Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-10
s'ckness. God pity tho poor, miserable
wretch who has no home!

sickness. God pity tho poor, miserable
| wretch who has no home!
Now. suppose Christ should come into
your house. First the wife and the mother
| would feel His nresenca. Religion almost
| plwnys begins there. II p easier for women
TO become Christians tI2n 'nr us men. They
| 10 not fight so ngainst God. II woman
t"rptnd man originally away from holiness.
| row she tempts him back. She may not
| make any fuss about II. but somehow every
c'rnn~e In the wife and mother. She chdes
the children rrore gently. Her face some
times lights up with an unearth'v glow.
| She goes into some unoccupied room for
| little while, AMI tho husband goes not after
her- nor nsks WHY SO WIG there. He knows
without asking that she has been praying.
Tho husband pnt '"cs that her face Is brighter
Than on the 'rv when. years ago. they stoo
rt t'n r'"'ritge altar. and he knows that
J-sue has been nuttiny upon her brow n
wr"Hth sweeter than the orange blossoms.
She puts the children TO he'd. not satisfied
with the formal prayer that tthey once offered,
but ste fingers now and tells them OF Jesus
VITO blessed little children md o. tho goo
place whore they all hope to BE- n. last. AMI
then she kisses ~ GOOD night with some
thing thar thn child feels TO ba herven'v
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that shall ho,1 orio
the bov alter lie has econe man forty OF
hfv years Of ego. for there fs scrething i'll n
~no'. loving. Christian r'othpr's kiss that
Gftv wears cannot wipe or the chcek.
Now the husband IL distressed ari nm
noyed anil almos: vnx-' IF sha woull ONLY
speak to him he would Glow her up." II,
does not like to saw anything aNou. it. but
he knows that she has n hope that he has
not and peac- that he has NOT Fl, knows
that, dying as he now Is. he clnnot 90 TO the
same place. He cannot stand it anv longer.
Some Sunday night. IA they SIT in tho church
side by side. fha floods o' his SOM brs1k
forth. He wants To bray. Int 'ors not kHn:-
worldly friends see him, hut COTS s0'rt
arouses him, mets him. overwhe.ms him.
And they go home. husband an ! wife. in
silence. until they ge; TO their room. W 1en
he cries out, ''Oh, pray for mr. An thy
kneel down. They cannot speak. Ths
any words. He looks down an answers sob
and groan and outcushing tenderness. That
night they DO not sleep any for talking of ALI
the years was,ei an OF that SIv.our wac
ceased not to call. Before morning they
have laid their plans for new life. Morn
ing comes. Father and mother descend
from the bedroom. The children Do not
know what is the matter. They never saw
father with Bible in his hani befor.. He
says. "Come children L want yoI all to st
down while We read AMI prLv-" The chill
dren look at each other and ara almo-t di--
posed to lauga, but they Sc their plrans
are in deep earnest. II is a short ciap:cr
that the father reads. He is good re. 'er
at other times. but now he does not get oa
much. He sees so much to l!nger on. His
voice trembles. Everything is so strangely
new to him. They kneel-that is, the father
and mother do. but the children come down
one by one. They do not know that they
must. 1t is some time before they all get
down. The sentences are broken. Tho
phrases are a little ungrammatical.
The prayer begins abruptly and ends alb
ruptly but, rs far as can understand what
they mean. 1t Is about this: 80 Saviour.
help us! We do not know how to pray.
Teach u. We cannot live any longer In the
for heaven. Help US to take these children
along with US. Forgive US for all the past. |
Strengthen US for all the future, and when
the journey is over take uswhere Jesus is |
and where the little babe is that We lost. !
Amen'' 1t ended very abruptly, but the |
listen they would have fallen of the battle |
ment but for a stroke OF their wings and |
cried "Hark, hark Behold. he praysw
That night there is p rap at the bedroom !
door. "Who is there?' cries the father. 1t |
Is the Oldest child. "what ts the matter? |
Only a little while, and all the children are J
brought into the kingdom of God. And
there is great Joy in the house. Years pass
on. The telegraph goes click, click What
IS the news flying over the country? "Come |,
home. Father is dyingm The children all |
gather. Some come in the last train. Some,
too late for the train, take a carriage across
the country. They stand around the dying |
bed otahe father. The oldest son upholds
the mother and says "Don't cry. mother. l |
will take care of you" The Parting bless !,
ing is given. No long admonition. for he
has, through years, been saying to his chill
dren ali he had to say to them. 1t is a plain /
"good-by!' and the remark, Il know YOU (
will all be kind TO your mother" and all I.
over.
Lies duty dom. as sinks the clay,
Light from its load, the spirit flies.
While heaven and earth combine TO say
How blessd the II ,hreous when he dies
Awhole family saved forever! II the de.
luge come, they are all in the ark-father,
mother, sons, daughters Together on earth,
together in heaven. What makes it so? Ex.
plain il. ZlccleuS one day took Jesus home
with him. That is all. Salvation came to
hat house.
What sound is it I hear tonight? ItE
Jesus knocking at the door Of your house.
Behold a STRANGER at tn doorl
He gently Knocks-has knorke before.
II YOU gazei out of yoLr window AMI saw
me going up your front steps, YOU would not
wait, but 20 yourself to open the door. Will
you keep Jesus standing on the outside, His
ocks wet with the dews OF the night? This
iay Is salvation come to thy house. The |
great want OF Your house is not new carpet L
or costlier pictures or richer furniture. 1t is
Jesus!
Up to forty years men work for them
selves. after that for their children. Now,
what do you propose to leave them. Nothing
lut dollars? Alas, what an inheritance! II
S more likely to be n curss than a blessing. |
Your own common sense and observation
ell you that money, without the divine
blessing, Is n curse. You must soon leave
your children. Your shoulders not SO
strong as they were, and you know that they
will soon have to carry their own burdens.
aifvpf 10 NOT el lanr |
will soon have TO pick out their own way.
-FOUR arm is not so mighty as once. They
will soon have TO fight their own battles.
oh, let it not be told on judgment day that
-ou let your family start without the only
religion OF Christ. Give
;ourself no rest until your children are the
IONS and daughters OF the Lord Almighty.
four son does just rs you do. He tries to
walk like YOU and 10 talk like you. The
laughter initiates the mother. Alas, il
at her and mother miss heaven, the children
Will! Oh, let Jesus come into your house.
Do not bolt the hall doo., or the parlor
ioor, or the kitchen door, or the beiroom
,oor against Him. Above all, do not bolt
sour heart.
Build your altar tonight. Take the family
Di lie lying on the parlor table. Calltogether
IS many OF your family as may be awake.
Read a chapter, and then. If YOU can think
}. nothing elss besides the Lords Prayer,
.av that. Tla- Will do. Heaven will hay
30 "a. I! yu..r ..,.u-". You can put your h..'' |
III YOUR pillow, !es.ing that, whether you
wake up in this world or the next, all u
veil. In that great, ponderous book OF the
Judgment, where are recorded all the I'm.
,ortant events OF the earth, you will read at
asst the statement that this was the day
when salvation came into your house. On.
come down, come DOWN. Jesu'
$ passing by!
The natives of Mahoot, in the
ltcrior of India, dye their noses blu.
,st before entering battle