The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-05-13

want their religion projecting too con-
They would like to have
II near by so as to call on it in case OF
a funeral; but as to having it domi.
nant in the household from the list OK
January, seven o'clock a. M, to the
sist of December, ten o'clock p M.
they do not want it They would
rather die and have their families per-
ish with them than to cry out in the
bold words of the soldier in my text:
eAs for me and my house, we Will
serve the Lord"
There was, in my ancestral line. an
incident so strangely impressive that IL
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, N. D.,
went to Baskingridge to witness re-
yiyal 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 chill
dren.
The young people OF the house were
to 20 off for an evening party, and my
grandmother said:
Now, when you are all ready for the
party. come to my room, for l have
something very important to tell you.
All ready for departure, they came 10
her room, and she said to them: Now,
/ want you to remember, while you are
away this evening. that l am all the
time in this room praying for your sal
walton. and / shall not cease praying
until you get back. The young people
went to the party, but, amid the loud
est hilarities of the night, they could
not forget that their mother was pray
ing for them. The evening passed, and
the night passed.
The next day my grandparents heard
an outcry in an adjoining room, and
they went in and found their daugh-
ter imploring the salvation OF the Cos
mel. The daughter told them that her
brothers were at the barn and at the
wagon house under powerful convlc-
ton of sin. They went to the barn.
They found my uncle Jehiah, who att
erwards became a minister OF the Cos
pel, CRYING to God for mercy. They
went to the wagon house. They found
their son David, who afterwards be-
came my father, deploring Gods par
don and mercy Before a great while
! the whole family were saved, and Da'
!, yid went and told the story to young
, woman to whom he was afianced, who
AS the result of the story, became
: Christian, and from her own lips-my
!. mother's-I have received the Incident
The story of that converted house
hold ran through ALI the neighborhood
: from family to family, until the whole
! region was whellned with religious
: awakening, and at the next communion
; in the village church at Somerville owe
= two hundred souls stood up to profes
: the faith of the Gospel. My mother
!. carving the memory of this scene from
early womanhood into farther life, Il
: after wears resolved upon the salvation
:. of her children, and for many year
. every week she met three other Chris
{. tan mothers to pray for the salvation
oil their families. think that all tn
= 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
, that hour when my Christian CRANE
r. mother sat in her room imploring tn
~ blessing of God upon her childrel
70 Nine of her descendants became preacl
10 ers of the Gospel. Many OF her q
IL scendants are in Heaven, many OF the
= still in the Christian conflict Did
a pay for her to spend the whole evenir
tv in prayer for her household? Ask n
n before the throne of God, surround
~ bv her children. In the presence OF t
70 Christian church to-day / make tn
in record of ancestral piety. Oh! there
&c a beauty and tenderness and su
II Unity in family religion.
,o There are two arms to this subJef
The one arm puts its hand on
I'd parents. 1t says to them: Don't
80 terfere with your children's welfal
- Don't interfere with their eternal hs
- piness. Don't you by anything you
ne put out your foot and trip them IN
tar ruin. Start them under the shelf
- the insurance, the everlasting help
20 Christian parentage. Catechisms "
70, not save them, though catechisms 9
-, rood. The rod will not save the
,rs though the rod may be necessary. L
h;s sons of virtue will not save the
Re- though they are very important.
ian coming a through and through, up a
rn- down, out and out Christian yours
mr. will make them Christians.
Il. The other arm Of this subject put
NOT hand upon those who had pi'
her bringing up, but who as. yet have
in. appointed the expectations excited
vho regard to them. said that child
not brought up in Christian househol
it though they might make wide cur
il were very apt to come back to
.rs. straight path. Have you not b
hin curving out long enough? and is it
ear most time for you to begin to curve
hen l feel anxious about you; you !
anxious about yourself. Oh! cross Q
the into the right path. 1t your pare
raw prayed for you twice day for two
bv wears. that would make twenty-i
d a thousand prayers for you. Tbint
ND them
He By the memory of the cradlein WI
i'm vour childhood was rocked with
INTO foot that long ago ceased to- move,
like the crib in which your owh cniid
fter slumbcr night by night ynder "
- ,,.,+act;n0 care. bv the twp graves