Show HOME how to cultivate happiness in your family for tho weekly enquirer Is the influence in ble families sufficient to keep the minds of the children pare and keep them from outside contaminating influences fluen ces I 1 answer yea it may bo sufficient even in the very poorest circumstances cum stances in life il the proper measures are taken in due time there ia a causa for every deflect ihen like the wise physician remove the cause and treat the malady as directed in word The proper way to remove the conae is for the young people to submit yea to almighty god who can mould and fashion their lives to that condition of light such as they would desire their children to walk in when they become parents their littee children may inherit that ajeet life or disposition such aa they aliye themselves for children always partake of the same nature as their parents whether it be a pure or a debased then when the little ono has arrived at tho age of understanding bring it as one of the little tithes into the storehouse laying it with yourselves upon the altar invoking the blessing of god upon the gift briuer it up under the christian training of true hearts allow the littly ones to hear earnest prayers offered by their parents in their behalf as you bring them to the throne of grace name each one by name in your ibus letting them know that father or mother are enters inters ested in each one of them father and mother should always greet the children with a bright smile and a kindly welcome when the children come in from out boora do not forest to draw them to you with a loving kiss at any age such a home influence is a great protection from outside evil the question ie asked why are ministers children worse than other children 1 do not think they are worse their evil acts are more noticeable in them because more is expected of them bat even if BO do not forget that the bible says that the sins of the parents shall be visited upon the children even to the third and fourth generations erat ions through the rebellious and defrayed nature of their ancestors and the laats of parents before the child is conceived the very germ is poisoned with imparity so that it brings forth impure fruit and nothing out the miraculous power of god can purify the characters ot athe father and mother have a great deal to do with the of the disposition of the little unborn babe if we would then have pure grain of great value we must sow tae purest of seed give it the greatest care in preparing the soil that the little berm may have its proper start come forth in the vigor cf life BO that it may have strength to put forth that which we wished in tho beginning if we allow the tares to come up and the foul weeds to choke U and shut the light away from the little life while it is true it may come up in this smothered condition it may be able to look up and eee faint alea of light but if surrounded by discouragements discourage ments it drags out 9 miserable and dwarfed existence and never arrives at that perfection for which we hoped let us therefore lay aside every weight that doth so easily beset us looking to jebus tho author and finisher of our faith living the life that we desire our little ones to grow into when older let them not ba unequally joked yoked together with unbelievers believers un and keep them feea from bad habits such as the use of tobacco in its various forms let them not look into saloons as they pass by and other dens of in equity which haye a strong tendency to arouse the old nature of lust and evil how many mothers make the same mistake when in certain conditions in life their indiscretion cannot d otherwise bat mars the child with the desire or appetite that her ayee were attracted to often times ij ie marked with each desire that in after life drive it to dark by discouragements discourage ments the words ot the old psalmist are true in this day as in his 1 I have never seen the forsaken nor his seed begging bread A V S |