Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-22


the world that is to comet
Sabbath morning comes in the household
suppose that the moro philosopher would
say that the Sabbath light comes In wave
current, just like any other light, but It does
not seem 80 to mo. IL seems as II It touched
eno eyelids more gently, and threw brighter
glow on tho mantel ornaments, and cast q
better cheerfulness on the faces OF the chill
drnn, and throw supernatural glory over tho
old family Bible. HALL Sabbath lightl We
rejoice in it. Rest comes In through the win
dows, or it leaps up from the fire, or It rolls
out in the old arm chair, or it catches up the
body into ecstacy, and swings epon before
tho soul the twelve gates which arc twelve
pearls. The bar of the unopened warehouse.
the hinges OF the unfastoned store window,
the quiet OF the commercial warehouse seem
to say: d This is tho day tie Lord hath
made" Rest for the sowing woman, with
weary hands, and aching side, and sick heart.
Rest for tho ovcrtnsked workman i'm tho
mine, or out OH tho wall, or in the swelter-
ing factory. Hang up the plane, drop the
edze. slip the band from the wheel, put out
tho fire. Rest for tho body, for tho mind,
and for the soul.
Welcome, sweet day Of rcst
That saw tho Lord arisc;
Welcome to this revlvlne breast,
And these rejoicing eyes"
Again remark, wo ought TO have IN the
conservation. There are some very good pa
rents who have tho faculty of making tho
Sabbath great gloom Thor children run
up against the wall of parental lugubrious-
moss on that day They are sorry when Sun
day comes, and glad when it goes away.
They think OF everything bad on that day.
1t is the worst day to thom, really, in all the
week. There arc persons who. because they
were brought up in Christian families where
there were wrong notions about tho Sab
tion and will DO lost. man said to mo: ~
have perfect disgust for tho Sabbath day
Inerer saw my father smile On Sunday. Il
was such dreadful day to mo when was n
Those parents did not "cal the Sabbath a
delights" they made 1t n gloom. But there
are houses represented hero this morning
where tho children say through the week: al
wonder when Sunday will como!n They are
anxious to have it come. | henr their no.
snnnn in tho house; hear their hosannn in
tho school. God intended tho Sabbath to he
especially day for tho father Tho mother
rs nome aII tho week. Sabbath day comes.
ana God says to tho father who has been
busy from Monday morning to Saturday
night mt the store, or away from homes .This
Is your dizzy. SEQ what you can do in this
little flock in preparing them for heaven.
TINS day set apart for YOU" You know
very well that there nre many parents who
are mere sutlers OF tho household; they
provide tho food and raiment; ones in n
while. perhaps, they hear the child rend a
limo or two in tho now primer; or il there DO
case OF especial discipline. and tho mother
can not manage It, tho child is brought up
in tho court-mnrtial OF tho fathers discipline
and punished. That is ali there liz Of It. no
scrutiny Of TINT chid's immortal interests
no realization of the fnct that tho child will
soon go out In n world where there nre gigan-
tic and overwhelming temptations thnt hnve
swamped millions. But in some households
1t is not that way; tho home, beautiful on
ordinary days. is more beautiful now that
Tho sabbath has dnwned. There is moro
Tngy ssN Lao
more tenderness in tho morning prayer.
Tho father looks Mt the child.
md tho child looks Mt the
father. The little ono dares now to nsk
questions without my fear of being an
swered: Don't bother me- must be Off to
the store" Nov the fnther locks at the child
and he secs not merely tho blue eyes, the
nrched brow. the long lashcs, tho sweet lip.
lilo sees i'll that child long line of earthly
destinics; no sees in that Child nh immeasur-
ably eternity. AS ho touches that child he
this little oneln And while this Christian
father is thinking and praying, the sweet
promise flows through his souls "Of such is
the Kingdom OF heaven" And he fcels n JOY
not like that which sounds in tho dince or is
TINT which is like tho "crnckling of thorns
under pot but the JOY OF domestic reunion
and conservation.
Have been pcturirg something TINT IL
merely fnnciful, or is it possible for you and
and for mo to have such homo US Tint! 1
believe it is possible.
have II statistic that would like to givo
you. A great many people, You know, sny
there is nothing in the Christian discipline of
n household. In New Hampshire there were
two neighborhoods-th one OF six families.
tho other of five families. Tho six families
dsrcgardcd the Sabbath. In time, five of
these families we're broken up by the separ,l-
ton OF husbands and wives tho other by the
.inf ,...i.
the parents became druknrds, ono COM
mltted suicide and oil came to perjury.
or some forty or fifty descendants,
about twenty are known to he tlrunkards
and gamblers aud dissolute. Four or five
have been i'll State prison. One fell in n
duel Some are in the aimshouse. Only ono
became n Christian, md no after first having
been outrageonsly dissipated. The other five
families that regarded the Sabbath were nll
prospercd. Eight or ten OF the children are
consistent members of tie church. Some of
them became officers in tho church: one is n
minister OF the Gospel; one is n missionary to
G INN NO poverty among any of them.
Inc homestead is now in the hands of tho
died In tho peace of the Gospel. oh, is there
nothing i'll household that remembers Gods
holy day! Can it bo possibly that those who
disregard this holy commandment can 10
prospered for this life, or have my goos
hope of the life that is to come.
the Joy of Christian assemblage. Where are
all those people going on tho Sabbath Yor
SEQ them moving up and down tho street. II
il festal day, people might ask Has
there been some public edict commanding
the people to come forthi No, they are wor.
shippers of God who are going to their place.
of religious service. In what delicate scale
shall weigh the Joy of Christian convoca.
tons 1t gives brightness to the eye. and n
flush to the cheek. and pressure to tho
hand, and a thrill to the heart. You SEQ tho
agcd mnn lettering along on his sta fl through
the aisle. You see tho little child led by the
hand of its mother You look around and
rejoice TINT this is Gods day, and this is the
communion of saints. Zone Lord, one
faith, one baptism" Some familiar tune
gets all the soul aquiver and aquake with
rapture. We plunge into some old hymn
and oil our cares and anxieties are bathed
off The glorious Gospel transports us. the
Spirit descends, Jesus appears. and we feel
the bounding, spreading electric joy OF
Christian cOnvocation
look upon the Church Of God ms one vast
hosanna. Joy dripping from the baptsmnl
FONT joy glowing, in the sacramental cup,
JOY warbling in tho anthem, joy heating
against the gate of heaven with a halleluiah