Telegram-herald., 1890-03-17

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rocked fox Phsos ths 6rss. and for De Wut
tie lAsL And II = cradle Ike thai. OF
parhaos u modern maze and rloals upbal-
stare6 ia watch yoGr mother rocked yoa-
Can II he tAst for al that care and
devotion YOU are paying her back With bSrse
words or usglects Or a wicked llfss Then
naust tel vod thAf yOo are TIE .foolis1 son
who l. the hssviness Of his mother" Better
20 home and Kiss ter. sad asa her forgive
ness. ks her on the lips that have s. often
prsyed TOR you Kiss hsr oa the forehe&d
that 50 often aeked for YOU Kiss her Oh The
eyes hat nave 50 often wept over you Bet
ter 90 rirbt away, for sls will be dead before
lcnr. AID how viii yon feel then after yoa
realize il is your waywardness that killed
herf Romulus made 10 law against pstTi-
eide. or the Staying Of father; naUricide. or
TIE slayiny Of a mother, because be consid-
ersd such crimes impossible. and for SIX bun-
dred years there was not crime Of that sort
ia Roma Bat then came Lucius OsIius and
slew his father, proving the crime possible.
Now do vou not think that the child who by
wroug behavior sends MS father 10 a prersa-
tune grave is a patricide, or who by miscon-
/ duct hasrens mother into the tomb Is a mat
/ ricdel
The beavinssS Of parents over q sons do
| pravity Is al the greater because II means
spiritual disaster and overthrow. That is the
worst thing about IL Ia the pension regula-
/ tions soldier receives for loSs Of both hands
or feet S72 For loss Of ono hand aud one
foot $50 For loss Of a hand or foot $50
For loss OF both eyes az But who can
calculate the value of a whole man ruined
body, mind and souli How can parents
have any happiness about your future des-
tiny. oh young mans gone aStrayf Can
such opposite lives as you and they are living
come out az the same plaesi Can holiness
and dissipation enter the same gatei Where
is the little prayer that was taught you at
your mothers kneei Is the God they loved
and worshiped your Godl IL is your soul
about which they are most anxious, your
soul that shall live after the earth itself shall
be girdled With DANES, and the Games, dying
down, viii leave the planet only live coal,
and the live coal shall have become ashes, and
then the ashes shall be scattered by the whirl-
winds of the Almighty.
RESPECT YOUR PARENTS. THOUGH THEY BE
DEAD.
"But," says some young man, "rny mother
Is gone; my behavior will not trouble her
any more"
Oh that taose lips had languagel Life has passed
With me but roughly since beard thee last
WHAT Is she deadl How you startle mel
Is she deadl Then perhaps you nave her
picture Hang it up in your room in the
place where you oftcnest look. Go and study
her features and while sou are looking the
past will come back, 9 q you may hear her
voice, which is now so sill, speak again, say
ing: From my heavenly home, my dear
",
ton. Go to the Christ who pardoned me,
and he will pardon you. Ny heaven viii not
be complete till | hear OF your changing.
But / VIII hear of it right away, for there is
Joy up here when one sinner repenteth; and
oh, IL the next news OF that kind that comes
up here might come up regarding you, cn
my child OF many tears and anxieties and
prayers!
Come. my boy, do you not hear your moth
er's voices o my son, my son, would God
that could die for thee! O my son, my sonl
Young man what news for heaven would be
your conversion. Swifter than telegraphc
wire ever carried congratulations to a we'd
ding or coronation would fly heavenward
the news Of your deliverance: and whether
the one most interested in your salvation
were on river hank, or in the temple, or on
the battlements, or in the great tower. tue
message would be instantly received, and be-
fore this service is closed angel would cry TO
angel: Have you heard the newsi Out
yonder is mother who has just heard Of her
waywsrd boys redemption. Another prodi-
gal has got home. The dead is alive again,
and the lost Is found. Hallelujahl Amenl"