Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-27

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mon by Rev. DR.. Talmage on nereai'y
will bring all the family records into re-
1us.rion. and lead people to study their
own Droclivity toward good or evil The
tsx- choss was: ]. Samuel Il: %:
Whose son art thou, thou young man?
Never was there q more unequal fight
thar thai between David and Goliath
D.,-d five feet high; Goliath ten. Da-
VIA n shepherd boy. brought up anna
rr~aI scenes: Goliath warrior Dy pro-
fsesion Goliath mountain OF DriSga-
foo.o. David a marvel of humility. &c
IAN armed with an ron spear; DaVld
qrneJ with a sling with smooth stones
from the brook. But you are not 10 de-
srfso these latter apons. There was
d ~sgfrent of singers in the Assyri3h
army. and a regiment Of singers IN tne
Egyptian army, and they mlue IeII-O'e
,xecu-On. and they could cast stone
with as much accuracy and force as no"
can be sent shot or shell. The Greeks
in their army had singers who WouIu
sarow leaden plumme-s inscribed WIN
The irritating words: Take TINS. 30
i, was o,-
A MIGHTY WEAPON
Dov,d euplovsd in that famous combat.
a Jewish rabbi says hat the probabiE-
~ is thai Goliath was in such contempt
for David thay in paroXySm OF lauSh-
ter be threw his head back and his nell
met fell of. and David saw the uncover
ed forehead. and his opportunity had
com and taking his sling and SWING
inc il around his head two CT three times
and aiming il at that uncovered IoIe-
head. crashed it in like an eggshell. The
battle over. behold the Jableau: King
Saul srtiug. Etue David standing, his
fingers clutched into the hair of decapl-
tated Goliath. As Saul sees David stand
ING thard holding in his hand the ghasJ-
IL. reeking. staring trophy. evidence OF
The complete victory over Gods enemies,
the king wondered what paren,ase was
bonored by such heU1iSm. and IN my
text he asked David his pee gree,
"Whose son art thou, thou young man.
The king saw what you and l see, that
this question Of heccdiJy is a mighty
question. The longer I live the more
believe in bloOd-good blood. bad blood,
proud blood. humble blood. honest blood,
thiev,ng blood. heroic blood covardly
blood The tendency may skip gen
Grafton or two, bur it is
SURE TO COME OUT.
as in a little child YOU sometimes see
similarity 70 a gve3J-grandfather whose
picture hangs on the wall. That the
physical and mental and moral qualities
are .nheriJable is patent to any one who
keeps his eyes open. The similarity Is
50 striking sometimes as 10 b. amusing.
Great families. regal or literary, are apt
10 have the characteristics all down
through the generations, and what is
more percept.ble in such families may be
seen on a similar scale in all families.
A thousand years have no power 10 OBJ
Iierate the difference. The large lip Of
the House of Austria Is seen in all the
generations and is called the Hapsburg
lip The H0uS of Stuart always means
I'm all generations cruelty and b.gOUy
an ssnsu1li-y. Witness Queen OF Scots.
Witness Charles l. and Charles II. Wit
ness James l. and James H.. and all the
other Sc0undr5is Of that line. Scottish
blood means persistence, English blood
means reverence for the ancient Welsh
blood means reLgi0siy. Danish blood
means t0udusss for the sea, Indian blood
means rOm.ng disposition, Celtic blood
means feryiGiJy. Roman blood means
conquest. The Jewish facility for accu-
mutation YOU may trace
CLEAR BACK TO ABRAHAM.
Of whom the Bible says. che was rich in
silver and gold and cattle and 20 Isaac
and Jacob who mad the same character
islcs Some families are characterized
by longevity. and they have a tenac.ty
Of life positively Methuselish. Others
are characterized by Coliathian stature,
and YOU can see it for one generation.
two generations. five generations, in all
the generations. Vigorous theology
runs down in the Line OF the Arxanders.
Tragedy runs on in the family of the
kembleS. Literature runs on in the line
of the TrOllOpes. Philanthropy runs on
in Inc line of the Wlberforces. States
uanship runs on in the line Of the Adam
ses You see these peCuliaritieS in all
generations. Henry and Catherine of
Navarro religious. all their families re-
liglous. The celebrated family of the
Cas.ni. all mathematic.anS The cele-
bra--d family of the Medici. grandfather.
"a and Catharine, all remarkable for
keen Intellect. The celebrated family of
GuS.avuS AdOlphuS. all warriors. This
law of heredity asserts itself withou. ref
egence CD social or political condition. for
YOU sometimes find the ignoble
In high place and the honorable
in obscure place. A descendant Of Ed
ward l. tOli-gatherer. A descendant
OF Edward III. dOorkeeper. \ des-
c2njant of the Duke of Northumber-
land q trunkm3ker. Some OF the
mishtes, families of England are ex-
tiDct, while some of those hon0red in
The peerage go back to an ancestry Of
hard kuUCk,eS and rough exterior.
This law of heredity is entirely indie
pendent OF social or political cOndi-
tons. Then YOU find avarice and jeal-
Cusy and SensuaHty and fraud having
full swing in some families. The vio-
lent temper of Frederick William is
the Inheritance Of Frederick the Great.
Il is nO- q theory founded by worldly
philosophy. but by divine authority
Do You not remember how
the Bible speaks of a chosen genera
zion. OfUhe generation Of the righteous.
of the generation Of y.pers. OF an IN
toward gene.ation, Of a Stubborn gem
era,.0n. OF the iniqu.,y of the fathers
visited upon The children unto the
third and fourth generations? So that
the text comes today with the force of
q projectiie hurled from m. ghJieS, cat
apult. Whose son art thou. thou young
MN ~, N-.n -saNs snma one .hnt tha-