Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07

people superuAturally. YJI have no doutt
about their destiny. You expe-tiiyou ever ges
% heaven TO meet then a. sou e1peelto hlee'
the Lord Jesus Christ
That early association has been ehaIA
for YOU. There was q time when you got
rigLt up from house Of iniquiiy and walked
ont into the fresh air because you though
your mother was looking a. yea lou hsNe
never been very happy IN Elm because o.
sweet old face that would present itseA.
Tremul0us voices from the past Recosiel you
until they were seemingly audible ana you
looked around 70 see who spoke. There We
an estate not mentioned in the last viii anl
testament, q vast estate Of prayer and hoil
example and Christian entreaiy and glorious
memory The survivors Of the family gain
cred 10 hear the viii read, and TINS Wa 70
be kept and that was 70 be sold ana u va
,.share and share alike But there was an
uuwriiten will that read something Ike tAlsi
t'In the name Of God. amen, beingol souh1
mind, bequeath TO my children al my ptay-
ers for their salya,ion;I bequeaih 10 theR
all the results OF a lifetime's toll; bequea1h
TO them the Christian religion, which mas
been so much cOmtOrttO me, and nope may
be solace for them; belueath TO them
hope Of reunion when the partings Of ne arc
over. share and share alike, may they IN
herit eternal riches. / bequeath 10 them the
wish that they may avoid my errors anu
COPY anything that may have been worthy.
In the name OF God who made me, and tue
Christ who redeemed me, and the holy
Ghost who sacrifices me, make this my iast
will ami testament. Witness all you hosts
OF heaven. Witness time, witness eternity.
Signed, sealed and delivered in this our
dying hour. Father and Mother" You dli
not get that will proved at the surrogate
office, but l take il out to-day and read
10 you. l take il out Of tho alcoyes OF your
heart. / shake the dust Of It. ask II you
will accept that inheritance, or Will you
/ break the will2
| ye of Christian ancestry, you have
responsibility vast beyond all measurement
| God will not let you of with just being as
good us ordinary people when you had sucn
extraordinary advantage. Ought not
| flower planted in a dollhouse be more thrifty
/ than a flower planted outside IL Storm
/ Ought not a factory turned by the Housa-
| tonic do more work than factory turned by
/ a thin and shallow mountain 5treamS Ought
not you Of great early opportunity be better
/ than those who had a cradle unblessed? A
father sets his son up IN business. He
keeps an account OF all the expenditures, so
much for store fixture so much for rent, so
much for this, so much for that, and all the
/ items aggregated, and the father expects the
son 10 give an account. Your Heavenly
Father charges against you all the advan-
tages of pious ancestry-so many prayers
SO much Christian example, so many kind
entreaties-all these gracious influences, one
tremendous aggregate. and he asks you tor
an account of it. Ought not you to be better
than those who had NJ such advantage! Bet
ter have been founding picked up OF the
/ city commons than with such magnificent
Inheritance of conservation to turn out in
differently. Ought not you. my brother, to
be better, having had Christian nuture, than
the man who can truly say this mornings
"The first word remember my father speak
ing tome was an oath; the first time re-
member my father taking hold OF me was IN
wrath; | never saw a Bible till l was ten
years Of age, and then ! was told 1t was a
pack OF lies. The first twenty years of my
life was associated with the,ycious. lseemed
to he walled in by sin and death.
Now, my brother, ought you mott leave
it as matter OF fairness with you-ought you
not to be better than those who had no early
Christian influence Standing as you do be-
tween the generation that is past and the
generation that is to come, are you going TO
pass the blessing on, or are you going 10
have your life the gulf in which that tide OF
blessing shall drop out OF sight forever You
are the trustee OF piety In that ancestral line,
and are You going 10 augment or squander
that solemn trust fund.- Are you going 70
disinherit your sons and daughters Of the
heirloom which your parents left you? All,
that cannot be pOssbie-it cannot be possible
that you are going to take such position as
that. You are very careful about life insur'
ances, and careful about the deeds. and
careful about the mortgage, and careful
about the title OF your property, because
when YOU step of the stage you want your
children to get it all. Are you making nc
provision that they shall get grandfather's
or grandmothers religion2 Oh, what last
will and testament you are making, my
hrpthari a.; -" -~'ao % Ca N-a""
being OF sound mind, make this my last vii
and testament / bequeath TO my children
all the money ever made and all the houses
| own, but disinherit them. rob them o
the ancestral grace and the Christian in
iueuce that inherited. have squanderet
that on my own wordiiness. Share ant
share alike must they in the misfortune an,
the everlasting outrage. Signed, sealed AM
delivered in the presence Of God and mel
and angels and devils and all the genera
tons of earth and heaven and hell, July
1895"
DYE OF highly favored ancestry, wake u
this morning to a sense Of your opportunit
and responsibility. think there must be Al
old cradle or fragment of a cradle some
where that could tell q story OF midnigh
supplication in your behalf. Where is tn
Old rocking chair IN which you were sung {
7'tVi W III tuN LIOIS uulS5lG Eugultg hutI
is the old clock that licked away the me
ments of that sickness on that awful nigt
when there were but three of you awake
you and God and mother? Is there not a
old staff in some closet? We beg youto tur
t over new leaf this very day.
Oh, the power Of ancestral piety, we'll L
lustrated by young man Of New York VIII
a attended prayer meeting one night an
, asked for prayers and then went home an
Il Aho- 10. H,.,
ago tonight my mother went to heaven, m
beautiful, blessed mother, and l have bee
alone, tossed up and down upon the billow
, OF ltfe'S tempestuOuS ocean. Shall 1 ever &
to heaven? She told me l must meet her 1
heaven. When she took my hand in hers an
turned her gentle, loving eyes on me an
, gaZed earnestly and long into my face an
: then lifted them to heaven in that la,
, prayer, she prayed that | might meet her 1
: heaven. L wonder i'll ever shall2 My mott
} 9rs prayers-oh. my sweet. blessed mother
: prayers! Did ever boy have such a motht
a as | had? For twenty-five years have NJ
. heard her pray until tonight / have hear
v her prayers all over again. They have hat
;, in fact, terrible resurrection. Oh, how 81
e was wont to pray! She prayed as they praye
q tonight, so earnest, so importunate, so b
+ lieying. Shall ever be a Christian? 81
, was Christian. Oh how bright and pu
+ and happy was her life! She was cheerf,
! and happy Christian.
: There is my mothers Bible have M
\ opened it for years. Did she believe I cou
3 ever neglect her precious Bibley She sure
y thought l would read it much and ofte
IT, ~fFaH hoo ~l.a -nnd II 70 mol u~-r 4
|. she cause me to kneel by NY little bed al
! put my little hands up in the attitude
It prayer! How has she knet by me and ov
o me, and l have felt her warm tears rainir
o down upon my hands and face! Blesst
!, mother, did you pray in vain for your bo
L II shall not be IN vain. All, no, no, IT sha
u not be in vain. l will pray for myself WI
has sinned against 80 much instruction as
3 have2 Against so many precious praye
u put up to heaven for me by one Of the mo
Q lovely, tender, pious confdinp. Trusting {