Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-20
WORD OF The LORD
FOR The CHICAGO uNGoOlY
TIE Prayers ofFasher AID Mother Out
i-.<s an Other larry iafsacnee---
A Pioss 1r~sd.4osh<r-

Cucxoo. March la-Rsv- Or. Tai
mage. who y nov h tha city ca . b<isi
Wait, IA rot pr>>rh selzy. He prepard
ik< tho prosn. howsvsg. ths following
1iSsoarse On Religion - Hoznr.' the
tszr selected being JaahnA xxiv. Is, ''As
Az M aud nay hSnss. ~ VIII serve de
Lord"
ABSURD. Jo~luzi You viii have no
ens for family religion: yoa are . NIL
tzry character. aud your time viii b
taken up with Affairs connected with the
army. you are . statesman. and yorr
tlms vii 30 tsksn up With poblc Affairs
you sfe .he WA<hfngson, tho yelling
ton- 10 NcNahoa Of the ls<pslitish host.
you Win have great many qnssfions 70
settle. yoa win have no time Tor relixsoa.
But Jo~hus. with tho sAxoc voice With
which 10 COMMANDED tho sun and morn
20 halt and stack arms Of hight On tho
parasfs ground q ths heavens says. As
for ma and my house. We VIII serve tao
Lord"
before NO adopt tho resolution Of this
oil soldier va want 20 DO certain 10 u .
wise resolution II religion is going Ia
put my piano out q tune. and clog the
feet % tia children racing through thu
hall. and sour tho bread. and pat craps
on tho dOorbcll. DO not want 1t in rny
house. once gave % to hear Jenny
Lind warbie. have newer given . csns
70 hear any one zroan. VIII this religion
SPOKEN Of In my text do anything for the
dining hall. for the nursery. for the par
lor. for the sleeping apartment
II 1. great deal easier "a invite . dis
agreeable guest than % get nd of him.
II you do not want religion. You had bet
ter not AK IL 20 come. for after coming
it may stay great while. Isaac Watts
went 90 visit Sf Thomas and Lady Al
ney at their place Ia Theobald and was
% stay . week and staid 81 years. ami II
the probability u it viii stay there for
ever.
Now. the question want 20 discuss IL.
what viii religion Do for the household?
Question tho first; What did il do for
ycur fathers house II you wero brought
up IN . Christian home?
THE FArHzR's FRAvxRL
That whole scene has vanished. but IL
comes back today. Tho hour for morn
ing prayers came. You were invited IN.
Somewhat fdgrty. you sat and listenel
Your father male no prescntaon 10 rh..-
torical reading. and he Just went through
the chapter IN PLAIN, straightforward
way. Then ron al knelt- n was about
tho same prayer morning by morning
and night by night. for no bad the same
sins 70 2sk parion for. and he had the
same blessings for which TO b grateful
day after day and year after year.
The prayer wa longer than you would
ike 20 havs had 10. for the game az ball
was wssting, or the skates were lying
Under the shsd. OF tho schoolbooxs need
FL one or two more looking at tho les
SOFA Your parents. somewhat rheur1at-
ic sni stiisoned with age. found il dill
cult 70 riss from their knesling. The
chair at which thy knsls Is gone. the BIZ
bic cot Of which slscy read has perhaps
fallen 70 pieces. tho parents arc gone the
cll.Itrrn scstoered north, easf. south AL
west. but ft.zf whole scene flashes upon
yofsr memory today.
Was that morning and evening eyer
ciss II, yosr fathers house debssing or
eievatinxP l. it not among thu moss 81
crcsi rpt4ini-crncezf You we're not n de
votionsI A. sorns q tho older members
Of yo'aFl fsshsrs house who were kIieel-
irx With yoa at tho time. and you did
not 49, y0,r head as closely "a they dill.
and you loosed around ard yen saw inst
TIM p<,s.are Your fathsr and raothsr as
snnsai whale thrv wsrs kneeling OF tie
eoor. The whole scens l. 80 photo
Ersph<f On POUR memory tha. II yuu
were al artist yoa could draw Il now
just a. thsy knalt-
Far how maah woah you have that
sc~ne oblsxsraf-.i from your memory Il
sil CONES back today, and ron are IN lie
hornestead AGAIN Father - there. NTH
or II there. al u yon Children ara there.
Il y 10 ssrns cd prayer. opening with
the sarne petition. closing with the same
tharksgivtnx The family prayers Of
fe5e-50 "a ffesh in your memory a.
though they wees uttered yesterday.
The tear that starts from your eye r1slts
al tkAt scene. Cone. 10 Why. Many
= tirre e h.ss hsld Y0n steady in tho si-1g-
xis-s lf lie. Yen os.es started for place,
&AA ttltt ftt@4lAtiNY ttt&tt gNA L,t&s all
yea ssud ncs enter
Tue broken prayer of yonr father aas
haa Inoro s1ert on you than al you ever
real IA Shakespeare and Milton Az, Ten
sY~on Nnd Dsnen. Yon have gene over
uan,f sis- ard scrus scas Ton never
f.r rsomens rot 0ut q Digit - that
d.luns-ric sifn- ca. ny friends. n !. ycur
spsnioa this morning that the 10 7r ~
rainsfs- snbsr.cesd frsn ssch tsy For
fsrnfiy devotion wae an economy Or
waste % time IN yeur fathers hooss.
holds think soma - IA ar~ coming 70
the eunclnsioe thss tbs religion which
vas n Cur fasher's hon-a vusild - = vrry
stp<uprisse relig,os Cor car horDes r.
FsEuNr prsv~rs did net damage that
heo,zhcti. shsre = 90 probability thas
saey w1.a 3snszs or hoas~hold
- ~or err scfrsrne RsksoHlS tAo.
i Cod ds>,ff s.sA chiid - her "a
M. -Na.-hs r.paed why d. yuu
ash silssy~ well she said. ''whsn
nceher 49, uvsng. we u-pi ~ hare
p-av-rs. hns ssc- h>- 1rs<h We haven't
kasl family rr>r~rs sra I dasint srcw
me risss God ss~ d<sa<i soo.- A family
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