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DUTY OF PARENTS
IN SUSTAINING
Sabbal h Schools.
BY KKV. JAMES A. CLEMENT.
PART 11.
May we not now ask in the second place,
will not such teachings lead to benevo
lence and virtue? We use the terms in
their plain ovory day sense. Benevolence,
as being that principle of doing good, not
only to the bodies of men, and their soul’s
present and eternal welfare; and Viitue,
in the sense of courage or strength to do
right—to consummate, regardless of any
opposing influences, whatever a benevo
lent spirit may indicate.
There is no man, but finds hindrances
in his path of duty of doing good, especial
ly relating to the spiritual good of others.
How much fear of man, lmw many evil
suggestions from the great enemy of God
and man, and external influences traverse
our pathway in the discharge of what is
clearly felt to be our solemn duty towards
our own kindred and towards our fellow
mail. We would do good, but repeatedly
fail for the lack of moral courage and
strength to march boldly to the contest.
How many parents fail to address them
selves to the task of holding religious con
verse with their children. How many
children are intimidated from talking with
their parents upon the subject of religion.
Does not this arise from the fact, that a
sense of religious duly and principle has
not duly and sensibly impressed the heart,
the groat centre of moving power to the
whole of human life?
But take one that has been educated
from early infancy in religious truth, and
in whom it has grown with ids growth,
and strengthened with his strength, and
thus become a part and parcel of his
spiritual nature, and bow natural and
easy it becomes Hr him to come boldly to
the performance of every good and per
fect work. And, is it not the design of
Sabbath schools to develop these traits oi
noble and useful eharactec?
This point is beautifully and forcibly
illustrated by the following occurrence, as
related by a Sabbath school superinten
dent: “'J he mother of one of the girls of
my school acco.-ted uie in the street, and
said she had been wishing to see me for
some time. 1 replied, lam glad to see
you; what do you want with me?” “Sir,
Hive in a little village about three miles
from Philadelphia. Wc have no Sabbath
school there; but my little girl attends
yours; and she has derived a great deal of
good from it. She tried to get some of
our neighbors’ girls to go with her, hut
she could not prevail on them to go, it
being so far off; and so, about two months
ago, she began with a Saturday evening
school.” “A Saturday evening school?”
“Yes, sir; and she has now about thirty
little girls attending regularly; my house
is quite filled with them.” “What is the
age of your daughter?” “She is only
twelve, sir,” “And how does she con
duct her school; and as she has no tickets
to reward them with, she is the more dili
gent during the week toget her lessons well
that she may receive her ti kets, and with
these she rewards her own scholars.”
“After getting her address, I desired her
not to say anything of our meeting, and I
would endeavor to be at her house next
Saturday. I went, and oh! how was 1
delighted with the fervency ol this dear
child, in offering up the first prayer! I
remained concealed; and witnessed the
whole duties of the school, conducted
with all the gravity of an aged matron.”
Here was the principle and spirit of
Benevolence and Virtue; courage to do
right, implanted in this little girl's mind
and heart, encouraged by a mother’s
smiles and prayers, infused by curly Sab
bath school training, resulting in actual
and visible fruits. But, oh! who can tell
its results until the great Teacher unfolds
them in the last great day? Parents, go
thou, and do likewise; for thou knowest
not to what sphere of usefulness thou art
educating thy child in the Sabbath school;
and in coining years, many will rise up,
and call you blessed.
Another duty devolving upon parents
as such, is, that of teaching tlieir children
to attend Divine worship. From time
immemorial this has been impressed upon
parents. And yet how sadly neglected;
and how recreant, iri consequences thereof
have our children become. How often
the heart of the parent has been made to
ache—how many anxious thoughts, and
great the torturing solicitudes have filled
the breast, as the parent has seen his
child in prodigal neglect, turn his face
away from the house of God, and the hour
aand place of prayer. Did this otic fact,
ever for one moment occur to you, that
no parent has ever an uneasy feeling
for the welfare of his child,
when ho is assured that he is in at
tendance on divine worship? And why
so? Is it not simply because he is well
aware that there are there influences
thrown around him, protective of his best
interests calculated to make him better
and happier? But when the reverse oc
curs, who can tell the anxious forebodings
that rankle in the breast of that parent.
