Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-20

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who hare not hall tho courage q thss
western usyrcr. They do ros want
thsiS rsSgzau prujscsing to couspicooas-
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40 ~ " call ca it In osse of . funnrAl.
bat O. 10 having il dominant IN the
household from tho ixt q .JanuAry.
o'clock .. m. 70 tho 6fss q Dscasubsr. 30
O'Clock p. n, tasy 30 NOT warst II. They
would rather die and have thrir Fanatics
p<rsah with them thar 20 cry cut In the
bold words CT the soldier In ray text.
As for me and my house. W. win serve
the Lord"
Thre was. in ny ancestral hnc, an
incident % strangely impressive that II
seems moro like romance than Fealitv.
II has sometimss been 20 inaccurately
put forth that ] now give you the true
incident. Ny grandfather and grand-
mother. living at Somerviilc. N. j.. went
10 Baskingridge to witness . revival I'M
der the ministry of the Rev. DIR. Finley.
They came homo 80 impressed with what
they had seen that they resolved on the
salvation Of their children.
The Young people Of tho house were to
60 OF for an evening party, and my
grandmother said:
Now. when you are all rsady for tire
party. como 20 my room. for have some
thing very important TO tell you." All
ready for departure. they camo TO her
room. and she said TO them, ''Now. l
wsrt you 10 remember. while you are
away this evening. that am all the time
in this roosn praying for your salvation.
and shall not cease praying until You
get back" The young people went to
the party. but amid the loudest hilaritics
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 outcry in an adjoining room. and they
went in and found their daughter i'm
ploring the salvation Of the gospel. The
daughter told them that her brothers
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 afterward became minis
ter Of tho gospel. crying to God for
mercy. They went to-the wagon house.
They found their son David. who after
ward became my father. imploring Gods
pardon and mercy. Before a great while
the whole family were saved, and David
went and told the story to q young wom-
an TO whom he was afianced, who as
result Of the story became a Christian,
and from her own iips-my mothers
have received the incident.
CONVERSION OF THE TALNAGE FAMILY.
The story Of that converted household
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 200 souls stood
up 10 profess the faith Of the gospel.
Ny mother, carrying the memory Of this
scene from early womanhood into fur
Their life. in after years was resolved up
on the salvation Of her children, and for
many years every week she met three
other Christian mothers to pray for the
salvation Of their families. think that
all tho members Of those families were
saved-myself. the youngest and last.
There were ie OF rs children. l trace
the whole limo Of mercy back 10 that
hour when my Christian grandmoth.
CT sat il her room imploring the bless
ing Of God upon her children. Eine
Of her descendants became preachers a.
the gospel. Many Of her descendants
are in heaven. many of them still in tho
Christian conflict. Did it pay for her to
SPEND the whole evening in prayer FOX
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 il a beauty. and ten
derness. and sublimity ia family re-
lieyiOnl
There are but four or five pictures in
the old family Bible that | inherited but
Dorc never illustrated Bible as that book
Is illustrated 10 my eyes. Throughit I can
ss~ into marriage and bnrials, JOYS AMI
sorrows. meetings and partings. Thanka.
giving days and Christian festivals. cr;.-
dies and deathbedS Old. old book. speak
o1t and tel Of the forrows comforte3
aud az the dying hours irradiated. Old.
Cd book. the hands that held thee are
ashes. the eyes that perused thee arc
clossd- What a pillow thou worldst make
fog dying head salute all the mem
ories n the past when prees il to my
heart and when press IL q my li,,s.
nIsIa ASSOCIATIONS
Oh. that family Dsolel Tho New T.,
lament IN small type Il not worthy 81
being called by that name Have a
whole Bible in large type with the fam
LIZ record - marriages and births All
deaths " That II The curious shcnld turn
over tiie leaves 20 $50 how old you aref
Yon are younger now than you viii ever
he again. The curious will find els
from those with whom yen have play,a
ia yonr ohidhool how old you are.
Have family Bible. II viii go doun
frvm grners'iou 81 generation. full og