Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-04

II the church Of Jesus Christ had
such an infinite influence upon the
lives of your children ought you not,
o wives and mothers, TO cast your In
nucncc there? Ought you not Sunday
after Sunday to be seen within the four
walls of the sacred sanctuary? It is
useless for you to say that you have
no time to go to church. A mother can
always arrange her time to admit any
duty that she knows to be essential to
her childrcn.s welfare. Who can tell
whether the destiny Of your children
may not he affected for all eternity by
your bringing them to church? Some
mothers find time every week to take
their children TO dancing schools. IL
not the temple where the people learn
about Jesus Christ more important
than the floor where the heels are edu-
Gated instead of the heart?
DO not make the plea ! have so often
hcard-that you have little children too
young to go to church and therefore
you must stay with them at home.
Take your babies along. The minister
Of the Lord Jesus Christ who would be-
come irritated because young mother
brings hor hobv 70 church is NOT snir.
itually fitted 10 stand in any pulpit
or to preach from any sacred desk.
Tho greatest honor today which con-
crepotion con bovo is IN 600 tho novs
filed m with tho vounr mothers who
arc fianked by little children on both
sides. | once heard of variety show
giving n performance In mining
camp In the DAYS % the California cold
excitement. The rude thcatcr for the
most part was filled with rough men,
! While tho show was going on n little
baby began to cry. That child's cry
nightly affected the miners. They
made tho players stop SO that they
could hear tie roicc which recalled the
holy memories of their eastern homes
If n child's cry can soften the heart
in thcatcr il can teach a gospel les
son in church service. Oh, mothers
with little children, when you come to
the church bring your babies. When
I used to be taken to church as little
child the sweet influence of the gospel
| penetrated my being. though often be-
fore the service closed, in Chldhoods
wcarincss. | went to sleep with my
head pillowed on my mothers lap.
No mother can be true example to
her children unless at the same time
she IS true church member.
The Greatest Of All Examples.
"But," some one may say. you have
not spoken yet Of the greatest of all
examples which true mother ought
to set before her children. She should
and must be Christian woman. She
cannot be true wifc. daughter. mem
Der OF society and OF the church IN
less in the first place she fully realizes
her responsibility to- her Maker and
Redeemer and Saviour" Well, my
friend, perhaps | have done wrong in
not making this thought the first and
chief heading of my sermon. But. TO tell
the truth. | have gone upon the sup
position that all the wives and moth
crs assembled in this congregation are
Christian women. | believe that deep
down in your hearts you feel your re-
sponsibility To Christ. | preach with
another purpose than TO bring you as
now converts to Christ. ! have tried
to show the different directions in
which the river of your spiritual love
should flow have tried to show you
this because | want to prove that
your daughters spiritual love will flow
in the same direction as yours finds an
outlet.
DO yOu know what impresses mo
most ABOUT Il ilttle boy: Inc fact that
he wants 10 De Ike his father. The
niue FELLOW wants 10 wear the same
klnd or Suspohders, ana the same KIND
or vest ana Whlte shlrt ana collar,
tle same klhd OF Iaccd SHOES. lie
wants 10 lhl'tate his 1athers good
hablts as well as his bad. DO YOU
know What lmpresscs me most about n
niue glrl' she wants 10 be ike hcr
mother. AS IS the mother, so Is her
daughter when my sisters were
young the nrst ACT l remember about
them was TINS: 1hey used TO rum
mage IN mothers closets and get out
her long dresses ana pm them around
their waists ana play they We're grown
WOMEN so''i7 Gaming men Altlc SirlS