Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-07-18

does not bring back good physical condi- |
tiOn. / said 10 minister OF the gospel, |
one Sabbath, at the close Of the service,
"Where are you preaching rowf" "Oh,"
he says, 81 am not preaching. lam suffer
ing from the physical effects OF early sin.
! can't preach now; ! am sick" A conse-
Grated man he now Is, and he mourns BIT
terly over early sins, but that does not ar-
rest their bodily effects.
The simple fact is, that men and women
often take 90 years Of their life to build
up influences that require all the rest Of
their life to break down. Talk about a
man beginning life when he is 2l years OF
age; talk about a woman beginning life
when she is IS years Of agel All, mol In
many respects that is the time they close
life. In nine cases out of ten all the ques-
tions OF eternity are decided before that.
Talk about a majority of men getting
their fortunss between 80 and 40l They
get or lose fortunes between 10 and 90.
When you tell me that man is just begin
ming life, 1 tell you he is just closing it.
The next 80 years will not be of as much
Importance to him us the first 90.
Parental Neglect.
Now, why do / say this2 Is it for the
annoyance of those who have only bale
full retrospectionS You know that is not
my way. say 1t for the benefit of young
men and women. 1 want them to under
stand that eternity is wrapped up in this
hour; that the sins Of youth we never get
over; that you are now fashioning the
mold in which your great future Is to run;
that minute, instead of being 60 seconds
long, is made up of everlasting ages. You
see what dignity and Importance this gives
to the life of all our young folks. Why, in
the light of this subject, life is not some
thing to be frittered away, not something
to be smirked about, not something TO be
danced out, but something to be weighed
in the balances of eternity. Oh, young
man, the sin of yesterday, the sin of to-
morrow, will reach over 10, 900 years-aye,
over the great and unending eternity.
You may, after awhile, say: II am very
sorry. Now l have got to be 80 or 40 years
of age, and l do wish had never commit
ted those sins" What docs that amount
to? God may pardon you, but undo those
things you never will, you never can.
In this same category of irrevocable mis-
takes put all parental neglect. We begin
the education of our children too late. By
the time they get to be 10 or Is we wake
up to our mistakes and try to eradicate
this bad habit and change that, but it is
too late. That parent who omits, in tho
first ten years of the childs life, to make
an eternal impression for Christ, never
makes it. The child will probably go on
with all the disadvantages. which might
have been avoided by narental faitbfulness
Now Won see what a mistake that father or
mother makes who puts off to late life ad-
herence to Christ. Here is man who at
10 wears of ace saws to Won. s'I must be a
Christian - and beyields his heart to God
and sits in the place of PRAYER TODAY a
Christian. None of us can doubt it, He
goes home and he saws: nHere at so wears
Of ace have given INV heart to the Sa-
viour Now I must establish family al
far Whatp Where arc vour children,
nowp One in Boston: another in Cincin-
natl: another in New Orleans. and YOU.
INV brother. at vour fiftieth wear going to
| establish vour family altarP Very we'll:
better late than never. but alas. alas. that
Won did NOT do II e5 wears aaoi
When was in Chamouni Switzerland.
| r saw in the window of one of the shops a
nicture that impressed nv mind yery
much. II was a picture of an accident that
| occurred on the side of one of the Swiss
mountains. A company of travellers, with
puides went mn some very steep places
nlaces which hut few travellers attempted
to 90 up. They were, as all travellers are
there. fastened together with cords at the
| waist. SO that If one slipped. the rope
would hold bim-the rome fastened to the
others. Passing along the most dangerous
point, one of the guides slipped, and they
all started down the precipice, but after
awhile one more muscular than the rest
struck his heels into the ice and stopped,
but the rome broke and down, hundreds
and thousands of feet, the rest went
And SO / see whole families bound to-
gether by ties of affection and in many
cases walking on slippery places of world
illness and sin. The father knows it, and
the mother knows it, and they are bound
all together After awhile they begin tc
slide down sleeper and sleeper, and the fa-
ther becomes alarmed, and he stops, plant.
ing his feet on the :. ROCK Oh Ages he
stops, but the rope breaks, ana those VINO
were once tied fast to him py moral and
spiritual influences go over the preciplce'
On, there is sucn thlng as coming 10
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not soon enough 10 save otners!
How many parents wake up In the latter
part Oh lie 10 ma OUT tne mlstake! Inc
parent says, nave peen 700 ienient OF
u nave been TOO severe II tne uiscipiine
OF my children. Ii hau the httle ones
around me again, now ullerehe 1 "oulo
do! You VIII never nave 1hem arounu
again. Inc Work Is dohe' tne oene 70 the
character is given, the eternity IS decided.
! say this to young gparents-thoseW VINO are
20 or 5o OF 80 years OF age-haVe the lam
~ aitar tonighl. now uo YOU SUPPOSE
tna1 la'hei ieio az i,e ie'sneu oser ..e oouo
u nis usins 9nilu anu ene eAptans l M soI
saiu " nm ra'noi, sou nav D'en e. 'et
soou 70 ms lou naso a, s,een imo :; iao e'. ~