Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-03-23

morning anu 10 o'clock at night there
NAV be a moment when you will be IL
urgent need Of God. Besides that, family
PRAYERS will be a secular advantage. A
father went into the war to serve his
country. His children stayed and cul-
tivated the farm. His wife prayed. One
of the sons said asterwsrd, Father is
fighting, and we are digging, and moth
er is praying" An said some one,
Praying and digging and fighting will
bring us out of our national troubles"
We may pray in the morning. Give
US this day our daily bread, y and ST
down in idleness and starve to death:
but prayer and hard work will give
livelihood to any family. Family reli-
zion pays for both worlds Let US have
an altar in each one of our. households
You may not be able to formulate a
PRAYER. Then there are Philip Henry's
PRAYERS. and there are McDuff's prayers.
and there are Philip Doddridges prayers
and there are the Episcopal church pray
ers. and there are scores of books with
supplications just suited to the domestic
circle
MOTHERS OF THE GOOD AND THE EVIL.
oh" says some mai. 81 don't feel
competent to lead my household in pray
er." Well. do not know that it is your
duty to lead. I think perhaps it is
sometimes better for the mother of the
household to lead. She knows better the
wants of the household. She can read
the Scriptures with more tender enun-
citation. She knows more of God. Twill
put it plainly and say she prays better
Oh. these mothers decide almost every
thing. Nero's mother was a murderess.
Lord Byron's mother was naughty and
iInpious. You might have guessed th;.t
from their children.
Walter SCOTS mother was fond ot
poetry Washington's mother was patri-
otto Samuel Budgets mother was thor
ough Christian. St Bernard's mother,
vas noble minded So you might have
guessed from then children. Good men
always have good mothers. There may
once in 10 or 20 years be an exception t.
The rule. hut it is only an exception. Ben.
amin Vests mother kissed him after
she had seen his first wonderful sketci.
with the pencil Benjamin Yves. after,
ward said. That kiss made me a painter.
A Young man received furlough to
return from the army to his fathers
house. Afterward he took the furlough
uacA ! - fiji. laying. Il would like
to postpone my visit for two weeks AT
the / of the two weeks he came and
got the furlough He was asked why he
waited. We'll" he replied, when !
left home | told my mother would be a
Christian in the army. and was resolved
not TO 90 home until could answer her
first question. Oh, the almost orlnipo-
tent power of the mother! But if both
the father and the mother be right. then
the children are almost sure to be right
The young people may make wide
curve from the straight path, but they
are almost sure to come back to the right
road. Ii may not be until the death OF
one Of the parents.
How often it is that we hear some one
say. ''Oh, he was wild young man. bat
since his fathers death he has been diff
ferent! The fact is that the father
coffin or the mothers coffin is often the
altar of repentance for the child. Oh,
that was stupendous day. the day Of
fathers burial 1t was not the officiat-
ing clergyman who made the chief i'm
preston. nor the sy,npathizing mourn
ers. |, WIS ,he father asleep III the cas-
ket.
The hands tha. had toiled for that
household so long. folded The brain
cooled off after 20 or 40 years of anxiety
about how to put that family in right
position. The lips closed after SO many
years OF good advice There are more
tears falling in mothers grave than IL
fathers grave. but over the fathers
tomb think there is a kind of awe. II
is at that marble pillar many young
man has been revolutioniZed.
ANCESTRAL RELIGION.
Oh. young man with cheek flushed
with dissipation! how long is it since you
have been ont to your fathers grave:
Will you not 80 this week: Perhaps the
storms of the last few days may have
bent the headstone until it leans far
over. You had better go out and see
whether the lettering has been defaceG
You had better 90 out and see whether
the gate of the lot is closed You ha :
better 90 and see if You cannot find a
sermo, in the sp:insing grass Oh. young
man. 90 out this week and see your IA
TIERS grave.
Religion did so much for our Christian
ancestry. are we not ready this morning
to be willing to receive it into our owl.
households: If we do receive it. let 1t
come through the front door. not through
the back door in other words. do not
Let us slnuggle it in There are great
many families who want to be religious,
but they DO not want anybody outside 70
know it. They would be mortified to
death you caught them at family pray
ers. They would not sing in the wor-
ship for fear the neighbors would Eear
the.a. They Go not have prayers when
they have company.
They do not know much about the
nobility of the western trapper. a tray-
eler going along was overtaken by nigh,
and storm. and he entered cabin.
There We're firearms hung up around the
cabin. He was alarmed. He had a
large amount Of money with him, but he
did not dare to venture on into the night
in the storm. He did not like the looks
of the household After awhile the
father. the western trapper, came il
gun on shoulder. and when the traveller
looked at him he was still more alright.
ed
After awhile the family were whisper
ing together in one corner Of the room.
and the traveller thought to himself. oh,
now my time has come; wish / was out
in the storm and in the night rather than
here. But the swarthy man came upt"
him and said: Sir. We are rough peo-
pie; we get our living by hunting,
we are very tired when the night comes;
but before gong to bed We always have
a habit Of reading little out Of the Bi-
bic and having prayers. and l think we
will have our usual custom tonight, and
if YOU don't believe in that kind Of thing
if you will just step outside the door tor
a little while will 5e much obliged to
YOU
On. there are many Christian parents
who have not half the courage of that