National Republican., 1888-02-27

mothets influence, we need TO come III OIL u
one cradle, and we will find 10 600 tributaries
OF influence pouring In and pouring down.
But 1t is after all one great river OF power
iathC IN II? Who can bridge IL? Who can stop IT.
Had not mothers better be intenslfying their
prayers? Had they. not better be eevating
their example2 Had they better not be, rous-
ing themselves with the consideration that by
their iaithiulness or neglect they are starting
an influence which will be stupendous after
the last mountain of earth is fiat, and the last
sea has been dried up, and the last flake OF the
ashes Of q consumed world shall have been
blown away, and all the telescopes of other
world once swung shall discover not so much
as cinder Of the burned down and swept.of
planet? In Ceylon there is q granite column
thirty.six square feet in size which Is thought
by the natives TO decide the worlds continti.
ance. An angel with robe spun from zephyrs
is once century to descend and sweep the
hem Of that robe across The granite, and when
by that attrition the column is worn away they
say time will end. But by that process that
granite column would be worn out OF existence
away.
If q mother tells child ho is not good,
some bugaboo will come and catch him, the
and the fact that he finds that there is no
bngaboo may make him liar, and the echo
of that false alarm may be heard after fifteen
generations have been born and have ex-
pired. II O mother promises child reward
for good behavior, and, after the good be-
havior, iorgets to give the reward, the cheat
thousand years further on. If mother cul-
ture childs vanity, and euloglze his curls,
and extol the night.black or ssy-blue or nut
brown of the child's eyes, aud call out in his
presence the admiration of spectators, pride
and arrogance may be prolonged after half a
dozen family records have been oDllterated. If
mother express doubt about some statement
of the holy Blble in .chiids presence, long
after the gates OF this historical era have
closed and the gates OF 0noi her era have
a h.a Ia ut,aV .,.s.
blasphcmer. But, on the other hand liza mother
walking with II child see suffering one by
the wsyside ard says, "My child, give that
ten cert piece 10 tina, lame boy" the result
may be seen on the other side of the following
century in some George Muller building a
whole village of orphanages. lfa mother sit
almost every evening by the trundle-bsd Ofa
child and teach 1, lessons OF . saviour's love
and Saviour's example, OF the importance of
truth and the horror Cla lie, and the virtues
Of industry aud kirdnes, and sympathy aud
self. sacrifice, long after the mother has gone
and the chi d has gore.and the lettering on
both the tombstoncs shall have been washed
out by the storms of innumerabe winters,
there may be standing, as result of those
uundle. bed Lessons, flaming cvangels, world
moving reiormcrs, calculating Summeraelds,
weeping Paysons, laundering Whiteiields,
| emADcipatiUg Washingtons.
Good or bad influence may skip one genera
| tion or two gel elations, but II viii be sure to
| land in The third or fourth generation Just as
| the Ten commandments speaking Of the Tisi--
| tatiUn Of God on families, says nothing about
the second generation: but entirely skips the
second and speaks Of the third and fourth gen.
| upon the third and fourth generations of them
that hate me- Parental influence, right and
wrong, may Jump oyer generation, but l.
| there and stand here. TimothY's ministry
was projected by his grandmother Lois.
There are men and women here, the sons and
daughters Of the Christian church, who are
| such as a result of the conservation of great.
greotgrandmothers. Why, who do you think
the Lord is? You talk as though his memory
was weak. He can, no easier remember a
prayer five minutes than he can FIVE centuries.
This explains what we often see-some man or
woman distinguished for benevolenc, when
| The father and mother were distinguished for
| penuriousness, or you see some young man or
wcman with a bad father and a hard mother
come out Gloriopsly for christ and make
the church sob and shout and sing under their
| exhortatiops. We stand in corners of the yes.
try and whisper over the matter an say:
How is thls-such great ,pety in sons and
sin?', will explaia 4 to You II you will fetch
me the old family Bible containing the full
record. Let some septuagenarian look with
snS Pass o.
the ld.fashioned name OF Jemima or Betsy or
Mehitabel. All there she is, the Old grand
mother or great grandmother,wh had enough
| religion to saturate q century.
