Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-04-20

q NAAAHAAhhs AuhF uNAlCrA NAaA uNhgh -
worldly and sinful parents nav he they wan
their children good. When Young p'cpl
! have presented themselves for "A lmls'ioa in
, to our membership | have said ~ them
Are your father ani mother willing Voj
shall Gomez" And they have said. ''Oh. yes
they are delighted 10 have Us come. The
have not been In church for ten or htteni
years. but they will be here next sabbath I,
see me baptized. | have noticed that ~
rents, however worldly. want their childr m
good.
No II was demonstrated in police conr,
IN Canada, where a mother, her little chit
in her arms. sat by table on which her owl
handouts Law, and the little babe took az
the handouts and played with them and nj
! great Glee. She knew not the sorrow OF the
hour. And then when the mother was sent
to prison the mother cried out: 30 Go l.
let not this babe 90 into the jaill Is there
not some mother here who will take this
child2 II is good enough for heaven. It
pure. | am bad. | am wicked. Is there
not some one who will take this child? |
cannot have 1t tainted with the prison .
Then brlzen creature rushe up AMI said
YES, I'll take tho child "No, no." said
the mother, "not you. NO, you Is there no.
some good mother here who will take this
child" Aud then when the officer OF tho
law in mercy AMI pity took the child TO carry
II away TO lind n home for it tn" mother
kissed 1t lovingly goo lby aud said Good.
by. my darling /, is better YOU should
never see me again.
However worldly aud sinful people are.
they want their children COOL How are You
| going to have them gooi? Buy them a few
COOL books, Teach them few excellent
ratechsms! BRING them to church? That Is
| all very well. but OF little ilnal result unless
you do 1t with the ert'' of Col in your
/ heart. Do you not reali2' that your children
ar" started for eternity? Are they on tho
right roat? Those little forms that ar now
50 bright an beautiful wicn they have
scattered in thu dust, there Will he an i'm.
/ mortal spirit Twin GA in ! mighty theatre o.
. action, aud your iaIthiuln"~. or vudr NEGLECT
! now Is de'iiinS thlt destiny.
/ There Is contention already among minis
/ tering spirits ct salvation AMI iallen angels
rs 10 who shall have the mastery OF that i'm
! mo,tal spirit lont 'hildrca ar, soon 90.
: ing out in the world. The tcnptntinns q
/ life will rush upon them. Tho most rigid
( resolution will bent IN thu blast OF evil.
/ WHAT will be- tn" result, II will require all
/ the restraints OF th" go.p' u. all thu strength
/ OF ~ fathers prayer alt thu influence o, a
CHRISTIAN mothers example to N"en them.
You say Il j. too early t. hrin them Too
carly to bring then to COZ Do YOU know
how early children were taken to the
ancient passover; The raj" Wa jnstasso,n
rs They cont take hold " the father : hand
and walk up Mount Morlah they should bc
taken to the passover. Your children ar
not too young To com" to Got. While vuu
sit here and think Of them prrntps their
forms now 50 bright and beautiful vanish
from you, ant their diNrUbo iici spirit rises
AMI you see II after Th' life OF virtue or
"rlm" Is past. nIlth judgment is g1n,. an
eternity i u'rr
Christian minister sad that In the first
year ~ his paStornlr h. tried t. persuade a
Young mc"hant' Of the importance OF family
worship. some time passed, AID the me-
"hanlr rrH!s To the pastors Stuiynnl said
''ho You remember That girl? That WINS nv
own child. She lied this morning very sud
DENLY She has ron" To- cod, | have no
DOUBT, hut II 20 she has told lIim what tell
You now that rhild never heard a prayer In
her fathers house, never heard a PRAYER
from her father lips. on, Il only had her
back again one dag to do my duty 1t will
he "A tremendous thing at the last dav If SOM
sha!i say OF MS II never heard my father
pray never h"ard my mother prayer
Again, remnrk, We want religion IN all
our home SORROWS. There are 10 900 uucs
tionS that come up IN the best regulated
household that must be settled. P"rhap, the
iathcr has one fHvorite IN the family, the
mother another inyort" ia the family, AMI
Their" AR" many questions that need delicate
treatment.
