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

the church, if love and devotion 20
things holy and divine be the charac-
ter!stic in the home so will be the re-
! llgiOus life of it's inmates. If spiritu Il
Indifference be the ruling spirit so will
We ind the lives of that home. Ricn-
ard Cecil we'll said, The spirit and
tone OF your home will have great IN
fiuence on your children. IL ii is what
il ought to be, it will fasten convic-
ton on their minds, however wicked
they may become" Fathers and
mothers. it YOU are only faithful in
Your duty happy rewards will be
thine, for the psalmist says in Psalms
144:12, 1888, That our sons may be
as plants grown up in their youth;
tdat our daughters may be as corner
stones, polished after the similitUus
Of palace Thy wife shall be as a
fruitful vine by the sidek of thine
house: thy children like olive plants
round about thy table Happy shalt
thou be and it shall be well with thee"
Ps. 1882.
Having seen the importance of fam
iiy religion let US now note some of
the elements Of family religion.
These elements are set forth in the
companion passages which were read
in connection with the text. The first
element / will mention is the training
Of the child in the Fundamental Prin-
cipIes Of life.
In Proverbs 1926 We see that it Is
said: Train up a child in the way he
should go: and when he is old he will
not depart from it." Then in Pro
verbs 29:15 we read. The rod and re-
proof give wisdom; but child left to
aimself bringeth his mother to
shame"
Your duty, then, is TO train them by
instruction, for mans understanding
is trained through knowledge. You
must impress upon them their respOn-
sibility to God. their need Of Christ
the guilt of sin, the true nature OF
Gods holiness, the necessity of a pure
life, that their chief aim in life should
be to glorify God. That right living is
necessary to happiness and that this
can alone come through union with
Christ by regeneration by the Holy
Spirit.
Train him by correction.
Use the proper authority and dis
ciplins. The sooner this is done the
better. Impress the moral obligations
upon him.
The responsibility which rests upon
the parent implies the right of gov
eminent, discipline, and control" AS
lamentabIe as the fact may be 'alI
sin and go aStray as soon as they
lie born" then in the very beginning
of child life the duty of training, in
the providence OF God, rests upon tle
parent. --Jf
It. has been well said, Parental
control and correction are secuted by
many in our day as barbsrOus and in
human. But their opinions and theo- |
ries melt away like wax before the |
divine word. The Bible still stands as
ha nf oil vii nd
criticism. Its declarations are old, /
but true and imperative. And woe be |
to the parent. who tramples upon it's |
requirements" Listen 10 what Gods /
word says, Proverbs 1924: He that |
spareth tae rod hateth his son, but he /
that loveth him chasteneth him be-
times" Proverbs 1918: "Chasten
thy son while there is hope, and let
not thy soul spare for his crying"
Proverbs 22:15: 'Foolishness IS
bound in the heart of child; but the /
rod Of correction shall drive it far
from him. Proverbs %: 1314:
withhold not correction from the
child, for if thou beatest him with the
rod he shall not die. Thou shalt beat
him with the rod and shalt deliver his
soul from death" Proverbs 2S:17: /
Correct thy son and he shall give
thee rest; yea, he shall give delight
uhtO thy soul.
Tempered in Love.
This firmness in government must
be tempered by love and COnsidera-
ton. ! believe that the parent who
permits the child 70 do as he pIeases
not only sins but is doing the child
untold harm.
You should train them in their read-l
ms You should guard the temper
If ,-our child Pr7F II under moral - /
straint Restraints are needful to the
Young. Temper unreStrained leads TO
crime and death. Proverbs 21:14,
Wrath Is cruel and anger is outrag-
1ous, but who is able TO stand before
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Look well to the spiritual interests