The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-30

II shall not be In vain. All, no, no, Il shall
not be In vain. will prav for myself. Who
has sinned against so much instruction as
have! Against 80 many precious prayers
put up TO heaven .or me bv one OF the most
lovely. tender, pious. conilding. trusting OF
mothers In her Heavenly Fathers care and
graceI She never doubt I'd: she believed.
She always prayed as II she did. Ny Bible,
my mothers Bible and my conscience teach
what am and what / have made myself.
ON. the bitter pangs OF an accusing con-
science! i need u Saviour mighty 10 save.
must seek Him. will. l am on the sea
Of existence, and can never get of from IL.
am ahoat. No anchor. no rudder, no COM
pass, no book Of instructions, for have put
them all away from me. Saviour OF tho
perishing, save, or perish Do you Won
der that the next day he arose ir PRAYER
meeting and said "Aly brethren, | stand
before you monument OF Gods amazing
mercy and goodness, forever blessed be His
holy name. All | have and all am conso.
crate TO Jesus. my Saviour and my God2"
Oh, the power OF ancestral prayer! Hear III
Hear IL!
But turn for moment to those who had
evil parentage. and | want to tell you that
the highest thrones In heaven and the might
lest triumphs ami the brightest crowns will
be Tor those who had evil parentage, but
VINO by the grace OF God cOnquered-,on-
quereu. As good. as useful. us splendid a
gentleman rs ever knew had for d father a
man VINO died disappearing God until tho
neighbors had 90 put their nngers in their
ears to shut out the horror. One OF themost
consecrated and useful Christian ministers
OF today was the son o; drunken horse
jockey. Tide OF evil tremendous in some
iamiliesl II Is like Niagara rapids. and vet
men have clung to n rock aud been rescued.
There is family in New York. whose wealth
has rolled up into many millions. that was
intfnhp1 t,,a, ,,.b.a A..
estates, sent uack Il paper OF ta.ks because
they were cents more than he expected.
Grip and grind AMI gouge in the fourth
generation-I suppose IL will be grin and
grind and gouge in the twentieth generation.
The thirst OF intoXicants has burned down
through the arteries OF hundred and nuy
years. Pugnaritv or cnmbaiivcness charac-
terize' other families. Sometimes one form
oi evil sometimes another fOrm Of evil But
II may be resisted: II has been resisted IL
the family frailty be- ayaricp. cultivate un-
selilshness and charity and teach your chill
dren never to eat an apple without Offering
somebody else half of ". f. the family frail.
~ combatIven"-s, keep ont Of the company
of quick tempered people and never answer
hn imrertinent question until Won have
counted hundred both ways. aud after Won
nave written an augry letter keep IL n week
before YOU send 1t. aud then burn ii up.
Is the family frailty timdity aud cow
fNlhhN's NIllNNIt "a t'hNNtp. read tLR
biography ~ brave men like Joshua or Paul
aud see II You canno, get 4 little IRON i'm
your blood, Find ont what the fnmilv
lrailty Is and set boiv. mind aud soul la
battle array. Conquer You will. / think
the genealogical table was pat IN the lr.t
chapter Of the New Testament no. only 10
show our Lords pedigree, but TO show that
q man may rise up IT. an ancestral line and
beat back successfully all the influences of
pad hereiity. See In that genealogical table
that good King Asa was born Of vile King
Apla. See In that genealogical table that
Joseph and Mary and the most ilustrious
Being that ever touched our world or ever
viii touch II had In their ancestral line
,candalous Rehoboam I and RthnI and
Ihamar and Bsihsheha. II this world Is
ever To be Edsni2ed and IL will he-all the
injected families oi the earth are 10 be re-
generated, IN there will some one arse IN
'ach family line Anl open n new renca-
logical table. There viii be some Joseph to
irise IN the line and reverse the evil in
,uehce OF Krhoboam. aud there will be some
Wary 70 arise In the line aul reverse the
wi influence OF Bathshoba Perhaps
ne star OF hope may point down
% your manager Perhaps you are
% be the hero or the heroin, that il
o put down tho brakes and stop that
ong line OF genealogical tendencies and
witch II OF on another track from that on
ou do that, and 7 will promise Won ns fine
4 palace a9 the architect OF heaven
he archway inscribed with the words. more
han conqueror.' But, whatever your her
'ilty, LEI me say YOU may be sons AMI daugh-
ers OF the Lord Gol Almighty.
Estranged children from the homestead,
'oma back through the open gate Of adop-
ION Iherc Is royal blood IN our veins;
mere are crowns on our escutchelu: our
ather Is King; our brother Is king; We may
20 Kings and queens unto God forever. Come
sni SIT down on the ivory bench OF the
palace. Come aud wash In the fountains
nat iall into the basins ul crystal aud ala
'aster Come and look out Of thu uphIls-
cred window upon gardens Of a2aiea aud
.mHTan,h Hear the iull burst OF the or
he,trI while you banquet with potcntatcs
nd yctors. Oh. when the text sweeps back
ward, let II not stop at the cradle that rocked
our infancy, but az the cradle that rocked
hH irs. world, and when tho text sweeps
onward let It not stop ~ your grave but at
ne throne on which You may reign for ever
nj ever Whose son art thou. thou young
lant' Son Of God! Heir of immortality .
Take your inheritance