Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-08-06

not be in vain. will pray for myself. WV
has sinned against so much instruction s4S
have? Against 50 many precious pra
put mp 20 heaven Cor me- BY one of the IN
lovely. tender. pious. conlding. tr1stin
mothers in her Heavenly Fathers care
gracef She never doubted; she belle ( y
She ALWAYS PRAYED as /. she did. My B-~
my mothers Bible and ny conscience til
what | am and what I have made!myf i
On. the bitter pangs of an accusing
science, / need a Saviour mighty TO SRI
| must seek Him will. l am on they'd:
Of existenee, and / can never get of from
| am aaoat. No anchor. no rudder. no cerI
pass. nc book Of Instructions. for | have Il
them All away from ne. Saviour OF n
perishing, save. or | perish Do you wtfN
der that the next day be arose il pray(
meeting and said: 'My brethren, l sta 8
before you a OF Gods anazF(
mercy and goodness. forever blessed be / =
holy na-ne All have and all l an | cons I
crate 10 Jesus. my Saviour and my GodII
Oh, the power OF ancestral prayer. Hear y
Hear it, II
But turn for a moment to those who IA
evil rarenta-e. and l want t. tell you that
the highest thrones in heaven and the might
iest trtlnpns and the brightest crowns viii
be for those who had evil parentage. bp,
who " the grace Of God comparatively
quered. As good. as useful. as splendid Il
gentleman as | ever knew had for a father
man who died disappearing God until tn
neighDors had to put their fingers in theli
ears to shut out the horror. One Of the mos
consecrated and useful Christian minister
81 to-lay was the sou Of a drunken hor5
Jockey. Tide Of evil tremendous In som
families, 1t Is like Niagara rapids, and yf
men havaclung to o rock and been rescued.
Their is "A family in New York. whose veal I
mas rolled W into many millions. that VI
founded by a man who. after he had II
estates, sent back n paper of tacks boA
they were ? cents more than he g -
Grip and grind and gouge in theHeHvtit
generation-I suppose it will be grin an.
grind and gouge in the twentieth. saP az
The thirst of intoxicants b. hn,nad ~,
, through the arteries Of 4 bnndrad I'D eft,
!, years. pusnacity OF. cainbativeness q tbaras
i, terzes other famii'~ 20
Of evil. somet'v ing tier form Of evil Ru
. u may oIea --,, has been resisted.
| ~ lily frailty be %avarice. cultivate un
..lshness and charity and teach your chill
dren never to eat an apple without offerint
somebody else half OF it. Is the family frail
tv combativeneS9, keep out Of the conpan
OF quick tempered people and never answe
an impairment question until you hav
r counted a hundred both ways. and after yo1
| have written an angry letter keep it a wee
: before YOU send it. and then burn it ~.
Is the family frailty timidity and COW
r aTdic-. cultivate tackbone; read tn
Il biography Of brave men like Joshua or Pau
u and see II you cinnot get a little iron i
your blood. Fine out what the famil
a fraiity is and ser body, mind aud soul /
battle array. Conquer you will. l thin
the genealogical table was put in the frs
n chapter of the New Testament not only t
q show our Lords pedigree, but to show tina
V a man may rise up in an ancestral line an
beat back successfully all the influences {
bad heredlty. See in that genealogical tab
V that good King Asa was born of vile Kin
It Aba. See in that genealogical table tina
Joseph. and Mary and the most illustriou
A Being that ever touched our world or eve
y will touch ii had in their ancestral lin
o scandalou5 1iehoboam I and Rahat an
% Thamar and Bathsheba. If this world
,e ever to be Edenized- and it Will be-all til
IL Infected families Of the earth are to be r.
v generated, and there will some one arise j
! eaca family line and open a new gene;
logical table. There will be some Joseph t
d arise in the line and reverse the evil il
,e ftuence Of Reh0boam. and there will be som
,r Mary TO arise in the line aud reverse til
ar evil influence o. Bathsheba. Perhal
t the star OF hope may point dow
NJ to be the hero or the heroine that
D. to put down the brakes and stop tn;
long line Of genealogical tendencies an
switch it off on another track from that G
which it has been running for a century
k You do that, and [ will promise you as fin
p d RditttS us Tue dCCulCCct OIL heaven can DUH
the archway inscribed with the words, "Mol
than ~conqueror. But, whatever your he
y tlHty. lot me say YOU may be sons and daugl
" ters Of the Lord GOD Almighty.
Estransed children from the HOMESTEAD
come back through the open gate of ado
ton. There is roval blood in our vein
~ therc are crowns on our escutcheon; 0,
father is king: our brother is king; we 10;
be kings and Qleens unto God forever. Con
,e and sit down on the ivory bench OF ii
10 paiare. Come and wash in the fountail
ia that fall into the basins of crystal and al
Of b1ster. Come and look out Of the uphol
N tered window upon gardens Of azalea IL
HinaTanih. Hear the full burst of the o
pr theTtfl while you banquet with potential
10 aust victors. On. when the text sweeps bac
70 ward. let it not stop at the cradle that rock,
i Nplr infancy. bat at the cradle that rock,
L. the ttrst world. and when the text swee
rs Toward let 1t not stop at your grave. but
= the throne on which you may reign for ev
a and ever. Whose son art thou, thou you
man. Son OF God Heir Of immortalit
- Take your inheritance