The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-23

curved spines and crampcd chests, and In
famed throats. and diseased lungs as there
are among children. II parents knew more
OF art and were in sympathy with all that Is
beautiful, there would not be so many chill
dren coming out in the world with boorish
proclivities. II parents knew more OF Christ
and practlced more OF His religion, there
would not be so many little feet already
starting on the wrong road, and all around
US voices OF riot and blasphemy would not
come up with such ecstasy Of internal
triumph.
Again. Hannah stanc before you to-day rs
n Christian mother. From her prayers and
from the way she consecrated her boy to
God I know she was good. mother may
have the finest culture, the most brilliant
surroundings, but she Is not ilt for her
duties unless she be n Christian mother.
There may be we'll read libraries in toe
house, and exquisite music in the parlor,
aud the canvas OF the best artist adorning
the walls, and the wardrobe be crowded
with tasteful apparel, and the children be
wonderful for their attainments and make
the house ring with laughter and innocent
mirth, but there Is something woefully
lacking in that house II 1t be not also
bless God that there are not
many prayerless mothers. The weight
OF responsibility Is so great that they feel the
need Of q divine hand to help and "a divine
voice to comfort and divine heart to
sympathize. Thousands OF mothers have
been led into the kingdom OF God by the
hands OF their little children. There are
hundreds Of mothers to-day who would not
have been Christians had II not been for the
prattle Of their little ones. Standing some
day in the nursey. they hethought them.
selves: "This child God has given mo to
raise for eternity. What is my influence
upon II? Not being Christian myself, how
"a / as him n hnspfpA IA f'nrl-fiun
Lord. help me,'
Every child L. bundle Of tremendous pos-
sibilities AMI whether that chill shall come
forth in life, it, heart attuued IN the eternal
hnrmonies, and after life " usefulness on
earth, 20 to a life of joy in heaven. or
whether across 1t shall jar eternal discorls,
aud after life OF wrongioing ON earth IL
shall 90 90 a home Of impcnctra lo darkness
and au abyss OF immedsurahlc pluugc-is be-.
ing decided hy nursery song ant sabbath
lesson and evening prayer anl walk and ride
and look ani trown and smile. on. how
many children IN glory. crowding all the
battlemeuts and liltus u million voiced hp-
suuna, brought tu God through Christian
purcntagcl On" hundred and twenty clergy
men were together. and they were telling
their experience and their ancestry, and OF
the one hundred and twenty clcrgymrn,
how many OF them, DO You suppose as
signed a. the means ot their convcr-
NtNu lut lhuuFu'' 1l Il NUFl~l'bn Ullll'ff
one hundred out ot the hundred and
twenty. Philip Doldrdgc was brought
20 God by the Scripture lesson on the
Dutch tile Of the chimney fireplace. The
mother thinks she is only rocking child
but ut the same time she may be rocking the
destiny ot empires, rocking the fate OF
nations. rocking the elorics OF heaven. Tho
same maternal power that may lit q child
up may press child down. daughter
came 90 q worldly mother and said she was
anxious about her sins and she hat been
praying all night The mother said "Oh,
stop prayingl | don't believe in praying
Get over all those religious notions and I'll
give you n dress that will cost ilyc hundred
dollars. aud you may wear 1t next week to
that party
The daughter took tho dress, anl she
moved IN the CAV circle. the gayest OF all
the gay that night. aud. sure enough, all
religious impressions wcrc gone, and she
stopped praying. A few months after. she
came to die aud In her closing moments
said, "Mother. | wish You would bring me
that dress that cost 5000" The mother
thought II was q very strange request, but
she brought II to please the dying child.
Now" said the daughter, "mother, hang
tlat dress Oh the ioOt Of my bed And tho
dress was hung there on the foot OF the bed.
Then the dying girl got up on one elbow and
looked nj her mother and then pointed 10
price Of my soul" Or. what u momentous
thing II Is 10 bee mother.
Again, and lastly, Hannah stands before
you to-day, III" rewarded mother. For all
the coats she has made for Samuel, for all
the prayers she offered for him, for the dis
cirliue she cNcrtoi over him, she got album.
dant cumpcnsati In tho picty aud useful
ne-s and the popularity Of her son Samuel.
ani that l. true IN ull ages. Every mother
gets iuil pav for al! lac prayers and tears IN
behalf az her children. That man useful IN
commercial life, that mlu prominent IN the
profession, that master one We'hguir-WhY,
every step he takes iu lifr hl, au c'up OF
glaluc-, IA the old heart that long ago
taught him 10 hc Christian ami heroic AMI
earnest. The story OF what You have done
or what YOU have written, Of the influence
you hay" cNcrtri, has gone back 90 the old
hrWcstcai--fhr there is some one always
roaly 10 carry good tidings and that story
makes the needle In the Old mothcrs trcmu-
lou, hand iy quicker aud the hail ia the
fathers hand come down upon tho barn
iloor with more vigorous thump. Parents
love 10 hear good news from their children.
Do you send them good news, always Look
out for the Young man who speaks Of his
father a. the governor the Squire or
tn" "oll chap Look out for the young
woman who calls her mother her "maternal
ancestor or the "uid woman" "The eye
obey his mother the ravens Of the valley
shall pick IL ont, aud the young eagles shall
eat IT, God grant that all these parents
may have the great satisfaction OF seeing
their children grow mp Christians.
But, oh, the pang OF that mother who,
after life OF street gadding and gossip re.
failing, hanging on her children the "trip
peries and follies Of this world, sees those
children tossed out on the sea OF life like
foam on the wave or nonentities in n world
where only brawny aud stawart character
can stand the shock! But blessed be- the
mother who looks upon her children a. sons
and daughters Of the Lord Almighty! On.
the satisfaction OF Hannah in seeing Samuel
serving at the altar; OF Mother Eunicc in
seeing her Timothy learned in the Scriptures.
That Is the mothers rrcompense-to sec
children coming up useful in the world, re-
claiming tho lost, healing the sick, plying
the ignorant, earnest anl useful IN every
sphere. That throws "A new light back on
the old family Bible whenever she reads II;
and that will be ointment TO soOthe the ach-
ing limbs OF decrepitude and light up the
closing hours Of life's day with the xorcs