The Monitor-register., 1896-07-31

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weakest gate. With these smooth stones
from the brook hope to strike you.
not where David struck Goliath, in the
head, but where Nathan struck David.
in the heart. Whose son art thou. thon
young man?"
There is something in all winter holi-
days to bring up the old folks / 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 resource made their sons and
daughters happier 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
tones of voice. l 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 or furniture with which you asso-
ciate their memories. want to arouse
the most sacred memories Of your heart
while make the impassioned interrog-
atory in regard to your pedigree,
"Whose son art thou, thou yonng mani"
A Christian Ancestry.
First ] accOst all those who are de-
scended of q Christian ancestry do
not ask if your parents were perfect.
There are no perfect people now. and
do not suppose there were any perfect
people then. Perhaps there was some
times too much blood in their eye when
they chastised you. But. from what /
know Of you. you got no more than you
deserved. and perhaps a little more
chastisement would have been salutary
But you are willing to acknowledge, 1
think, that they wanted to do right.
From what you overheard in conversa-
tions and from what you saw at the
family altar and at neighborhood obse-
quies you know that they had invited
God into their heart and their life.
There was something that sustained
those old people supernaturally. You
have no doubt about their destiny. You
expect if you ever get to heaven to
meet them as you expect to meet the
Lord Jesus Christ.
of
| charm for you. There was q time when
you got right up from house of in
| iQuity and walked out into the fresh air
because you thought your mother was
looking at you. You have never been
very happy in sin because of sweet old
face that would present itself. Tremu-
lous voices from the past accosted you
until they We're seemingly audible, and
| you looked around to see who spoke.
There was an estate not mentioned in
| the last will and testament a vast es-
tate of prayer and holy example and
Christian entreaty and glorious men,
ory. The survivors of the family gath
| cred to hear the will read, and this was
| to be kept and that was to be sold, and
| it was "share and share alike. But
| there was an unwritten will that read
| something like this: ''m the name of
| God, amen. l, being of sound mind, be-
queath to my children all my prayers
| for their salvation; l bequcath to them
| all the results of O lifetime's toll; be-
| uueath to them the Christian religion,
| which has been so much comfort to me,
| and hope may be solace for them; l
| bequeath to them a hope of reunion
| when the partings of life are over.
Share and share alike, may they In
herit eternal riches. Ibequeath to them
| the wish that they may avoid my errors
and copy anything that may have been
worthy. In the name of God who made
me, and the Christ who redeemed me,
and the Holy Ghost who sanctifies me,
1 make this my last will and testament.
Witness all you hosts of heaven. Wit
ness time, witness eternity. Signed,
sealed and delivered in this our dying
hour, Father and Mother. You did
not get that will proved at the surro-
gates office, but I take it out today and
read it to you. take it out of the
Glcoves of your heart. l shake the dust
off it. ask If you will accept that in
heritance or will you break the will?
o ye of Christian ancestry, you
have a responsibility vast beyond all
measurement. God will not let you off
with Just being as good as ordinary peo-
| pie when you had such extraordinary
advantage. Ought not flower planted
In a hothouse be more thrifty than a
flower planted outside in the storm?
Ought NOS factory turned by the
Housatonic do more work than factory
turned by a thin and shallow mountain
Btream2 Ought not you of great early
opportunity be better than those VINO
had a cradle unblessed? A father sets
his son up in business. He keeps an ac-
count of all the expenditures, so much
| for store fixtures SO much for rent, so
much for this, SO much for that, and all
the items aggregated, and the father
expects the son to give an account.
Your Heavenly Father charges against
you all the advantages of a pious ances-
| try-so many prayers, SO much Christian
example, SO many kind entreaties-all
these gracious influences, one tremen-
dous aggregate, and he asks you for an
account of it. Ought not you to be bet
ter than those who had no such advan-
tage? Better have been a founding
picked up off the city commons than
with such magnificent inheritance OF
conservation to turn out indifferently.
Ought not you, my brother, to be better,
having had Christian nurture. than the
man who can truly say this morning:
1.-THE first word remember my father
speaking to me was an oath; the first
| time remember my father taking hold
of me was in wrath; Inever saw Bible
till was 10 years Of age. and then l
was told it was pack of lies. The first
30 years of my life 1 was associated
with the vicious. seemed to be walled
| in by sin and death.
A Question of Responsibility.
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 between the genera
ton that is past and the generation that
| is to come, are you going to pass the
blessing on, or are you going to have
| -. I;fo +ho e,,,If in which that tide of