Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-02-01

to bring his sons and their wives with
himself and his wife into the Ark be-
fore the judgment of the deluge There
is no record that Noah got anybody
f, else saved, though he was preacher
of righteousness, and God was long
suffering in the days of Noah for one
hundred and twenty years before the
flood came; but it is blesessed to note
that Noah did get his own family to go
into the Ark, which is type of Christ,
and eight souls were saved from the
Judgment that destroyed all flesh that
was upon the face of the earth, that
did not enter the Ark of safety. Noah,
no doubt, is an object lesson to all
fathers whose families are now out of
Christ.
Next we have the man Abraham
who is, called "the friend. of God" God
said: For l know him, that he will
command his children and his house
hold after him, and they shall keep
the way of the Lord, to do justice and
judgment" (Gen XVIII:19) Truly
God is no respector of persons and we
can be known of God as Abraham was
| known, If we will. 1t does mean a
battle. but the Victory is always with
the Lord, if we will measure up to our
| responsibility concerning our children.
| God grant that we may begin to do so
| today, if never before eye are my
! friends if We do whatsoever l COM
mand YOU God has a remedy for our
every weakness, and remember that it
is not question of the children's
weakness, or of those who are at fault
| besides ourselves; this will not per-
nit us to escape our personal parental
responsibility
Again we read of the boy Samuel,
whose mother gave him to the Lord
| before he was born. Is it. not true
that, if Gods people would begin by
bringing children into the world as
Samneps mother did, that there would
be many more Samuels, not especially
by name, but in the service of the
Lord in the days to come? Another
narrative is found concerning good
man by the name of Eli, whose sons
were vile in the sight of the Lord, and
we are told Eli was judged as well as
his sons, because "he restrained them
not" Eli was not a bad man himself,
but that fact made his responsibility
| the greater, because he was in reputa-
ton as a public servant. 1t is also a
fact that you and l who have great
deal more light than many people
have upon Divine truths, are held to
a greater responsibility concerning our
families than they are as to theirs.
| Where are our families, and especially
our children? And what are they do
ing in the sight of the Lord and of
those who know us and condemn us if
they are not following the Lord as we
profess to follow Him?
| 2nIht to be said here that our re-
1 sr-..silllity concerning ouf children is
two-fold; that Of both training and re-
straining them Prov. %: 6 holds true,
which says: Train up a child in the
| way he should go, and when he is old
| he will not depart from it." And 1t is
true that proper training often in
cludes the necessary restraining of
our children, and if there is not the
restraining, the responsibility is ours.
; was especially impressed with this
truth few years ago, when / heard
minister lecture on a subject, en-
titled, "The Little Rulers of the
Realm" The young minister was so
taken with the first-born that came
into his home that he prepared this
special lecture, and the people who
heard him were captivated by his
fascinating way of showing how our
children rightly rule and reign in our
hearts and home. But, dear friends,
there is another side to this truth,
and-that is, there will come the time
when our children will become such
rulers of the realm that they will rule
to their ruin and to our ruin, as Ellis
sons did, if we restrain them not.
Christ is the only hope for children,
as well as for older sinners, and the
way is made plain in the text concern
ing them. May we be found looking
unto Jesus, and our households with
us. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved, AND THY
HOUSE" acts XVI:31.)
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