Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-30
DUTY TOWARD CHILDREN.
A Discourse Delivered BY
ELDER GEORGE + RICHARDS.
Rf The Pon, SAX. C,nr.n hs Tab'rnasle Salt Lake City
October o. 1907
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2 IIfI .NN I.IIN||| NNIM NII. N.|'|. IN|
pDutauce. faith in Christ lhc son of h'
Twins God. and 1f baptism. and th'
giu 90 the Holy Ghost hy Che nyIng
/ Ou 1f hands. when eight years o'l ihc
SIN DE- un0u tho heads OF thc parents,
| f1r this shall ha ca law unto Che in-
Z lVhitarts of Zion or Boz aat ~ h.f
/ auikes which orc ORGANIZED. Ana Nei
] children shsl he bgutIled l9r tho -
/ mission af thrir sims when cisht wears
old and receive Tho laying on oi hana-
I And they shall also teacn their cnilul.h
l Co pray ana walk uprishtiy before tne
/ Lord" So that upon The parents dt-
] v0lvn the responsibility oi Ie'ca.1A
J their children jhc FIRST principles oi 'N.
/ Gospel before they arc eight years ct
lgC and then they are to iei'n tn.N
I o. Wink upriEhtly before the LORD. fI.l
] that moans that they are 90 loech them
PRINCIPLES of morality and that Wilton
/ uIl toud to elevate and cunobic ipcm
! among tho children OF The corih'
ARE PARENTS DOING THEIR
/ DUTY
! Sow. nar.nis. 1 wonder 10 We arc io-
/ inq nin duty9 Do You think that The
/ Lord would have required ot oar hanis
/ That $50 tolch our chlldrcn these urst
PRINCIPLES 90 the gospel II it were NOT
| uoeaihla Tor children Co understand lt'
I first principles OF the gospel ht toie W.
/ Irving at that aer of life. surely lhc
/ Lord kueN what re was talking 1hnut.
and surely these Intelligent chuIdfen
: which Wc has given ms VIII uuaef-
[ staud these principles 81 presented ne-
I fore them undtr the inspiration ol iho
/ Spirit of the Lord IN piainne 1lu s,lu
! pllcfty as b. Is within The power OF lno
/ Iatter-iay Saints 10 present these ptih-
| ciplcs to their children if they WIZ put
| undertake Tho task. I know thar par
| euts do not always have the ebHi
/ teach their children. t.el that il u
gift from God. ana tn"' l' NJ
| the manifesto tions ot the -liiN vt '.D
| Lord unto M children 500 bo euic 20
! tosoh these griuciules 20 eur niue
| children 30 these truths viii appear %
! their understandings How many oI us
] have undertaken To do this VINO ui az
have made appointment Win OUT l"il-
flies once a week, on once a hlol'u' ''
on special occasions lu order thN' W.
/ might sit down with our families, anu
/ having first invoked the blessings 'i
heaven upon us and upon our eHolt T.,
tried tc teach our little 'hilu ~ Wy
rrinciplos of Inc gospel2 / wonder II
most of us are not under ,oun,"lii'
lion before the Lord today because ul
our neglect 90 our children
POWER or EXAMPLE
Noy, wish 10 cali attention TO the
effect of our own lives before our cnu-
dren aud before our neighhpfs, AN"
| befor, our neighbors' children. Ihere
| ie mo- more potent means of teachln1
| our chlldren the principles oI mo ivy /,
tho principles ut religion, ta"n hs ~
! accepting OF these pttnclples anu ~
! ing them In an the actions of our hNes
I before our children. II is as naturdi
as oan be Cor the child 90 initiate rus
J parents. They learn by OBJECT ies7V.t,
and our lives are constantly an ~
sect lesson bcfor, our chiluieh' 1T
Were possible for the emilio 20 DO
q az his nINH
I ! ents and never leave that roof or come
, J under The Influence of other people'
!, ! that child would Doe az his pare nla are
q You note the young LADY, the Hlf| " ~
81 | has never worked away from nome snt
Ia has. never mad schooling In domest
Il | sclehco she has never read domestic
i. ! scicuce what she knows or nous
10 I keauiun she has observed in her MOTH
ID | err YOU viii fra that she sweeps INC
i | floor. that she makes the beds, that she
does her cooking. washes her dishes
and does everything IN detail just a'
% her mother has done 10. The very IAN,
guage that Is used by the mother ana
bv the father viii be used by the
daughter or by the son. under such cir
! cumstances. showing clearly that tn'
, ! child learns b. the example that i
p / placed before him. This is environ
. ment. How necessary then that th'
, ! parents set a worthy example before
! the children. ana I'm order that their IN
structions may have weight and inhu
: ece with the children. 81 Is necessary
that their example and Their precept
conform. there should be no connie
: between them. elise there might ris'
up In the minds of the children ques'
+ tion as 20 the sincerity Of the paent
, in then teachings 10 the children. w
l do not wish ogr children 20 think 10
s a moment that there Is any hypocris'
q Ia us, for as soon as they discover thal
FOL amen TO AN the influence We may nav
q | with them. they will seek elscWhef
Tor example aud for teachings In tn
Il ! case 90 Lehl 10 Dr. apparent that tneI
Z were some other influences brought Z
d bear upon his sons than those Wnlc
q We're found I'm his own family or Ia
i man and Lcmuel. Lehrs dlsobedier
n sons. would not have taken the cours
p. which they ala For this Lehi and hi
. Wffe may not havc been responsible al
together Now IL the conduct OF M
az ucighhors Is roing to influence my chi
~ dron IN their course Of life how necc'
y sary that not only my example hut ais
the example Of my nelghbors BE- sue
~ AS a. worthy The emulation Of my 30
n | or my daugh en- who come in conta,
l with my neighbors or with thelr chi
l ! drou Their lives ana their conduct wi
,r have 10 do with the moulding or th
lt | character and tho making Of my son I'd
IN | daughter what be or she rs TO h
Therefore ! should observe the con
mandmCut ~ thn Lord unto me, am
take up a laho- with my neighbour am
a. | trv 30 CONVEX. and reform him, hi
"a | FIRST be converted and reformed m'
"a self ] am reminded now Of the con
-, | mandment ~ thC Lord no the Latte
~ 4 day saints upon this subject I Won
- like To- read q paragraph on that sul
Wv ject.
ia ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR TIL
as PREACHING or THE GOSPEL.
Ia and again 7 Say unto you, / gi
IN unto sou commandment that owe
IN | man. both elder. priest. teacher 1'
ia | also member go a. with his mlei
e with the labor ~ his hands to ur
,d, | pare and accomplish the thlnE Wnl
~ & have commanded. ana IDt 500
~ ! preaching De the warning voice. cfe
,' man Goo his nclshbor, in midnes3 al
~ lr m.ekncss'
al That ls the principle Eycrv man
.nt / rfi,.t fel rhor. deacon. aud member
.uf / and that iuClufoa tho si-teu.-ull Sd
ior | D.llcd Co preach ihe guspol eNc
nm, One to hls ncighb0r so there De-
.~I responsibility lu this connection.
In, tho saving ~ my uoighhor. tHat ~
"a" influence may ho felt by his Chudrf
n' and my children and again hy W
~ SELF for ] must he influenced by q
l'i lfa and conduct uf ms ueiEhbur
nr haa its weight aud influence, and q