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' " ' " i . i|i i t i'f i "' I h i h /i-.iitil 'M^^itke liMii'S6kii lf^uNi.'B«an7, at tte M«MMortife aifit«'MI'»diMlil '•fnv.$i,*tf^ 0««4ii So '-.mog vjf[Wi.»j|Ocp?%>H .Mft*;) lis jli I II . I' M. M l . u !■ H I ; >v£j' W^ff xr^m a.Wi^4jtt.i»:^^^H-'t .'i'i:'!i;-M'-, ■!rt..i i!.o ■'■i!-.v J(it>ni5^)x;i^ !'> {<;;,>,'/;■»'!§ (jilf oJ inx/H'tnt tu '-.nin!'.') 'BttNTfior BRKnanwt-4»''''i'"'' '>?'! f^ffi .f/af^jfifmooT-.tii fti^^ffi'^t HjJfU. (."qjb» glanmu liisilt^ the fikeienlighlemiiBnt/ jaodipm^eal gi|idaBa». «|£ the itliiiv gettenitioii* :;31uare is; aiiraiiMniit .«£ iii^iiqri4oitoVi''>^i^^l^^ i)it^iBbt^ whioh iielaiigiiigecanaxpiiBMi lA <«»iMiiily, ohildmgklaie earafnUyiasttDoted; intbenntifMmaUyjmdodpeiftHailfyjiinlbeM^ iftiy atelotally neglettedjiifithft next th^ ai6 ediVMted togiiltifend onme. - Wl»t a i Uuoaentable mixhire ! jithatf a i miieiabki. iddrangenMft atad-'Oonfiino^ < Who WQoM no^ die p0or» the. hapless, yiotims.ef ISO im|erfeot:m qntepil -iThey aii* ^diiNifiereia f they have no TOio»'^ Uie mmpti^^ ISiby, oaiwOt plunge tbeife «irowtti^«aoea|} tbey 1 oiMMfot UMn theirvfiitheiri |rthe)p ;gra#T up -^ihi^t wy ioli^ ! 123346 f Adjuuws on Paumtai* BnroMnBiuTT. ■ opiniou, or raligioai babiti. They itaiid looio to tho Clroroh of Chriit. They ara oarriad a wide step dowawaids ia the leale of n^igknu degeoeraoy, and inake;|ruBlbMt ilfll Joirerdeaeeiiti in thoM Who follow liem. But will Tpnit'^mi*dmMxu,^wm lUuiben of the Chnroh of Christ, taking their pl«eto hit a ODokiimnion talfle, be aeceasaiy to theie eT|]t7 WJU|)hey,ffiTe nmuid fiir the diaMe..that Vuu negleet difir ^biUt^ti^ tty«^oul of h w a i ci d ib te itito— > sonl that shall, enis day,vidiine H ett the beantise eC hiiKbess^ er wear dm hiwid ohaiaeters of tnatioed indfyi gronm oohaptl^ diq^, tival angeb in glory^ or devils is degriteko } Ihal w^ eae day, ttihe ifs iyghtto the laanitsw of etemal li|^ and ji^, or deseend to a^ng^Hm oi C^v daiktiase and debiiin Vw m^ mmk, « Savledr PiiMliP AvDuw OM Pahbmtal RkaTCiniBii.iTr. bled ; toward* snob) an ocean of dhrine lore ie directed ; for snob, eter- nal blessinga an piorided. Tbie is m tme of tbe feeUe infant, tbat lies, paifive and soaaoely oapaUe of ittettoB) inits molber's bceonf^ M of the mother herself. And is that mother startled by its faintest drf 4 Does she qpriflf to its assistance, on the least alarai of danger? And will she reAise to bear tbe cry of its immortal sfdrif 7 Will shd refuse to move lit the dangers that threaten its better^ Mfe f Will not lh« pre- oieos burden, which she carries, rise tin dignity in her eyes; and draw forth a deeper affection, and a More anxions care, when sheremembers that she folds in her arms, a germ of immortality? The child will make no solicitation for its own soul ; it will not remind her of her obli- 'gations ; no remonstrance, no appekl to a parent's pity or Ibve will ever ceme from its lips. Even when it is older there will be a Woefiil concnr- rence with her neglect; its lost, its corrupt 'natnre will sanction and second all her carelessness ; it will rival' her utmost indifference. But ■ou^ not its silence, its innoeenoe, to be a more moving call in th^ ear of affection, than its lowest importunity, its deepest anjiclety ? Who does not fisel all the more pity for the unconscious Iamb, when' he sees it going, dumb and nuMisting, to the slaughter ? - ^.^'■'^■ Mil' '''!t. The next oensidecation, we would instance, is the degree, in which the eternal interests of your children are committed to you. Ood htm laid an awful extent of responsibility upon you, by putting you "children so completely into your hands. If you are a ^rent, if you have a living child capable of being influenced by your conduct, these verycircum- stfu^es bring a weight of obligation upon you, from which you can no more escape than you, can cease to, be a parent. It lies upon you every moment* Can you deny that the. duty (^ religiously educating your childreqt is laid upon you,and not upon another ? Are not your phfldren a charge? Are they not a charge committed to you? They are yours; they are in your possession ; they are under your influence^ continually, unavoidably. It is the will of God that they should be m). He has singled you out and laid the burden of their education for heaven on you, as plainly as if he had named you individually, and pronouaced in your ears the most positive injunctions. We see tbat