Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-08-07

There ia family in New York, whose weaIsn
has rollad nm into many millions. that was
founded by a man who, after he had vast
estates, sent back a paper OF tacks because
they were cents more than he e4pec.eui.
Grip and grind and gouge In 'ne ioutl1
generation-I suppose it Will Do eIlP anu
grind and gouge in the twentieth genera.lon.
The thirst OF intoxicants has burned down
through the arteries Of hundred ana MY
years. Pugnacitv or combativeness cDarac-
terizes other families. Sometimes one l9rm
of evil. sometimes another form OF eVii; bqt
1t may be resisted; 1t has been resisted II
the family frailty be avarice, cultivate uu-
selfishness and charity and teach your cnll-
dren never to eat an apple without offerinS
somebody else half of it. Isthe family irall-
tv combatveness, keep out OF the company
of quick tempered people and never answer
an impairment question until you nave
counted hundred both ways, and AFTER you
have written an angry letter keep 1t a week
before YOU send it. aud then burn it up.
Is the family frailty timidity and cow
ardice, cultivate backbone; read the
biography of brave men like Joshua or Paul
and see If you cannot get little lron ~
your blood. Find out what the family
frailty is and SET body, mind ana SV ,G;r n
battle array. Conquer you will. MINK
chapter of the New Testament not only TO
show our Lords pedigree, but to show tnas
n mau may rise up in nm ancestral line ana
beat back successfully all the influences Oh
bad heredity. See in that genealogical taoie
that good King Asa was born OF vile Alhg
Alba. See in that genealogical table tnat
Joseph and Mary and the most illustrious
Being that ever touched our world or ever
will touch il had in their ancestral line
scsndalous Rehoboam Z and Rahao ana
Thamar and Bathsheba. II this wortd IS
ever TO be Edenzed-and 1t Will be-a'l inc
infected families OF the earth are TO be re-
generated, and there Will some one arse III
Zach family line and open new genoa
logical table. There will be some Joseph TO
arise in the line aud reverse the evil in
6uence of Rehoboam, and there will be some
Mary TO arise in the line aui reverse the
evil influence o: Bathsheba. Perhaps
the star of hope may point down
| 70 YOUR manager. Perhaps You are
10 be the hero or the heroine that is
TO put down the brakes and stop that
long line OF genealogical tendencies and
switch 1t off on another track from that on
which it has been running for century.
You do that, and will promise you as me
4 palace as the architect OF heaven can Dulio.
the archWay inscribed with the words, WORE
| than COnQuprOT. Dul, WudlOfOl JOut 49,
edity. LET me say YOU may be sous anil daugh-
tiers 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; out
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 tn'
palace. Come and wash in the fountain;
that fall into the basins Of crystal and ala
Daster. Come aud look out of tina ,uphois
tered window upon gardens of azasea an'
amaranth. Hear the full burst OF the or
chestra while YOU banquet with potentate
aud vlctors. On, when the text sweeps back
ward, let it not stop at the cradle that rocke'
your infancy, but at the cradle that rocke'
the first world, and when the text sweep
forward let it not stop at your grave, but a
The throne on which you may reign Tor eve
aud ever. "Whoso son art thou, thou yonu'
NAM" Son of God Heir # immortality
Take your inheritance! Is