The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-25
WHAT WE INHERIT.
Continued from PAas 4.

"My mothers pmyefl On my sweet,
blessed mothers prayers Did yerboy have
such mother 90 hadp For twenty hye
years have not heard her pray until to-
night. have heard all her prayers over
again, They have had, In fact, q terrible
resurrection, Oh, how she was wont 10
prayl She prayed as they prayed tonight,
30 earnest, 40 imporunate, 80 believing
Shall ever be- Chrslanp She was q
Christian, Oh, how bright and pure and
happy was her lifol She was cheerful
and happy Christian, There is my mothers
Billie. have not ononod II for years, Did
aho believe could ever neglect herpreclouS
Blble2 She surely thought would read II
much and often. How often has she read
II 10 mel
Blessed mother, didyou pray In vain for
your boy2 II shall not be In vain, ALL
no, no, II shall not DO In vain, | will pray
for myself, Who has ainned against 30
much instructions IN ! hayep- against no
many precious prayers put up 10 heaven
for mo by one Of the most lovely, tender,
pious, conading Trusting Of mothers In her
heavenly Fathers care and grace, She
never doubted. She believed, She al
ways prayed M II she did, My Bible, my
mothers Bible and my conscience teach
what am and what | have made myself.
Oh, the Bit pangs Of an accusing con-
science need Savior mighty 10 save
] must seek him, | will, am ON The sea
OF existence, and can mover get of from
II. am aiOat, No anchor no ruddor, no
compass, no book OF lust uctIoua, for
have put them all away from me- Savior
OF the p0riahing, save or perish"
DO you wonder that the next day ho arose
In q prayor-meoting and said my
brethren, stand before You monument
OF Gods amazing mercy aud goodness, for
ever blessed be His holy namci all | have
and all / am | oonseoralo 10 Jesus, my
Savior and my God" Oh, the power Of
ancestral prayer, Hear III hear III
2. hut | turn for q moment 10 those
who had evil parenAgr, and | want 10 tell
you that the highest thrones In heaven and
the mightieut Iiumphs and the
brightest crowns vii bo for those
who had evil rnronngo, but who
by the grace Of God conquered,
ks useful, M splendid u gontl man Os |
know Of to-day had for father man who
died blasphoming God until the neighbow
had 10 put their fingers In their ears 10
shut out the horror one Of the most con-
socrated and useful Christian ministers Of
today waaborn Of drunken horse jockey,
Tide OF evil tremendous In some families.
II Ia liko Niagara rapids, and yot men have
clung 10 rock aud been rescued,
Thoie N family IN New luk whose
wealth has rolled up into many millions
that Aas founded by man who, after ho
had vast estate, eonl back q paper Of lacka
because they were two cents more than he
expected. Grip aud grind AMI gougo In
the fourth generation ! suppose II viii be
grip and grind aud gougo N the twentieth
generation The thirst for iutoyicnuts haa
burned down through The mtcrIo, Of a
hundred and lltty years Punnrily or
oombntiyonegs chOmcleriles Other families,
Somalimcs ono form Of evil, sometimes
another form of cyIl liut II may DO
r0sialcd, II has been resisted, II tho
family ffAity bN Wriro, cultivate uu.
aplnshnCas aud chuity, aud tonch your
children never 10 cat mn apple with
out Offering somebody ulsr halrOf H. IN the
family lrnilty CumbuiiypnUss, keep ont OF
the company Of QuiDk.,ompurod people,
aud mover answer IN imrollinrut question
until YOU have counted hundred both
ways aud nfDor you have writ n mn angry
letter korp II II week before you send Il,
aud then burn Il up l. the family fuilty
timidity and cownidico, cultivate backbone,
road the biography of ruyc men like
Joshua und Paul and srp u y0n cannot got
q little iron iu your blood, Find ont what
the family rally rs, uul sot body mind,
and gou Ia battle NuuT
think th genealogical table was put IN
the first chhptrpi the NUw Testament not
only lo show our Lords pedigree lat TO
show TINT % ww may rise mp m uu UnccH-
tml lIomd beat back suco.hslully all the
had influences OF lni hctoltY Scoin that
gcnuulo 10. thl hat good King \sn clmc
Of vile King lDu, See In ihut ON 'uluRionl
table that du.0.h h anil Mary Und The uoul
Illuslnuus Being lhnt ever touched our
world, or ever viii touch IT, had
In thor nnc sml line sDnn,
dnlona nJhll onm aud lhnmnr
and na hglcl, n this world / ever uhr
Edcnil Il md will all tlc iufccod
lOm ics VI th' u IA Oro to he rpgii vat d,
aud th'r' win SOM Que arig IN cuoh fam
lily line ud ron new genealogical table,
There viii hr some luglh IN ~" line in
roycisc the influence Of licbohonm, md
there will brsimc Mary IN th line lutc'
verse The evil influence Of linila'rhi pvr
haps the star uf hope inny puiui down 70
yOurmnng r, Pcrhlpsyun 1ro lo be- th hero
OF heroine that Is tn put down the brakes
hnd stop that lorg tran q genealogical
tendencies and sWith Oh on Wuolhor
track from Tint uu which II hN b'pn run.
ming fur uocnluy Yon dul'nl and viii
promise YOU Hs l.no pplnrn ~ The nrcli.
Let, Of heaven can build, The mchwuy In.
erriho with the words More thnn Con.
quoor,"
But Whatever yourhorcdily lc mo gay
you may hu sons aud daughters OF the Lord
God Almighty utmuQpl children from
the homestead come luck through The open
cute of adoption, There /, royal blood ~
our veins, here ARE crowns on our 80.
outchcon Our Father h king Our
brother N hiuN We my hu kings md
queens unto God forever Como aud Nh
down on the ivory bench of tha pthw
Come nnd wash In the fountains Tint fll
into the basins Of cryNl nnd nuhus en-
Come and look ont " IA upholstered win
dow upon gntdans Of Ro'cn md umo'
mulh, lIcpr the full hurl Of tho oichrs ~
while YOU banquet with polcnlutos and
gioors, Oh whom tho text sweeps Ouek.
ward, let i not stop at the cradle Tint
rocked your infancy, bat ut the crude Tint
locked the first world, aud whom the tent
sweeps forward, lot II not stop nj yonr
grave, but nj the throne on which YOU may
toign forever and over "Whugu son art
,hou thou young mani" Son Of Godl
Heir Of immortality. Take yourinhcHl.
moo,
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