The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-22

Therefore it is very important that
parents train up their children Alright
for God They should early get them
in the habit Of going to church and to
Sunday school They should teach
| them the beautiful stories of the Bible.
They should instill in them the duties
| of helping those who need their help.
The gospel habits we learn in youth
| we rarely forget"
Peter as Boy.
Thus we find the old habits of Peter
asserting themselves. Peter was born
near the sea of Galilee. AS boy he
| used to play upon it's pebbled beach.
| AS a youth he used to swim and fish
in it's waters. AS a young man he used
to earn his livelihood by catching and
selling the fish. AS q strong fisherman
he had battled with many storms While
| setting his nets after his boat had
been nearly submer@rd - tha heav1ng
| pillows Now, when t!Iv Il :'Drs of the
crucifiXion were still su:>t = through
his mind and heart, the ois; habits or
youth We're again asserting themselves.
Back to the fisherman's tasks" was
| the call Of his heart So may we train
our children for Christ in the nursery
| that when the storms of persecution
and the tornadoes of trouble batter
| against them and threaten to sub
merge them they may find divine
solace and gospel comfort in the les
sons we have taught them in the quie-
tude of the nursery and in the inspired
trut tbs they have learned at the family
altar.
But there is another weighty lesson
to be learned from the scene OF my
text. The easiest way to overcome the
tidal waves Of trouble is by Harvesting
ourselves up to work. Inactivity and
inertia are sympathizing attendants,
who are only too willing to sit by the
bedside of heartrendfng grief and
weep with us when we weep and talk
over with us the sickening tragedies
of the past But their chief mission Is
not to heal the wounds Of life or to
stop the hemorrhages of bleeding
hearts. They only take the bandages
off the pain racking wounds and start
the bleeding afresh. The best way to
fight grief is to go forth in manly,
Christian way and lift our cross and
silently carry our burden along ana
not stop to make complete inventory
of our misfortunes. Peter knew this
truth. as every brave man ought to
know it.
Back to Daily Duties.
Cannot you hear him say to the 9th
err disciples: Men, what is the use OF
our sitting here and nursing our grief
By dwelling on the scenes of the pass
can we lessen one iOta any or oui
SORROWS? Would Jesus want us to Sit
around idle like this? We cannot bring
him back to us. Like David with his
dead boy, we can go to him, but he
cannot come to u.s. Have we no daily
duties to perform? Have we no hun
, CRY mouths to fill? Are not our wives
and children dependent upon us fol
food? If Jesus does not want me t
follow him and preach, at least M
wants me to be an honest man ant
provide home for my family. usef
: to earn their living by a fisherman
net / can earn them bread by selling
fish again. l 60 a-fshing." Then thu
! other disciples said, 1--WE also go will
, thee" Yes, the sad fact is that man!
5 people do not fight the sorrows of llf'
: by the activities of life. Like job o
r old. they nurse their grief by tearin;
their garments and by weeping ant
complaining in sackcloth and ashes.
Here, for instance. is wife ant
; mother who has been blessed with Il
Z noble family AeGod ever gave to
home. From the morning when TIN
, sweet throated songstress called low
0 sang amid the bowers Of the orang
3 blossoms the sunshine Of JOY has al
d ways been flooding her life. Her life
t like a humming bird, has winged 1t
/. way from flower to flower. The sting
ing nettles and the hard, stony path
d ways were for others. Only the rest
J. full, tender symphonies of happy lif
b sounded their music in her heart. Blu
t one day the shadow of the broad wing
Y ed messenger of death passed over he
g head. Now, as before, there are sevel
5. places at her family table, but one
!. the baby chairs is vacant. Does tina
n mother always arise in the mornin
e with a sweet smile upon her lips an
e take up her duties Of life cheerfully
- Does she help her husband bear hi
e grief? With a noble Christian resie
nation, does she thank God that sh
e has still four babies left? Does sh
;, live to make them happy? Or doe
# she sit down and nurse her grief
d Are her cheeks being continual
n splashed by the fountains Of her tears
u Does she put away all her brigf
e clothes and advertise her sorrow b
IS repulsive Grape? Does she go fort
e with a brave heart to bind up til
t bleeding wounds Of her neighbors
r Does she continually expect her neigl
> bors to come and talk to her upo
l. only one subject, the loss of her bah
4. girl? My friend, God sent you so