The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-08-07


rs2 Tonight my mother went 90 heaven. my
beautiful, hlrH co mother. nud 4 haFo been
nl fle, tossed ur and down upon che Mli8ws
ot ilIeH femrfs ocean. Shall 4 ever 20
to hcaYonf She told nae ! must mori hrf IN
heaven. Whom che TOOK my hand IN hsr and
turned her gentle. loving eyes en- mr ana
guE.1 earnestly aud long into my Iaes aud
then lifted tboa t3 heaven in thnt iaf
prayer she prayed that 4 might meet Dor in
hrayra. wonder iii over shal3 BIS molh-
FRA Prayer my sweet. blessed m0thrr's
praytnl Dil ever boy have such mother
a. j half For twenty-five years I have not
heard her pmyuutil Tonight have hearf
DER prayers Rli over uguu. IhrF nayr na..
In TACT. Is terrible r.surrbciion On. now she
was won't % puyl She prayed a8 they PRAYED
tonight, 81 earnest, 20 impouunate. 80 ur-
lley.nr. Shall I ever bo n Christian She
was "a Christian. oh. how bright and pure
mud happy Wa- Der nIei Sue was % cheerful
and happy Christian
"rhera Be- my mothers Bible. have not
opened u for years. Did enc believe could
ever neglect her precious nihles s1o surely
thought 1 would read e much and often.
How often has She read 10 90 mel How dld
She cHuso nos 60 knrei by my little bed and
rut my litte hands up iu che attitude oi
.rayef How hus she knelt by ms and over
down upon my hands anu face. Blessed
'oother did Won pray I'm vain for vour ho''
Il shall not be In vain. An, no, no, It shall
not be IN vain. viii pray for myself. Who
has slnned against 30 much instruction as
haYef Against SO many precious prayers
put up 90 heaven Cor mo by one Of the most
lovely, tender, plous, conndlng. trusting OF
mothers I'm her Heavenly Fathers care and
gracef She never doubted; she halieyod.
She always prayed as Is she did. Ny Bible.
my mothers Bible and my conscience teach
what l am and what 1 have made myself
Oh. the bitter pang8 Of an accusing con-
science! need Saviour mighty 30 save.
! must seek Him. i viii. I am on the sea
OF existence, and 1 can never got of from a.
1 am adoat. No anchor. no rudder. nocom-
pass, no book OF instructions, for / have put
them al away from me. Saviour Of the
perlshlng, save, or I perish Do you Won
der that the next day be arose IN prayer
meeting and said. "A[y brethren, i stand
before you a monument OF Gods amazing
mercy and goodness, forever blessed be His
holy name. All have and oil / am conse-
crate TO Jesus, my Saviour aud my God2"
Oh, the power Of ancestral prayer! Hear it!
Hear IT,
But turn for q moment TO those who had
evil parentage. and / want 70 tell you that
tho highest thrones In heaven and the might
lest triumphs and the brightest crowns will
be for those who had evil parentage, but
who by the grace Of God conquered-con-
quered. As good, as useful as splendid a
gentleman as / ever knew had for father a
man who died disappearing God until the
neighbors had to put their fingers In their
ears 70 shut out the horror. One Of the most
consecrated and useful Christian ministers
of to-day was the son OF o drunken horse
Jockey Tide Of evil tremendous in some
families! II Is like Niagara rapids, aud yet
men have chung TO q rock and been rescued.
There Is o family In New York. whose wealth
has rolled up into many millions. that was
founded by a man VINO, after he had vast
estates, sent back paper OF tacks because
they we're cents more than he expected.
Grip and grind and gouge In the fourth
generation-I suppose it will be grip and
grind and gouge in the twentieth generation.
The thirst OF intoxicants has burned down
through the arteries Of a hundred and fifty
years. Pugnacity or combativsness charac-
terIzes other families. Sometimes one form
OF evil, sometimes another form Of evil. But
1t may DO resisted; Il has been resisted. II
the family frailty be ayarice, cultivate un-
selnshness and charity and teach your chill
dren never TO eat an apple without Offering
somebody else half Of II. Is the family irail-
tv combahveness, keep out Of the company
Of quick tempered people and never answer
an imperinent question until you have
counted a hundred both ways, aud after you
have written an angry letter keep 1t a week
before you semi it. aud then burn 1t up.
Is the family frailty timi0itY and COW.
ardice, cultivate backbone; read the
biography of brave men like Joshua, or Pau
and see if you cannot get little iron In
your blood. Find out what the family
frailty is and set body, mind aud soul in
battle array. Conquer you will. think
the genealogical table was put IN the first
chapter Of the New Testament not only to
show our Lords pedigree, but to show thai
q man may rise up in an ancestral line anC
beat back successfully all the Influences O
| bad heredity. See in that genealogical table
that good King Asa was born of vile King
| Alba. See in that genealogical table tina
| Joseph and Mary and the most illustrioui
| Being tnat ever touched our world or evel
| will touch it had in their ancestral line
| scandalous Rehohoam l and Rahab and
| Thamar and Bathsheba. II this world /!
! ever to be Edenized-and it will be-all tbs
| injected families of the earth are 10 be re
| generated, and there viii some one arise il
each family line and open new genoa
logical table. There will be some Joseph Il
arise in the line and reverse the evil In
fiuence Of Rehoboam, and there will be SOM
Mary to arise in the line aud reverse tn
evil influence OF Bathsheba. Perhap
the star OF hope may point dow
to your manager Perhaps you ar
to be the hero or the heroine that
10 put down the brakes and stop tina
long line OF genealogical tendencies an
switch it of on another track from that o.
which it has been running for century
You do that, and 1 will promise you as fin
a palace us the architect Of heaven can build
the arehway inscribed with fireworks, "Mor
than copqueror, But, whatever your her
edity, let me say YOU may be sons and daugh
tiers OF the Lord God Almighty.
Estranged children from the honest eaC
come back through the open gate OF adoE
ton There is royal blooo =. our vein
there are crowns on our escutohe6G; on
father is king; our brother is king; We ma
be kings and queens unto God forever, Com
and sit down on the ivory bench OF tn
palace. Come and WASH ia the fouutait
that fall into the basins OF crystal aud all
oaster. Come and look out Of tho uphol
tered window upon gardens OF azalea an
amaranth Hear tho full burst OF tho OF
ehestra while you banquet with potentat
and victors. Oh, when the text sweeps bae