Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-11
THE CHRISTIAN HOME.
Eloquent Sermon by the Rev. Mr.. Biggar.
InRersou Answered.


Ingersou Answered.
To the large congregation at the
Third Presbyterian Church last night,
the pastor, the Rev Mr. Bigger, preach
ed an eloquent and thoughtful sermon
upon Christian Home taking as his
text: las for me and my house We
win serve the Lord" Joshua 25:15.
Among Other things he said:
Il wish to speak TO you tonight of
the Christian nome 1t has been said
there is no place like home. But
wish to show you that there is no hOmA
like the Christian home. There we
have the tenderesJ love; the purest pur-
fly. There We have the highest intel
lgence honest labor and plenty at the
table Peace hovers like dove, there
is devotion at the altar.
Fathers and mothers, is your home
a Christian home CT a Christless home?
Can you say in the words of our text,
AS for me and my house we will serve
the Lord?" Can you say my home is
the dearest place on earth because it is
a godly home; lit has its sacred hearth
stone, It's inner sanctuary of love and
gcdliness, to which no blighting in
nuence Of infidelity or groveling mater
iahsm are admitted? Ny home is the
dearest place on earth because its mem
bers are cemented together by Christian
love, Christian hope and Christian faith.
There we have the Bible, the Sabbath
with its instruction, its refinement and
its worship Of God; evening pray ers are
lisped at mothers knee. With these
things it is home, sweet home EN-
blem of cur happy home above
Parents remember you are writing
the history of your children. These
children in your hands are like clay in
the potter's hands. You have the mould
ing of their character TO a great extent.
Unless YOU serve the Lord too, you
can not expect your house to serve
him.
No child can be anywhere so safe as
in the Christian home. Blot Christian
ity out of every home in this land and
you imperil the safety Of this nation,
and the next generation will be a god
less, heather citizenship. tt sounds
very we'll TO some people for a blashe-
mer and an infidel TO stand in our midst
and with oily language say that the re
ligiOn of reason is to love wife and
children and friend, to make a happy
home. TO see the calm beyond the storm,
the dawn beyond the night etc. Such
ideas were taught to him by godly,
Christian parents in a Christian home
II wish 10 ask how many wives and
children are made happy by the teach
ings of the blasphemer; who says therd
is no God, no heaven, no meeting here
after; we die like beasts and that is
the end of us: We are not children Of
God, but children Of gorillas. This he
calls The religion Of reason and science,
and he asks you, O parents, to teach it
to your children. and fashion your
homes in accordance with It. 1t is an
insult to reason. a stigma upon science,
to call this the religion Of reason and
science.
Did you ever hear Of a home being
cursed and ruined by the teachings Of
Jesus? None
Did you ever hear of a home being
made happy and good by the teachings
Of the Bible. Yes. Hundreds of them
in our city, and millions of them in
the world Did you ever hear of
home being made happier and better
because it believed in no God, no Bible,
no hereafter. Never.
Did you ever hear Of home being
ruined, cursed and destroyed because it
cast away the Bible and scotfed at God
and religion. All, our prisons and our
jaiis are filed with such people. o par
ents can you not see the fruits of inf
deity? Can you not see the blessed
results Of the belief in God, the Bible
and immortality? 0 parents resolve in
your hearts tonight. and may Gcd help
YOU to carry out the resolution. AS for
me and my house we will serve the
Lord