The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-08-14

pulpit Another one ODUef us
/ tressing pecuniary adversities has
been like shaken cinnamon tree.
His cheerful fortitude has proved
that nothing can impoverish the
soul that is enriched with the I'M
/ searchable riches of Christ our Sa-
vior. Bereavement has sent its
/ bitter blast into some of our fami-
/ lies, yet the ardor of riven hearts
have been sweet with the spirit Of
submission.
Almost every believer 5 experience
contains the record of severe trials
which were sent in order to shake
the spice trees.
Who bears cross prays oft and
well Bruised herbs send forth
the sweetest smell Were plants
ne FER tossed by stormy winds, the
spices who can fnd?"
The wonderful power of influence
begins at home. Our nature de-
mands home. 1t is the first essen
tial element of our social being.
No spot is 50 attractive to the weary
one. 1t is the hearts moral oasis.
There is a mothers watchful care;
fathers sustaining influence.
There is a husbands protection; a
wife's tender sympathy. There is a
circle of loving brothers and sisters
in each others love. Oh, what is
life without these?-a desolation,
painful gloomy pilgrimage through
desert heaths and barren sands.
This home influence is either a
blessing or a curse. The first i'm
pressions are made here, and gave
to our nature its first direction on
ward and upward, or onward and
downward. It uncovers the moral
fountain, chooses its channel and
gives the stream its first impulse.
1t makes the first stamp and sets
the first seal" upon the plastic ma
ture of the child.
These impressions are indelible
and durable as life; compared with
them other impressions are like
those made on sand or wax. To.
erase them we must erase every
stratum of our being. 1t lis great,
silent, irresistible and permanent.
have known many who have passed
unframed through the temptations
of youth, who say they owe their
escape from many dangers to the
intimate companionship of affec-
tionate and pure-minded sisters and
mothers. They have been saved from
meeting Of idle company by some
home engagement of which their
sisters were the charm. They have
left off strong drink because they
could not bring home thoughts and
feelings that they could not share
with mothers and sisters.
Next to the overwhelming pow
er of home influence comes the ir-
resistable and permanent power of
influence in the Sunday school, 1t
can, at best, only supplement or
attempt to make up for the def |
ciencies of home. If the religious
life of the home is to be strengthen
ed it will strengthen the Sunday |
school. Money is an agency for
the propagation Of the word of God /
all classes and conditions of I
people. 1t stands for the thorough
study and teaching of the Holy
Scriptures. 1t enObles men, women
and children to understand and
perform their proper obligations to
God and to His children and to his
lost world 1t aids the parents to
bring up the offspring in the fear
and admonition of the Lord. It
the home To do more and
better Scripture study and teaching
and often gives direction to the en-
ire religious training in the family
circle 1t begins its work at a time
when deepest and most lasting i'm
Dressions can be made on the plas-
lie nature of the child. 1t is the
most powerful factor for training
he future leaders in the work of
he church. 1t is not only great
school for the fitting of
youthful Christians but for the
of growing Christians of
II sorts. 1t fits not only for dis
ipleship but for apostleship, not
nerely to become followers of Christ
'ut leaders of others to Christ. 1t :
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