He knows then, full well, in such case,
parental restraint and authority are dis
regarded, and none of the sacred and hal
lowed influences of the Sanctuary can
reach his child in his prodigal career.
But when the child is brought up under
Sabbath school influences, he feels that
there are almost imperceptibly instilled
into his youthful mind those principles
that will ultimately ripen into maturity,
and form the basis of a character which
will bring him into the services of the
Sanctuary, which encirole him and shield
him from the prodigality of his youth—
prostitution of manhood’s prime and de
struction of old age. Once brought within
the purview of Divine services, and es
pecially when trained up, as in Sabbath
sehoolr, to respect the Bible, and the
worship of the Lord of Hosts, it becomes
almost tantamount to a strict, moral and
religious life.
Not only do Sabbath schools exert this
influence upon children to attend the
public worship of God, but there is a re
flex influence upon parents in this regard
thatcannotbe over-estimated. Thousands
of parents all over the land, have been,
either directly or indirectly, brought
within the influences of the santuary by
this instrumentality. In is stated, that a
little girl one Sabbath morning, having
been much affected under the sermon to
which she had listened, on her return
home, earnestly entreated her mother to
accompany her to chapel in the evening
to hear how delightfully the minister
talked abeut Jesus Christ, The child
was so intent upon this object, that she
made the request with tears, and the
mother, at last, consented to accompany
her importunate child to the chapel. The
minister chose for his text, “I am not
ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is
the power of God unto salvation, unto all
that believe.” —Rom. 1: 10. The woman
was seriously and effectually impressed
by the word of God; was led earnestly to
seek salvation, and obtained morcy by
faith in Christ Jesus. The wife now nat
urally, became anxious for the salvation
of her husband, and persuaded him, also,
to attend the chapel. Ho, also, submit
ted to the influence of the truth, and both
the parents became grateful to God for
the child whose importunity led them to
hear the gospel of salvation.
We might further tell you, that in a
: certain town in one of the States of this
; Union, was a large neighborhood, where
| many of the inhabitants were accustomed
! to spend the Sabbath in hunting, fishing,
. drunkenness and profanities. There was
i only one professor of religion in th place,
j She went to the church with which she
was connected, three or lour miles distant
and asked ii something could not he done
;to serve the neighbors? A few teachers
: we sent out to commence a Sabbath
i school there. One year after, most of
! the inhabitants hau found their way to
\ the House of God, where they afterwards
attended regularly; and one old man who
had lived eighty years, zealously declaring
to all around him, that the “wicked shall
not be turned into he 1 with all the nations
that forget God,” erected the family altar
and gave pleasing evidence that he had
; commenced anew life. The whole moral
character of the neighborhood is changed.
' So then, it is palpable the tendency is to
lead to the house of God, and thence to
the soul’s salvation.
Having such a powerful influence upon
individual character and a reflex influence
upon those intimately related, is it too
much to say, tin t that influence will ra
diatein tliemo t wonderful circumference?
Like the stone thrown into the water, wave j
after wave will be created in endless suc
cession, increasing in magnitude until the !
nethermost shore be reached. So with
Sabbath schools. Not only the child and
parents have been reached, hut whole
neighborhoods transformed in their moral
character. It is a historical faet, that a
justice of the peace, near Bristol, England
in 1820, speaking of the neighborhood in
which a Sabbath school had been estab
lished, said that formerly it was danger
ous, to go through the parish, in con
sequence of the ignorance and depraved
state of the inhabitants; but he saw such
an alteration for the better, and was so
well pleased with the sight of the children
that on one occasion he invited them all !
to his house, and gave them refresh- j
ments.
In another locality, before the establish
ment of a Sunday school there, it was no
uncommon t hing to hear songs and and Dicing
tunes on Sabbath mornings, in the streets;
but during the year then closed, it was
not remembered that one instance of such
conduct bad occurred; but, on the con
trary, they were often heard singing
psalms and the songs of Zion.
