Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-04-08

lhare were u Of Us children / trace tue
whole line OF mercy back TO tnaf nouT ~n@n
nv Christian g~randmotaer sat IN Ter room
isploring the blessing OF rol upon heF
c~eIi1ren. Nin4 OF her descendants became
preachers Of the gospel. Many o her &c.
arsndents are in heaven. many d them stiii
n she Christian conflict. Dill il pay for her
II spend the whole evening IN prayer loF
h-r household, Ask tfer before the throne
= Col, surrounded by Ter Children. In the
presence OF the Christian church to-iat l
:aake this recori OF ancestral p'efv' w.
-.ere is a beauty. AMI q tenierness, aods
y Unity in family religion.
There arr but four OF five pictures II the
Cd family B.bfe taat | lnnerite1, out l'ore
aver illustrated a Bible as that o2oh IS II
Is.ratei TO NY evts. larou5a IL eau -
ut3 marriages AM turlals, Joys ana sor-
US. meetings. AMI partln-~. thanksgiving
;av, ant Christian festivals. crates AM
-ath3eis. Oh o. book. s.eaa out ana tell
~ the SORROWS coalsprtai AMI of tie lying
..aar~ IRA lated. y Oh book. tue. hands,
a held thee ara as1e-. ne eyes taat per
ithee ara co,.i Was. a pillar thou
y5ui !st make for "A dying mead salute
i The memories Of the past when l press IL
- my hear. AMI when | press It u my bps
On, that family Blb.et TIE New Iesta-
I4nt IN small type Is no. worthy or being
.liei by that ma ne. Have a whole Bible IN
.r.e type, witt the family record OF mar
-4 1-t> tIiAl GfINli- fIt A%A
3rlous snouii turn over tn leaves 10 see
~ Old Won are7 You are younger now
IAN you will ever be again. Inc curious
Nil ind on. from those with whom you
ave nlave IN vourehilihooi now old you
ar. Have a family Bible. II will z, down
from generation t. ceuerstlon. full OF holy
memories. \ hundred years after you are
eel X Will be a behedictiou to those h
come after you. Other books. worn out or
allen apart. VIII - f'ung TO the garnet ~
tha cellar. hut this Will 70 invioiatc. AMI it
will be YOUR protest for centuries against
i"riquitv and in behalf Of righteousness.
Dh. when We see what family religion did
FOR our fathers household, do Wa not want
il to come into the ~dlning-room To break the
bread, into the nursery to b-ess the young.
into the parlor to purify the soclalltie>, into
he library to control the reading. into the
BEDROOM to hal!ow the >lumber. into the hall
20 watch our going out and our coming M
Axe. there are hundreds Of voices IN this
n use ready t. cry out; YES! 1es' AS
or me and my house. we will serve the
Lord.'
There are two arms to this subject. The
one arm puts its han1 on all parents. IL
avs to them: Don't interfere with your
ofiliren's welfare. don't interfere with theH
eternal happiness, DON'T YOU by anything
you DO nut out Your foot all trip them into
Iuin. Start then uuier thu shelter. the in
>urancc. the ever astlng help Of Christian
parentace. Catechisrns VIII net have them,
though catechiSIns are good. The ROD will
not save them, though the roi may be r1eCes-
-arv. Lessons of virtue will not save them,
though they are very important. Becoming
a through AMI through. up and down, out
and out Christian yourself will make them
Christians
The other arm of this subject puts its
hand upon those who had a pious bringing
UP. but who as yet have disappointed the
expectations excited in regard to them. |
said that children brought up in Christian
households, though they might make a
wide curve. were very apt to come back TO
he straight path. Have you not been
curvin5 out long enough, and is it not n1ost
time or you to be- gin to curve in?
"Oh.' you say, they were too rigid"
Well now, my brother. | think you have a
pretty goo1 character considering what you
-ay your parents Were. Do not boast too
much about the style IN which your parents
brought you up. Might it not be possible
that You would be an exception to tho gen.
eral rule LAID down, and that you might
spend your eternity in a different world
from that III which your parents are spend
Ing theirs
| feel anxiou. about you; you feel anxious
about yourself. Ga. cross over into the right
path. If your parents prayed for you tw1cs