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

which make the home Then no man
has the right to so immerSe himself
IN business affairs as to cause him TO
fail to perform his duty TO his wife
and children, and no mother has the
right to allow herself to be drawn
into the maelstrOm Of a Displaying.
frivolous, worldly life and leave her
more than helpless children, day by
day, in the care and keeping of ire
lspOnSible servants and think that she
! has done her duty if she gets them on
TO Sabbath school once a week God
pity the child that has a prayerIess
father and prayerIess mother.
! Fathers and mothers remember how
/ long time God gives you to impress
upon your children those things which
make for true Godliness and happi-
/ ness here and hereafter.
There is But One Answer.
! There can be but one answer to this
profound question, which has been
asked, who. then. is to make the
home what it should be-" The en-
! tire family but above all the parents
/ for parental influence is more poten-
I tial for good or evil than any other,
/ or all others that environ the chill
dTen. The good or evil influence of
! the parent tells upon the child through
/ all eternity. Immortal souls and i'm
J
/ o, fathers. remember that you are
! the ideal Of the child life. o mothers
think of your chiId's reverence for
| YOU Fathers and mothers, you have
| the power in your hands to either
pull down OF Up-lift your children,
/ WHICH will it be?
Thus you see that child training,
| then. is net cold duty but love putting
its full endeayoTs 10 make the best
| life possible"
When this truth of parental respon-
sibility is realized it makes lire real
and fills it with tremendous meaning.
My hearers, God has committed a
great trust to us and as it has been
said. the home life which we are
giving our children tells the story of
our tTueneSs or our falSenesS to the
/ trust"
Your Home Life.
What is your home life? What is
your home life? What Will be the
memories of the old home life when
your children are old and gray head
ed? God is asking you, fathers and
mothers. rs it we'll with thee?
is it well with the child?' 2nd Kings
5:26. Before passing to the consid-
Grafton Of a weighty question in re-
IatiOn to the home, let me pause for
a moment and remind the husband
and wife, in the childless home, that
there rests the great responsibility
upon you to see that your home,
which God in His providence has per
mitted you to establish, is a home Of
piety, and gOdly fear, and that stands
for righteousness. In the next place
let us. having seen the family and
the responsibility it brings, consider
the family, its religious life.
IL its condition. We do not |
have to go to various sections Of the |
country to find out that in the last !
quarter of century there has been |
great change in the spiritual or re- |
IigiouS life of the homes of our land. |
Why is it that the religious inStruc- !
ton of the child is banished from many |
homes or delegated to those outside of
the home? Why SO much disobe- |
dience in the horne life of children, |
even, in many cases, open rebellion |
on their part? Why the lack, in many |
homes, of fiIial obedience? Why is it |
that the family altar in many homes |
lies in ruins or has never been |
erected2 1t is because of the relig- |
iOus life of the family. Who IS re
spOnsibIe for this state of AFFAIRS? /
The heads of the families, was deep /
" impressed in reading the following |
statement, Parents are mainly 70 /
blame Tor the IaulJS anu IdliuI CO VI 4
their children. And children, faulty /
and deficient in fIial reverence and |
obedience. are going forth from I'M
faithful homes, to multiply and scat |
ter in other homes the seed OF un- |
bridIed liberty or license, and ulti~ /
mateIv of UnreasOning, bloOd-Ted an 4
archy. What can stop this tendency |
to lawIessnesS? What can check the !
mad RIGHTEOUSNESS of the age? Where
can be found the school for training !
IoyaI citizens of the state, and faith
full witness bearers of the church?
The answer is IN the revival of .
purer and more resoIute type of fam !
lily religion"
Correct the Evil.
Correct the evil in the home and .
fountains OF purity will send forth .
their waters TO refresh and beauty
the land. If the religious life of the
family is kept pure and unstained .
then we can expect the spiritual life .
Of the church and the moral lie OF /
the state TO be on higher plane
The importance of religion in the !
g So T,ll-