The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-09-09

IOlSt- DIS ~ illoNOu UuG lutE' W. music
in the -ound. 1t was just high II Ugh
to a o.v us children t u t or head
III il I zap. That was TIL raii!, ,,h L,
We d. posted all our hurts alri ~. ri :
Oh, what IA chair that At, Ii = > dir
ferelt from the fathers oh II; il WIS
entirely different. You ass Ii w: l
cannot tell but we all fe It " $ diff, l.
emit Perhaps there wa5 anoul this tta.v
more gentleness, more tenderness mere
grief VIII. had dpnc wrong. When
we wer waywa d father scolded b t
mot er Grief. 1t was a very wakefuI
chair. In the sick days of children
other chairs could not keep awake; that
chair always kept awake, kept easily
awake That chair knew ali The old
lullabies and all those wordle-s songs
which mothers sing to their sick children
songs in which all pity an. Compass
sion and sympathetic influences are
conf ined. That old char has Sto,pyd
rocking for a good many years. 1t may
be set up in the loft or the garnet, but it
holds a queenly power yet. When at
midnight you went into that groS-shop
to get the Intoxicating draught did you
not hear a voice that said: ." My H.
why go in there?" And louder than the
boisterous encore of the place Of wicked
amusement, a voice saying &c My son
what do you here?" And when you
went into the house ofsin voice saying
- mat would your mOLner 90 IL she
knew you were here?"
And YOU were provoked with Yourself,
and you charged yourself with super
stition and fanatIcism. and your head
got hot with your own thoughts. and
you went home and you went to bed and
no sooner had you touched the bed than
a voice said. What prayerIeSS pill
low! Man, what is the matter" This
You are too near your mothers rocking
chair fs oh nGhaw ~ v,,Il s'Hhnrea'S
nothing in that. I'm five hundred miles
off from where l was born. I'm three
thousand miles OFF from the church
whose bell was the first music l ever
heard" l cannot help that; you are too
nearyour mothers rocking chair. ''Oh."
you say, There can't he anything in that
that chair has been mt il great
while L cannot he p that; it is III
the mightier Tor that; it is omHipotent,
thatvacant mothers chair. 1t whispers,
1t speaks it weeps; it carols it mourns;
it prays itwarns it thunders. A young
man went Off and broke his mothers
heart. AMI while he was away from
home lis mother died, and the telegraph
brought the son, and he came into the
room where She lay and looked upon her
face. and he cred out: "Oh mother,
mother! what your life could not do
your death shall effect This moment 1
give my heart to God" Aud he kept his
promise. Another victory for the va
cant chair. With reference to your
mother the words of my text were full
filled: Thou shalt be missed, because
thy seat will be empty"
Some one said to a Grecian general:
What was the proudest moment in your
life?" He thought moment and said:
1.-THE proudest moment in my life was
when l sent word LONE to my parents
that l had gained the victory" And the
proudest and most brilliant moment in
your ill., will be the moment when you
can send word to your parents that you
have conquered your evil habits by the
grace of God, al d become eternal victor.
Oh, despise not parental anxiety! The
time will C, me when you will have nei-
ther at. or nor mother and YOU will
go around .h- place where they used to
watch 20, and find them gone from the
house, an! gone from the field, and gone
from u e ncighborhood. Cry as loud for
Iorg.,n 20 you may over the mound
in the churchy"rd, they will 70. an~ er.
De d. Dead And then o.. VII take
. the whi:e lock o hair thar " cit
rom NoCr mother brow just lr-ior.,
they .ried her, and you viii ;a.e e
cane With watch your father used to
walk. and you y ill think and iii and
wish that you had done just a. II ey
wanted you to. and would Civ the w, rjdi:
Nou lltiu HcNc- Trust DdiiS III iitt'lI
dear old hearts. God pity the Young man
who has brought disgrace OH l.i> iaLhers
name! God PITY tn. young man Who
has broke. his mothers heart, Letter
IL h." had never been Dor be; ter if in
the first hour of his life, iil-tea o: beng
laid against the warm oson OF mater
nal tenderness, he had been confined
and sepuichred. There i, no aln pow
erful enough to he'll the heart OF one
who has brought parents to Il sorro = ful
grave, and who wan .err, about through
the dismal cemetery, rendlnS the hair
and wringing the han IS and crying:
" Mother! Mother !" Oh, that to-day
by all the memories of the past and by
all the hopes or the future, yoI would
yield your heart to God! May your
fathers God and your mothers Col be
your God forever!
Ill. l go on little further; 1 come
to the invalids chair. What! How long
have you been sick? ''Oh. [ have been
sick ten, twenty, thirly years" Is it
possible! What a story of endurance
There are in many fam lies OF my con-
gregation these invalid chairs. The oc-
cupants of them think they are d iig no
good in the world. but tEat IN aid
chair is the mighty pulpit from which
they have been preaching, all lt;ese
years. trust in Gou. One day on an
island just off from Sandusky, OHIO, 1
preached, and there was great rcng
OF people there; but the throng did not
impress me SO much as the specL Gle IF
Just one face-th- face of an Invalid who
was wheeled in on her chair. | said TO
her afterwards: Madam, how Ions, have
you been prostrated?" for she was lying
flat in the chair 'Oh, she replied, -
have been this way fife IN years"
said: DO you suffer very much?' 'Oh,
yes she sal Il suffer very much;
suffer all the time. part OF the time l
Was blind. L always suffer- Well,
1 said, can you keep your courage up?"
"Oh, yes" she said. = happy, very
happy indeed" Her face showed it.
She looked the happiest OF any one on
the ground. Oh, what means OF grace
to the world these inva i'll chairs
On that held of human nering the
Of Cod trat re Edward