The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-04-01

They make iron rules about Sabbaths. and
thew force the catechism down the throat
as they would hold the cniid sn naiera ano
You cannot drive your chiofen lnIU me
ark. You can draw your children TO Chrlst.
was lifted, not to drive. but to draw. III
i be lifted up, / will draw all men unit
me-" AS the sun draws up the drops OF
exhales the tears of repentance.
BE sure that That yf How Would Noah have felt
if when he heard the rain pattering on
the roof of the ark. he knew that ms wife
was outside in the storm? No; she went
the ship outward bound for heaven; but
your com 1ba 6ar Us wben the marriage ring
was set. Nothing has yet been able &c
break it. Sickness came, ana Inc me t nm5G1
stood alone above childs grave ana the
dark mouth of the tomb swallowed up
thousand hopes; but the ring dropped not
came and the hand did many nara days
work; but the rubbing OF the W0rk ag s,il3!
the ring only made it shine brighter. Shall
that ring ever be lost? Will the iron
cIang of the sepulcher gate crush 1T for
ever? / pray God that you who have been
married on earth may be together in
heaven. OH by the quiet bliss OF your
earthly home; by the babes cradle; by all
the VOWS of that day when you started life
together, l beg you to sec to 1t that you
both get into the ark. ,. -
husband with you-nOt by fretting about
religion or ding-donging them about reli-
sgion but by a consistent life, and by
coniDeIling' prayer that shall bring the
throne of God down into your room. Go
home and take up the Bible and read 1t
together and then kneel down and COM
mend your souls to Him who has watched
you all these years; and, before you rise
there will be a futtering OF wings over
your head, angel crying to angel: Behold
they pray!' I'll.
Bring the children, too. God bless the dear
children, What would cur homes be with
out them? We may have done much Tor
them. They nave done more Tor us what
a salve for a wounded heart there is in the
soft palm of a childs hand! Did harp or
flute ever have such music as there is in
a child's goodnight From our coarse.
rough life, the angels of GOD are often
driven back; but who comes into the
lowering around? They who die in in
fancy go straight into glory, but you are
expecting your children to grow up IN TINS
rings through ali the corridors, anu wind
soul. what is to become of your sons and
daughters for time and for eternity? oh"
you say. Il. mean to see that they nave
dress them well, if have myself to so
shabby" Very good. Il shall give them
an education, l shall leave them for
tune" Very well. But is that all? Don't
you mean to take them into the ark!
Don't YOU know that the storm is coming.
and that out of Christ there Is no safety!
How to get them in, Go in yourself! If
that his sons-Shem, Ham and Japheth--
would have staid out? Your sons and
daughters will be apt to do just as you do.
Reject Christ yourself. and the probability
is that your children win reject Him:
An account was taken OF the religious
condition of families in a certain district
In the families of piouS parents, two-thlrds
of the children were Christians. In the
families where the parents were unSodly,
ONLY one-tweIfth OF the children were
Christians. Which way VIII you take your
children? out into the deluge, or into the
q rly
prayer for their immortal souls? What
will you say in the judgment, when God
Frank, or Mary, or Anna? Where are
those precious souls whose interests
committed into your hands,
\ dying son said to his father: Father,
you gave me an education, and good man
ners and verifying that the world could
DO for ne. 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
how to die? Life here is not so important
as the great hereafter. 1t is not so much
the few furlonas this side of the grave as
eternitvi eternitvI Thv locks white with
the ages! Thy voice announcing stipend
Gus destiny. Thy arms reaching across all
the past and all the future! . eternity!
Go home and erect family altar. You
may break down in your prayer But
never mind, God viii ts-ke what YOU mean,
whether you express II intelliglbiy or not.
Bring all your house into the ark. Is
there one son whom you have given up?
Is ne SO disslpated that you nave stopped
counseling and prayinS2 Give him upi
How dare you give him up? Did God ever
give YOU up Whilst you have a single
articulation of speech left, cease not to
pray for the return of that prodigal. He
may even now be standing on the beach
return to his fathers house. Give him up2
Never give him up! Has God promised
to hear thy prayer only TO mock thee? 1t
is not too late.
In st. Paurs, London, there is a whis-
pering gallery. voice uttered most feeb-
ly at one side of the gallery is heard dis
tinctly at the opposite side, a great dis
lance or. SO, every word OF earnest prayer
goes all around the earth, and makes
heaven a whispering gallery. Go into the
ark-not to sit down. but to stand in the
door. and call until all the family come IN.
Aged Noah. where is Japheth2 David,
where is Absalom? Hannah. where IS
ON ore of the lake steamers there was
father and two daughters Journeying. They
seemed extremely poor. a benevolent
proffer some form of relief, and said: You
seem to be very poor. sir" Poor, sir
than me a-trOublins the world. God pity
both OF usI' Il Will take one of your chill
u would DC great relief to you a
what2' said the poor man. "a relief!
Would 1t be relief to have the hands
chopped off from the body? or the heart
torn from the breast2 \ relief. indeed!
God be good to US! What do you mean,
sir? However many children we have,
we have none to give up. Which of our
family can we afford TO spare out OF
heaven? VIII il be the oldest? VIII it be
the youngest? VIII il be that one that
was sick some time ago. Will 1t be the
husband2 Will il be the wife? Mo- MOI
We must have them all in. Let US take
the children's hands. and start now.
Leave not one behindi Come. fatherl
Come, mother Come, son. Come, daugh-
ter. Come. brOtheri Come, sister, Only
one step, and are in. Christ, the door,
swings out to admit US; and it is not the
hOarSeneSs of a stormy blast that you hear,
but the voice of a loving and patient God
that addresses you, saying, Come thou
and ali thy house into the ark" And there
may the Lord shut US in
Declared Unconstitutional.
Cincinnati. O.. March 3O-The direct in.
heritance tax levied by the last legislature
was yesterday declared unconstitutional by
the circuit court, which held it was in tha
nature of excess caX upon right or priv
iIege of succession TO property; also that