Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-07-30

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health. They are a wonC
Chew wLANeE's PLUGS, The Great tobacco AniIdO
Of Pierrepont Edwards, the scourge OF New
York society so years ago, who had q
Christian ancestry-while, on the other
hand, some of the best men and women of
this dny are those who have come of an
ancestry of which it would not be courte-
Gus to speak In their presence The prac-
tical and useful object Of this sermon rs to
show you that, If you have come of q
Christian ancestry, then you are solemnly
bound to preserve and develop the glorious
inheritance, or, If you have come of a de-
praved ancestry, then it is your duty to
brace yourself against the evil tendency by
Ell prayer and Christian determination.
And you are to find out the family frail-
ties, and in arming the castle put the
strongest guard at the weakest gate With
these smooth stones from the brook hope
to strike you, not where David struck Co.
Hath, in the head, but where Nathan
struck David, in the heart. Whose son
art thou, thou young manf''
There is something in all winter holi-
days to bring up the old folks. 1 think
many of our thoughts at such times are
set to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne. +" The
old folks were so busy at such times in
making us happy, and perhaps on less re-
source made their sons and daughters hap
pier than you on larger resources are able
to make your sons and daughters. The
snow lay two feet above their graves, but
they shook off the white blankets and
mingled in the holiday festivities-the
same wrinkles, the same stoop Of shoulder
under the weight of age, the same old
style of dress or coat, the same smile, the
same tone of voice. 1 hope you remember
them before they went away. If not,
hope there are those who have recited to
you what they WERE and that there may
be in your house some article of dress OF
furniture with which you associate their
memories. want to arouse the most sa-
cred memories of your heart while make
the impassioned interrogatory In regard tc
your pedigree, "Whose son art thou, thou
young mann"
Ancestry.
First, I accost those who are descended
of Christian ancestry. do not ask II
your parents were perfect There are nc
perfect people now, and do not suppose
there were any perfect people then. Per
haps there was sometimes too much blood
in their eye when they chastised you But
from what I know of you, you got no more
than you deserved, and perhaps little
more chastisement would have been salu
tary. But you are willing to acknowledge
think, that they wanted to do right
From what you overheard in conversations
and from what you saw at the family altal
and at neighborhood obsequies, you know
that they had invited God into their heart
and their life. There was something that
sustained those old people supernaturaliyy
| You have no doubt about their destiny
| You expect If you ever get to heaven tt
meet them as you expect to meet the Lore
Jesus Christ That early association has
| been charm for you. There was time
when you got right up from house of in
| iquity and walked out into the fresh all
because you thought your mother was look
| ing at you. You have never been very
| happy In sin because Of q sweet old fact
| that would present itself. Tremulou
voices from the past accosted you until the.
were seemingly audible, and you looket
around to see who spoke There was al
| estate not mentioned in the last will ant
| testament, vast estate of prayer and holy
| example and Christian entreaty and glori
Gus memory. The survivors of the famil,
| gathered to hear the will read, and thi
was to be kept and that was to be sold
| and it was "share and share alike.
| But there was an unwritten will tha
read something like this: "In the name O
| God, amen. I, being of sound mind, be
| queath to my children all my prayers fo
their salvation. l bequeath to them all th,
| results of lifetime's toll. bequeath tt
them the Christian religion, which ha
been SO much comfort to me, and hop
| may be solace for them. Ibequeath to then
q hope of reunion when the partings of lif
are over. Share and share alike ma,
they inherit eternal riches. 1 bequeath Il
| them the wish that they may avoid my er
rors and copy anything that may have beer
worthy. In the name of God, who mad
me, and the Christ, who redeemed me, ant
the Holy Ghost who sanctif1es me, max
this my last will and testament. Witnes
all you hosts of heaven Witness time
witness eternity. Signed, sealed and de
hvered in this our dying hour Father AMI
Mother" You did not get that vii
| proved at the surrogate's Office, but TAX
it out today and read it to you. TAX
1t out of the alcoves of your heart shak
| the dust off it ask If you will acoep
that Inheritance or will you break th
| willY
| Responsibility.
| oh, ye of Christian ancestryi You hav
a responsibility vast beyond all measure
ment. God will not let you off with jus
being as good as ordinary people when yol
had such extraordinary advantage Ough
not a flower planted ina hothouse be NOR
thrifty than flower planted outside il
the stormp Ought not factory turned b.
| the Housatonic do more work than fac
| tory'turned by thin and shallow noun
tain streamp Ought not you of great, earl
opportunity be better than those who ha,
q cradle unblessedp A father sets his sol
up in business. He keeps an account Of al
the expenditures-so much for store fix
lures, so much for rent, so much for this
SO much for that, and all the items aggre
gated--and the father expects the son t
| give an account Your heavenly Fathe
charges against you all the advantage of
| pious ancestry so many prayers, SO mucl
Christian example, SO many kind en-
treaties-all these gracious influences, on
tremendous aggregate and he asks yo1
for an account of 1t. Ought not you to b
better than those who had no such advan
tage9 Better have been afoundling picke'
| up off the city commons than, with sue
magnificent inheritance of conservation, t
turn out indiferently
| Ought not you, my brother, to be better
having had Christian nurture, than tn
| man who can truly say this morning
"The first word l remember my fathe
| speaking to me was an oath; the first tim
remember my father taking hold Of m
was in wrath; never saw Bible till
was 10 years of age, and then l was told /
was pack of lies; the first 20 years @
my life was associated with the vicious
Iseemed to be walled In by sin and deathY'