The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-16

I ganiZed. In it the human government
was inaugurated." Ordinarily with
the forming of the family there
comes Into the world of being a new
/ life-helpIess, dependent, clinging.'"
and with the establishment of the
home and family there comes grave
responsibilities. And these response
bilities the head of The family cannot
AFFORD to Shirk, yet, dare not do so.
With the coming of the helpless
babe into the home God has not given
US just flesh and blood to fondle and
love and noUrish. No, fathers and
mothers, God has placed within the
caSket of the body of the precious
babe you hold in your arms a jewel
OF priceless value, an immortal soul.
and holds you responsible for its
training. He is saying TO you, Take
this child and train it for me-" o,
that parents realized this truth and
responsibility The obligation is
theirs because of the ties of blood.
DR.. Stalker reminds US that there is
in human life a mysterious element
OF necessity. Everyone is born into
a particular family which has a his
tory and a character of its own, form
ed before he arrives. He has no
choice in the matter; yet this affects
all his subsequent life. He may be
born where it is an honor to be born.
or on the contrary where it is a dis
grace. He may be heir TO inspiring
memories and take up a hereditary
burden of physical or moral disease.
A man has no choice OF his mother
or father his brothers or sisters, his
uncleS or his aunts, yet on
these ties, which he has no power to
unlock, may depend thTse-fourths OF
his happiness" This being true, how
heavily the responsibility rests upon
every parent to throw all the holy
and Christian influences around it
from its infancy up to mature man
hood. How Important then, it is for
parents to be processing and faithful
Christians themselves, thus placing
themselves in that relation to God
which viii enable them to enter into
covenant relation with God by the
dedication of the helpless infant. by
baptism, to Him. Should not every
parent see to it that, in Gods provi-
dence. the child born into their home
should become a heir to an honorable
and glorious biTthright
II there has been in any family a
long line of Cody ancestors, see to il
that you do not pour into it any
poisonous influence to defiIe its pure
current, It would be a most grievous
mistake and sin for any parent to de-
prive his children of any of the noble
heritage which has been handed down
70 him by preceding generations AS
you realize this, how noble is il to be
a God-feaTing father and a pious
mother.
Rests Upon Fathers.
While the mothers life is more IN
umately INTERVIEWED with that of the /
enid, the responsibility of the home
life rests primarily upon the father.
No father has the right to put the
entire responsibility on the dear little
woman We call mother for God laws
on the man, as the head of the family. !
the chief responsibility for the re-
hglous and moral development of the
child. As God has constituted man
prophet, priest and king in the home"
He will not sanction the delegation |
of this responsibility to the wife. the
Sabbath school, or any other agency" |
And yet, while 1 say this, / do not
mean to, in the least, remove the
great responsibility, because of her
intimate association with the children
which rests upon the mother.
Parents, let us grasp this awfuIIv /
solemn truth, we are responsible for 1
the training Of our children. for the /