South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-30

II shall not be In vain An. NO, no. " shau
not be In vain. will prav FOR nsys-lL Who
has slnned against 80 much Instruction as L
havef Agsinst - mary precious prayers
lovely. tender, piouss rcnudlng. trusting o.
mothers In her Heavenly Fathers care aud
grace? She never doubt scs she bsiicved.
She ALWAYS prayed rs IL she did. Ny Bic.r.
what am and what I have made nfypeIs.
Oh. the bitter panss OF AN accusing en-
sciencei I need Saviour mighty to save,
must seek Him. will 1 am ON the sen
OF existence, and can never get of from IT,
am anoaf. No anchor. no radder. 20 com
pass, no book OF instructions. for have put
them All away from me. Saviour OF ths
perishing, save, or perish Do you won
meeting and said: 'lfy brethren. I stand
before you monument OF Gods amazing
mercy and goodness, forever blessed be HIS
holy namc. All have and oil 1 an consc.
crate TO Jesus, my Saviour aud nay God2'
On, the power Of ancestral prayeri Hear itI
Hear ~
But turn for moment TO those who had
evil parentage. and L want TO tell YOU that
the highest thrones In heaven and the might
lest trtumphs and the brightest crowns will
be Tor those who had evil parentRge. but
who by the grace OF God corQuered--eon-
quered. As good. rs useful. as splendid a
gentleman as ever knew had for - father n
man who died disappearing God until The
neighbors Ind to put their fingers in their
ears 10 shut out the horror. Ono OF thsmost
conseerated and useful Christian ministers
OF to-day was the son of drunken horse
Jockey. Tide OF evil tremendous in some
families. II Is like Niagara rnrpids. and vet
men nave chung to rock and been rescued
There is family in New York whose wealth
mas rolled up Into many millions. that was
founded by man who after he hal yasr
estates, sent back n paper OF tacks because
they were cents more than he expected.
Grip and grind and gouge I'm the fourth
genvration-I suppose IL will DO grip and
grud aud gouye In the twentieth generation
liie thirst ot intoxicauts has burned down
through the arteries Of u hundred and fifty
years. Pugnacity or combativ,,ness charac-
terizes other families. Sometimes one form
OF evil sometimes another form of evil But
II may be resistedi IL has been resisted. III
the family frailty be ayarice, cultivate I'M
seihshness aud charity and teach Your chill
dren never 10 eat au apple without Offering
someoody else half OF II. Is the family frail-
Nv combatvsn1se, keep out OF the company
OF quick tempered people and never answer
an impsrtineut question until you have
counted hundred both ways. aud after you
nave written an angry letter keep il week
before you sent ii. aud then burn ~ up
Is the family frailty timidity aud cow
nrdice. cultivate backbone; read the
biography Of brave men like Joshua or Paul
and ssS II you cannot get IA little iron in
your blood. Find out what the family
fratity is and SET DO ~, mind aud soul In
battle array. Conquer you will. L think
the genealogical table was put in tho firsr
chapter OF the New Testament not only to
snow our Lords pedigree, but TO show that
a man may rise up in mn ancestral lins and
beat back successfully ali the influences of
bad here tily. See in that genealogical table
Thar good King Asa was born OF vile King
Aoia. Sse IN that geneR ogicnl table that
Joseph and Mary and the most iIlustrious
Being that ever touched orr world or ever
Will touch 1t had in their ancestral line
s Sc Rehoboam and Rihat and
Ihamar and Bathsbeba. II this world Is
ever 70 be Edenized md IL will be-al the
infected fainili of the earth are 10 be re-
generated. and there viii some one ar Sc i'm
each family line and open q new genoa
logical table. There viii be some Joseph 10
arise in the line aud reverse III. evil in
fn-nce of R-hoboam, ama there will be some
mary 10 arise in the line aud reverse the
evil influence o, Batbsheba Perhaps
the Star OF hope may point down
TO your manager Perhaps Won are
TO be toe hero or the hProins that is
10 put down the brakes aud stop that
long line OF genealogical tendencies and
switch IL on on another track from that on
Mhich IL has been running for century.
You do that, and VIII promise you as fine
palace rs the architect OF heaven can butld
the archway inscribed with the words, more
than conqueror." But, whatever your her
edlty. iet ins say you may be sous and daugh.
tiers OF the Lord God Almighty.
Estranged chilbr-n from the homestead.
come back through the open gate of adop-
ton. There is royal blood in our veins;
there are crowns on our escutcheon; our
father Is king; our brother is Sing; we may
be kings aud queens unto God forever Come
and sit down on the ivory bench OF the
palace. Come aud wash in the fountains
that fall into the basins OF crystal aud ala
baster. Come and look out of the uphoIs-
tered window upon gardens OF azalsa and
amarauth Hear the full burst OF the or
eheStra while YOU banquet with potentates
and victors' On. when the text sweeps back
ward. let II not stop at the cradle that rocked
your infancy. bat At the cradle that rocked
the first world, and when the text sweeps
forward letit not stop at your grave. but NJ
the throne on which you may reign for ever
and ever. Whose son art thou, thou young
NAM Bon Of Godi Heir OF Immortality
Take your inheritance!