spring is the proper seedtime, from its own nature* and yooth proclaims equally, from its own nature, that it is the proper season for sowing th»seed of religious instruction and forming religious habits. It is evident that the whole circumstances of a child's first entrance into the world, and of his early condition in it, are modified, by God, insubsefvieno^ to the acquis- sition of knowledge, and the formation of character. God has formed the family relation, the family constitiUion, and, through it all, he has wrought for the advantage of parents. He has tied you to your children ""mfm AsiMUiH OH PAKnrrAL RiifoiisuiUTf . ^*^^^^^^MMAAMMAMMMMM^^#«MMAMMM«V«M^M%MMM'WVWWW^«^M«^^M«#WWVM^^'VWMWNMMMMMmMMMMM^MMMMMM^^ bf a iMMnml afilMtiony whiob yoa ownat resist. Ha hu boond them lo yeft bgrmi ioetinot almost aqaaJHy stieog. i He has pieTided in yen whftithe child wantaia hinu^* He has mado^you his aoperior in h^owMga) widdMi, eoaiiy, wie l n t isp, Mki atreagth. He pau the elMld iatp year handfi the moment it iaberof he gives yon die lead of «Uotberio4Qeiioeai hc|gifee yon the asindsf the eUldeatiNly empty that yoa may Rll iih^ haamadeila aimpUeity, its oenfidence, its referanooy its hnwy sad its mhole oatope, to, open up facilities for your sno9essv He has laade tt weak in body and mind, to favour yoat authority and government. He hss made it dependent,-HMnsoieasly dqpaodoot on yon, for sunmrt and proteetion, to render it still more at year oomoMod* He has placed it in the same hoase with yon, often in yonr' presence ; almost alwwys aceessible, and habitnslly under yonr in^Mo-* tiwu Its late, its ohaiwotet) its habitSf are linked to you, in & manner inseparable. Year neglect is its certain los»-<-yoar 'oare» its certain gain. It isaotaally learning from yoQ every day. Its oharaoter is MMolding • on yonn. The world of parents are giving Aapd moral and »ligions to tha world of children^ in spite of themselves. They may prevent the shape from being a good e so nrgeot? Why should he promise success? Why should he bind children so strictly in obedience to their parents. Why should his bless- ing be 4eoiared to flow down from pious parents to thousands of genera- tions? It is a well known fact that he does work chiefly in youth. Instances of early piety are by far the most numerous ; and even late conversions can very often be traced to impressions received under a parent's roof. There are few men of celebrity in the religious world, who have not acknowledged their obIigati9ns to the pious care of their parents. On the other, hand, there is not a plainer case, in which God visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, than in that of a neglected religious education. All means used to reclaim such child- ren, afterwards, are often unavailing. They plnuge into an element of ungodliness, out of which they never emerge, but sink deeper and deeper till death seab them over to unchangeable ^voe. But Christian parents are responsible, not only because God has w^'^e them so, but also by a positive act of their own. This, at least, is tae case with you. Qu the baptism of your children, you acknowledged, you assumed all the responsibility of which we have been speaking. Your own vows and engagements constitute a new and distinct obligation, which, though many reduce it to a mere form, stands out in all its innate strength and sanctity in the judgment of God. This, you will find, when you come to answer to him for the manner in which you have fulfilled your engagements. Beware lest your own vows witness against you on the last day. But yon are responsible, not only to Ck)d, but to all whose rights and interests are afieoted by your conduct. You are responsible to your own oonseienott, which will condemn you and destroy your peace, if you live in neglect of so plain and so great a duty as that which we recommend. A heavy condemnation from your own consciences will fall upon jrou now ; heavier when your children grow up, regardless of God and dis- r raspaotful to yMdrselrM, and ptM into a life of profligaoy and eriaa { baaviait of all, whan thay are lost for atarnity. Yoa ara raiponsibla to other parents and children. You and your ohildren come in, ae dde* teriooe ingredieote, to poiion the good ctfeott wrought by others. Tou are renponaible te fntnie generations, on whom yon ara entailing irrali- gion and rioe. Your eril inflnenoes may be propagated through thousands of years. You are responsible to the