Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-04-21

prayed that their path might be as the
shining light. brighter and brighter to
the perfect day When put them to
sleep, prayed that they might be en-
folded in the Saviours arms. b" "Oh,"
you say. "that was very old fashionedP'
1t was quite old fashioned. But do you
suppose that child under such nurture
as that ever turned out badr
In our day most boys start out with
no idea higher than the all encompassing
dollar. They start in an age which
boasts it can scratch the Lord 5 Prayer
on a 10 cent piece and the Ten Com
mandments on a 10 cent piece. Chill
dren are taught to reduce morals and
religion. time and eternity, TO vulgar
fractions 1t seems 10 be their chief at
tainment that 10 cents make a dime
and 10 dimes make dollar. How to
get money is only equaled by the other
art-how to keep it. Tell me, We who
know, what chance there is for those
who start out in life with such per-
yerted sentimentsl The money market
resounds again and again with the
downfall Of such people If l had
drop Of blood on the tip Of pen, l
would tell you by what awful tragedy
many Of the youth Of this country are
ruined.
Further on, thousands and tens OF
thousands of the daughters Of America
are sacrificed 70 wOrldliness. They are
taught to be in sympathy with all the
artiicialties of society. They are in
Quoted into all the hollowness Of what
is called fashionable life. They are
taught TO believe that history is dry,
but that 80 cent stories Of adventurous
love are delicious With capacity thar
might have riyaled a Florence Night
ingale in heavenly ministries or made
the fathers house glad with flial and
sisterly demeanor, their life is a waste,
their beauty a curse, their eternity
demolition.
Sacrifice at Marriage Altar.
In the siege Of Charleston, during
our civil war, a lieutenant Of the army
stood on the floor beside the daughter
Of the ex-governor of the state Of South
Carolina. They were taking the vows
Of marriage. A bombshell struck the
roof, dropped into the group, and nine
were wounded and slain, among the
wounded to death the bride While the
bridegroom knelt on the carpet trying
10 stanch the wounds the bride de-
manded that the ceremony be cOmplet-
ed, that she might take the VOWS before
her departure, and when the minister
said "Wilt thou be faithful unto
deathf" with her dying lips she said,
Il will, " and in two hours she had de-
parted. That was the slaughter and the
sacrifice Of the body, but at thousands
of marriage affairs there are daughters
slain for time and slain for eternity.
Il is not a marriage. 1t is a massacre.
Affianced to some one who is only
waiting until his father dies so he can
get the property; then little while
they swing around in the circles. brill
liant circles then the property is gone,
and, having no power to earn liyeli-
hood, the twain sink into some corner
of society, the husband an idler and
sot. the wife a drudge. a slave and
sacrifice. All. spare your denunciations
from Jephthah's head and expend them
all on this wholesale modern martyr
dom
l lift mp my voice against the sacri-
fee of children. look ont Of my win
dow on a Sabbath, and | see a group Of
children unwashed, uncombed, un-
Christianized. Who cares for thems
Who prays for them? Who utters to
them one kind wordS When the city
missionary, passing along the park in
| New York, saw a ragged lad and heard
him swearing, be said to him: my
son, stop swearing! You ought to go to
the house Of God today. You ought to
be good. You ought to be Christian.
The lad looked in his face and said:
"Ah! 1t is easy for you TO talk. well
clothed as you are and well fed. But
we chaps hain't got no chance. Who
lifts them to the altar for baptism
Who goes forth to snatch them up from
crime and death and woe? Who today
will 90 forth and bring them into
schools and churchesr No; heap them
up. great plies Of rags and wrecthedness
and filth. Put underneath them the
fires Of sacrifice, stir up the blaze, put
on more fagots, and, while we sit in
the churches with folded arms and in
difference, crime and disease and death
will 20 on with the agonizing sacrifice.
Mightier Generation Coming.
During the early French revolution
at Bourges there was a company OF
bows who used to train every day as
youug soldiers, and they carried flag,
and they had on the flag this inscrip-
ton: "Tremble. tyrants, tremblel We
are growing up" Nightly suggestive
This generation is passing of and a
mightier generation is coming on. WIZ
they be the foes Of tyranny, the foes OF
sin and the foes Of death, or will they
be the foes Of God2 They are coming
upl congratulate all parents who are
doing their best to keep then children
away from the altar Of sacrifice, Your
prayers are going to be answered. Your
children may wander away from God
but they will come back again. A voice
comes from the throne today, encoursg-
ing vou-'I will be a God TO thee and
to thy seed after thee. And, though
when you lay your head in death there
NAV be some wanderer Of the family far
away from God. and you may be 20
wears in heaven before salvation shall
come to his heart. he will be brought
into the kingdom. and before the throne
Of God you will rejoice that you were
! faithful. Come at last. though 50 long
postponed his coming. Come at last
congratulate all those who are toll
) ing for the outcast and the wandering
Your work will soon be over, but the
influence you are setting in motion viii
never stop. Long after you have beer
garnered for the skies your prayers, your
/ teachings and your Christian influence
e will 90 on and help to people HEAVIER
with bright inhabitants Which would
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