Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-11-18

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bic display O: INDIGNATION T;ii Ia fnel :.
thfir disposition twenty thirty ar tory
wears from Dow-k,aI .ar Ia a-a : c,s-
ter Of a century TIN .his
On. make yoar home tha brightest n!a.a
on earth, II YOU vouId charm yo,- nhi1.
dren TO the high path ~ virtue and -ae.i-
tude, and religion. Do not ALWAYS turo
the blinds tha wrong vav. Latina i-ht
which puts gold on t1fa yentian and spots
the pansr pour into yaur DWELLINGS, Do
not expect the little feat "a Gaa- ga, IN a
dead march. Do nnt e,var ~ - van-
with such pictures as Vests -Death on a
Pale Horse" or Tinto-at,o- "Nassa.ra OF
the Inn0eents.' Rather eov.r then }fvon
have pictu-as. Wit The Hawsin- parIv'
and The Mill ~ the Mountain stream"
and The FOX Hnat. agt The Chill
dren Anil Flowers ana The Harvest
Scene, and The SATURDAY. Night Market
ing"
Aoove all, my friends. take into your
homes Christian urinairta can II Ia that
in any Of the comfortable homes ~ my con
gregation the voice Of PRAYER never lifted?
WHAT. No application at ni.4t for nrotee-
tiont What. No thanksgiving in the morn.
ing Tor caro- How. my brother. nv sister.
will You ansIerGoI in the Dav of Juig.
nlent, with reference . vour children? It
is a plain question. AMI therefore ask ii.
Ia the tenth chapter Of Jeremiah God says
Hewill pour out His furvupon the families
that call not upon His name. 0 parents.
when you are dead and gone. and the moss
is cOveringth Inscription of the tombstone.
will your children look back and think OF
father and mother at family pravar2 Will
they take the old family Bible and open il
and see the mark of tears OF contritIon ard
tears of consoliny promise went hy ewes
long before gone ont INTO darknesss
On, If you 10 not inculcate Christian prin-
ciple in the hearts Of YOUR children. and
YOU do not warn them against evil and YOU
do not Invite them to holiness and to God
and they Wander of into aissipation and
into infidelity. and at last make shipyrerk
! Of their immortal soul on their death he'd
and in their Day Of Judgment they will
curse you. Seated bv the register or the
stove, what fon the wall should coma out
the history of your. children? What a his
tory-the mortal and immortal life Of YOUR
loved ones. Every parent is writing the
history OF his child. He is writing il com
posing it into a song or turning If into a
sroan.
Ny mind runs back to one Of the best OF
early homes. PRAYER. like q roof. over il.
Peace. like an atrnosphere. in il. Parents
personification5 of faith in trial and com
fort in darkness. The two pillars of that
earthly home long a,o crurnhlai to ,11st.
But shall 7 g 7erforyat that earlv h0na2 Yes
when the flower forcets the SIM
that warns it. Yes. when the mariner for
gets the star that guided him. Yes. when
love has gone out o. the hearts altar
and memory has emptH.l his arm into forget
fulness. Then. the hone Of nv childhood.
4 [ vii! forget theei the family altar or "a
fathers importantly and a mothers tender
ness. the voices ofaffecti0n, the funerals Of
our dead father and mother. with inter
locked arms like INTERVENING branches Of
trees making Il perpetual arb0r Of love.
and peace, and indness-then | will for
get then-then ana only then. You know,
my brYther, that a hundred times you have
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