The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-03-30

and therefore everything will
20 out to the periphery" You kno~ as
veil as | know that you can make the
,entripetal overcome the centrifugal, and
,ou can make the centrifugal overcome
he centripetal. As when there Is a
mighty tide OF good 10 family that may
De overcome by determination 10 evil. as
n the case of Aaron Burr, the libertine,
who had for father President Burr, the
as in the case Of Pierrepont
the scourge Of New York so
,iety seventy years ago, who had Chris
ian ancestry; while on the other hand
,ome of the best men and women of the
present day are those who have come OF
IN ancestry of which 1t would not be
to speak in their presence.
The practical and useful object OF this
sermon is to show to you that II you
,ave come of a Christian ancestry, then
gou are solpmnly bound to preserve and
develop the glorious inheritance; or. il
you have come Of depraved ancestry.
hen it is your duty 10 brace Yourself
,gainst the evil tendency by all prayer
and Christian determination, and you are
10 find out What are the family fraities,
and in arming the castle put the stron-
gest guard al the weakest gate. With
these smooth stones from the brook l
hope to strike you, not where David
struck Goliath, in the head, but where
Nathan struck David, 10 the heart.
Whose son art thou, young man ?"
Sometime. in the winter holiday, when
We are accustomed to gather our fami-
lies together,
OLD TIMES
nave come back again, and our hearts
have been set to the tune OF Auld Lang
Syne. The old folks we're 90 busy al
such times in making US happy, and per
laps on less resource made their sons
and daughters happier than you on lar.
ger resource are able to make your sons
aod daughters happy. The snow lay Two
'eet above their graves, but they shook
off the white blankets aud mingled 10
The holiday fes,iviiies-the came wriu.
kles, the same stoop of shoulder under
The weight Of age, the same old style OF
dress or c,at, the same smile, the same
tones OF voice. l hope you remember
Ihem before they went away. II not,
hope there are those who have recited to
you what they we're, and that there may
he 10 your house some article OF dress
Or furniture with which you associate
their memories. l want to arouse the
most saoead memories of your heart
while make the impassioned interroga-
tory in regard to your pedigree:
Whose son art thou, young man !"
First, account all those who are
DESCENDED OF CHRISTIAN ANCESTRY.
| do not ask II your parents we're per-
|ect Perhaps there was sometimes too
much blood 10 their eye when they chas.
Used you. But from what | know OF
you, you got no more than you deseuv.
I'd. anu perhaps q little more chastise-
ment would have been salutary. But
you are willing to ackno Wedge, l think,
that they wanted to do right From
what you overheard in conversations and
from what You saw at family altar and
neigborhood obseqnies, you know that
they bad invited God into their heart and
lite. There was something that sustain
ed those old people supernsturally. You
have no doubt about their destiny. You
expect If you ever get to heaven to meet
Them as certainly as you expect to meet
the Lord Jesus Christ.
That early association has been q
charm for you. There was time when
you got right up from house OF iniqu.
ity and walked out into the fresh air be.
cause 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. Tremu.
lous voices from the past accosted you
until they we're seemingly audible and
you looked around to see who spoke
There was estate not mentioned in the
last will and testament, vast estate o
prayer and holy example, and Christian
and glorious memory. The
survivors of the family gathered to heal
the will read, aud this was to be kept, ,and
that was 10 be sold. and it was share and
share alike. But there was an uuwrItter
will that read something like this: "Ir
the name OF God, Amen ], being O
sound mind, bequeath TO my children al
my prayers for their salvation; be.
quealh to them the Christian religion
which has been 80 much comfort to me
and | hope may be solace for them;
hope Of reanion when the partings o
life are over share and share alike ma,
they have in eterna! riches. btq1east
to them the wish that they may avoid
my errors and copy anything that MAJ
have been worthy. In the name OF th,
God who made me, and the Christ wht
redeemed me, and the Holy Ghost wht
sancti1es me, make this my last viii
and testament. Witness, all ye hosts o
heaven. Witness time, witness eternity
Sigued, sealed and delive-d In this ou
dying hour Father and Mother"
You did not get that will proved a
the Snrroga:e's Office; but take it ou
to day. and read it to you; I take It ou
OF the alcoves of your heart; l sbak
the dust off Of it, / ask you will you &C
cept tnat inheritance, or will you breal
the will 0 ye OF CaristiaE ancestry
you have
RESPONSIBILITY.
vast beyond all measurement! Co
will not let You of with just being a
good as ordinary people, when you ha,
such extraordinary advantage. Oogh
not q q ,wer planted in not house b
more thrifty than apwer planted out
side in the storm2 . ight not factor,
turned bv the Housatonlc do more wor
than factory turned by thin and shal
low mountain stream ! Ought not 70
Of great early opportunity be better tha
those who had cradle unblessed2
A father aets his son mn In husinoss