Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-04-01

Iscrmon 10 70 show ~ rod that II you have
Icoms Of Christian ancestry, then you are
Isolemnly .bosnd q. psesarss ssad deselor
Fhe glorious ipheritance; or, II you have
1cofne' Of depfsSed ancestry, t6en Il Il
your duty to brace yourself against the
evAtendspey hys, ~ prayer and Christian
determination, and you are TO find oui
what are the family frailties, and in arm
ing the1eAstie put the strongest guard Al
The weakest gate. With these smsoth
stones from the brook / hope to strike
.yeu. not where David struck Goliath, In the
head. but where Nathan struck David i'm
'sthe heart d Whose son art -thOp, thou
young man?'
Some time in the winter holidays, when
we afs accustomed toi gashsrt our families
y together, old times have come back AGAIN,
and our thoughts have been set to the tune
Of "Auld Lang Ssne." The old folks
were so busy at such times in nlakfdg us
happy, andiperhaps ON. less resources made
their sons and daughters happier than you
v on larger resources are able to make
your cons and daughters happys The
snow lay two feet above their graves, but
y they shook off their white blankets and
mingled m the holiday festivities the
same wrinkles, the same stoop ofshoulder
under the weight ofusge, the same old
style of dress or coat, the .sama smile,
: the same tones of voice. hope you re-
member them before they went away. II
Wnot, hope there are those who have re-
- cited to you what they We're, and that there
imaybe IN your home some article Of dress
!, Or furniture with which you associate their
memories I want 10 arouse the most
sacred memories Of your, heart while
make the impassioned interrogatory in re-
gard to yours pediWee:' l''whose son art
thou, thou young MANI af,r-f qab
l., accost all those who are descended
Of q Christian ancestry I do not ask if
your parents were perfect Perhaps there
wasspmetimes too much blood in their eve
when they chastised YOU. But from what
Iknow Of you, you got no more than you
deserved, land perhaps a little less
than you deserved, ~ and ,perhaps,a little
more chastisement would have been
salutary. But you are willing TO acknowl-
edge, think, that they wanted to do right.
From what you overheard in conversations
and from what you saw al, the family altar
and at neighborhood obsequies, you know
that they had invited God into their heart
and life. There was something that sus-
tanned those old people supernaturally.
v 1ou nave no doupt about their destiny.
& tou eAPec' II y"u ever get 10 'heaven to
tmeet tbe ord Jesns CSr;st 'sr sNP'''7'o
I That early asaTrc;at T f ~ has boo,, 1
! Inae early assoclauon mas oeen charm
right mn from ~ honss 90 Of ;,s;au;,u ;Uu sS 81
" %alAed out lnto tne fresn ar BECAUSE you
w WSLouSn1 your n9ener was looking at YOU.
~ na'e ne'ero oeeh very happy IN SIN
nresent ;tseIf Treunlo,,o no;oos - - AZ.
mast occosted yo,, nrt;TS n al, rro,t soos.'
inujv ondibJal 'syd yoTg lnnisa 49,, al -,
see who smoke Tbere wos ast"ta ~,
mentioned in The last, will and testanoo,t =
vast estate of nraver annd bo1v eysm,ie ~
Christian eenfreafy Innd ojorr}sn,,u ,na,nc,,s
The survivors of The family aothara,,' y.
hear the will rend. and This ,wos to ba Isrt' -
and that was 10 he sold and n was S shars 49,
and share alike Rnt there VA osfS Il, 80. ~
written will that read sometl;ngi,,ia t,,;s.
DIN the name of God amen Ts' sH ha;ne ms of
sound, mind. beoueath to INV cb;,Jran oli III
nv PRAYERS for their salvation. fbenneotb u l.
them the Christian RELIGION which bos baan
go much comfort 10 me and, 4 hons tSn,o,,
be solace for tbemgI beoueath to them q
hone of reunion when the nartinos nf liza
'T19 PLY =,
,tr are9 ovsFi iEn snare and snare aiike may ehey
naye IN. az stslnal raa ricnes. Dequeatn 70 them
E.'d ",sn "n,,,, ',,.. .nsy may avoid my errors
~ au copy anysning 1nae may nave 'oesn'
woi,ny, IN 1ee, name 4le OF t9e God whe
inaus ausa n,e, b., ana i Ine ChrIst who redeemed
NE Z ala ans iioly Gnosg VINO sanctines me,
,W;tea i it''hes'h's u, my nus. VIII ana testament'
y; Wt''ieSs: iA,Se noss On neaxsnu Waness,l