Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-03-30

srn wrapper. iney 10 NOT want their re
ligion projecting too conspicuously-
They would like to have it near by, so az
to call on it in case of funeral; but as tc
having it dominant in the household
from the lst of January. o'clock a. m,
to the 3lst of December, 10 o'clock p. m,
they do not wantit They would rath'
err die and have their families perish
with them than to cry out in the bolc
words of the soldier in my text "Ai
for me and my house, we will serve the
Lord"
There was, in my ancestral line, ar
incident SO strangely impressive that u
seems more like romance than reality.
1t has sometimes been so inaccurately
put forth that now give you the true
incident. My grandfather and grand
mother, living at Somerville, \. j.,
went to Basl1ingridge to witness a re
vival under the ministry of Rev. DIR.
Finley. They came home so impressed
with what they had seen that they re-
solved ON the salvation Of their children.
The young people of the house were
to go off for an evening party, and my
grandmother said:
Now, when you are all ready for the
party, come to my room, for ! have
something very important to tell you. :"
All ready for departure they came tc
her room and she said to them.
''Now, want you to remember while
you are away this evening 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 the party, but
amid the loudest hilarities Of the night
they could not forget that their mother
was praying for them. The evening
passed and the night passed.
The next day my grandparents heard
an cutlery in an adjoining room, and
they went in and found their daughter
imploring the salvation of the gospel
The daughter told them that her broth
ers were at the barn and at the wagon
house under powerful conviction of sin.
They went to the barn. They found
my Uncle Jehiah, who afterwards be-
came a minister of the gospel, crying &c
God for mercy. They went to the
wagon-house. They found their son
David, who afterwards became my
father imploring Gods pardon ane
mercy. Before great while the whole
family were saved, and David went and
told the story to a young woman tc
whom he was affianced, who, rs re
suit of the story, became Christian
and from her own lips-my mothers-l
have received the incident
The story of that converted house
hold ran through all the neighborhood.
from family to family, until the whole
region was whelmed with religious
awakening, and at the next communion
in the village church at Somerville,
over two hundred souls stood up TO pro
fess the faith of the gospel. Ny mother
carrying the memory of this scene from
early womanhood into farther life, in
after years was resolved upon the sal.
walton of her children, and for many
years every week she met three other
Christian mothers to pray for the saliva
ton of their families. think that all
the members of those families were
saved-myself, the youngest and the
last.
There were twelve of us children. ]
trace the whole line of mercy back &c
that hour when my Christian grand
mother sat in her room imploring the
blessing OF God upon her children.
Nine of her descendants became preach.
ers of the gospel Many of her de-
scendants are in Heaven, many of them
still in the Christian conflict. Did il |
pay for her to spend the whole evening |
in prayer for her household? Ask her |
before the throne of God, surrounded
by her children. In the presence of the |
Christian church to-day, ] make this |
record of ancestral piety. oh. there is
a beauty, and a tenderness, and sub
Unity in family religion.
There are four or Ave pictures in the
old family Bible that inherited, but |
Dore never illustrated Bible as that |
book is illustrated to my eyes Through |
il can see into marriages and buria 5 |
joys and sorrows, meetings and part.
ings, Thanksgiving days and Christ.
ms festivals. cradles and death beds.
Old, old book. Speak out and tell Of
the sorrows comforted, aad of tbs |
diving hours irradiated Old, old book |
the hands that held thee are ashes, the
eyes that pursued thee are closed. What
4 pillow thou wouldst make for /
lying head / salute all the memories
Of the past when l press it to my heart
and when press it to my lips.
O, that family Bible The New Tesla
nent in small type is not worthy of be
ng called by that name. Have whole
Bible in large type, with the family
record OF marriages and births anG
leaths. What if the curious should
urn over the leaves to sec how old you
ire? You are younger now than you
will ever be again. The curious will
ind out from those with whom you
rave played in your childhood how old
rou are. Have a family Bible 1t will
70 down from generation to generation,
ull of holy memories A hundred years
Ifter you are dead it will be benedic-