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

Der my father speaking TO me was an
oath: the first tine l remember my
father taking hold of me was in wrath;
I never saw Bible till | was ten years
ofage. and then l was told 1t was pack
Of lies. The first twenty years OF my
life I was associated with the vicious.
l seemed to be walled in by sin and
DEATH
Now. my brother, ought you mott
leave it as a matter OF fairness with
YOU
OUGHT YOU NOT TO BE BETTER
than those who had no early Christian
influence? Standing as you 60 De
tween the generation that is past ard
the generation that is to come, are you
going to pass the blessing on OF are
you going to have your life the gulf n
which that tide of blessing shall drop
our of sight forever? You are the
trustee of piety in that ancestral llne'
and are you going to augment or squan-
der that solemn trust fund? Are you
going to d:sinherit your sons ana
daugters OF the heirloom which your
parents left you? All! that cannot De
possible-that cannot be possible that
you are going to take such position
as that. You are very careful ABOUT
the life assurances, and careful ABOUT
the deeds. and careful about the mort
gage. and careful about the title OF your
property. because when you step OH
the stage you want your children 10
get all Are you making no provision
that they shall get grandfather or
grandmother's religion? Oh, what
last will and testament you are making
nv brother! I'm the name OF Cod
amen. l, being OF sound mind, make
this my last will and testament. De
oueath to my children all the money
ever made and all the houses l own;
but I dis:nherit them, / rob them OF the
ancestral grace and the Christian IN
fluence that l inherited.
I HAVE SQUANDERED THAT
on NV own worldliness. Share and
share alike must they n the misfortune
and the everlasting outrage. Signed,
sealed and delivered in the presence OF
God. and men, and angels, ana deVlIs,
and all the generations OF earth anu
heaven and he'll, July, 1896.
Oh. We of highly favored ancestry,
wake ND this morning to a sense OF
vour opportunity and responsibility.
mink there must be an Old cradle, or
q fragment of cradle somewhere thaI
could tell story Of midnight suppHca,
t;on in your behalf. Where IS the ola
rock'ng-chair N which you were sung
to sleep with the holy nursery rh!
Where is the Old clock that lckeu
away the moments Of that sickness Oh
that awful night when there were put
three Of YOU awake-you and GOD anu
mother? Is there not an old sVaH IL
some closet? We beg OF you 10 lu'i-
over a new leaf this very day
prt urn for a moment TO those Who
b,ro OWL narentage. and | want 10 tol
Won that the highest thrones IN hedN5n,
and the mighuest riumphs ana Crt
hriqhtes. crowns will be for those VINO
had evil parentage, but who by the grace
90 cd conquered AS goou,
&c ueefuI as splendid a gentleman as
e,,er knew lad for a father man wac
did hlasnhem,ng God until the nelgn-
bors bad IN mt their fingers in the.r
ears to oDnOD
SHUT OUT THE HORROR.
o,o of the most consecrated and usetul
,C,brietian ministers CT to-day was the
SON of drunken horss Jockey. Tide OF
o,.il tremendous in some families. 1t Is
like Niagara Rapids and yet men rave
oI,ne ~ rock and been rescued. There
is 2 family in NV York, whose "e@ltn
has rolled up into many mliilohS' INA,
was founded by man who AFTER ne hau
vast estate sent back a paper OF JACKS
because they were two cents more lhah
be sxnected Grip and grind and gouge
in the fourth gencratiCn-l suppose II
will be grip and grind and gouge II me
twc7tieth generation. The trst q IN
toxicants has burned down through the
arteries of a hundred and fifty years
Pugnacity or combativeness character
ize other families. Sometimes one FORM
of evil. sometimes another form OF evil
Rut If NAV be resisted, it has been re-
sisted. If the family frailty be averlce,
cultivate unselishness and charity, and
teach YOUR children never TO eat an ap-
nile without Offering somebody else haf
of it. Is the family fra!lty cumulative
ness. keep out Of the company of quick
tempered people, and never answer an
impairment question until you have
counted a hundred both ways, and after
YOU have written an angry letter,
KEEP IT A WEEK
before YOU send Il. and then burn it up.
Is the family frailty timidity and cow
ardice. cultivate backbone read the bio
GRANNY of brave men like Joshua or
Paul and see if you cannot get a little
iron in your blood Find out what the
family frailty is, and set body, mind and
soul in battle array. Conquer your will.
7 think the genealogical table was put
in the first chapter Of the New Tesla
ment not only to show our Lords ped
gree. but 10 show that man may rise
m in an ancestral line and beat back
successfully all the infusn noes of bad he
redity. See in that genealogical table
that good King Asa was born Of vile
King Abba. See in that genealogical ia
bic that Joseph and Mary and the most
illustrious Being that ever touched our
world. or ever will touch it. had in their
ancestral line scandalous Rehoboam and
Rahab and Thamar and Bathsheba. If
this world is ever to be Edenized-and
il will be-all the injected families of the
earth are to be regenerated and there
will some one rise in each family line
and open a new genealogical table.