Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1895-04-12

the children were Christians. In the families
where the parents were ungodly only one
twelfth OF the children were Christians:
Which kay Will you takeyodr children Out
into the deiuge or into the arkf Have you
ever made one earnest prayer for their I'M
mortal souls9 What will you say IN the
judgment when God asks, "Where IS George
or Henry or Frank or Mary or AnnaS "herS
are those precious souls whose interests
committed into your handsY
dying son said to his father, 'Fatner,
you gave me an education and GOOD manners
and everything that the world could DO loI
me; but, father, you never told me how TO
die, and now my soul Is going out In the
darkness"
Oh, We who have taught your children
how to live, have you also taught them now
TO die? Life Eere is not so important as the
great hereafter. 1t is not so much the Few
furion9s this side OF the grave as 1t Is tho
unending leagues beyond. 0 eternity,
eternity Thy locks White with the ages, thy
voice announcing stupendotis destiny, thy
arms reaching across all the past and oil the
futurei D eternity, eternity!
Go home and erect family altar. You may
break down in your prayer. But never
mind, God willtRke what you mean. whether
you express 1t intelliglbly or not. Bring all
your house into the ark. Is there one son
whom you have given up2 Is heso dlssipat.
ed that you have stopped eounseling and
praying2 Give him up2 How dare you give
him up? Did God ever give you up? While
you have single articulation OF speech lett,
cease not to pray for the return Of that prod
igaL He may even now be standing on the
beach at Hong Kong OF Madras. meditating n
return to his fathers house. Give him up2
Never give him upi Has God promised to
hear thy prayer only 10 mock thee2 1t Is not
too late.
In st. Paul'S, London, there Is a whisper
ing gallery. A voice uttered most feebly at
ono side Of the gallery IL heard distinctly at
the opposite side, a great distance of. SO
every word of earnest prayer goes all around
the earth and makes heaven q whispering
gallery. Go into the ark-rOt to sit down,
hut to stand in the door and call until all the
family come in. Aged Noah, where is Japh-
eth2 David, where is Absalom? Hannah,
where is Samuel
On one OF the lake steamers there were a
father AMI two daughters jOurueying. They
seemed extremely poor. A benevolent gen
tlemen stepped up to the poor man to prof
fer some form of relief and said, "You seem
to be very poor. sir" poor, sir" replied
the man, Elf there's poorer man than me
a-trOublin the world, God pity both Of u5r'
81 will take ono Of your children and adopt
tI IL You say 40 lnluk IL WOulu Do BIctt
relief TO yOGlt "a what2' said the pool
man. "a relief Would II be relief to have
the hands chopped of from the body, or the
heart torn from the breast2 A relief indeed
God be good to u.s. What do you mean,
sir2' However many children we have, We
have none to give up. Which Of our families
can we afford to spare ont Of heaven? VIII II
be the oldest2 Will II be the youngest? Will
It be that one that was sick sometime ago.
VIII it he the husband? VIII II be the wifei
No, no! We must have them all In. Let us
take the children's hands and start now
Leave not one behind. Come. father; come
mother; come, son; come, daughter; come
brother; come, sister, Only one step aud We
are in Christ, the door, swings out to admit
u.s. Aud II is not the hoarseness OF a stormy
blast that you hear. but the voice OF a loving
ana patient TOO that addresses you, saying
Come. thou and all thy house, into tbs
ark" And there may the Lord shut us in!