The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-06-10
FEED THY KIDS BESIDE THE
SHEPHERDS TENT.

If a promise is made 10 the child
it should be kept, nor is it wise to be
too ready with a no." but once it is
said after proper thought, let no coax
ing lead you to recant or do what
your Judgment disapprovCs. Ii is best
to bring them up in a simple style Of
life, with plain tastes and habits
ana acquaint them with badshiDs even
though you can surround them with
luxury. They viii be better fitted to
meet emergencies. They need not then
truckle to win the patronage Of the
rich, nor act bseay to keep it.
No better rule can be had for deal
ing with your children than that Of
Moses, And these words that | COM
mand you this day shall be in thine
heart and thou shalt teach them dill
igently unto thy children"
The child is not a machine. II has
intellect, with powers of perception.
memory, judgment, reason and mag
ination. 1t is a workshop wherein
may be manufactured great machines;
a council chamber where great plans
may be devised. This intellect must
have a teacher. The object of teaching
besides arousing and disciplining these
RO"Nlo - 10 VIC dNNuIl uldIiOH Oh KNOW
ledge. Never should the direction of
the Lord be forgotten. He tells what
to teach: THE words which | com
mand you" Begin with the law and
teach, thou shalt have no other gods
before Me" Keep before them ever
the code of morals. which presents the
held of duty and relations. Teach
them to sing with David and store
their minds with the Proverbs of Sol
ONION, and the precepts of the child
Jesus. How shall | do it? Let love
I'LL thy heart-love that makes the
whole being to vibrate with new life
and that lays itself on the altar of
self-sacrificing service. When love is
the motive power there will be no
trouble in teaching; no difficulty in
securing the attention. Give them
good influence, wholesome restraint,
Divine truth. Begin when the first
cry is heard, nor cease your labors
until resolute and Thoughtful man or
woman goes forth to dare for the
right and do for God Let prayer
without ceasing be made for them.
Garry them on the arms of faith as
the mother of Richard Cecil and give
them as Hannah did to God. In
your hands is the glory and prosper
ity of coming generations. Your
prayers, cares and judicious restraints
will bring from cottage and palace
men of prayer who will strengthened
sustain our government. Perhaps
some one may say, 81 wish | could"
You can if you will. You ought to,
you must or fall far short of your
duty and maybe prove to be wreck
er of lives and souls. In the home
is trained the voters who direct our
country. Here is formed the charac-
ter of the future man.
You can train the child to abhor
the evil and cleave to the good. IN
der your hand they form the bias that
will last them through eternity and
the little craft has its prov turned to-
ward heaven or hell before the par
ents' hand lets go the helm. Give
me" said a prominent man, "the first
ten years of a child's life and you
may have the rest" He, knew how
deep were the impressions of the
early years. The hosts of sin boldly
march on with flying banners in
scribed with "The Boys Own" "The
Girls Own" Seaside Library" that
full of perilous adventures, bloody
exploits, sensational love stories that
feed distorted imagination and pam
per the grossest desires of depraved
soul; that give false ideas of life;
weaken the mind and create a morbid
appetite for romance and sentimen.
talism. Give them good books anC
suitable reading matter.
The devil draws them away thrc
the gates of the senses; through what
they see and hear; through the touch
as he pulls them into wrong places
through the taste as he feeds then
on food and events stuped in alcohol