There she is. the dear old soul, grandmother
Losl In our beautiful Greenwood-may we
all sleep there when our work is done, for
when get up in the resurrection morning
want my congregation all about me-in Green
wood there Is the resting place of George W.
Bethune, once a minister OF BROOKLYN Heights
his name never spoken among intelligent
Americans without suggesting two things
eloQuenteai d evangelism. In the same tomb
sleeIs his grandmother, Isabella Graham VINO
are not surprised st the poetry and patnos aud
pulpit power of the grandson when you read
Of ,he inilh ana devotion Of his wonderful n
she poured Cut her widowed soul in i0ngiugs
for sons salvation, you will not won Ter that
succee ding generations have been blessed:
NEW YORK MAY q, 1901 This day my only
son left me In bitter wringiDgs OF heart; he Is
again launched on the ocean Go3s ocean
The Lord .aved him from shipwreck, brought
tO:indulge my affections over him. He ha.
been with me but short time, aud Ill have
improved ii; he is gone from my sight AID M!
heart bursts with tumuliuous grief Lord nav
mercy on the widows son, the only son oil hi
mntheI.'
reptat my Ueiiton, save his soul alive, Civ,
him salvation from sin, II snot the DANCE
OF the seas that distresses me; u is not The hard
ships he must undergo; II Is pot the dread @
never seeing him more in this world; II is be
cause cannot discern the fnliment Oi IN
promise TO him. ! cannot discern the mes
birth or its fruit, but every symptom oi caDliy
ity to Satan, the world and seli.win This
+ this Is what distresses me: and in cOnnenlio
with this his being shut out from ordinance,
at a distance from Christians; shut M VIII
|
break his sabbaths; men who. often live au
die like beasts, yet are accountable creatures
who must answer for every moment OF tim
and every word, thought and action.
J Lord, many wonders hast thou shown me
Thy ways Of dealing with mo and min hay
not been common ones, add this wonder TO tn
sailor in the faith. Lord. all things are poss
, BILE with Thee; gloriiy 1,y Son and exten
His kingdom by fea ara Land; take me pre-
| from The strong. ] roll him over upon Thee
! MANY friends
! com miorters are they ALL Thou art the God {
consolation; only confirm to me Thy prccinr
word. on which Thou caiiseSt me TO hone
the day when Thou saldst q me: u. ave III
t fatherless children, ! will preserve thcl
: alive" Only lei this life be q spiritual III
aud put blank in Thy hand as 10 all te d
! porai things.
~ wait for Thy salvation. Amen"
! With such grandmother would You NJ
! 3 have right TO expect George W. Bethun
And all the thousands converted through h
! God iii the earth and heavens with sue
cay we o soS Sry SO cod up
J, let US go up and tell them of the results
J their Influence. Among our first questions
hfSayen WI 6e MaefS 0ni or w Us wna SnTd
. know her even II we had seen her on earth,
|, bent over with years once and there
y straight; so dim ofeye through the biindil
of earthly tears and now her eye as clear
Z heaven; so full OF aches and pains once, al
Q now 30 agile with celestial health, tho Nwrl
. kles blooming into caTnation roses, and h
= step like The roe on the mountain. Yes
y must see her, my Granddaughter ON my iNthci
y side, Mary Mccoy, descendant Of the Scotc
y When irst spoke to IN audience In Glasgo'
y Scotland, began bv telling them my gran
u mother was HScotchwo,nan, and then the
J. went up shout OF welcome which made n
u feel as easy as / do here. ] must sec her.
!, You must see those women of the ear
y nineteenth century and OF the eighteen
u century, the answer of whose prayers Is
:, your welfare to-day. God bless all the ag
: women up and down the land and In all Ian,
n What happy thing Pomponius Auicus u S
Z when making the funeral address OF /
I, mother: Though ] have resided with h
d siXtyseven years was never once recOncil