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

/ v"s.'pvesnt DoWor OF sbe mOtherf But II
both the father aud the mother bs RIGHT.
then the children ars almost surs 10 be
right. Thc Young people may make q wide
curve from the straight path. but thev ara
almost sure to come bsct to the right road
~ may not be until the death OF one Of th .
| parents.
How often it is that we heir soms ons
say. ''Ob, he was a wild Young mar. but
| since his fathers death he has been differ
| ent.' The fact Is that the fathers coffin or
or the mothers coffin Is often tae altar OF
repentance for the child. Oh. that was a
stupeudous day. the day OF fathers burial.
II was not the officiating clergyman WOO
made the chief impression nor the symoa :
tbizing mourners. IL was the father asesp
in the casket
The hands that had toiled for that hous,.
hold so long. folded. Ths brain coolei off
after twenty or forty years Of au uxiety about
how how to put that family in right position.
me Ups closed after 80 many years OF good
ADVICE. There are more tears falling in
inoth srs grave than in fathers grave, pu Z
over the fathers 10 NIB think there Is a kind
ot awe. lt Is at that marble pillar many a
Young man has bes1 revolutiouized.
Ob. young man with cheek hushel with
dissipation how long Is u since Won have
been out TO your fathers gravry Will you
not go this week. Perhaps the storms OF the
last lew days may have bent the headstone
until ~ leans far over. You had better 90
out AMI see whether the lettering has been
defacs III. You had better GO out an1 s,e
whether the gate of tue lot Is closed. You
had better go and see " you c,nnot fn1 n
sermon in tho springing grass. Oh. Young
mar, go out this week aud see your fathers
grave!
Rsligion did so much for our tristia, M.
cestry, are we not ready this m brain. To be
willing to receive 1t into our own hou ,sholdss
IL we DO rechve II. let u come tnrouyn the
front door, not through the back do5r. In
other words, do not iet us smuySle 1t in.
There are great many fa;nilie, who w int
to be religious, but they do not waIt anv.
ooty outside u know IL. They wouli he
mortified TO death IL you caught them al
their family prayers. Tney wouli not sing
In the worship for fenr the neighbors wouli
hear them. They do not have prayers when
they have company.
1ney do not Snow much about the nobility
OF tue western trapper. A traveller goinz
along was overtaken 10y night aud a storm
aud he entered cabin. There were firearms
hung up around the cabin. He was alarmed.
He had n large amount OF money with him.
but he did not dare To venture ON into the
night in the storm. He dil not like the looxs
OF the household. After awhile the fitier.
tue western trapper, came in. gun on
shoulder, aud wheu tine traveller iooSeI at
him he was still more atfrighteI.
After awhile the family were whisperinc
together in one corner of the room an ths
traveller thought TO himself "Oh, now nv
time has 20 ne; wish | was out IN
the storm AMI In the night rather
than here" But the swarthy msn came n,
to him aud said: 'Sir. we are a rough peo-
pie; we get our nviDg by hunting, an we are
very tired when the night comes; but before
going To bed we always have habit OF read
lug little out OF ths Bible and having
prayers, and think we will have our usual
na.sf ffN.a to nts..s A 4
that kind OF thing II You viii just step ont
side the door for little wdile / will be much
obliged to you"
Oh there are many Christian parents
VINO have not half the cluraye OK that
western traoper. Tnsy do not wan, their
religion protesting too co1soicuously They
would like 70 have iJ near by so as 10 call on
II IN case OF n funeral, but as to having it
dominant in the household from the Ist OF
January, o'cIoci a. M, TO the 3lst ot De
csmoer, 10 O'CLOCK p. m, they 40 not want
1t. They would rather lie AM have tneir
families perish with them than to cry out in
the bold words of the soldier in my text.
AS Tor me and my house, We viii serve
the Lord"
There was, in my anc sstral line. an incl
dent so strangely impressive that it seems
more like romance than reality. IL has
sometimesb been so oiRaceurateiy pat forth that
now give you the true incident. Ny Grand
father and grandmother, living at Somer-
vile. N. j., went t) Baskinridge to witness
q revival under the ministry Of tue Rev Dr.
Finley. They came nome 50 impressed with
what they had seen that they resolved on
the salvation OF their children
The young people OF the houi ie were TO 90
OF for an evening party. ana my grant
motner said:
Now, when you are all ready for the
party, come to my room, for | have some.
anN.aH HstsN g.lI
ready Tor departure, they came TO her room,
and she said to them, Now, 1 want you 10
remember, while you are away this even.
ingg, that am all the time in this room
praying for your salvation. and shall not
cease praying until you get back" The
young people went to tue party. but amid
rue loudest hilaritles or the night they could
not forget that their mother was praying
Tor them The evening passed, and the nlgh.
passed.
The next day my grandparents heard an
outcry in an adjoining roon and they wsnC
IN aud foun their daughter implorinS the
OF the gospel. The daughter told
them that her brothers wers at the barn
aud mt the wagon house under powerful con-
v,ction OF sin. They went TO the barn.
They found my Uncle Jeuiah VINO after
ward became minister OF the gosps cry
ing TO God for mercy. They went TO t1e /
wagon house. They found their soa David /
who afterw ird became my father implor- |
ing Goi's pardon and mercy. Bsfore great |
while the whole family were saved, aud |
David went an | toll the story TO IA young |
woman To whom he was atiiancei !, who as "a |
result of the story became Christian. ami
from her own lips-my mother's-l havere.
ceived the incident.
The story Of that converted household |
ran throu yh all the neighborhooi from
family to family until the whole region was
with religious awakening, and at
the next communion IN tho village church
~ Somerville over 2)0 souls stood up TO pro-
ess the faith Of the gospel. My mother,
carrying the memory OF this scene from
Early womanhooi into further life. in after
years was resolved u ,on tue salvation OF her
children, aud for many years every week
she met three other Christian mothers 10
pray for the salvation OF their families |
think that all the me nbers OF those families
we're sayei-mvself, the youngest aud last.
There were II OF Us children. | trace the
whole line OF mercy back 10 that hour when
my Christian grandmother sat IN her room
the blessing OF God upon her
children. Nine OF her descendants became
preachers OF the gospel. Many OF her de-
scsndants are in heaven. many OF them still
IN the Christian conhict. DID it pay for her