The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-23

are. Have f,mily Bible. rt will e, dovu
from gener alton to generation, full OF holv
msmories. A hurdrei years after Won mr.,
oeaf 10 VIII be a berediction to thoss who
come after You. Other books, worn out on
.suen apart. VIII be flung to the garrett OF
the cellar, but this will be inviolate, and II
viii be your protest for centuries against
iniquity and IN behalf Of Righteousness
Oh. when we see what family reli zion did
Tor our fathers household, do we not want
it TO come into the diuing-room to break the
bread. into the nursery TO bless the youny
into the parlor TO purify the socialities, into
the library to control the re,ding into the
bedroom TO hailow the slumbsr. into the hall
| 70 witch our going out ami Que coming in,
Ave. there are hundreds OF voices 10 this
hou|e ready to crv oit "Yesl Yes! As
Tor me and my house. we will serve the
! Lord"
There are two arms 20 this subject. Toe
one arm puts it, hand on all parents. It
saws TO them: Don't interi ere with your
children's welfare, don't interfere with their
eternal happiness, don't you by anything
you do nut out your foot an trip them into
ruin. Start them under the shelter. the in
surance, the everlasting help OF Christian
parentage. Catechisms will not have them.
though catechisms are good The rod will
not savs them, though the rol may be neces.
sary. Lessons OF virtue will not save them,
though they are very important BECOMING
and out Christian yourself will make them
Christians"
The other arm Of this subje,t nuts it,
hand uoou those VINO had n pious brin ying
up. but who rs vet have disappointed the
expectations excited Ia regard to tn sm. 1
said that children brought up in Christian
households, though they mignt maze n
vide curve, wero very apt TO come bacS to
ths straight path. Have you not been
curviny out long enough, AMI is IL not most
time tor you TO begin to curve ius
"Od," you say, they were TOO ririd %
Wei now, nv brother, | think you have n
pretty good character considering what you
say your parents were. Do not boast too
lnucn ABOUT the style In whicn your parents
brought you up. Night It not he possible
that You would tie AN exception 10 tue gen
eral ruie laid down, ami that YOU might
spend your eternity in different world
from that in which your parents ar5 spend-
ing theirs?
feel anxious about you, you feel anxious
about yourself. On, cross over into the right
path. IL your parents prayei for YOU twics
"A day, eacu OF them twice n dny Tor 20 years
that would make 1900 prayers for you.
Think OF them
By the memory OF the cradle in which
your childhooi was rocked with the foot
that long ago ceased TO move by the crib in
witch your own children slumbsr night by
night under Gods protecting care, 10y tho
two graves in which slecp those two old
Parts that beat with love so long for your
welfare. and 10y the two graves in which
YOU, now the living father aud mother. will
lind your last repose, I urge you to tho dis
cdarge ot your duty.
Though parents may In covenant bs
Aud have Their heaven IN view,
Tney are not htppy tlll they ses
Tncir children hippy TOO.
o., you departed Christian ancestry,
fathers and mothers IN glory, bend from th5
skies to-day and give new emphasis 10 wnat
you told us ON earth with many tears aud
anxieties! Keep a place for Us by your
blissiui side, for to.isy, in the presencs OF
earth and heaven an | hell. aud by the help
OF the cross aud amid overwhelming and
gracious memories, We resolve each one for
himself, As for mo and my house we will
serve the Lord