Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-10-13

nh a serenity OF peace In WINCH uto
,ose. and that refuge il home. Tbs English
,oldfep. sitting on the walls around Sevas-
opol. one night heard = company OF mu-
sieians pla ying 'sHome, Sweet Home. and
, Is said that the hoe army broke out into
sobs and waiting, 80 great VS. their BONE
sickness. God pity tho p>or, miserable
wretch who has no home!
Now, suppose Christ should come into
rour house. Firz the wife and the mother
.Iways begins there. II 10 easier for women
10 BECOME CHRISTIANS than for as men Thes
o not hght 80 against God. II woman
tempted man originally away from holiness
.ow she tenp;s him back. She may no'
make any fuss about II. but somehow every
oo1y in the house knows that there - a
:hapge in the wife and mother. She chides
ne children more gently. Her fece some
lines lights up with IN uneartoiV Rto"
NE So.s into some unoccup,ea IooA
little xh;le and the husband goes not aftet
her. nor asks why she was there. He knos>
without asking that she has been PRAYING
The husband notices that her face IL brighter
than on the dny when, years AGO, they sioo'
at the marriage altar. and he knows th..
Jesus has been putting unon her brow n
wreath sweeter han the orange blo>so ms
Sre puts the children to he'd. not satisfied.
With the formal prayer thntfhey once offered
Ut she fingers now and tells them Of Jesu.
~bo blessed little children and o. tho goo
place where they all hope to bn at last. An
then she kisses them good night With some
thing thar the child feels TO be 4 heavenly
Notwithstanding that shall hold onto
the boy after he has become a man forty o,
6rty years OF age, for there IL somathfEg IN
goot. loving. Christian mothers kiss thai
Atty years cannot wipe OIL the cheek.
Now the husband Is distressed and nm
-aoyed and almost vexod. II she would only
speak TO him he would -"nlow her up" H.
does not like to say anything about 1t, but
he knows that she has a hope that he has
not and a peace that he has not. H knows
that, dying as he now Is, he cannot got 70 the
same place. He cannot stand 1t any longer.
Some Sunday night, as they cit In the church
side by side, the floods of his soul break
Iorth. He wants 10 prAy. hut Goes not know
how. He hidas his faca lest some o. HE
worldly friends 500 him, hut Gods shirt
aronses hIm. mnlts him. ov"rwhelms him.
And they & home, husband aui wife. IN
silence. until they get to their room. when
he cries ont. ''Oh. pray for M" And they
kneei down. They cannot speak. The
word will lot come. Bnt Col does not war!
any words. He looks down ami answers sot
nn1 proan AMI ou,eushinc tenderness. That
nicht they 20 not SLEEP any for talking OF al!
the wears wastet anil OF that Saviour who
'CtiSeH nov 10 CAT. fb:tOF IHOfuiuX tuev
have laid their plans for a new life. Morn
inc comes. Father and mothe, descent
from the bedroom. The children do not
know what i3 the matter. They never saw.
father with a Bible in his hand before. H.
saws. "Come children l want ynr all to sit
down while We read and pray" The chill
drrn look at each other and ara almost dis
posed TO laugh, bnt they see their parents
are in deep earnest. 1t Is a short chapter
that the father reads. He is a good reader
ar other times, but now he does not get on
much. he sees so much to linger on. Hi
voice remblee. Everything Is so strangely
new to him.. They kneel-thati 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. Tht
phrases are a little ungrammatical.
The prayer begins abruptly and ends ab
ruptly but, IS far as lean understand what
they mead. It IL about this: 20 Saviour
help us! We do not know how to pray
Teach u. We cannot live any longer In the
way We have been living. We start to-dn!
for heaven. Help Us to taks these children
n'ony with US. Forgive us for all the past.
Strengthen us for all the future, and when
the journey is over take us where Jesus II
and where the little babe Is that we lost
Amenr' 1t elded very abruptly. but thu
angels came olt and LEANED so far over t.
listen they would have fallen of the battle
mrnt but for a stroke OF their wings ant
srird "Hark. bark Behold, he pravs"
That night there is n rap at tns bedroom
is tn. ol.est child. "What Is the matter
Are you sick?' mo l want to be saved.
Only a little while, an + all the children ar
brought into the kingdom of God. AM
there is great JOY In the house. Years pas.
on. THE telegraph goes click, click! Whar
ist4 news flying over the country? ICON,
home. Father Is dying" The children al
too late for the train, take \ carriage acros.
the country. They stand around the dyinl
bed OF the father. The OlLest son uphold
the mother and says '.Oon't cry, mother.
will take care OF you" The Earting bles.
ing is given. No long ~admcnttion, for h
has. through years, been spying to his chill
dren ali he hal to say to them. It is q platl
'good-by.' and the remark, II know 20,
will all he kind 10 your mother" and all l
over.
LIES duty dom. as sinks the clay,
Light from its load. the spirit nies,
While heaven aad earth combine to say
How lless'd the RI hieous when he dies.
! Awhole family saved forever! II the d.
tuge come. they are all in tho ark-fathe1
mother, sons, daughters. Together on earth
together in heaven. WHAT makes It SOP Ell
plain II. Zsccheus one dey took Jesus HON
With him. That Ia all. Salvation came I
that house.
What sound Is i; I hear tonight? It
Jesus knocking Mt the door Of your house.
Behold a STRANGER at tn. door.
He ( Dtlv noc"s-has sno Ike. h-forr.
Tvod : 49, GU, OF Your window and "a,
= ma go.uy Up your front steps, you would nc
wait. but so yourself 10 open the door. WI
|. you keep Jesus standing on the ouieide. III
locks wet with the dew. OF the nixh,7 Th!
day is salvation zone TO thy house. Th
great want OF your house 10 not anew carpe
" cos,iier pictures or richer furniture. Il
Iesus.
|. Up 10 forty years men work for then
, elves. after thar for their children. Nov
a what do you propose 10 leave them. Noehir
tut dollars! Alas, whnt IN inherttancei
4 more likely to be q curse than . b3eosins
; iour own common tense and Observable
, .eii you thar money. without the divtl
Blessing, - q curse. You must sooo lee,
. SsAf children Your ahanidA1 Ase nok 1
i rtronS as they were. aud you know that tn
t "'i soon have TO carry their own burden
Iou eyes.gnt Is not so clear as once, Tn
Sui soon have 10 pick out their own Y.
. Aou arm Is not 50 mighty As once. Tn
VIII soon have 10 fight their own bat,Iea
%, let It not be told on judgment AK, III
. You let your family star, without the on
d sa'eguard-fhe religion Of Chr.xf al