At another plaee, where a dancing
school had commenced its operations, a
few poor men conceived the idea of bring
ing to bear upon it the counteracting in
fluence of a Sabbath school. Undaunted
they went to work with all their Christian
energy and zeal. They first obtained the
permission of the agent to use the same j
house where the dancing school was ]
taught. They next canvassed the entire i
village, taking down such names as 1
wished to attend the school. Sixty live '
names were thus secured' They had,
however, neither books nor forms for the I
school. But the Lord raised up a kind
friend who supplied them with both. The
school was then opened, and was soon
filled. The dancing was laid aside, and
the children were employed in the more
polite, sensible and intelligent duty of
reading the Bible and attuning their
voices in praises to Hint who gave Himself
for them. And will not parents lend
their aid to such an institution us this?
Entire neighborhoods and villages re
formed from their bacchanalian revelries
and midnight orgies, vulgar and seductive
arts and machinations, and yet parents
stand aloof, and commit the guidance and
training of' their children exclusively to
other hands! Will they feel no personal
interest, or individual responsibility dej
volving upon them in this matter? Oh
tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the
streets of Askelon!
(to be continued.)
"How She Can Lie ”
An cast bound car on Market street was
crowded this morning, and above the
rattling of the car and the jingling of the
hells, the passengers could hear c-very now
and then snatches of a conversation that
was being carried on in an animated tone
by two young women in the corner. As
the car cheeked up suddenly atiiiirteenth
street one of the females forgetting to
lower her voice, blurted out:
“I’d marry a man that didn’t have a
decent coat to his back if l loved him.”
Every passenger in the car heard the
remark. Two young girls who were sit
ting opposite commenced giggling. An
old lady next to them put her glasses to
her eyes and took a look at the speaker,
and then turned up her nose. The driver
looked back and winked at the conductor,
and began to whistle; while the nob e
young man at the front of the ear, whom
the lair speaker had refused but the even
ing before because lie couldn’t afford to
take her tu the opera five nights in the
week, attempted to cut his throat on the
sharp edge of his pieadilly collar. 'The
conductor called out “ I hirteenth street,”
the young ladies aro. e and left the car,
and as the horses started again a gtay
liairjd old gentleman looked up from his
paper long enough to remark:
“Young and innocent looking, but Lord
bow she can lie!”
if there is anything in the world that
will make a boy feel badly, except pinch
ing his fingers in the crack of a door, it
unquestionably is a quarrel. No boy ever
fails to think less of himself after it than
before. It degrades him in the eyes of
others, and, what is worse, blunts his
sensibilities on the one hand, and increases
the power of passionate irritability on the
other. The truth is, the more peaceably
we get on, the better for our neighbors.
In nine eases out of ten, the best course
is, if a man cheats you, coase to deal with
him; if he is abusive, quit his company,
and pay no attention to him, for it is very
true •'that if a person throws salt at you,
if you have no sore places it will not
smart;” and if he slanders you, take care
to live to that no one will believe him.
No matter who he is, or how_ he misuses
you, the wisest way is to let him alone, for
there is nothing better than this cool,
calm, and quiet way of dealing with the
wrong we meet.
The lands of Northern Georgia are
based upon a gold bearing strata quite
fabulous in its richness. At Dahlonega
on Wednesday last directly after the fall
ing of a heavy shower of rain a little bare
foot street urchin panned out fifteen or
twenty large particles of gold from about
a half gallon of earth scraped up in front
of the court houro door. It is thought
by many of the citizens and also stated
for a faet by a practical miner, that one
of the richest veins in the county runs
directly across the public square only a
few feet below the surface.
Colorado is building more railroads at
the present time than any other Western
State or Territory. Her mines and farms
aro being developed more rapidly than for
years, and there is an Indication of general '
bu-inuss progress and development in the 1
entire State.
NUMBER 27.
Men as Lovers.
In the first place, it is an imposition on
any well-bred girl to keep her tip later
than 10:30 o’clock, when you have the
opportunity of seeing her often. If you
always leave her with the wish in her
heart that you Imd stayed longer, you gain
so much. Never run the risk of weary
ing her with your presence. Bo just as
earnest and straightforward as in your
honorable dealings with men. Impress
your friends with the worthiness and
Seriousness of your love, so that vulgar
and senseless bantering will appear to
them as such. Love in religion—the
supreniest happiness, wear it manfully
and proudly, but liolily. Woo a woman
bravely. If there is anything humiliating
to a woman, it is to have a lover, whom
she wishes to honor, weak and vapid, ever
yielding and half afraid of her. Fhe longs
t) tell him to “net like a man!” The
man who conceals or denies his love lor
fear of being laughed at is a coward. A
love that has no element of divinity in it
is not love, but passion, which of itself
has nothing ennobling. That was a
beautiful inscription on an engagement
ring, “Each for the other, and both for
God.”
