Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-06-09


matter Of moral and religious influence
they are vastly your superior. Why Il
thisi To ind the revelation Of this secret
you must go back thirty or forty, or per
haps sixty years 10 the homestead where
this man was brought up. Il Is Q winter
morning. and the tallow candle Is lighted
and the fires are kindled, sometimes the
shavings hardly enough TO start the wood.
The mother is preparing the breakfast, the
blue edged dishes are on the table, and the
lid Of the kettle on the hearth begins to
rattle with the steam, and the shadow Of
the industrious woman by the Pickering
fame on the hearth is moved up and down
the wall. The father Is at the barn feed
ing the stock-the oats thrown into the
horses bin and the cattle craunching the
corn The children, earlier than they
would like and after being called twice,
are gathered at the table.
The blessing Of God is asked on the food,
and the meal over the family Bible is put
upon the white table cloth, and a chapter
Is read and prayer made, which includes
all the interests for this world and the
next. The children pay not 80 much at
tention to the prayer. for 1t II about the
same thing day after day, but It puts upon
them an impression that ten Thousand
years will only make more vivid and tre-
mendouS As long as the old folks live
their prayer Is for their children and their
children's children. Day in and day out,
ont decade IN and decads ont tba sons snd
danohters n tbat family ave renen,bs-oJ
IN ssrnest nraver and tbev tno,w a. anJ
thew feel x and thew cannot cot avav
from n
Two funerals after awhile-not mora
than two wears apart. for Il is seldom that
there is more than that lapse of time be-
tween fathers going and mothers going
two funerals nut out of sight the old folks
But where are the childrenf The dauoh.
tiers are in homes where they are incarna-
tions of good sense. industry and piety
The sons. perhaps one a farmer. another a
merchant. another a mechanic. another a
physician, another minister of the Gospel
useful. consistent. admired. honored. what
a power for good those seven sons and
dauQbtersl Where did tbev get the mower,
From the schools. and the seminaries. and
the collegesf oh, no, though these may
have helped. From their superior mental
endowmentf No, 1 do not think they had
unusual mental caliber. From accidental
circumstances No, they had nothing of
what is called astounding good luck.
INFLUENCE OF EARLY ASSOCIATIONS.
think we will take train and ride to
the depot nearest to the homestead from
which those men and women started. The
train halts. Let us stop few minutes at
the village graveyard and see the tomb
stones of the parents. Yes. the one was
seventy-four years of age and the other
seventv-4vo and tho en;tanb savs that
"oftor !. ,saf,,I I;fa tha4 S;ad = Th1;.t;"s ~o
doath - H., onrvor.;ota1,, a. Sar;-,t,'.,
nsssaoo ont On appao ~ no.ha,,S t toD,hlt"no
aSho hotb dona ,.hat she oo,,idn ~ 49,
how baantifuI tho nassaa s aa On % ttro f.+har,s I
tor,hStona tsplassof 90 a. doaS .Ln "a
IN tho ord for thoI rost fr.o,,, tha;. -.
and tha;r ,.,nrIs a. toiio,v +ba,,
IN over tba conntrU roaJ NO r;do 4ho
rood Tt+la ro,,oS for +La srr;uo. ,,oo.Sao
10 NOT onits settied and nnoo dn,,,n - IN : ,,'t
~ ;s hard -, r,ot 49, ,,,t ooia go 80, tel
ont hraaL;n9 tha shofts RI 81 iost ~.
coma to tho isna IN font of tba far,,, ho,,so
Tat mo cot o,t Of +ho ,vsnon NJ ond "a onau ~ =
| ooto ,,hiIo ro,, 5rivo tbro,7oh H. - A.
erhor nndcr which tboso bnrs anJ ,,;nis
nav raors ooo usoJ 20 nIoy p,'+ S;o g. 20
o,,;to ~ ot 81. ,,n,,, to, a. ~ - q;
II otha- baOds Vondau ia ~ pops.y aSs %
r1boro thav ,,sod 20 tbrash +ha +.oas ~.
onrIas so,, ,atir,,os bofo.o tha,- ,,,o,.o 80
rino Thero ;s The NOW ,vhore +haT b,ntoS 1sI
| for e,,ro baforo Eos+or Tboro ;s ~ -
s;Il go, ,.,h;ob +La,, ,,sod - 80 MSo.o =.
tho rooy,, In which tboy bo5 fo,,;1,, rra,,o,s
ord ,,,ho,o thaz, oil lne,t a. fatSosr 49,
tho ,notbor tbero ond Tho hoT,s ood 1,;rIs
there e'- ~
We have got to the fountain of pious and
gracious influences at last. That is the
| place that decided those seven earthly and
| immortal destinies. Beboldl BEHOLD, That
| ;s tbe secrat nIaca of tbunder Roy. orc
seldom mora than their fathorv Iii Iat
tbon, ha Civic orc soIdor, ,ooro +hon ~;
| motbers will Lot them be Rnt thora conna ~
| times whom n saams that narents connot
| control their children Tbera como timos
in a hov,s life when be thinks be lnn,rS
| moro than bis f.tber doas ond 7 n,ar,h.,. :.
| now that T knew more at fiftean vaors ~
aga than have avar known sinca
| There come times in g;rI,s Iifo ,,,bar
| sbe thinks ber n,otbar is not;onol ond 49, 49,,
| not understand what is nroner and hest
and tba swaat child soys ooh nsha,,,,,;
| and she longs for the time when she vii,
NOT have to he dictated to and she ooas
ont of the door or goes tn he'd with no noufins, 1
| lips. and these mothers remember for
| themselves that they knew more at four
teen wears of age than they have ever
known since. But father and mother do
! not think YOU have lost YOUR influence over
your child. You have a resource of PRAYER
that puts the sympathetic and omnipotent
| God into your parental undertaking. Do
| not waste your time in reading fiimsy
books about the best WAYS to bring up
children. Go into the secret place of than-
der. ..-
The reason that we ministers do not &C
complish more is because others do not
pray enough for us and we do not pray
enough for ourselves. Every minister could