Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-10-14

this historical era have closed and the
gates of another era have opened, the
result may be seen in a champion bias
phemer; but, Oh the other hand, If a
mother walking with child see a suf-
fering one by the wayside and says,
my child, give that 10 cent piece TO
that lame boy, the result may be seen
on the other side of the following CEN
tury in some George Muller building
whole village Of orphanages. If mother
sit almost every evening by the trundle
bed of a child and teach it lessons Of a
Saviour's love and a Saviour example,
Of the importance Of truth and the hor-
ror Of lie, and the virtues Of industry
and kindness and sympathy and self sac
rifice long after the mother has gone
and the child has gone and the letter
ing on both the tombstones shall have
been washed out by the storms Of innu-
merable winters, there may be standing,
as a result of those trundle bed lessons,
flaming evangels, world moving reform
ers, seraphic Summerfields. weeping
Paysons, laundering Whitefelds, eman-
cipating WashingtOns.
Nature Never Skips.
Good or bad influence may skip one
generation or two generations, but it
will be sure to land in the third or
fourth generation, just as the Ten Com
mandments speaking Of the visitation
Of God on families, says nothing about
the second generation, but entirely skips
the second and speaks Of the third and
fourth generation-"vi visiting the in
iquities of the fathers upon the third
and fourth generation Of them that hate
me-" Parental influence, right aud
wrong, may jump over a generation,
but it will come down further on as
sure as you sit there and | stand here.
Timothy's ministry was projected by
his grandmother, Lois. There are men
and women mere, the sons and daugh-
ters Of the Christian church, who are
such as a result Of the conservation OF
great great -grandmothers Why. who
do YOU think the Lord is: You talk AS
though his memory was weak. He Gag
as easily remember a prayer offered hye
centuries ago as prayer offered hye
minutes ago. This explains what We
often see-some man or woman distln-
Ruished for benevolence when the IA
tber and mother were distinguished for
penuriousness, or you see some young
man or woman with bad father and a
hard mother come out gloriously for
Christ and make the church sob and
shout and sing under their exbortations.
We stand in corners Of the vestry and
whisper over the matter and say, how
is this, such great piety IN sons ana
daughters of such parental worldliness
and sin?" l will explain it to you II
you will fetch me the old family Bible
containing the full record. Let some
septuagenarian look with me clear upon
! the page Of births and marriages and
tell me who that woman was with the
old fashioned name Of Jcmima or Betsy
or Mehitabel. All, there she is. the old
grandmother or great grandmother, who
had enough religion to saturate cen
tury.
why Some Men Win.
There she is, the dear old soul.
Grandmother Lois. In beautiful Green
wood cemetery there is the resting place
of George w. Bethune, once minister
of Brooklyn Heights, his name never
spoken among intelligent Americans
without suggesting two things-elo-
ouence and evangelism. In the same
tomb sleeps his grandmother, Isabella
Graham. who was the chief inspiration
of his ministry. You are not surprised
at the poetry and pathos and pulpit
power Of the grandson when you reac
of the faith and devotion Of his wonder
full ancestress. When you read this let
ter, in which she poured out ber wid
owed soul in longings for a sons saliva
tion. you will not wonder that succeed
ing generations have been blessed:
NEW YORK. May 20. 1891.
"Tbis day my only son left me in bit
ter wringings of heart He is again
launched on the ocean-God's ocean
The Lord saved him from shipwreck
brought him TO my home and allowed
me once more to indulge my affection
over him. He has been with me but
, short time, and i'll have improved 1t
) he is gone from my sight. and my hear
bursts with tumultuous grief. Lord
have mercy on the widows son, tn
only son Of his mother
Il ask nothing IN all this world 70
him; l repeat my petition, Save III
, soul alive, give him salvation from SIN
II is not the danger of the seas that dis
tresses me; it is not the hardships b
must undergo 1t is not the dread
j never seeing him more in this world
h il Is because cannot discern the fulfill
ment Of the promise in bim. canno
q discern the new birth nor its fruit, bu
. every symptom Of captivity TO satan
r the world and self will This. this
p what distresses me, and in connectio
7 with this his being shut out from ord
= uances at a distance from Christians
r shut up with those who forget Coo
e profane his name and break his Sal
i baths; men who often live and die liz
i beasts, yet are accountable creatures
4 who must answer for every moment {
j time and every word, thought and al
= tion. o LoId, many wonders hast tho
e shown mel Thy ways Of dealing wiz
e me and mine have not been cOmmo
a ones. Add this wonder 70 the rest. Cal
It convert, regenerate and establish a sal
e or in the faith. Lord. all things al
is possible with thee. Glorify thy Son an
e extend his kingdom by sea and lant
n take the prey from the strong. TO
/ him over upon thee. Many friends Il
II to comfort me; miserable comforte
II are they all. Thou art the God OF col
n ISOLATION. Only confirm to me thy pr
y cious word, on which thou causedst n
to hope in the day when they saidst
l. me, Leave thy fatherless children ;
will preserve them alive. Only let th
life be a spiritual life, and Iput blai
in thy hand as to all temporal things
!, 81 wait for thy salvation. Amen. "
a Old Fashioned Women.
1t With such a grandmother would y
a not have a right to expect George
n Rathnna2 And all the thougands co