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291] THE SPOILED CHILD 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High\nperformed with great reverence. In the busiest seasons he would frequently say\nto his laborers, \u201cMy friends, we always find time to take our daily food; let\nus also take time to worship the Lord our God; and remember, prayers and\nprovender never hinder a journey<\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here were all the elements of happiness, usefulness,\nand honor, apparently combined. Surely, his neighbors would say, Mr. C\u2014l must\nbe a happy man; rich in this world\u2019s goods, and rich in the grace of God;\nhonored in the church; esteemed and respected by all in the social and\npolitical circles; possessed of a fine constitution, and enjoying uninterrupted\nhealth: what is there to disturb his mind or man his peace?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But\nit had been long observed by the pastor that there was some secret worm at the\nroot of his joys; and it became, at length, manifest to all his intimate\nfriends. The grace of God will, indeed, carry a Christian through any afflictions:\nit will give buoyancy to his mind and spirits in the darkest and most\ndistressing hours. Our heavenly Father\u2019s face shining upon us, will disperse\nthe heaviest clouds: an humble and believing view of the Redeemer pleading for\nus at the very moment when we are like to be overwhelmed by the waves of\nsorrow, will send a foretaste of heaven\u2019s joy into our wounded souls; and when\nthe Holy Comforter seals upon our hearts the consolations of his grace, we can\npraise him, even in the valley of the shadow of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But\nof all the sorrows which befall a Christian, that which comes nearest to his\nheart, paralizing his mind and drinking up his joys, is the outbreaking of\nwickedness in his children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.\nC\u2014l had a son, he was his eldest child and his only son. On this child he had\ndoated: he had made an idol of him. This is the besetting sin of Christian\nparents, especially those who are, by natural temperament, unusually\nkind-hearted and affectionate. It is indeed a strong and overpowering\ntemptation. We doat on our offspring: they become spoiled<\/em> children: and\nsuch is the ordering of divine Providence, we, who had sinfully indulged them,\nand \u201cspared the rod\u201d when we ought to have employed it to drive away folly from\nthe young heart, according to the command of <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

291] THE SPOILED CHILD 3 High performed with great reverence. In the busiest seasons he would frequently say to his laborers, \u201cMy friends, we always find time to take our daily food; let us also take time to worship the Lord our God; and remember, prayers and provender never hinder a journey.” Here were all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":806,"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/806"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}