Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-07-31

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b1n.a. and exquisite music 20 INC 49,.
hos -. .anvas Of the best artist adornlns
-. rsll- and the wardrobe D. cr'Nne-
,-s,b tasteful apparel, ami the children ue
,-,.IsrfuI for their attachments ana nAA.
,bs house ring with laughter anu lnu ~.
--i-tb but there l. something WoeiuaN
i1rEiur in that house n Il o. mol -
~ residence Of Christian h''n'i.
bless God that there arc ~.
many prayerless mothetsi 10. ~. r',sI lie
of responsibility h 20 great that th,g -
T..sl ~ A divine hand 20 help ana a alNino
,-,ics 10 comfort and a divine heart 70
',r,r.tbiva Thousands OF mothers nave
t!,,I ia into the kingdom OF God by the
bonds az their little children. lhere Aio
hundreds Of mothers today whe Nouid mo-
have been Christians had Il not been lot , Il5
prattle Of their little ones. S'AhnlnS
aay On the pursev, they hethought them-
uairss, .sThis child God has given me 10
60 Cor eternity. What is my influence
mon ~ Not being q Christian myself now
can ever expect him 70 become aOhfi7''An'
Lord. help me!' ,.-.-..,.,,. no.
SATELLITES. Aud whether that child shall come
forth in life. its heart aIuned TO tue e'eIhAl
harmonies, and after life OF usefulness on
earth, 10 to a life ol JOY IN hynHeu' ~
whether across il shall jar eternal dlscordsl
and after A life OF wrongtOing on earth u
sbou % 10 "A home Of impenetrahle darkness
and nm ahyss Of immea-uuble plunge-ls ue-
ing decided by nursery song ana Sanh3th
lesson and evening prayer aud walk ana rluo
and look and frOwn and smile. On, no"
many children in glory, croWdlnS az tue
battlements and lifting u million voiced no.
sauna, brought 10 God through CHRISTIAN
parentage! One hundred and twenty clergy
men were together, AMI they were telling
their experience and their ancestry, ana oil
the one hundred and twenty clergymen,
how many OF them, do you suppose, as
signed as the means OF their CONVEX
sion the influence OF a Christian motheri
One hundred out OF the hundred and
twenty. Philip Doddridge was brought
to God by the Scripture lesson on the
Dutch tile of the chimney fireplace. The
mother thinks she is only rocking child,
but at the same time she may be rocking the
destiny OF empires, rocking the fate OF
nations, rocking the glOries OF heaven. The
same maternal power that may lit child
up NAV press a child down. A daughter
came to a worldly mother and said she was
/ anxious about her sins and she hai been
PRAYING all night. The mother said. ION,
/ stop praying! don't believe in praying;
/ Get over all those religious notions, ana u
give YOU a dress that will cost five hundred
dollars, and you may wear it next week 10
that party"
The daughter took the dress, and she
moved in the gay circle, the gayest OF an
the gay that night, and, sure enough, all
religious impressions were gone, and she
stopped praying. A few months after, she
came TO die and in her closing moments
said, "Mother, wish you would bring me
that dress that cost $500. VI The mother
thought it was very strange request, but
she brought II to please the dying child.
. "Now," said the daughter, mother, hauR
4 that dress on the foot of my bed. Ana the
dress was hung there on the foot OF the bed.
Then the dying girl got up on one elbow and
looked at her mother and then pointed q
the dress and said, Mother, that dress is the
price of my soul" Oh. what momentum,
thing il is to be mother,
Again and lastly, Hannah stands before
YOU tc-uay. the rewarded mother. For all
the coats she has made for Samuel, for all
the prayers she offered for him, for the dis
cipIine she eXerted over him, she got album
dant compensation in tho piety and useful
ness and the popularity Of her son Samuel
and that is true in all ages. Every mother
gets full pay for all the prayers and tears IL
behalf of her children. That man useful II
commercial life, that man prominent in the
profession, that master mechanically
every step he takes In life has an echo o
gladness in the old heart that long agt
taught him to be Christian and heroic and
earnest. The story OF what you have don't
or what you have written, Of the intluenc,
you have exerted. has gone back to the OLD
homestead-for there is some one Away
ready to carry good tidings--and that stOrl
makes the needle in the old mothers tremu
lous hand fly quicker and the Hail in tn
fathers hand come down upon the bar
floor with more vigorous thump. Parent
love to hear good news from their children
no YOU send them good news, always? Loo
, / out Tor the young man WHO speaks Of hi
/ father as the governor" the Squire O
the "old chap" Look out for the youn
woman who calls her mother her 'materna
ancestor" or the "old woman" 1.-THE ey
that mOcketh at his father and refuseth I
obey his mother the ravens Of the vale
shall pick it out, and the young eagles sha
, eat it," God grant that all these parent
, may have the great satisfaction OF seein
their children grow Mp Christians.
But oh, the pang Of that mother who
after life of street gadding and gossip IT
, failing, hanging on her children the friI
. peries and folies of this world sees thos
children tossed out on the sea OF life lik
foam on the wave or nonentities In wOrl
; where only brawny and stalwart characte
: can stand the shock, But blessed be til
mother who looks upon her children as son
, and daughters of the Lord Almighty! OF
! the satisfaction OF Hannah In seeing Samut
, serving at the altar; OF Mother Eunice /
, seeing her Timothy learned in the Scripture.
That Is the mothers recompense--to ST
, children coming up useful in the world, r,
claiming the lost, healing the sick, pityin
the ignorant, earnest and useful in ever
sphere. That throws new light back o
the Old family Bible whenever she reads i
and that will be ointment TO soOtne the aCl
: ing limbs of decrepitude and light up tn
: closing hours OF life's day with the glorit
OF an autumnal sunset,