Is Love Blind?
There is nothing so clear sighted. It
exalts our natures to their highest capaci
ty, enabling us to decipher truths which
are illegible to the normal sense. It lias
given moments of subtile wisdom to the
| dullest —moments of impassioned elo
quence to the coldest. We are strongest
when we love, because love is not only
the most energetic hut the most elevating
of passions. We see most clearly then,
because our perceptions are all intensified
by the intensity of the feeling- We are
affected as in mesmerism, and love is the
clairvoyance of the heart. But there is
always a meaning in old adages, and in
that of “Love is blind,” there is a truth.
The blindness spoken of is blindness to all
consequences, disregard of all collaterals,,
reckless oblivion, or contempt of whatever
is foseign to it, The intensity of tlve •
shadow is proportioned to the intensity.of
light. Everything which comes within,
tho rays of love is wondrously vivid; the.:
rest of darkness.
In Newton county, Mo., Jesse U. Lyt.ohb
has been sentenced to an imprisonment'off
sixty years and his wife to thirty-throe"
years. Lynch was the founder and 1
preacher of anew religion, acd pretended !
to cure the sick by the laying on of hands.
The couple traveled with a child which
was taken sick. Lynch affirmed that it
was possessed by a devil, and to drive out
this evil spirit he and his wife pitched the
child across a room to each other. The
poor thing frequently fell, striking tho
floor, during this perfoimance. At lastit
struck a joist, which crushed its skull and
killed if The fanatics were attested, and
though a plea of insanity was set up they
were convicted. The woman is repre
sented to he of prepossessing appearance,
and entirely under the control of her
husband's will.
Sir George Staunton visited a man irt
India who had committed a murder, and
in order not only to save his life, but what
was of much more consequence, his conic,
he submitted to the penalty imposed; this
was, that he should sleep for seven years
on a bedstead without any mattress, the
whole surface of which was studded with
points of iron, resembling nails, hut not so
sharp as to penetrate the flesh. .Sir
George saw him in the fifth year of Ids
probation, and his skin was then like the
hide of a rhinoceros, hut more callous; at
that time, however, he could sleep com
fortably oil his “bed of thorns,” and re
marked that, at the expiration of the
term of his sentence, he should most
probably continue that system from choice
which he had been obliged to adopt from
necessity.
Mr. Yates, of Manchester, England,
has invented a horse-shoe, composed of
three thicknesses of cow-hide, compressed
into a steel mould, and then subjected to
a chemical preparation. It is said to last
longer, weigh only one-fourth as much as
the common shoe, never to split the hoof,
and to have no injurious influence on tho
foot. Lt requires no calks; even on
asphalt, the horse never slips. lt is so
elastic that the horse's slop is lighter and
surer. It adheres so closely to the foot
that neither dust nor water can penetrate
between the shoo and the hoof. If all
this is true, it must be a wonderful im
provement on the old iron shoe.
“But I pass,” said a minister in tho
west end, one Sunday, in dismissing one
llic'ne of his subject to take up another.
“Then I make it spades!” yelled a man
from the gallery who was dreaming the
happy hours away in an imaginary game
of euchre. It is needless to say he went
out on the next deal, being assisted by
one ol the deacons with a full hand of
clubs.
"What," asks an exchange, “are tho
causes of drunkenness?” Well, we can t
answer lor all of them, but we believe
whiskey causes a greatdeal of it; whiskey,
sir, resolutely stuck to, will cause about
as large a drunk as anything we know of;
although a judicious mixing up of various a
drinks will accelerate waiters if a mao \xm
in a hurry.
Small boys have a peculiar tastt^^Hß
File) ean raise watert^HScß
quai ter i'll, provided the ownu^R'Jf kbj
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