The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-08-13

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+, sbsiI not be In vain. Al, no, no, y shall
R Rs ss s T. ld sisalt y R ieH AstfSsigh
haye2 Against SO many ttscicHa pfanyeIYl
nut nm TO heaven Cor me by one OF the nics.
lovely. lender, pious, conf1ding. trusting Q,
mothers In her Heavenly Fathers care anu
grace2 She never doubtsd; she pelieyeo.
She ALWAYS prayed as IL she did. MY bIpiS,
nv mothers Bible and my conscience teaY ,s
what am and what have mace lnyser.
Oh. the bitter pengs OF an accusing con
sclencel need Saviour mighty to save.
must seek Him. 1 will. ! am on the sea
Of existenee, and can never get OH from It's
7 am afoat, No anchor, no ruddef, no COM
hass, nd book Of Instructions, fof / have put
them all away from me. Saviour OF tne
berishihg, save; or PERISH Do you won
def that the next day be aroso ID PRAYER
rnee,ind aid said "My brethren. l stand
hef1rs volt MONUMENT Of Gods amazing
mercy am, goodness, forever blessed De HIS
holy hatne. All have and all am conse ,,
CRAZE TO Jesus, my Saviour aud my dohi
Oh; the power Of ancestral prayer! Hear III
Bdt ] ttfa fYt 4 IiomefIt ID thqss WHO had
evil parentage, and want to tell you tnas
the highest thrones in heaven ana the might,
lest triumphs and the bngntest crowns WI WI
be for those who had evil parentage, put
who by the grace OF God conquered-con-
-ouered As good, as useful, as splenuid
gentleman az | ever knew had for father
man who died disappearing God until inc
neighbors had to put their fingers IN their
ears to shut out the horror. One OF the most
consecrated and useful Christian ministers
of to-day was the son OF drunken horse
Jockey. Tide of evil tremendous in some
families! 1t Is like Niagara rapids, and yet
men have chung to rock and been rescued.
There Ia a family in New York, whose wealth
has rolled up into many millions. tnat was
founded by man who, after ne had vast
estates, sent back paper OF tacks because
they were cents more than he expected.
Grip and grind and gouge In the fourth
generation--I suppose 1t will be grip anu
grind and gouge in the twentieth generation.
The thirst Of intoXicahts has burned down
through the arteries of h1ndred ana my
wears, Pugnacity or combativeness cnarac-
terizes other families. Sometimes one form
OF evil sometimes another form OF evil. But
it may be resisted; it has been resisted. Ii
the family frailty be avarice, cultivate I'M
selnshness and charity and teach your chill
dren never to eat an apple without oHerinig
somebody else half of it. Is the family rail-
ty combativeness. keep out of the company
of quick tempered people and never answer
an impertinent question until you nave
counted q hundred both ways, and after you
have written an angry letter keep it week
before you send it. and then burn 1t up.
| Is the family frailty timidity aud cow
ardice. cultivate backbone; read the
| biography of brave men like Joshua or Paul
and see il you cannot get little iron IN
YOUR blood. Find out what the family
frailty is and set body, mind and soul In
| battle array. Conquer you will. l think
the genealogical table was put In the flrst
chapter of the New Testament not only to
show our Lords pedigree, but to show that
| q man may rise up in IN ancestral line anu
beat back successfully all the influences OF
bad heredity. See in that genealogical taple
| that good King Asa was born OF vile King
| Abba See in that genealogical table that
Joseph and Mary and the most illustrious
Being that ever touched, our world or ever
will touch 1t had In their ancestral line
seandaous Rehoboam and Rahab and
Thamar and Bathsheba. II this world Is
ever to be Edenized -and 1t Will be-'hli the
infected families Of the earth are to be re-
generated, and there will some one arise in
each family line and open "a new genoa
| logical table. There will be some Joseph to
arise in the line and reverse the evil in
huence of Rehoboam, and there will be some
| Mary to arise in the line aud reverse the
evil influence Of Bathsheba. Perhaps
the star of hope may point down
to your manager Perhaps you are
to be the hero or the heroine that Is
| 10 put down inc DrdkeS dul supp tui.
long line of genealogical tendencies and
switch it off on another track from that on
which it has been running for century.
You do that, and | will promise you as fine
| q palace rs the architect of heaven can build.
the archway inscribed with the words, "More
than conqueror" But, whatever your her
cdity. let me- say you may be sons and daugh-
ters of the Lord God Almighty.
| Estranged children 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 king; we may
be kings and queens unto God forever. Come
and sit down ON the ivory bench of the
palace. Come and wash in the fountains
that fall into the basins of crystal and ala
baster. Come and look out of tho uphols.
tered window upon gardens of azalea and
amaranth. Hear the full burst Of the or
chestra while you banquet with potentates
and victors. Oh, when the text sweeps back
ward let it not stop at the cradle that rocked
| your infancy, but at the cradle that rocked
the first world, and when the text sweeps
| forward let it not stop at your grave. but al
the throne on which you may reign for ever
and ever. "Whose son art thou, thou young
man?" Son of God! Heir of immortality
Take your inheritance!