The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-09-03

her f~-yenr.ofd boy. asked a promf-
mont educator when she should be-
gin teaching the child 10 obey. lie
replied. You have already lost tho
four most important yeera." 80 with
the religious life Of the child. we
often NEGLECT u until habits Of sin
and wliifuineFs arc formed, then seek
TO rescue him from the VERY thlnep
we should have prevented him from
doing. This IN o wrong and un-
Christian way. The Christian was II
TO herin with the little child. teach
him. train him into true and right
eous ways hat he may walk therein,
The apostle sdmoniehes parents, IN
Erh go. 10 bring up their children
I'm tho nurture and a6m6nition Of
the Lord" That means with tender
care. nursing and training In the
ways Of truth. VIII u not be tho
natural thing thar when such q child
Gomez "a the e 81 accountability
he win desire to take a defin~e stand
for Christ and publicly Identity him
self with Christ IN complete obadi-
once7 He has always trusted and
loved. and now he openly confesses
that owe and faith IN public obedi-
cncc. continuing TO grow IN Ills like-
ness Now what has taken place.
Here II n life. taken In It's purity and
~innoccnse. and carefully taught and
trained In Christian faith. and with
mi ever knowing the hiackners and
stain 81 an evil life or defiance to
Gods law. has been definitely led
into the kingdom OF God. This II
the normal evangelism. Any other
WY " abnormal. have talked with
men who could tell me the day and
the hour 81 their new birth" They
know Just the time aud pace when
$50 - -
and became obedlent 10 God. Tha,
IL fine. hut how about those wasted
ycars2 a farmer went out In the
morning L. plough his field. hut his
horse ran away At evening the horse
returned and the man scoldcd him
for running OF. The horse said.
why do you sroidg You have your
horse again" Yes replied the
man. hut my field IL unpioughed "
50 man may come 10 God ut the end
or n life wasted In sin. and God will
rnrlon his sin and receive him. but
Tho work h. might have lone for the
Kingdom remains undone. How much
letter had the entire life. youth as
well as age. ieen given to the Master.
How many i~eartachcs. how many sad
%stories Of ruincd lives. there need
never have been had Tho church ex-
"rcised ns ele should her preventive
function. The work N rescue IL
good. We need H. But how much
more needed ~ the work OF proven
ticn''
ON n certain road there was n very
dangerous curve. Very frequently
eople would come along all uncon-
srious OF the danger and go over
tho steep bank TO the rocks FAR he
low. The people OF the community.
touched with sympathy. placed n
watcher at the bottom of this cliff.
so that when. anyone fell over he
could send for a physician. aud giv
hin aid. But still. often the physi-
cian was not able to arrive quick
enough 10 prevent death. So these
good people raised money. and built
n small building. ncar the bottom OF
the cliff. to he used as n hospital.
and hired n physician 10 remain there
and be ready. That was a wonderful
Improvement. and great relief was
given to the suffering. But n day
q Granger walked hat way. and as
he studied the situation a new pur-
pose formed In his heart. To the
people OF the community. he said.
"Oi. foolish ones, You have done
a good work IN rescuing these unfor-
tunate people. n why don't you pre-
vent all his sorrow Then he built
n strong stone wall all along the
dangerous curve, and painted n great
sign and placed Il up the road, that
read. "Beware.s dangerous curve
ahead Since then the hospital IL
empty and the physician has moved
elsewhere. for no longer do men,
come to ruin on that dangerous curve.
The work Of rescue Is good. the
work uf prevention IL better.