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busy hands that have spent well
nigh a century in helping care for
the wants of others. It was a great
satisfaction to hear this aged saint
recount the changes she had seen in
the world during her lifetime, and
repeat her prospects for the life to
come. Only a few more days of
life can she claim, yet she may
complete a century and will gladly
and willingly enter upon that*new
life to enjoy its peace eternal.
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What is the first scene ? A woman
pale and careworn, clad in clean
but ragged and faded garments,
kneeling before a few smoldering
embers; a dim, flickering light
from an old lamp reveals .the forms
of three hungry, half-clad children
clinging to the mother while she is
louring out her sorrows to her
father in heaven, and asking his
flessing upon her little ones and
the creature who calls himself the
HERALD
to be good name of so many families
with shame arid disgrace here, and
eternal disgrace in the world to
come. "But we are told, and that
by sisters and brethren, that “ I
cannot control my children,” “ There
are so many bad boy's and girls in
the community, that it is no use for
us to try, we will just have to trust
to providence to take care of our
children for we have no time to
look after their training and make
drift; one of the legitimate fruits of
TKe ^a cll w
and mothers^will have that interest
in doing the Master’s will in train­
ing their children and bringing
them up in the Lord, it would not
be a difficult task for at least one of
them to say to the children, come.
But again we are told it is not
fashionable to take the little folks
to church, (but it is fashionable to
send them to Sunday-school). Do
heart is going out after this lonely just here, the reason you cannot of this world, for it will soon fade
group in sympathy, we hear un­ control your girls and boys is be­ away, and, we fear, too many of our
BY D. M. DOTY. '
steady footsteps approaching; this cause you do not control your own Christian characters will fade away
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[ Read before the Linn County Co operation at lordly creature bursts in upon the
life and conduct in the family as with it. Here is room to say a
Albany.]
Home ! When we think of home shivering group, with eyes red with you ought. When there is har- great deal, but a few words must
suffice. If both cannot go, let one
ten thousand delights cluster around -the fir e-td' - hed mul f a ce b loa t e d.
that sacred name which the sweet­ with debauchery, with curses he wife, and a perfect understanding go and take a part of the family,
est bard has never been able to ex­ demands a better fire and a cup of between them in regard to the while the other stays and looks
press either in verse or prose on warm coffee; and tells her to never family government, and they teach alter the others. A good sister said
the one hand ; and on the other be caught again u{>on her knees in their children at an early period in to us just the other day, " If that__
sorrows too deep for utterance, prayei, but go to work and clothe life a wholesome regard for parental be carried out, I fear the one to
miseries and wretchedness bevond and feed her naked and starving authority, the battle is more than stay would always be the mother.’]
{¿escribing with tongue or pen ; and children by washing for money half won in rearing an obedient If so it would be the result of a
yet our home here and hereafter is (and he collects the bills). She has family; but you will trust to lack of love and harmony in the
just what we make it. In this not a grain of coffee to grind nor a providence. This reminds us of the family. If both cannot go, let one
garden grows the most beautiful pound of coal, or a s,tick<of wood to old colored man, when asked why go and always take some of the little
flowers of love, watered with the make a fire to heat the water, he did not trust to providence for folks. God holds you responsible
dews of heavenly peace, and rivers while he, on this Saturday, has col­ tobacco rather than hoe on Sunday, for their training. Neither the Sun­
of pleasure flow therefrom ; or on lected all the bills for the washings he replied, " Providence is to lazy day-school teacher nor the minister
thé other hand thorns and thistles, and has been up town spending a to hoe, he own tobacco,” (referring can do for your child what God
watered with the briney tears of few hours with the boys. The to another darkey). Now we sup­ has laid upon you. to do for it.
anguish, and the bitter waters of Holy Spirit qualities this command pose what you mean by providence Let us make our homes a heaven
shame and disgrace flow down to the wife to- be in subjection to is, that God in some way will over­ on earth; then when this earthly
through all the stream of life; then the husband, by saying " As it is rule circumstances so that your home is no more God will give us
i oh, how careful should we be what fit in the Lord.” Brethren, tell me children will become respectable a home in his own beautiful Para­
we cultivate in this garden that if it is fit, in the above case, for the citizens and Christians, We have dise?
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. the great good Father has commit­ wife to be in subjection ? (And heard some otherwise very good
Sometimes you criticise a man or;
ted to our keeping; not only the this case is not an over-drawn one). Christian people Bay this.
woman as too sanguine, as vision­
Now let us see, God said by the
The Holy Spirit does not stop
destiny of families but of nations
ary, over-zealous.
These people
here with the family instruction, mouth of a very wise man, “ Spare
grow out of this garden.
may be excessive quantities, but it
In this paper we will only at­ but says to the husbands, "Love the rod and you spoil the son.”
should not be forgotton that behind
tempt to present a few thoughts, your wives and be not bitter against The Holy Spirit says, “ Rear your
all extravagance is one of the
hoping that the sisters and breth­ them.” And again, “ Husbands, children in the nurture and ad­
strongest motive-powers in the
ren will freely investigate the sub­ love your wives as Christ loved monition of the Lord.’’ God has
world—hope. It keeps lifting up
ject. God, in revealing his will to the church and gave himself for it.” committed them to your care and
many poor fellows above the swash
us, has not been neglectful of this Eph. 5 : 25. In order that home given you instruction how to rear
of life’s rough sea. When hope
should be what God intended it to them. Now if you trust in God for
important department.
fails us, may our Heavenly Father
Home culture: The first parties be, there mud be harmony and love the care of your children, it strikes
in pity take us home. Be wise,
that demand our attention in the between the husband and wife; us that the best way you could de­
then, in dealing with the Peters
home are the husband and wife, God did not make man a tyrant monstrate that trust would be to
whose zeal flames rather than glows.
which are the most sacred of al and woman a slave, nor vise versa ; do what he has commanded. God
Don’t discourage hope, but develop
earthly relationship. Adam said o for when there is neither love, does not clothe and feed your
prudence.
And any way, don’t
woman, " She is bone of my bone peace nor harmony between the children only through the instru­
meet extravagance of method with
* and flesh of my flesh.’’ Gen. 2 : parents it is impossible for the mentality of your labor. “ Oh, extravagance of criticism. In other
23, 24. The Holy Spirit in ad­ children to obey the farther in­ well,” says one, “ we send our
words, dan’tkill yourself with your
dressing the family, speaks first to struction of the Spirit, “ Children children to Sunday-school.” Yes,
own gun.
the wives, " Wives be in subjection obey your parents in all things,” you send them. We well remember
to your own husbands.” Col. 3: ’when the child is following the ad­ a brother who practiced this send­
The habit of religious dawdling
ing
his
boy
to
Sunday-school,
and,
vise
of
the
mother,
and
the
father
18. Let us pause for a moment be­
is one of the worst forms of beset­
fore reading the qualifying clause commands them to do differently. on a Sunday when he supposed he ting sin. It stands in the way of
of this sentence ; and while we are Can they obey the parents in all was at the Sunday-school, he had every virtue.— United Presbyterian.
waiting to hear what the spirit says things ? Out of this kind of soil fallen in with some other boys that
Obey Jesus with cordial loyalty
in qualifying this command to the grows the thorns and thistles of were s^nt, and they all went to the and you will understand him. Not
wives. Come, go with me through discord, anger and disobedience, river to play, and the boy’s body by studying him, but by doing his
the darkness of the midnight hour ending in all the forms of crime was found six weeks after two will shall you know how divine he
to that dingy hovel over the way ; and leudness that cover the ought miles down the stream, lodged in a is.— Phillips Brooks.