The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-16

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Is, ~: 4 Because thou hast for.
gotten the God Of thy salvation, andl
hast not been mindful Of the rock OF
thy strength, therefore shalt thou
plant pleasant plants and set IT With
strange sins In the day shalt thou
make they plant 70 grow, and inthe3
morning shalt thou make thy seetito
but the harvest shall be q
heap, in the day Of grief, and desper.
ate sorrow" Q, volumes might be
written Of Gods sbomination Of this
shameful detaultilg Of one Of 'lite's,
most sacred trusts-the trust Of God
to man, involving the body:life, and
soullife Of his offspring. but this IS
not the time nor place to write It. Let
every Christian 81 to the Bible and
search for the truth in this matter az
the peril Of his own soul. s.s !.
HOME, Sunday school, and4 Church.
Influences. Many are saying here this
evil should be eoanteraeted. But, in
the name Of God and wisdom, why
should this evil be created to be coun-
teracted? suppose these forces are
set to work as antldotes. We are but
playing the fool tocreate such fearful
and terrible conditions to try our
home, church. and Sunday school anti
dotes on. 1t seems in the demonstra-
tions tried, that the antidotes prove
effective to, but a,sadly limited degree.
Look at the trial: Public SCHOOLS have
the children 20 hours a week, nine
months in the year. They also have
compulsory power to sake the chill,
dren attend, study and attain prof,
cfencys The Sunday school can COM
mand no attendance, save as a yolla-
tary matter; can compel no study o.
Lessons and have about one hour 70
teach per week against the 25 hours
Of the public school, Results?
HOME, yes, HOME, Here truly is
the very center and source Of the
trouble. First and foremost, God has
never authorized the dedication Of
the chiid's moral and spiritual iastruc-
ton to any Others than the parents, or
their natural successors in. author
ity Gen. 50:2S. eAnd Joseph saw
Ephrlam,s. children unto the third gen,
Grafton: the children also Of Machlr,
the son OF Mauasseh, were brought UP
upon Josepa's knee And Joseph was
a busy man. "Thou shalt teach them
to thy children, and thy children,s
children" is Gods. direct and express
ed command, and parents have no
higher obligations on earth than to
obey IT. In this day Of organization
Of forces and labor, We have failed 10
see that there are some duties that
are not transferable: Religious train.
Ing to delegate this responsibility 10
others we have lost the parental con
troll Of the child at a very much ear
Her period than God ever intended,
and sent that child on into, the world,
disregarding the standards of his pa.
higher things at hapchance; from sncn
seemingly desirable guides as may
approve themselve sto his tastes o.
desires, and forming fellowships ac-
cordlngly, away from home and pa
rents. Thus before our very eyes We
see the family ties weakening, and
parental influences despised, and chill.
dren by thousands lie. away, along
the lines of their own sweet wills, 10
that country early trod by the @Prodi-
gal Son." And we see impotent pa
rents and seeking guidance in LIES
renthood, whitening, bllghted, dying
because it like. Esau, has sold its sa-
cred trust, and the enobling manhood
and womanhood that can only be de.
veloped in parents as they train their
children for God, in the things Of
God, and the glory, the hope of re-ui-
ion and Fellowship Of the family, in the
eternal beyond.
But lest some should hastily con;
clude that the writer is simply q "Bl-
BILE crank" and has failed to4look into
the realness and prove the present
day forces of his position by actual
life, here and now, let us look around
and see If the God of these ancient
words is not the God of Today" Be.
low Is a table giving some figures con.
trastIng the strides Of crime In this
country, with England. England, who
has made such splendid fight to
keep Gods Word in her system Of edn.
cation, while We have been allowing
It to be squeezed out Of ours. Here
are the figures and they seemereltable.
1 cut them from one Of our great news.
papers:
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