The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

private home life. A consistent, conse.
Grated Christian service Is an unans wer.
able demonstration OF Gods truth. A
group of rough men were assembled at q
tavern one night One man boasted that
it did not make any difference what time
he went home, his wife Cheerfully opened
the door, and provided an entertainment
| il he was hungry when he got home. So
they laid wager. They said: Nov,
we will 90 along with you. So much
shall be wagered. We'll bet so much
that when you 60 home, and make such
a demand, she will resist It," So they
went along at two or three o'clock in the
morning and knocked at the door. The
door opened, and the man said to his
wife: "Get us supper" She said; "What
shall gst2" He selected the articles of
food, Very Cheerfully were they provi-
ded, and about four o'clock in the morn
ing they sat down at the table-the most
Cheeful one in all that company the
Christian wife-when the man, the ruff
fan, the villain, who had demanded all
this, broke into tears, and said II can't
stand this. "0h, what wretch am !"
He disbanded that group. He knelt
down with his Christian wife and asked
her to pray for the salvation of his i'm
mortal soul, and before the morning
dawned they were united III the faith
and hope of the Gospel. A patient, low
ing, Christian demeanor in the presence
of transgresaion, in the presence of hard
ness, in the presence of obduracy and
crime is an argument from the throne of
the Lord Almighty, and blessed is that
woman who can WELD such an argu-
ment. A sailor came slipping down the
ratline one night as though something
had happened, and the sailors cried:
"What's the matter2" He said: "My
mothers prayers haunt me like aghost."
Home influence is ConseCrsted. Chris
tian home influences are the mightiest
of all influences upon the soul. There
are men here to-day who have main.
tanned their integrity, not because they
were any better naturally than some
other people, but because there were
home influences praying for them all the
time. They got good start. They were
launched on the world with the bene.
diGtions of Christian mother. They may
track Siberian snows, they may plunge
in African jungles, they may fly to the
earth's end-they can not 60 80 far. and
80 fast but the prayers will keep up with
them. l stand before women, this even.
ing, who have the eternal salvation of
their husbands in their hand. On the
marriage-day you took an oath before
men and angels that you would be faith |
full and kind until death did you part,
and / believe you are going to keep that |
oath; but after that parting at the door |
of the grave, will it be an eternal separa.
tionP Is there any such thing as an i'm
mortal marriage making the flowers that |
grow on the top of the sepulcher bright
er than the garlands which, at the mar.
riage banquet, flooded the air with arc.
map Yes; stand here as priest of
the most High God, to proclaim the
banns Of an immortal union for all those
who Join hands in the grace of Christ.
0 woman, is your husband, your father,
your son away from God The Lord de.
mands their redemption at your hands.
There are prayers for you to offer, there
are exhortations for you to give, and
there are examples for you to make; and
| say now, this evening, as Paul said to
the Corinthian woman: "What knowest
thou, 0 woman, but thou canst save thy
A man was dying, and he
said to his wife: "RebeCca, you wouldn't
lot me have family prayers, and you
laughed about all that, and you got me
away into worldliness; now am going
% die, and my fate is sealed, and you are
he cause of my ruin" 0 woman, what
thou but thou Canst destroy thy
Are there not some here who
nave kindly influences at home? Are
here not some here who have wandered
ar away from God, who can remember
he Christian influences in their early
lome2 Do not despise those influences,
ny brother. If you die without Christ,
Vhat will you do with your mothers
rayers, with your wife's opportunities,
With your sisters entreaties2 ? What will
ou do with the letters they used to
7rite to you, with the memory of those
ays when they attended you 80 kindly
n times of sicknessP Oh, if there be
lst one strand holding you from float.
lg off on that dark sea, l would Just
Ike to take hold of that strand and pull
ou to the beach. For the sake OF your
'ife's God, for the sake of your mothers
Iod, for the sake of your daughters God,
,r the sake Of your sisters God, come
lis day and be saved.
Lastly, wish to say that one of the
oeci6c rights Of woman is through the
race of Christ finally TO reach heaven.
b, what multitude of women in heaV- 4
a! Mary, Christ's mother, in heaven;
lizabeth Fry in heaven; Charlotte
lizabeth in heaven; the mother of Au.
lsJine in heaven; the Countess of Hunt.
sold her splendld Jewels to
lild Chapels-in heaYeD; while great
amy others who have never been heard
on earth, are known but little, have
,ne into the rest and peace of heaven.
That rest What change it was from 4
le small room, with no fire and one
indow, the glass broken out, and the
hing side, and Worn-out eyes, to the
Ouse of many mansionsl No more
itching until twelve o'clock at night, no
ore thrusting Of the thumb by the EN-.
oyer through the work to show it was
ot done quite right. Plenty Of bread at
pJ. nehNou lOI hCulnB u6hubs heaven |
r broken hearts. Heaven for anguish.
tten frames. No more sitting up until
idniGht for the coming Of the stagger.
8 steps. No more rough blows across
10 temples. No more sharp, keen, bit.
+ curses. Some of you have no rest in
is world. 1t will be toll, and struggle,
ID suffering, all the way up. You will /
I've to stand at your door fighting back
Q wolf with your own hand, red with
rnage. But God has crown for you.
want to realize this evening that He is
w making it, and whenever you weep 4
tear He sets another gem in that crown,
It'll, after awhile, in all the tiara there =
ii be no room for another splendor,
d God will say to His angel, 1.-THE
own is done; let her up that she may
,ar it." And as the Lord ofrighteous- !
ss puts the crown upon your brow,
gel will cry to angel, "Who is sheP"
nd Christ will say, II will tell you who
9 is. She is the one that came up out