Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-22

discharges me from all responsibility
Born Of sanctldcd parents, we are bound
to be good and we cannot help ourselves
Born OF nBrightcous parentage, we arc
bound 70 be evil and we cannot help our.
selyes.n
As much as II you should say, ''the
centripeial force in nature has tendency
TO bring everything to the center,
and therefore all things come 10
the center The centrifugal force In ma
ture has tendency TO throw out every
thing to the periphery, AID therefore
everything will go out TO the periphery"
You know as well as know that you can
make the centripetal overcome the cen
trifugal, and you can make the centrl-
fugal overcome the centripetal As when
4 there Ia a mighty tide Of good In family
that may be overcome 10y determination
to evil, as In the case Of Aaron Burr, the
liihertlne, who had for father President
Burr, the couseorated; as in the case OF
Plerrepont Edwards, the sconrge Of
New York society seventy years
ago, who had Christian ancestry; while,
on tle other hand, some Of the rest men
and women of this day are those who
have come Of an ancestry Of which II
would not DC courteous 10 sDeak IN their
presence.
The practical and useful object OF this
sermon IS 90 SHOW 10 you that II you have
come OF a Christian ancestry, then you
are solemnly bound to pr serve and de
yslop the glorious inheritance; or, II you
Z have come OF dcprayed ancestry, then
I IL IS your duty To brace yourself against
/ the Ell tendency by all prayer aud
Christian determination, and you
ARE tl nnd out what are the family
I lrailties, and in arming the castle put the
! strongest guard 40 the weakest gate
I With these smooth stoues from the
/ brook ! hope TO strike you, not where
David struck Goliath, in the head, but
/ where Nathan struck DAVID, in tho heart
fWhose son ART thou, thou yonug maDY'
Sometime In the winter holiday when
| we are accustomed TO sa-her our fam-.
/ lies together, old times have come back
agan, and our thoughts have been set TO
the tune Of "Auld Lang Syuep Tie old
folks were so busy 40 such times in max
ing ns happy, and perhaps ON less re-
source made their sons and daughters
happier than you on larger
resource are able 20 make
your sons and daughters happy
The snow lay two feet above theirgrayes
but they shook off the white blankets and
mingled In the holiday festivities the
same wrinkles, the same stoop OF Shout
der under the weight OF uge, the same old
style OF dress or coat the same smile, the
same tone OF voice nope you remem-
bier them before they went away. il not,
hope there are those who have reclted
tp you what they We're, and that there
may he In yoW house some ar
tigle ot dress or furniture with
which you associate their memories
want 80 arouse tho most sacred
memories of your heart while / make the
imaassloned inteTogatoIy in regard 20
your ped gree;
Whose son art thou, thou young
mauYn
First accost all those who are de-
scrnded OF a Christian ancestry | do
not ask II your parents were perfect. Per
haps there was sometimes too much
blood in their eye when they chastised
you. But from what know of you, you
got no more than you deserved, and per
haps little moro chastisemmt
would have been salutary. But
you are Willing to acknowledge, M
think, that they wanted to a.
rght From what you overheard In con-
yersations and from what you saw at the
qules, you know that they had i1y ted
God into their heart and life There was
something that sustained those old peo-
pie superuaturully You have no doubt
about their destiny, You expect If you
ever get to heaven TO meet them as GER
family as you expect 10 meet the Lord
Jesus Christ.
That early association has been charm
for you, There was tlme when you got
right mp from house OF iniquity aud
walked out into the fresh air because YOU
thought your mother was looking at
you You have never been very
happy In sin because of sweet
old face that would present Itself
Tromuous voices from the past aCcos,ed
you until they were seemingly audible,
aud you looked around to see who spoke.
There was estate not mentioned in the
last will and testament, vast estate OF
prayer and holy example and Christian
cntreaty and glorious memory. The sur.
yivurs OF the family gathered to hear the
will read, and this was to be kept, and
that was TO be sold, and IL was share and
share alike; But there was an unwritten
will that read something like thls ain
the name OF God, amen, | being OF sound
mind, bequeath TO my children
all my prayers for their salvation; | be-
qucath to them the Christian religion
which has been so much comfort to me,
and hope may be solace for them; be-.
queath To them hope Of reunion when
the partings Of life are over; share and
share alike may they have in eternal
richest bequeath to them the wish that
they may avoid my errors and copy any
thing that may have been warthy In the
name OF the God who made me- and the
Christ who red, emed me, and the Holy
g ost who sanctlilos me, make this my
last viii and testament. Witness,
all We hosts of Heaven Witness, time,
witness, eternity. Signed, sealed, and
delivered in this our dying hour, father
aud MOTHER
You did not get that will proved at the
surrogate's oflce, but take it out to-day
aud read II to youi take 1t out of the
alcoves of your heart, | shake the dust of
OF II, ask You will YOU accept that In.
heritance or will you break the wnl2 o,
Sc Of Christian ancestry, YOU have
responsibility vast beyond an measure
mrntl God will not leCyou OF with lust
being as good as ordinary people when
you had such extraordinary advantage.
Ought not a flower, planted In hot