The Sin of Hypocrisy.
Hypocrisy is the most awful Of all
parental sins. No matter what the
father or mother may do. as long as the
child can firmly believe that his par
ents are living cOnsecrated. godly, pure
and noble lives, that child is bound tc
the foot of the cross with bands OF
steel. but when the child believes that
his mother and father are lending hypo
critical lives, pretending one thing t.
the world and living another kind OF
life at home, as a rule there is very lit
tie temporal or spiritual hope for tht
child. Bad parents generally have baC
children. The sins of those fathers ant
mothers are visited upon the children
even to the third and fourth genera
tons.
Sometimes the reverse Of this rul
seems to be true. Good parents. also
for awhile may seem to have bad chill
dren, but if you will carefully stud
the history of different Christian home
you will generally-aye, l believe a
e ways-find that the children of conse
Grated, godly parents who have traine
: them up in the way they should G
p will always turn out right. while thos
e hypocritical parents who do not trai
T up their children right will ultimatel
> have their children turn out wrong.
e Good old DIR. Alexander of Princeto
e college once preached upon this tex
"Train up a child in the way he shOul
e 20, and when he is old he will not d.
part from it." He preached to prov
e that nearly all the sins which men an
. women practice can ultimately be trace
Il back to wrong parental training or toll
hypocrisies OF parents who have live
q in the home Il religion OF sham. Aft
l. the sermon was over some Of DIR. Ale
S ander's friends said to him: "PrOfessO
le it is absurd for you to preach sermC
tie like that. If what you say is true, thu
n you yourself have been living the wrOI
10 kind of a Christian life or else you ha'
Sc not trained your children as you shOu
le have done You know, doctor, tn
le your boy Dick is one of the worst DO
le in all Princeton college. He is as wi
lie as wild can be-" oh" answered t
st good old doctor, "you did not hear u
text Alright. My text was. Train up
Id child in the way he should go, al
IS when he is old Dick is not old V,
d. Just wait awhile. and the boy will col
IL out all right" DR.. Alexander spo
r. the truth Dick did come out all rigl
nd In a few years he not only gave
on heart to God. but he went to New Yo
X city and entered business as a Chr
ur tian layman, and long after his he
.ly ored father had pillOwed his head
at the dust Richard Alexander, tho W
81 Princeton student, welded a migl
ay influence for God and for heaven.
ay my friends, today, as Christian n
IN, and women, we must realize that {
he whole future destinies of our childI
ide are largely dependent upon us. If
on live cOnsecrated, gOdly lives and tri
nd up our children in the way they shOl
Ter so, they will also become consecra
bic Christian men and women, and If
md are hypOcrites and do not train tn
be as they ought to be trained then
so children will also turn out wrong. I
ent parents have bad sons and daughtC
on good parents produce good childl
,or- There is hardly an exception to
ON rule
ele- The Effect of Example.
} a Parental examples and training
not variably reproduce themselves in
Tor, lives Of children. There is a bea
nay full story told of a noted king in
of far east who was about to taxi
nal journey into a remote part OF his X
ler. dom. He therefore sent ahead Of
ich, a trusted minister to build for his re
her mastera suitable palace where the /