Connecticut western news., 1898-10-13

sure as you sit there ana stand nere. Timothy's ministry was projected by his grandmother, Lois. There are men and women here, the sons and daugh- ters of the Christian church, who are such as 8 result of the oonsecration of great eat-grandmothers. Why. who do you think the Lord isf You talk as though his memory was weak. He can as easily remember prayer offered Ave centuries ago as a prayer offered five minutes ago. This. explains what we often see-some man or woman distin- guished for benevolenoe when the fa- ther and mother were distinguished for penuriousness, or you sec some young man or woman with a bad father and Q hard mother come out gloriously for Christ and make the church sob and shout and sing under their exhortatious. We stand in corners of the vestry and whisper over the matter and say, "How Is this, such great piety in sons and daughters of such parental worldliness and sin?' will explain 1t to you if 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 Jemima or Betsy or Mehitabel. An, there she is. the old grandmother or great grandrHother, who had enough religion to satufate a oen. 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- quence and evangelism. In the same tomb sleepe his grandmother, Isabella 0faham, 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 read of the faith and devotion of his wonder full ancestress. When you read this let ter, in which she poured out her wid- owed soul in longings for sons salva- tion, you will not wonder that succeed ing generations have been blessed: "NEw YORK, May 90, 1791.
 "This day my only son left me in bit ter wringings of heart He is again launched on the ooean-God's ocean. The Lord saved him from shipwreck, brought him to my home and allowed me once more to indulge my affections over him. He has been with me but . short time, and Ill have I Improved 1t; he is gone from my sight, and my heart bursts with tumultuous grief. Lord. have mercy on the widows son, the only son of his mother. hf
 1T ask nothing in all this world for him; repeat nay petition, Save his soul alive, give him salvation from sin. It is not the danger of the seas that dis tresses me; it is not the hardships he must undergo; it is not the dread of never seeing him more in this world; it is because I cannot discern the fulfill ment of the promise in him. kcannot discern the new birth nor it's fruit, but every symptom of captivity to satan. the world and self will. This, this is what distresses me, and in connection with this his being shut out from ordi- nances at 8 distance from Christians; shut up with those who forget God, profane his name and break his Sab baths; men who often live and die like beasts, yet are accountable creatures, who must answer for every moment of time and every word. thought and ac- tion. O Lord, many wonders hast thos shown mel Thy ways of dealing with me and mine have not been common ones. Add this wonder to the rest. Call, convert, regenerate and establish sail or in the faith. Lord, all things are possible with thea GIorify thy Son and
 extend his Kingdom by sea and. land 1; take the prey from the strong. roll him over upon thes. Many friends try to comfort me; miserable comforters are they all Thou art the God of con- solation. Only confirm to me thy pre-
 oious word, on which thou causedst me to hope in the day when they saidst to
 me, Leave thy fatherless children; I will preserve them dive Only let this life be spiritual life, and I put blank ! in thy hand as to all temporal things TT wait for thy salvation. Ameu.'' ola Fashfoned Women. t. With such grandmother would you
 not have a right to expect George W. Bethune? And all the thousands con-
 verted through his ministry may date
 the saving power back to Isabella Gra-
 ham.
 God i'll tne earth and the heavens | with such grandmotheys We must some day go up and thank these dear old sonls. Surely God will let us go up and tell them of the results of their influ-
 once. Among our. first questions in
 heaven will be, "Where is gxandmoth-
 eri' They will point her out, for we
 would hardly know her even if we had
 seen her on earth, SO bent over with years once and there so straight, % dim of eye through the binding of earthly
 tears and now her eye as clear as heav- en, SO full of aches and pains once and
 now 30 agile with celestial health, the
 wrinkles blooming into carnation roses and her step like the roe on the moun-
 taina Yes, must see her, my grand
 mother on my fathers side. Mary Mo Coy, descendant of the Scotch. When I
 first spoke to an audienoein Glasgow
 and felt son,ewhat diffident,- being a | stranger, began py s0llng them my | grandmother was Scotchwoman. and
 then there went up shout of welcome,
 which made me feel ss easy as do here.
 I must see her.
 | You must rec those women of the
 early part of the nineteenth century and
 Shose of the eighteenth osntpfy, tho an
 swer of whose prayers is in your well
 fare today. God bless all tbe aged wom-
 en up and down the land and in all
 landsi What happy thing for Pom
 ponius Atticus to say when making the
 funeral address of his mother, Though
 I have resided with her 67 years, was
 never once reconoi1ed to her, because
 there never happened the least disoord
 between us, and consequently there was
 no need of reconciliation
 Make it as easy for the old folks as
 you oan. When they are sick, get for them the best doctors. Give them your
 arm when the streets are slippery. Stay with them all the time you can. Go