The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
VALUE OF CHILDREN
 FOR CIVILIZATION Rev. Tyler Continues Ser mons on Home Topics THE CHTLD'S RIGHTS Is the Child Worth While?-Does It Pay?-Interesting Questions
 Answered in His Sermon
 Yesterday
THE CHTLD'S RIGHTS

on the home question. The we'll known author-pastor took as his theme, The ] Child, Its Value, Rights and Duties" In his we'll known, crisp style he impressed I his hearers with the importance of the child in the home and to the world. and deplored the fact that thousands of chil- dren are born in insufficiency and want l in iniqulty and darkness-lack of sani- 1 tary conditions and In homes of abject misery
 The general theme of this series of ser- mons is ''The Human Trinity from II Kings, 4:26, "Is it well with thee, is 1t we'll with thy husband, is 1t we'll with the child? And she answered. it is we'll" Yesterday the pastor added to the general text for his topic St. Luke, 56, What manner of child shall this be?'' MT. Tyler said in part: A Tt Is a real pleasure to present a 1nes- sage in the interest of innocent childhood, the purest and sweetest of the many adornments of the earth
 This subject grows to be more im- portant and interesting to me In these lat ter days of 's4o,0O0 poodle dog funerals
  graves of Gods little children, many Of whom died for want of money to furnish proper nourshment, and where thousands are left unborn sometimes to the happi- ness of the poodle.
 God has chosen to propagate life and carry on his developments in the earth by a process of birth and growth. He might have proceeded as he began. manu- featuring people full grown, but that would have made life prosy-no poetry could have been born without childhood, courtship, marriage. family life. human trinitq, home.
 Sweetest Thing in World
 'The sweetest thing in the world and greatest institution known to mankind is a baby. Our Heavenly Father dignified childhood by presenting His only Son, Our Saviour, that way. Jesus loved the children, He loved to handle them, talk to and about them.
 "Babyhood, l suppose, in it's innocency and sweetness gathers about it more of the real joy of the home, furnishing in- cidents around which cluster the dearest memories of our old homes.
 Home, being of a rather modern actu- sality, the English language seems richer than older tongues in it's shades and delineations in word pictures about 1t; but through the progress of civilization, the commercializing and industrializing of the earth and sky, the mad rush for pleasure and wealth even at the sacrifice of the dearest ties, our English tongue failed to construct about childhood's on- ward progress the fine periodic delinea- tions in which the Jewess gloried
 "The Hebrew uses different word for child at every turn and nrogress. so in,- ortant was it's advancement. Ben and Bath are their general words Tor boy and girl: but if 1t is little helpless one ss the daughter of Pharioh looked upon. it is 'Yeled;5 if a little older It Is 'Yonel. When it changes from liquid to s ,lid food i; is 'Oled. and when it begins walking about it is 'Gamul. When ilttle more independent they call it 'Tapn.' When it is large enough to work q donSt mean to put in cotton mill any way) it is 'Elim When it can fight and defend i.self they call 1t 'Naar. And when it Is ripe-mar- riage and ready for military servica 'Bachur' is the word.
 Tt would seem that the child was of ir- finite importance among the Hebrews from these careful distinctions; and they were. They considered 1t the greatest honor to be called mother. We might learn something from the Jews You will find that the per cent IS small or fhctr fallen men and women.
 What is child? It's value?
 What are its rights?
 What are its duties?
 Messenger From God
 "A child :s messenger from Coda news bearer from that infinite world with tidings from it's father.
 "The baby is also q gift from heaven pH xyo bo those them as a nuisance rather than blessed gifts. Oh, yes the baby is a, yell--an h. convenience. It takes money, but so do theatres and other social functions. It may cry and get sick at the wrong time and determine your trips to seashore and disturb your sleep. etc. but the irresistible appeal of those baby hands exten led with a sweet smile and gentle coo makes all trouble a blessed inconvenience and stirs us to sense of life's highest nobility.
 Children are the beautiful flowers ir the great world garden. We spoke cl the home as a nursery in1our last sermon and so it is. hut the developing of human buds into blossoms Is hot exactly like those of the garden. In the case of tte child more depends upon the hand that nurtures it. The rosebud If 1t blooms al all will be rose despite the nature of the soil in which it grows pr the care which 1t receives. Not so with these hu- man flowers. Whether they bloom In the deadly night shade or the fragrant mar. ohael neal depends upon the gardener. Tt is natural then that people should ask, What then shall this child be?' 4 little one had come to bless the nome oi Zachariahs old age. the relatives and friends gathered in to rejoica with them and insisted on naming it after someone ot the family, but were surprised to find both father and mother agreed upon John Seeing that the parents were Icing led by divine manifestations they exclaimed, What manner of child is this :? Fills World With Glee
 ''rhe child is Gods way of keeping the world young and full of glee. hid You ever notice how a baby keeps mp the con versation and lights up everything with a halo of glory.
 "Childhood is that period of our lives so sweet and hallowed in memory that il is worth repeating. and so God allows od people to live 1t over again.
 'The baby is the little helpless crea- ture that the calves. colts. chickens and birds leave so far behind in infancy. bu if you will watch him he will soon cray out before and above them. He will cal the chicken, cage the bird, saldie ani coli and drive the calf. The rose longest i' bud is sweetest in bloom. The scale alt length of life are generally determined l by length of infancy. The house fly ma lures in two days. the butterfly Tn two weeks the humming bird in two months | etc.
 The child is an immortal CT sature J l slow development. but lasts ds long a' ] God lasts, for he is part of Hin.
 ''rhe baby is a big bundle of love righ out of the heart of the Father fresh Of i the altar of love. His best thoughts O sweetness gentleness and purity wrapped