The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-17
ULL5 FATHERS
THEIR DUTIES
To THEIR SONS
9H REV. DIR. CLARENCE ALLEM
- DELxYERS Oppressive SERMON
f.tts LAST MIGHT.
xAkes Text Of Lamentations Of David
When Ansalom Dies Suddenly
,;4lsS. IN SIN

Before & large congregation compoSee
principally OF fathers. the Rev. DIV Clar-
,ence- EuEene Allen made an able and
.S dramatic appeal in mis- sermon last nigh;
" a.: tho Fourth Street Methodist Episco-
pa church IN a masterful discourse on
s. Father and Son Sunday. which was OBJ
served by practically all the churches
IS act2 this community and throughout the
S scountry. Special music by the choir was
: pa: feature Of the services. interSperSed
Y with two renditions by duartctS.
= - Dr.. Allen took his text from II Sam
y snel, 1898, reading: And the king was
much moved. and went up to his chan
Eent, thus he said; .. my son Absaloin,
smy son. my son Absalom. Would to
{ God had DIED a for thee: 0. ADsalo'N'
This IS one of the most distressing
s :seenes recorded in the Bible 1t pic
lures broken heart: it tells the stcry
2Ssof the crying Of q strong man. 1t takes
Is much TO cause men to weep. Compared
with women. there is little crying among
men" said Dr.. Allen. This passage
els Of the walls and lamentations OF
avid as he learns the news OF the death
his wayward son. He knew that the
Absa1op bad led was simply a re-
ction upon the example he had set for
son. and as the thoughts came to him
grief was great and tears of sorrow
1ed. freely.
David was successful king, but he
Is & 6tSG18l ta2i&fS as a tatReE. t1S
aeked in the right way Of correcting
aia son. and Absalom took advantage of |
bis weakness, and. 80 far rs the do !
nestle life Of David Is concerned. we can !
6Ave no prido IN it
I'VE are here to pay tribute and At !
ding honors TO the fathers. but We must !
EsGot forget the mothers. But they have |
already been paid tribute. and veil do
nave carried many burdens o. sorrow.
hut their shoulders are broad enough tt. }
& bear the burden and their hearts are ,
large enough to entE1ns the world with
,tAheir sympathy.
z At this point Dr.. Anen paid a. most /;
lowing tribute to his deceased father
Sgo, but though he is dead. he liveth: !;
That his godly teachings have been In
stilled into the hearts Of his children.
yhaye finished their earthly careers. in
4tcturtng the life of his father. DIT.
ALLEN beautifully described his fathers
career in word picture. He told OF
4tclpated in more than score OF bat
Sles during the war between the states.
chat Of an AGED man With white hair
fhe name to whom he was paying trlb-
Ute until the end. and as he waNed elo>
Nuent. he said: Il pay my tribute TO-
8 Eve are PRONG to think at times" CON
Shnued the speaker, that fathers are
indifferent and all boys are bad. The ~
father after whom the son cannot tollo"
10 the good advantage is an exception
do rule. There are. however. some
FATHERS who devote too much time to
business and too little attention 70 their |
Shen who refused to accept prominent |
positions because they could not be with |
Their families. The sons need the coun-
Vel OF their fathers: saey need the pro,
hr certain periods in boys lives. Any /
father who neglccts TO give his son the
teachings he should receive has not at
tanned successful life, regardless Of now
much success he may have acquired In h
Sha business world. There should BE- Il 4
bond Of sympathy between father and Il
Il price they both pay The father should II
KNOW what his son reads. with whom NJ
associates and where he spends his time.
Re the boy turns out bad and comes
by some other man. not his
father. There is n certain time IN every L
boys life when he needs q mans advice. K
md It's the DUTY Of t ne d daSaes TO-
his mother. Fathers. We cannot shrink
this responsibility. It IS an exception Is
for q boy to go wrong II ne has mad tnc L
right and proper teachings anu examples Is
of his father. Men. there is no greater IL
Foy in this life than the recognition OF e
The teachines that you have given Eoar Is
aoy is not so much 20 blame If he goes Is
wrong as the father. There are eNcep- liz
ions TO this rule.h tho. actions OF tine te
child reflect upon the hon" training. /
olty the boy who has no confidence in IL
his father. There are boys who are Is
lust as confident with their fathers as
with their mothers. but such cases are
ore" Dr. Allen incidentally told Of the
Ioy his son had brought him in letter y
written several years ago -
. Some fathers plan the life work 70
Se done by their sons. which vocation {
IS distasteful to the sons. and the? fail. !
they should be permitted to follow The
,ursuit Of work to which they are best
adapted. even II it does not suit the
.ather Fathers. encourage your sons
o branch out and make a success OF the
work he most likes. Assist thcm i'll
heir ambition to be somebody worth
while.
I'VE must be oar sons companion and
real father to them. We should follow
The teaching Of our Father in heaven.
md the son should follow the teachings
Il his father here. To be the right kind
4 father to his son. the father should
9e Christian man. that he may be IN
loser touch with the Heavenly Father
nd in turn the son closer in touch with -