National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-03-22

conlding, trusting OF mothers In her Ileav-
emily Fathers care and grace ? She never
doubted; she believed; she always prayed as
II she did. My Bible-my mothers Bible.
and my conscience teach what / am and
what have made myself. Oh, the bitter
pangs Of an accusing conscience ! need
a Saviour mighty TO save. ] must seek Him.
] will. am on the sea OF cXistencee' and
] can never get of from IL, | am allOat.
No anchor, no ruddor, no compass, no book
Of instructions, for ! have put them all
away from me. Saviour Of the porlshing,
save or perish !"
Do you wonder that the next day he
arose in prayer meeting and said: MY
brethren, ] stand before you a monument Of
Gods amazing mercy and goodness, forever
blessed be His holy name; all | have and
all am | cousecrate to Jesus, my Saviour
and my God !" Oh, the power Of ancestral
prayer. Hear It Hear IL
IL. But turn for moment TO those who
had evil pRrcntage, and i want to tell you
that the highest thrones in heaven and the
mightiCst tfiumphs and the brightest
crowns will be for those who had evil par
eutage, but who by the grace OF God CON
quered. AS useful, is splendid n gentleman
Gs | know Of to-day had for father man
who died disappearing God until the neigh
Tors had to put their fingers IN their ears to
shut out the horror. One Of the most con-
secrated and useful Christian ministers Of
to-day was born OF q drunken horse Jockey.
Tide Of evil tremendous in some families.
II is like Niagara rapids, and yet men have
chung to rock and been rescued.
There Is family in New York, whose
wealth has rolled up into many millions,
that was founded by a man who, after he
had vast Estates sent back paper OF lacks
because they were two cents more than he
expected. Grip and grind and gouge In
the fourth generation-I suppose II will be
grin and grind and gouge In the twentieth
generation. The thirst for intoXicHnts has
burned down through the arteries Of hun
dred and fifty years. Pugnacity or com
bativeness characterises other families.
Sometimes one form OF evil, sometimes an-
other form of evil. But II may be resisted,
II has been resisted. If the family frailty be
nvarice, cultivate unsclfshness and charity,
and teach your children never to cat an
apple without offering somebody else half
OF 1t. Is the family frailty combatiyoness,
keep out OF the company Of quick-tcmpered
| people and never answer an impertlnent
| question until You have counted hundred
both ways, and after you have written an
angry letter keep It q week before you send
| 1t, and then burn II up! Is the family
| frailty timidity and cowardice, cultivate
backbone, read the biography Of brave men
| like Joshua or Paul, and see II you cannot
| get little iron in your blood. Find out
what the family frailty is, and see body,
mind and soul In battle array.
j think the genealogical table was put
| In the first chapter of the New Testament
not only to show our Lords pedigree, but
to show that q man may rise up in an an.
&c stral line and beat back successfully all
the influences Of bad heredity. See In that
genealogical table that good King Asa came
of vile King Abba. See in that genoa
logical table that Joseph and Mary and the
most illustrious Being that ever touched
our world, or ever will touch II, had In
their ancestral line scandalous Rehoboam
and Thamar and Bathsheba. If this world
is ever to be Edenized-and II will be-all
the infected families Of the earth are to be
regencrated, and there will some one arise
In each family line and open q new genoa
logical table. There will be some Joseph
in the line to reverse the evil influence OF
Rehoboam, and there will be some Mary
in the line to reverse the evil influence OF
Batbsheba. Perhaps the star OF hope may
point down to your manger. Perhaps yor
are to he the hero or heroine that Is to pu
down the brakes and stop that long trait
of genealogical tendencies and switch 1t of
on another track from that on which 1t ha
been running for century. You do that
and / will promise you as fine palace ~
the architects Of heaven can build, the arch
way inscribed with the words: "More thar
|
But whatever your heredity, let me say
you may be sons and daughters of tn
Lord God Almighty. Estranged children
from the homestead come back through
the open gate of adoption. There is roya
blood in our veins. There ale crowns Of
our escuteheon. Our father is king. Gu
, brother is king. We may be kings an
queens unto God forever. Come and 81
!; down ON the ivory bench of the palac,
Come and wash In the fountains that ia
l into the basins of crystal and alabaste
| Come aud look out of the upholstered VIII
! dow upon gardens Of azalea and amarantl
, Hear the full burst of the orchestra Will
you banquet with potentates and victor'
Oh, when the text sweeps backward lC
, it not stop at the cradle that rocked you
infancy, but at the cradle that rocked tn
first world, and when the text sweeps FOL
} ward let it not stop at your grave, but Q
the throne on which you may reign foreve
| and ever. "Whose son art thou, tho
young MANI" Son of Godl Heir Of mo
| tality! Take your Inheritance!
DIR. PiERCE's "Favorite Prescription" Is Ii
| At 10 hos rngt u n