The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-12-01
"You Cannot Mock God" Declares
Minister at Christian churcb;
Prepare Ground Well to AS
sure Abundant Crop.
TRAINING OF CHILDHOOD
LIKENED TO SOWING TIME
Teachings to Child viii Determine In
Large Measure Kind Of Man or
Woman That viii Result,
Pastor Points Out

Nou cannot mock Cod was the
Aes &c carried in the sermon de-
'isered lat night at the Chri tian
church by Rev G. Z. James, pa..or,
who based his sermon on the ia .s.
age Of scripture. Whatsoever nan
sowe.h, that shall he also re D."
The speaker showed that the sow.
ing CT seed must be preceded by she
shcrohgh preparation Of the ground
in order to assure an abundant crop
He p5.nted out that the seed ahat h
sown will produce Like seed when "a q
grain is matured, illustrating the
point by saying, III you SOW whelt
you cannot expect to reap corn"
Childhood Training.
He likened the training Of child.
hood to the sowing time, in that the
training received during childhood is
never forgotten, cAat a child trained
toward the geol Things in life, will
follow along the right path after he
has grown to manhood
Teach your children to deceive
and you may expect to be decel ell
by the child" said the spea er
"lou are reaping what you ha g
Gown. Teach him to drink and y ~
reed not be surprised t3 find i'm =
0he gutter Teach your girl to dance
and You need not be surprised if she
gyeg the way Of many others. IT,
ruin E'saty-fige Ter CEN. a oar
@Nea women wr 9int yor ,o tae
bsN ram as t1er tt1 nstako re
ware, fathers and mrthers"
No Appreciation shown
touching also on tie duty o. uhe
young people to nae a5Nes ANA
m9ters who are ing an n e
nower to bring their children NJ IN
der the proper environment and w,.sh
ehe proper training, Rev. James de-
oirred that in many instances Tire
efforts of The parents were given 40
consideration.
Young men and women do not
az iecete the advantage and inc
Finenue of chri tiAn la-her ana
en-" he mini ter 5ail 'Mny
refuse to II ten to tle priyerfu al.
vice cf father and mother and in
uch cases tho responsibility of the
parent is removed
Remember, you do net reIoico or
weap over your harvest alone 9th.
ers must net be forgotten If the
good deeds ana influence are needed.
then there are blessings, If lahere
have been evil deeds then the
friends and loved ones suffer
Tho fled Is now white unto hav.
vest and as you have sown, so mu
you rep, only you reap an abundant
harvest, in tears or in joy in roses
or in thorus in tares or in grain.
ask you, what will the harvest be?
Use Care in Teaching.
"po net teach your child TO dis.
obey God Many a mother or faith
er nave goae down to the grave
wth broken hearts because their
youthful training OF their children
was such that when tie children
were grown. they mJcked them
"Tp story is tod that in the days
% Louis H. no had a cruel bishop
who per ocuted christians. The king
asked how he could make TIE pun.
ishment more cruel and bitter Tho
bishop suggested chat a cage be built
So short and narrow they could not
ne down and SO low that they could
ust st,nd straight The cage was
made and the first one to be lodged
i'm N WAS The bishop who had Offend
ed the king
adam aud Eve sowed TO the wind
~ trausgresgien Delshazzer sowed
10 ihe wind OF lust and revelrJ and
de "a came swiftly Ahab sowed coz
etoua seed and death was the result.
The prciIgal son sowcd his wild oats.
became scared, arose and went
home