Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-27
Household Letters
Concerning Our Children

The training Of children seems to be
enc OF the main topics OF discussion. and
iris Is a very important subject IL is one
too many parents pass over without Civ
lng much thought. There are q lot Of
parents that do not seem TO realize what
raising children means. There are some
who seem TO think that when they have
nourished the body Of the child. kept
n clothed taught IL to work. read. write
and cipher d little" turn IL loose on the
Sabbath and let il run at random that
they have done a good part by their boy
and that he Is well raised.
Such parents do not understand their
duties and responsibilities as they should.
Little children are intrusted to parents by
Cod and they are sure to be called to
account for the way they raise them.
The main idea in raising children should
be for the glory OF God. There are some
however. that raise them to make a great
show in the world. and give little
thought. III any. to the intellectual and
moral development Of the child. They
teach IL that wealth is the biggest thing
in the world. There Is a place I'm the BIZ
bic where II says. HE that Is greedy OF
rain maketh trouble for his own house"
How true this Is where IL is the main OBJ
feet Of life. I have seen IL and so have
you such people are vampires. always
no more get a nickel out Of them for the
support Of the church. Sunday school and
missions than you can go to the moon.
They are the sort that do not believe
IN anything II Il requires them to sacri-
fee an idea of their own. IL they give IL
r. for show.
A lot OF people are living today as IL
they thought God Is going to forget all
about their sins. say nothing about them.
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Judgment bar OF God. No man or woman
can remain in the presence of God who
has cherished sin in their lives.
Suppose God was going to call YOU away
this night. Are you prepared to go7 '
believe II every one will act honestly with
themselves and God they can answer
this question Christ does not do things
BY halves. He wants the very best there
Is In US
often hear IL remarked by old people
that boys are worse than they were when
they we're boys That may be true. but It
fs little hard for me TO believe. There
are more boys now than when they were
bows and they see more OF them IL is a
wonder TO me though that some OF them
are not worse than they are. There are
boys and girls I'm Georgia that have never
heard their father nor mother utter a
prayer They never hear them use the
name OF GOD unless II Is 10 take IL IN
vain They never resS their Bible nor
encourage their children TO do so. Some
homes have no Bible in them. Maybe some
have a small testament or an old Bf-
bic with the backs and several leaves
torn from front and back. The children
are never taken to church more than
2once a year and that is in the summer
time. We need more religion that lasts
from year TO year. not the spasmodic
rcrt This so called summer religion
tfat shouts the boards off OF the house.
and dances the floor out in the winter is
standing in the way OF sinner and turning
many of them from Christian life.
Some people viii not go TO church be-
cause they say they are as good. or bet
ter. than somebody else that are in the
church and they see no need for them to
70. Now, IL you will notice such peo-
pIe pick out the very worst characters
IN the church. They forget how Jesus held
or to Judas
There are children living under the
sound Of the Sunday school bell every
Sunday that have never been to Sunday
school in their lives Now. under these
circumstances Is IL any wonder that we
have bad boys7 The wonder to me IS
that they are not worse than what they
are. MOUNTAINEER-