The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-09-03
THE LITTLE Ones.
Excellent Production Of a Louisa Wo-
man Read at S. S. Convention.

The following was read at the Sun
day School Institute held at Deep
hole on the 2Sth of August, and by
a resolution passed unanimously by
the Institute it is published in the
Big Sandy News:
Some one asked a mother whose
children had turned out very well
what was the secret by which she
prepared them for usefulness and lol
the Christian life and she said: This
was the secret: when in the morn
washed my children, l prayed that
hey might be washed in the fOun-
tain of a Saviour's mercy When ]
put on their garments, l prayed that
they might be arrayed in the robe
Of a Sayiour's righteousness. When
] gave them food, I prayed that they
might be fed with mamma from heav-
Ell. When started them on the road
to school, | prayed that their path
might be as a shining light, brighter
and brighter to the perfect day.
When l put them to sleep, | prayed
that they might be EMBODIED in the
Saviour's arms" .
o." some might say, that was
quite old-fashioned." 1t was quite
old-fashioned, but do you suppose a
child under such shepherding as that
ever turned out bad? Would to God
we had more old-fashioned mothers.
The trouble nowadays is that moth
ers are too ultra-fashionable in their
IDEAS about rearing the little ones.
II isn't fashionable to demand obed-
fence in a very young child Just
recently heard mother say Wait
until my baby, Zone and half years
ODD gets to be OF Years old and
Ill control her" Why wait until a
child has learned to be disobedient
before control is exercised? Isn't it
Just double trouble and isn't it an
injustice to the child? Children who
do not learn to obey human author
1ty are unwilling 10 learn to obey
divine authority. Children will not
respect parents whose authority they
do not respect. l have known fami-
lies, and so have you, in which the
children rule the household-have the
Dnthority. The high-chair in which
the infant sits is the throne and the
rattle is the scepter, and the other
children make up the parliament
where father and mother have no
vote. Such children grow up to speak
of their father as the "old man" or
their mother as the 'old woman"
Shepherding the little ones means
50 much--is such a responsibility.
When God entrusts a lamb 10 our
shepherding it is necessary first that
we know the way ourselves-not
HlNiNly W punt TIC way DuL W Walk
therein ourselves to go before and
lead. AS many as 500 times does the
BIBLE illustrate Gods care for His
nSn by the shepherds care for his
sheep, and for a picture of an ideal
shepherd we turn to the 23rd Psalm, !
with which you are all familiar God
has provided for every want Of man.
IN order for us to properly shepherd
the little ones we must simply lie
under-s shepherds of Him who is pre-
eminently the Good Shepherd What
are some of His characteristics The
tenderness of His love is bOundless.
We cannot scold or pound our chill
drcn into nobility of character. Some
one has said that THE bloom Of
chsid's heart can never be seen under
cold drizzle," and believe it's true.
Be tender then. Haven't lou seen
some children who were nagged to
dtath2 | heard of a mother once who
was busy about her work and present.
" she missed her little boy and call
Ing to an older child she SAID, Go
out there and tell Johnnie to quit
whatever he's doing" No judgmeA