Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-05-02

ana work ana Work. L must Work anO
work even though my own boys and
girls have to suffer" He would not let
Abraham offer his w. Isaac upon his
altar, neither will he ever require US
to sacrifice the spiritual and tempora
lives of our children upon the affairs OF
fame.
And yet, today, see how many men
neglect their own children for the pur.
suit of silver and gold-men who in one
sense try to justify themselves for this
neglect Some time ago l was walking
along one of the eastern streets, and
saw sweet faced old man leading by
the hand a little girl and boy. This
little girl was shaking her finger at the
old man and telling him a long story
of some sort, and the old man was
smiling and nodding and saying: Eyes,
my darling, that must be so if you say
II is so. OF course, of course, 1t must
be So" / slowed up in my walk and
joined myself to the little group.
smiled as 1 saw the contentment with
which wrinkled and snowy January
was nesting up to gentle spring and
the fragrant blossoms of youth. well.
my friend l accosted the aged trav-
eler, you have there a very pretty
girl companion and fine looking boy"
Yes" answered the old man, "these
are really the first two children l have
ever had time to love. These are my
two grand-babies. The great trouble
was that when l was young man and
had my own children had to work so
hard l never had any time to pet them
and spoil them as they say / am spoil
ing these. There little one, be careful
or you will tumble down." l heard the
old man say. But as | walked on and
left the happy group the questions
came to me: Did any father have a
| right to make such an excuse for neg
lecting his children? Can any work
be SO important that a man dares to
say, as did Jephthah, % God, if thou
wilt allow me to succeed in life | will
sacrifice upon thy altar, if she comes
| forth first to greet me, even my only
child, my lovely daughter?"
A Sacred Trust.
/ Oh. parent, it is an awful crime to
endanger the physical and temporal
| and spiritual welfare of your children.
No crime among all recorded crimes
ought to be more Stunned or condemn
ed. And yet this crime we see faunt-
ing itself everywhere. Parents seem
to be too busy seeking earthly fame
and temporal success to care for their
own flesh and blood. Said prominent
English judge to young man stand
ing in the felOns dock, "Do you re-
member your father?" Perfectly
said the youth. Whenever 1 entered
Eshis presence he would say; Run away
run, my lad. and don't trouble me- l
must write now; must write" Who
was that father? He was the great
| lawyer" said DR.. Potter, "who was
| the author of the famous work on
The Law of Trusts and his only
son in due time furnished a practical
commentary on the way in which his
father had discharged the most sacred
of all trusts committed to him in the
person of his own child"
ED, where is your mother?" I once
asked a young school friend when din
|
mother is not here to dinner today.
Mother is very seldom at home. She
is always off addressing those religious
meetings" Do you wonder that in
this answer | read the future doom of
that son? Do you wonder that that
boy turned out badly? What right had
that mother to attend any series of
| oh IOr 10
systematically neglect the spiritual
training of her offspring by her own
Preside? No temporal success of life
should be allowed to demand for its
affairs the sacrifice of a mans children,
the sacrifice Of a mothers home
Christian Integrity.
For temporal success, no matter how
great, God would never have us de-
stroy our Christian integrity. He
would never have US mix an alloy in
with the pure gold of Christian char
acter in order to make it harder and
to give it a louder ring. He would new
er say to us, "Oh, child of God, you
can tell just one big lie or commit one
big sin if by that means you can win
d SIedl edIlIIg success, ana Jueu you
will be ready to reconsecrate your
whole life to me-" And yet there are
many men and women who believe that
in the sight of God and man a great
temporal success in one way may atone
for the illegitimate and dishonest
means by which that success is Won
To them the cloven foot of Satan may
be allowed to stand in the front rank
of the worlds honOred ones if it be
only covered with the shining kid of a
patent leather shoe.
Who is that gentleman riding down
the street, l ask. oh" he answers
that is one of the most influential and
respected men in our town. He is not
only at the head of all reformatory
movements, but he is one of the pill
lars Of Rev. Dr. So-and-so'S church.
How did he make his money!
well" he answers, and with that he
looks around to see no one is within