Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-19


her name and the date Of her death,
and her simple epitaph was this line
" She made home pleasant"
| remember the old Irishman who
said, :" hope III never live to see my
wife married again." Brethren, let us
be kind to wife, for she has left her
father and her home and her mother
and given up all things for us, and she
gives her life to us, and we ought TO be
kind to her. Never let word slip
from your tongue that will bring drop
of blood from her heart. We should
be kind and loving to our children, too.
| remember once, at a camp.meeting.
two or three years ago, Twas talking to
two or three OF the brothers after din
ner, and to one Of them little girl, a
rosy.cheeked and .bright-eyed fairy, ran
up and asked him some question, and
be snapped out a word to her that
almost made her faint, so frightened was
she.
cried, You brute, you" Bre-
thren, you can almost cruelty one Of
your children with one stroke Of your
tongue. How cruel it is . know how
it is myself. Sometimes | was busy at
work and my little boy would bother
me, and would snap at him and drive
him away, but | afterwards hunted him
up and begged his forgiveness. But
some Of you would sooner die than do
that. Control your tongue and be kind
to your children.
Brethren, what we need now is few
good examples. Examples-fou go
home tonight and awake your little
Willie. Wake him up wide awake and
get him on your knees and ask him.
+" Willie, who is the best man in Gin
cinnati?n and he will say, You,
papa Ask him, "Who would you
rather be like than any other man,
Willie?" and the dear child will say,
You, papa" Well, who is the
biggest man in the State. Willie " and
he will still say, "You are, papa.
Poor little fellow, he hasn't got much
sense. lLaughter.l Now just try
it on him when you get home.
Laughter You go home, mo-
ther, and sit your little lovely
daughter Mary on your lap, wake her up
good and ask her, " Daughter, who is the
best woman in the world " and she will
say" Why, you, mamma. >" Daughter,
who would you rather be like than any
body else " and the sweet little child
will say, You, mamma" Ask the
child such questions a. that aud she
will answer always. " You. mamma. p"
All. sister, that child is mistaken yet
she is that way-there's no doubt
about that. The saddest thing father
ever said TO me in all Of my experience
was this Il was plstor OF a church then,
and have been pastor for eight years
and know all about the relations of pas
tor and people. tell you, brethren.
you can't love your pastor too mucn or
pray for him too much. Heneeds your
examples and prayers.) This brother
said to me about four weeks after had
preached a sermon in his town
heard your sermon on Home Religion,
and it walked me up" lie was a man
Of intelligence. | said, What about
ity" | went home" said he, "and
studied my children four weeks in all
Of their varied characteristics and all
Of the phases Of their character and
life, and | reached verdict"
What was that " said |. We'll,
| found out that my children haven't
got a single fault that me or their
mother hasn't got, or a single fault that
We have not got; a direct copy Of my
wife and myself our children are.
Our eXample-Brethrcn, hear me. |
shall never do, or suffer myself TO do,
or suffer any one else to 10, in my
house, in the radius Of my influence,
anything that would or could curse any
body's child. Loud ordinations OF
Amen You can have cards at your
house If you want to, but until this
world burns down never will, 50 help
me God. They shall never be brought
in or remain in my house. Do you ask
me why? Nine tenths of the gamblers
Of Cincinnati were raised in Christian
homes. They are the most polite and
refined gentlemen in town, and il
cards in any Christian home ever
made a gambler out Of a Christian
boy, then so long as life shall last,
will never have cards in my house.
Amen If demijOhns, and glasses,
and bottles ever damned member Of
the Church's 5 son, then, so long as
have given my home to God, demiJohnS,
glasses. and bottles shall have no place
there. Amen And | will tell you
another thing. Old Brother Demljohn
and old Sister Demijohn, you are just
raising up drunkards by the hundreds,
and reckon if God Almighty lets your
sort Of folks into Heaven, the very
angels would halloo out, - Brother
DemijOhn and Sister Demijohn, have
you got in at last Laughter.
And some women have reached
the degraded strata where they are
nothing more nor less than bar-keeperS
for their misunderstanding their tod
dies and mixing their drinks. Next to
the biggest fool that Gods eyes ever
looked upon is woman who stirred
toddies for her husband. but the biggest
fool Gods eyes ever beheld is a woman
that will marry a man with whiskey on
his breath. Amen.l | know what |
am talking about. | believe if / had q
wife that some drinking men in Cincin-
natl have to-day, would be in drunk
ards grave and drunkard's hell this
moment but, thank God, she never
would touch, taste, nor handle, nor suf-
fer it in her house. | have had a
woman come to me, who in her
young married life had toad,ed to her
husband and seen that his wines and
liquors were carefully prepared for
him-I have had her come to me with
haggard face, and cry out, "0h, Mr..
Jones, in Gods name, help me to save
my husband from death and hell "
and she. gave her husband the first
years Of her married life in the encour-
agement Of drinking. | have been
preaching prohibition experimentally,