The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-01


parents are not wise about these things.
They make iron rules about Sabbatns,
and they force the cateChism down the
throat. as they would hold the childs
nose and force down a dose OF rhubar5
and calCmel. You cannot drive your chill
dren into the ark. You can draw your chill
dren TO Christ but you cannot cOerce
them. The Cross was lifted. not 10 drive.
but to draw. IF be lifted up Will draw
all men unto me-" AS the sun draws Up
the drops Of morning dew. so the Sun Of
Righteousness exhales the tears Of repent
ance.
Be sure that you bring your husband
and wife with you. How would Noah have
felt II, when he heard the rain pattering
on the roof OF the ark. he knew that his
wife was outside in the storm? No; she
went with him. And yet some Of you are
on the ship ''Outward-bound" for heaven:
but your companion Is unsheltered. You
remember the day when the marriage
ring was set. Nothing has yet been able
10 break It. Sickness came. and the finger
shrank, but the ring staid on. The twain
stood alone above a child's grave, ami
the dark mouth Of the tomb swallowed up
a thousand hopes; but the ring dropped
not into the open grave. Days Of poverty
came. and the hand did many a hard days
work; but the rubbing OF the work against
the ring only made IL shine brighter. Shall
, that ring ever be lost2 VIII the iron clang
Of the sepulchre-gate crush il forever? 1
pray God that you who have been mar
ried 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 he
together, / beg you to see to IL that you
both get into the ark.
Come in. and bring your wife, or your
husband with you-nOt by fretting at our
religion or ding-donging them about re-
MnrfC fafFF ETr Gle
compelling prayer that shall bring the
throne Of God down into your room. Go
home and take up the Bible and read 1t to-
gether, and then knesl down and commend
your souls to him who has watched you
all these years; and, before you rise, there
Will be futtering of wings over your
head angel crying 10 angel, Behold!
they pray"
But this does not include all your family.
Bring the children too. God bless the dear
childreni What would our homes be with
out .hem2 We may have to do much for
them. They have done much for us. What
a salve for a wounded heart there is in
the soft palm of a child's hand Did harp
or flute ever have such music as there is
In a child's good night?" From OUT
coarse. rough life. the angles of God are
often driven back; but who comes into the
nursery without feeling that angels are
lowering around? They who de in infancy
81 gu tiAbAil A4iAp 3 AOl y DuA gou are tAptIN-
ing your child to grow up In this world.
Is u not a question. then, that rings
through all the corridors, and windings.
and nights and depths of your soul what
is to become of your sons and daughters
for time and for eternity? "Ohw you say
Il mean to see that they have good man
ners." Very well. II mean to dress them
well, If / have myself to go shabby"
Very good. Il shall give them an educa-
ton, l shall leave them fortune" Very
we'll. 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? No
pardon? No hope? No heaven.
How to get them in? Go in YOURSELF If
Noah had staid out, do you not suppose
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 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 I'M
cody, only one twelfth of the children
were Christians. Which way will you take
your children? out into the deluge, or into
the ark? Have you ever made one earnest
prayer for their immortal souls? What
will you say in the judgment when God
asks, Where is George, or Henry or
Frank, or Mary or Anna? Where are those
precious souls whose interests commit
ted into your hands?"
dying son said TO his father, Father,
you gave me an education, and good
could do for 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
how to die? Life here is not so important
as the great hereafter 1t is not so much
the few furlongs this side of the grave AS
1t is the unending leagues beyond. 0,
eternity eternity Thy locks white with
the ages! Thy voice announcing stupen-
dous destiny Thy arms reaching across all
the past and all the future! o, eternity!
eternity
Go home and erect a family altar You
may break down in your prayer But
never mind, God will take what you mean,
whether you express it intelEgibly or not
Bring all your house into the ark Is there
one son whom you have given up? Is he
so dissipated that you have stopped coun-
selling and praying? Give him up? How
dare you give him up? Did God ever give
you up? Whilst you have single articu-
lation of speech left, cease not to pray for
the return of that prodigal. He may even
now be standing on the beach at Hong
Kong or Madras. meditatmg a return to
his fathers house. Give him up? Never
give him up! Has God promised to hear
thy prayer only TO mock thee? 1t is not
too late.
In st. Paul's, London. there is a whis-
pering gallery. A voice uttered most fee
bly, at one side of the gallery is heard
distinctly at the opposite side. a great dis
lance off. So, every word of earnest pray
err goes all around the EARTH and makes
heaven a whispering gallery. Go into the
ark-1lot Ito sit down but to stand IN the
door and call until all the family come IN
Aged Noah. where is Japheth? David
where is Absolom? Hannah, where is
Samuel?
On one of the lake steamers there was a
father and two daughters journeying. They
seemed extremely poor A benevolent gem
tleman stepped up to the poor man 10
proffer some form of relief. and said, "You
seem to be very poor, sir" Poor, sir"
replied the man, IF there's a poorer man
than me a troubln' the world, God pity
both of usr' Il will take one of your chill
dren and adopt it. if you say so. l think
II would be a great relief to you" "A |
what?' said the poor man. "A relief! |
would it be a relief to have the hands |
chopped off from the body? or the heart |