T, rauny and arultra,, decision have no
nlRce Ia a household. II tho parents love
God. there Will h" u spirit 81 self Srrrtll - an |
spirit Of forgiveness an u kindnrss which
VIII throw is charm over the entire house
hold Christ will one into that household
and vii, say "Hu,hani,. love your wives
and hc not bitter against them Wives see
THAT N"u reVrren" yuur hu-Jln Is Clildrrn,
"'eN Nour parents n In" Lori servants, !
10" "hrdicn, 20 your masters Aud the fan.
ny Will b" Ike II Etrirn on a sumner moru-
ius--ihr grass plot and the IipTrr> an the !
lines, AMI the arch oi hOney-u'Sln stan ling !
In the sunlight sitt'ring vita dew.
But then there will he sorrow, that w,I (
90 NJ to the household. Their, are hn, l.l .
families thr' cap tn stroS. OF n.ug.u .
a.,-'or,uAr. EinaurAl misfortune 80 " O.. 10 |
a HOUSE. wlcre there Is NJ r.li,:,un. rhev |
kr'N against divin" a,lotmeui-. they curse !
God for the IN 'omm; ctIImty, they VITA |,
draw from the wor,d because they rlnnot |
hold "a high a position IN 80 'irty rs they !
on"' DID. AMI the, IRE, m they sow. ant |
they sorrow, an they die. Daring tn" lst !
few years th"rt hly' hr"n tens q. thol~ mis-
OF men destroyed by thrit tlnln'iaI dis
tresses
But misfortune CONES tn tn, Christian
Iirrlig,on has tl'l sway in th,t
home, they stoop grt'aiully, Tiay say.
This is right. The father says, "Pernaps
money was ssttIn. to BE my idol. Prrhlp.
Gods going to maze M n better Christian
ny putting no through the furnace OF tribu-
lation. Beside TINT. WHY should FRI. any
how; He wdo Ownrth the cutie on thou
sand hills Hu out OF whose hands all the
fowls OF heaven pax their ioOl IL ms
Father. He c.otunth tn lilies O'thn Held
4N.l i.t., N1..,t.
raven. and tue hlwN. an the vnltur', most
certainly He will tako car Of m, His
child
Scorer trou lies coma-,icknpss an death.
Loved ones sleep the last sleep. child il
huriel out Of sight. You say; Alas, Tor
this bitter day. Go has dealt very severely
with me. can never look up. o Col,
cannot bear II. Clr.st comes in. anil H.
5 lys Hush, q troHpel soal, 1t is well
with the child. will strengthen thee in all
thy troubles. Ny grace ia sum lent When
thou plsseth through the waters, | will bo
with thee"
Whe thr1u "a n" cDwlt'r> cal thac u -
Ia" riv r. Of sOrrIVs a not ovrrioS,
For VIII b with the, tny trprIles I , hIcSL
Ana sanettfy = thu, tbs lie pet dI'.rss+ Il
But there are hun lrels OF frmiies repre-
sontcd hero this morning where religion has
been great comfort There are In Vour
homes tho pictures OF your departed ah |
things that have no won lcriul value at them !
selves, but you keep them previously AMI {
carefully because hands now still once
touched thom. father has gona out of this
household, II mother has gone out Of this n | I
lust after her graduation duy n | {
on Just as he was entering on the duties OF d
lie.
And to other homes trouble will come I ,
ay 1t not that You may be forebo1ing not q
hat You may do tho unwise thing OF taking
rouble by the forelock but that you may be
eady, We must go one by one. There will
e partings in all our households. We must
ny farewell. We must die. And yet there c
re- triumphant strains that drown these
remulous accents. there are anthems that I
helm the dirge. Heaven Is iull of the shout c
delivered captives and 90 the great wdo 1