The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-04-26

vito with you. How would Noah have io.t
NJ. when ho heard enc rain raiienng On The
roof 0I tha ark, he know that hH HiiH was
outside in Che aurml hoi 0he went With
him. And sec some of sou are on Che chip
"outWad bouni' flr heaven But youf
companion a uH.he.toroi You remember
iho day when tho marriage ring WHH Hft
Nothing hns yei been able tu break g. Sick.
meas came. and tho finger ahunk, hul Che
ring tnId ON. Tho twain stood alone above
the chIid'H grave, and Che dark mouth Of The
tomb swallowed up n thousand hopes, but
ihD ring dropped not into Tho open grave
Days oi poverty came and tho hand did
many hard days work, bat the rubbing of
the work against the ring only made @ shine
brighter. Shall that ring ever ba losU VIII
Che iron clnug of the srpulchcr gate crush it
iareyer2 i pray God that you who have
been married on earth may De together tn
heaven. Oh. by the quiet bliss 0i your earthly
home hy the babes cradle, hy an the VOWS
of that day when you started lIio together /
beg you TO SEQ 10 70 that you both get into
the ark.
Como in. and bring your wife or your hus-
/ band with y0u-nOl by ifctting about rolg-
ion or dingdonging them about religion, but
byn consistent life and bya compelling prayer
that shall bring the throne of God down into
your room. Go home and take up the Bible
I
/ and commend your souls 90 Him who has
watched you ON these years. and before you
rise there VIII bea luttcring OF wings over
| your mead, angel crying 20 angel, "Behold
/ they pnyW
But this does not include an your family
/ Bring the children too God bless tho dear
/ children! What would our homes bo with
/ out them2 We may have done much for
| them. They have done more for MS. What
o salve for a wounded heart there is IN the
| soft palm OF a child's handl Did harp or
/ flute over have such music as there is In a
/ childs "gOod night" From our coarse,
| rough life the angels OF God are often driven
/ back. But who comes into the nursery with
| out feeling that angels are lowering around.
/ They who die In infancy 60 straight into
/ glory, but you are expecting your children
TO grow up In this world. Is Il not a ques-
| ton, then, that rings through all the corri-
/ dors and windings and heights and depths Of
! your soul, what Is TO become Of your sons
and daughters for time and for eternity
! "Oh, " you say, 81 mean 10 see that they have
good manners" Very well. Il mean 10
dress them well III have myselito go shabby"
very good. 81 shall give them an educa-
ton; / shall leave them a fortune" Very
well. But is that all2 Don't you mean to
take them into the ark2 Don't you know
that the storm is coming, and that out Of
Christ there is no safety, no pardon, no hope,
| no heaven2
How to get them in2 Go in yourself! II
Noah had staid out, do you not suppose that
his sons-Shem, Ham and Japheth-would
have staid out2 Your sons and daughters
viii DO apt TO do just as you do. Reject
Christ yourself, and the probability Is that
your children will reject Him.
An account was taken Of the religious
condition Of families in a certain district.
In the families Of pious parents two-thirds Of
the children were Christians. In the families
where the parents were ungodly only one
twelfth OF the children were Christians
Which way will you take your children? Out
into the deluge or into the ark2 Have YOU
ever made one earnest prayer for their i'm
mortal souls2 What will you say In The
judgment when God asks, "Where is George
or Henry or Frank or Mary or Anna? Whert
are those precious souls whose interests
committed into your hands?"
A dying son said to his father, E''Father
you gave me an education and good manner
and everything that the world could do 70
me, but, father, you never told me how 4
die, and now my soul is going out in tn
darkness"
Oh, We who have taught your childrel
how to live, have you also taught them hoy
TO die2 Life here is not so important as tn
great hereafter. II is not so much the fey
furlongs this side Of the grave as ii is tn
unending leagues beyond. D eternity
eternity! Thy locks white with the ages, tn
voice announcing stupendous destiny, tn
arms reaching across all the past and all tn
future! 0 eternity, eternity
Go home and erect family altar. You ma
break down in your prayer. But neve
, mind, God willtake what you mean, whethe
! you express it intelligibly or not. Bring a
your house into the ark. Is there one so
whom you have given up2 Is he so dissipa
j ed that you have stopped counseling an
praying2 Give him up2 How dare you Civ
q him up? Did God ever give you up? Will
you have a single articulation of speech lef
! cease not to pray for the return Of that prot
i igal. He may even now be standing on IL
beach at Hong Kong or Madras, meditating
q return to his fathers house. Give him VI
: Never give him upl Has God promised
h hear thy prayer only to mock thee? 1t is NJ
a too late.
= In st. Paul's London, there is aTwhispe
q ing gallery. A voice uttered most feebly
a one side of the gallery is heard distinctly
: the opposite side, great distance off.
!, every word OF earnest prayer goes all arouI
. the earth and makes heaven q ThisperiI
= gallery. Go into the ark-not to sit dow
. but to stand in the door and call until all Il
?, family come in. Aged Noah, where is Jap
! eth? David, where is Absalom2 Hanna
y where is Samuel2
Il On one Of the lake steamers there were
q father and two daughters journeying, Tit
y seemed extremely poor, A benevolent &c
y tlemen stepped up to the poor man to pre-
3 fer some form of relief and said, you see
y to be very poor sir" Poor sir, repl
. the mau, ''if there's a poorer man than I
a-troublin the world, God pity both OF us
10 ~ will take one Of your children and ado
y it, if you say so. think it would be a gre
relief to YOU" "a what?" said the 20
man. "a relief! Would it be a relief to ha
"a the hands chopped off from the body, or t
y heart torn from the breast2 A relief indee
=, God be good to US! What do you mea
y sir?" However many children we have, !
4 have none to give up. Which Of our famili
~ y can we afford to spare out of heaven2 viii
= be the oldest? win it be the youngest2 w
-, it be that one that was sick sometime az
- viii it be the husband2 Win it be the wi
H. No, no! We must have them all in. Let