Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-26

You know very we al ther'
are many parents wv fe mere
suffers of the hoL "a; they
provide the food and rail- once in
while, perhaps, they hearl Child read
line or two in the new priAl or If there
is a place Of special disc ine, and tht
mother cannot manage 1.-THE child il
brought up in the court martial OF thu
fathers discipline and punished. That's
all there is of it. No scrutiny of the
child's immortal interests, no realization
of the fact that the child will soon go out
in the world where there are gigantic and
overwhelming temptations that have
swamped millions. But in some house
holds ii is not that way: the home,
beautiful on ordinary days, is more
beautiful nov that the Sabbath has
dawned. There is more JOY in the good
morning" there is more tenderness in
the morning prayer. The father looks at
the child and the child looks at the
father. The little one dares now ID ask
questions without any fear Of being an.
swered: Don't bother mel must be of
to the store" Now the father looks at
the child, and he sees not merely the blue
eyes, the drched brow, the long lashes,
the sweet lip. BE sees in that child a
long line Of earthly dcstinies; he sees in
that child an Unreasonable eternity. AS
he touches that child he says: II won.
der what will be the destiny of this little
onc?' And while this Christian father is
thinking and praying the sweet promise
flows through his soul; "Of such is the
kingdom of heaven" And he feels q
JOY, not like that which sounds in the
dance, or is waited from the froth OF the
wine cup, or that which is like the
cracking Of thorns under a pot, but
the joy of domestic reunion and conse.
Grafton.
Have | been picturlng Something that
is merely fanciful, or is it possible for
you and for me 10 have such a home as
this? believe it is.
have a statistic that | would like TO
give you. a great many people, You
know, say there is nothing in the Christ
ian discipline OF q household. In New
Hampshire there were two neighbor'
hoods, the one of six families, the other
OF five families. The six families disrc-
garded the Sabbath. In time, five OF
these families were broken up by The
separation Of husbands and wives; the
other by the father becoming a thief.
Eight or nine of the parents became
drunkards, one committed suicide, ana
all came 10 perjury. OF some forty or
fifty descendants, about twenty are
known to be drunkards and gamblers
and dissolute. Four or five have been in
state prison. One fell in q duel. some
are in The almshouse. Only II became
a Christian, and he after first having
been outrageously dissipatcd. The other
five families that regarded the sabbath
were all prospered. Eight or ten Of the
children are consistent members OF the
church. Some Of them became officers
in the church; Ole is a minister of the
gospel; one ia "A missionary 10 China. No
poverty among any Of them. The home.
stead is now in the hands Of the third
generation. Those who have died have
died in the peace Of the gospel. Oh, If
there nothing IN q household that re.
members Gods holy day. Can it bo
possible that those who d%isrcgarded this
holy commandment can be prospcred tol
this life, or have any good nope of The
life tia; is to Gomez
Again, we ought TO have in the Sab.
bath the 10y Of Christian asscmblagc
Where are all those people going ON tht
Sabbath? You see them mOviug up ant
4 NNJH u Xix GtltEls IL 3 a bN6'AA NA*N . ~
pie might ask. Has there been somt
public cdict commanding the people K
come forth? No. they are only worship.
crs Of GOD who are going 10 their place
of religious service. In what ieiicalcscal
shall / weigh the Joy Of Christian conyo
cation? II gives brightness TO the eye
and a flush TO the check, and % prcssuI,
10 the hand. and a thrill to the heart
~. ,. al, .,,.1 ,F,r,.. 4n44awit~ on tb
s,afl through the aisle. You sec the lid,
child led by the hand o. It's mother. o.
look around and rejoice that TINS isGOd'
day. and this the communion o. saints
"Dac Lord. one faith. one b1ptism.
Some familiar u y sets az the sou
a-qu.ver and awake with rapture W
plunge into some old hymn, aud all on
cares and anAieties are bathed OF, Ih'
glorious gospel transports u, the Nplri
desCends, Jesus appears, and we Iecl ID
bounding. spreading, electric Joy o
Christian ~convocation.
look upon the Church Of God IS on
vast basanna. JOY dropping from tn
: baptismal font, Joy glowing in the sacra
mental cup, Joy %warbling in the anthem
, joy beating against the gate OF heave
! with q hallelujah like the voiccOf might
thundcrIngs. Beautiful for situation
The Joy of the whole earth is Noun
Zion. 1t is the day and the place whcr
{, Christ reviews his troops, bringing theI
, out in companies and regiments and ba'
r %tslions, riding along the line, eXaminin
: the battle torn flags of past combat, an
/ cheering them III 90 future victories. Oi
, the Joy of Christian asscmblage.
, | remark also we are TO have in tn
day the Joy of eternal S%abhathism, d
not believe it possible for any Christia
to spend the Lords day here withol
> thinking Of heaven. There is somethin
, in the gathering Of people in church Q
, earth 10 make one think OF the rapt n
. sc.nblagc of the skies. There is sOm'
thing in The songSof the Christian churc
10 make one think of the song Of III
elders before the throne, the harpists an
the trumpeters of God accompanying ~
harmony. The light Of q better Sab5at
gilds the top of his, and earth IA
q heaven come within speaking distance {
a each other. the song Of triumph wavin
backward and forward, now tossed mp I
] the chulch of earth, now sent back
d. the church of heaven.
J "Day OF all the week the best,
En5lem o. eteTue! rest"
The Christian man stands radiant
!, it's light, lis bereft heart r~ejo!cea At Il
,ho1ght Of s. country where there