Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-06-09

DIR. Talraage took for his sermon
the subject Contrary Winds" and the
text Matthew xiv. -, The winds was
contrary
As l well know by experience on
Lake Galilee, one hour all NAV be calm
and the next hour the winds and waves
Will be so boisterous that you are in
doubt as to whether you will land on
the shore or on the bottom of the dcep.
The disciples IN the text were caught
In such stress of weather and the
sails bent and the ship plunged. for
''the wind was contrary" There i in
one of the European straits a place
where, whichever way you sail, the
winds are opposing There are PEG
pie who all their life seem sailing in
the teeth of the wind All things
seem against them. II may bc said OF
their condition as OF that of the dis
ciples in my text, the wind was CON
trary."
A great multitude OF people are un-
der seeming disadvantage. and | will
to-day, in the swarthicst Anglo Saxon
that l can manage, treat their cases
not as nurse counts out eight or ten
drops of prescription and stirs them
In half glass OF water, but as when n
man has by mistake taken large
amount of strychninc or paris green
or belladonna, and the patient is
walked rapidly round the room and
shaken up until he gets wide awake.
Many of you have taken large
draught of the poison OF discourage
ment, and l come out by the order of
the Divine Physician to rouse you out
of that lethargy.
First, many people are under the dis
advantage of an unfortunate name
given them by parents who thought
they were doing a good thing Some
times at the baptism Of children while
l have held up one hand in PRAYER |
have held up the other hand in amaze
ment that parents should have weight
ed the babe with such dissouant and
repulsive nomenclature | have not
30 much wondered that some children
should cry out at the christening font
IS that others with such smiling face
should take a title that will be the
burden of their life time. 1t is out
rageous TO atliict children with an un-
desirable name because it happened to
be possessed by a parent or rich un-
Gle from whom flvorS are expected or
bome prominent man of the day who
may end his life in disgrace. 1t is no
excuse, because they are Scripture
names, to call a child Jehoiaxim or
Tiglath- Pileser | baptized one by
the name Bathsheba Why. under all
the circumambient heaven, any parent
should want to give to a child the
name of that loose creature Of Scripture
times l can not imagine. | have often
felt at the baptismal altar. when
names were announced 20 me. like
saying, as did Rev. DR. Richards.
of Morristown, n. j., when child
was handed him for baptism and the
name given, Hadn't you better call it
something else?'
Impose not upon that babe a name
suggestive of flippaucy or meauness.
There is no excuse for such assault
and battery on the cradle when our
language is opulent with names music
al and suggestive in meaning. such rs
John, meaning the gracious gift of
God" or Henry, meaning the chief
of household" or Alfred. meaning
good counselor" or Joshua, meaning
God, our salvation" or Ambrose.
meaning immortal" or Andrew.
meaning manly, or Esther, meaning
star" or Abigail, meaning my
fathers joy or Anna, meaning
grace" or Victoria, meaning vic
tory" or Rosalie, meaning .beauti-
full as a rose" or Margaret, meaning
"a pearl" or Ida, meaning ''godli Ike. "
or Clara, meaning .illustrious," or
Amelia, meaning busy" or Bertha,
meaning beautiful" and hundreds of
other names just as good that are
help rather than q hindrance
But sometimes the great hindrance
IN life Is not in the given name. but
in the family name While Iegisla-
lures are willing TO lift such incubus.
there are families which keep a
name which mortgages all the gen
srations with great DISADVANTAGE.
You say, II wonder if ne is any rela-
ton 70 "SO-and-so," mentioning some
family cele brated for crime or dccep-
ton. IL is a wonder to me that in all
such families some spirited young man
does not rise, saying 20 his brothers
and sisters, IF you want 20 keen
this nuisance OF standardization OF "A
name, ! viii keep II no longer than un-
I'll by quickest course Of law / can
slough of this gaugrcne.r The city de
rectory has hundreds Of names the
mere pronunciation of which has been
lifelong obstacle. n you have start
ed life under a name which either
through ridiculous photography or
vicious suggestion has been an in
cum brance, resolve that the next ven-
GRAFTON shall not be so weighted IL is
not demeaning 90 changc name saul
Of Iarsus became Paul the Apostle.
Hadassah- "the myrtle. became
Esther, "thc star We have i'm Amer
lea, and l suppose it is 50 iu all coun-
tries, names which ought 90 boz abol-
ished and can bee and will be- abolished
for the reason that they are a libel and
Islander but 30 for any reason vry
are submerged either by given name
or by family name that voa must
bear, God will help You tY overcome
the outrage By Iife cousee-ated To-
the good and useft L You ua. cr.-.
the curse from fhs name ff ~ once
stood for u.auua-- you can u.ss #.
stand for generosity lfoucci -tu.. f.-
pride you can make 10 stand for uu.
mility. II DO once stood for fraud ..r
can make 30 stand fJr honesty D. anc.
80 stood for wickeauc-s. you cam make
% stand ..- purity Thor. uase been
multitude of instances where men
and women have magnificent cgr-