Show SABBATH FOR THE CHILDREN an anxious mother in a communication muni cation to the NEWS make asks several questions regarding children sunday schools meetings meeting etc and suggests that a few lines in the direction indicated would be acceptable to many mothers As AB to having children attending the vernoon afir noon meetings as well as sunday school the thought suggests itself that it is certainly well to bring the little ones to the place of worship that they may early and regularly come under the sanctifying sanctify ing influence of the spirit of the lord who la is present in a peculiar way where the children ot of jod god gather in order to worship him the effects of this may not be visible at once but it is unquestionable that the good seed sown in the leans of the little boys and girls will some time bear good fruit and richly reward the faithfulness of the parents parentis in attending to the spiritual welfare of their beloved ones the point to keep in mind however to is ahat bat children should as far as it possibly can be done be led to look upon going to meeting as a pleasure rather than a duty and certainly rather than as a pell penance illuce with alth regard to clothes it is only necessary to say that every one should try to live within his resources it is always right to shun debt and it would seem to be a great deal better to let the children KO go to the sunday school in inexpensive clothes than to be owing somebody fur for more costly material tar lill cleanliness is after all the best beat ornament of both young and old and it ills is within the reach of all the sabbath day is a day of rest and devotion it is set apart as the lords lorda day on which to offer prayers and thanksgivings and on this day says the word of god ahou do none other thing only lot jet thy food be prepared with singleness of heart that thy fasting may be perfect or in other words that thy joy may be full ful ay iy this instruction to the saints puts them under obligation to take measures whereby their children are taught to respect the sabbath but if these are allowed to make it a play day only they will grow U up p without regard for it because without any understanding ot of its sacredness sao redness the duty of the saints in this respect seems to be plainly pointed out in the word of god |