Chnroh, whom you rob of her members and office-bearers. Pious families are the nurseries of thie Church. With no family religion, no early seriousness, whence is the Church to get her members 7 Whence is she to obtain her Ministers? It is when young men are about to leave the parental roof that they usually choose a profession. With piety generally prerailing in families, a goodly proportion would be inclined to the high calling of winning souls to Christ. Our Churoh at this moment looks mainly to you for an increase of labourers. She regards her present want of Ministers as a sad proof of parental delinquency. The Churoh is languishing. Congre- gations are starving through the want of family religion. The young are brought up with tastes and habits altogether alien to the sacred pro- fession, or even to common membership in the Churoh of Christ. You are responsible to society at large. The alienation of parents from their children, seen in the general neglect of religions obligations, paves the way for the most blasting curse, with which God visits the nations. A nation may thrive and enjoy many of the blessings of civilized life, that has never heard of Christianity. But when it has once been Chris- tianized, and has got the mental stimulus and enlargement, which Christianity imparts, and afterwards renounces the faith, no langusge can describe the dreadful results. Because they like not to retain God in their knowledge, he gives them over to vile affections. Their unbridled passions are excited to fury and frenzy. The whole commu- nity is convulsed, and becomes a scene of riot, anarchy, and blood. Now, if parents neglect their duty to their children, religion will infal- libly lose hold of the public mind ;' and its absence will giv) rise to these terrible consequences. Upon the whole, then, it is plain ihat year responsibility is of the most grave and solemn kind; and it is emphatically so in this country. Here, there is a special necessity that the principles of your children should be well established in youths Here, there is such a mixture of right principle and wrong principle producing a general laxity and indif- ference, that even those who were nursed in the bosom of pious families at home, and had long lived under the restraints of religion, are seen to give way and draw back unto perdition. What then can be expected of the young, whp grow up untaught and uncared for, in the midst of the AoDMM ov Paumtai. RMffOMiiiiu'nr. unhappy infloMow t FMifol rafolta will yat eoma ont of th« naglcot of (knuljr Mllfion in tkio Pieriiioe. Sainla will woop, «nd dorilt will triamphy of or Umm reraltt. Tht Chnroh, tho State, will yat liara to giapplawiththam. PMantithamaalTaiwillanooantarthain. Hfiathay an anoountaring aonia of tham aliaady. Thay oftan find tha^lvaa daapiiad and eroally abandonad by thair own offiprlipg ; and thajr ihoald raoaira moh traatmant as a joat poniahmant for thaIr sin, in nnllwinging thair childran vndar tha ohaitaning and anbdoing infloanoa of raligion* Eit, it ia alM to ba lamaricad, that thata an hondiada of looalitiaa in thia oonntry) that ara, in a gnat maaaniay dapriTad of pablio ,oidinano«o j and how is Christianity to maintain itsalf thara in tha abianoa of family religion t Ilia instmotionsy tha daTOtionsy tha disoiplina and goram- mantof tha family may be kaptnpMwryMA«r«; and if thay are kept vp they form a grand resarra) upon whioh religion may fidl baok and be up- held in remote settlements. But with no religion in thefiunily, the oonsa- qaenoe must be, the rirtnal aztinotion of Christianity altogether, if not immediately, yet in a rery short time. We oannot, howofor, enlarge. Bat we beaeeoh you, for oonsoianoe sakey for year ohildren'a sake, for the Churoh*s sake, for your own sake, for God's sake, listai^ to these your responsibilities. If yon hare nerer begun before, begin now all your parental duties, — instruotion, devotion, goTomment. drnit none of them. Make no ezouses, raise no objections. Hie duty is impeiatiTe ; I it is one of the greatest duties thai lies upon you. Set the end to be attained properly befcre you. Seek steadfastly to reach it. Act upon a [system. Be deeply in earnes t ee e k all needful preppration^-HaMre Bwledge, more personal religion, to fit you for tha duty ; think o[ the [lorious results. And now, may tha grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all,— Amen. man mosii, naavM, AtuttAiai avuBnw, niw rsot suvr tokoirik