The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-03-30


there are Philip Doddridge's prayers,
and there are the Episcopal church pray
ers, and there are scores Of books with
supplcatlons .ilst sultcdto the domestic
circle.
son." says some man, II don't feel
TO lead my household in
prayer" We'll, / do not know that it
IS your duty to lead. l think perhaps
il Is sometimes better for the mother Of
The household to lead. She knows bet.
Ter the wants of the household. She |
can read the Scriptures with more ten .
der cnunciation. She knows more of |
God. | will put it plainly and say she |
prays better. Oh, these mothers decide |
almost everything. Nero's mother was |
a murdercss, Lord Byron's mother
was naughty and impious. You might
have guessed that from their children.
Walter SCOTS mother was iOud Ut poe
try.
WashmI Iton's mother was patriotic.
Samuel Budgets mother was a thorough
Christian. st. Bcnard's mother was
noble minded. SO you might have CUES.
scd from their children. Good men al
ways have good mothers. There NAV
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to the rule, but it is only an exception.
benjamin Vests mother kissed him aG.
ter she had seen his first wonderful
sketch with the pencil. BENJAMIN West
at'crward said, ''rhat kiss made me
| painter"
A young man received a iurlough to
return from tho army to his fathers
house. Attcrward he took the furlough
back to the officer, saying, 81 would like
to postpone my visit Tor two weeks"
Al the end Of the two weeks he came
and got tho turlough. lie was asked
why he waited. SWELL" he replied,
"whcn left home | told my mother |
would be Christian in the army, and l
was rocsvcd not to 60 homo until could
answer her first question:" Oh, the al
most omnpotcnj power of the mother!
But ii both the father and the mother
be right, then the children arc almost
sure to be right.
lhe young people may make wide
curve from the straight path, but they
arc almost sure to CONS back to the
rl@ht road. 1t may not be until the
u'nlh ol one OF the parents. How often
Ills That we hear some one say, ooh,
nc was wild young man, but since his
lalEcr's death he has been dllcrcntn'
The fact IS that the fathers coffin, or
tic mothers collin, is often the altar Of
repentance for the child. Oh, that was
Il Slupcndous day, the day of fathers
burial. 1t was not the officiating Clergy
man who made the chief impression,
nor lthc s"mpathizlng mourncrs; it was
the father asleep in the casket.
The hands that had toilpI for tbo
household so long, folded. The brain
cooled of after 20 or 10 years of anxiety
about how 10 put that family in right
position. The lips closed after so many
years or gOId advice. There are more
tears falling III mothers grave than in
fathers grave, but over the fathers
tomb | think there is kind OF awe. 1t
IS at that marble pillar many young
man has been nrcvOlutionizcd.
Oh, young man with check flushed
with dissipation! how long is it since
you have been out to your larthcr's
Gravc? Will YOU not 90 this week? Per.
haps the storms Of the last few days
may have bent the hcadStOnc until it
leans lar over. You had better 90
out and sec whether the lettering has
been dctaccd. You had better 90 out
and see whether the gate Of the lot is
closed. Iou had better go and see If
You cannot find Il sermon in the sprlny-
ing grass. Oh, young man, 90 out this
week and sec your fathers grave.
Religion did so much tor our Christian
ancestry. Are we not ready tins morn
ing to be willing to receive it INTO our
own households? If VIC do receive it,
let IT come through the front doOr-uot
through the back door. In other words, |
do not lCtuS Smugglc it in. There are
II great many families who want to be |
religious, hut they do not want anybody
outside to know it. They would be
mortified to death il you caught them at
iamliN prayers. They would not sing
IN the w"rs hip for fear their nci ,hbors
would hear them. They do not have
PRAYERS when they have company!
ThcY Go not know much about the
nobility OF tho western trappcr. A trave-
Ter cong along was Ovcrtakcn by night
and storm, and he entered a cabin.
There were firearms hung up around
the cabin. He was alarmed. lie had
large amount of money with hi II, but he
dad not dare TO venture out into the
night in the storm. lie did not like the
looks OF the household. After awhile
the larther-thc western trappcr-camc
III, gun on shoulder, and when the
traveller looked at him he was still more
ailn1htCd.
After awhile The family were Whisper
lnG together IN one corner of the room,
and the traveller thought to himself
"Oh! now my time has come; | wish l
was out in the storm and in the night
rather than here" But the swarthy
man came up to him and said: "SIr,
we arc rough people; we get our living
by hunting, and We are very tired when
the night comes, but before gong to bed
we always have habit of reading lit
tie out of the Bible aud having prayers,
and | think we will have our usual Gus.
tom tonight, and if you don't believe in
that kind of thing if you will just step
outside the door for n little while | will
be much obliged to YOU"
Oh, there are many Christian parents
who have not half the courage of that
western trapper. They do not want
their religion projecting too conspicuous
| ly. They would like to have it near by
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