The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-01

rereral OF my friends"
the throne Of God in heaven)-then. as
his days drew nearer to their close and
his hopes and wishes took stronger
hold upon the future, the hymns Sc
lect5d became changed In their char
acter, and the family sang together,
"Oh. for a closer walk with God" and
lis sweet 10 say Thy VIII be Done"
and oftener than all, that one which he
loved the mosH
Give me the wings of faith 10 rise
Within the veil and see
The saints above. how bright their Joys,
How great their glories be!'
And l can hear as plainly now Us
then the earnest and pathetic tones OF
his prayer when the song was ended and
We had NIL knelt down In our places,
and can repeat the very words OF his
alteration and his petition when he
prayed for hts children and his neigh
bors and for all who We're afflicted and
always for the world which leth In
wickedness. and for the full! triumpha
Of the cross and kingdom OF the Lord
Jesus Christ. All this Is now 4 thing OF
the past. That oft-repeated wish has
been more than Erntihed; and within
the veil. with the wife OF his youth gone
thither before him. he knows hos great
their Joys. how bright their glories be.
That childhood home Is occupied by
strangers, but that family altar re-
mains fixed among our most sacreG
and precious associations. built In our
Very hearts. and though there were no
other influence or principle to govern
nc. should feel that | had done dis
honor TO the memory Of my beloved
father and mother II failed to recognize
my fathers a1d mt mothers God daily
at the family altar. Happy Is the man
around whose childhood cluster recol-
lectionS such as these! He has received
richer legacy than lands or gold. rich
er In It's own Intrinsic worth. and Inf
nltelr more enduring and benenclcn: IN
Its results; and therefore. for the sake
OF these results. this power which It has
to mould and govern the domestic life
OF Coming generations. TO preserve and
to perpetuate the worship OF God In the
future. let us never permit the fire of
devotion to be exilDguished on our
henrthstones.
And now Is there no. something in
this service Itself so bccolninN and so
beautiful, that It pleads for its own OBJ
.SeFvaRcG. In every household? IL i. not
III the family that almost al the hopes
and happiness OF life centre? Whence
comes the magic influence OF the word
'homc"-an influence so great that ;he
very sound OF II and the very thougkt OF
/. w!ll quicken the pulse and thrill the
nerves as though some new spirit had
taken possession a the franz? Why
do We turn so longinSly and lovingly TO
this one spot, rs though there were no
ether In the world IN which We could
be ut rest? What hastens the step and
brightcns the Counteaurce az you draw
near one dwelling only of the thousands
which you enter" I; IL because there Is
home; and that one word expresses all.
,, II Is because there tho heart abldes,
md there the heart finds It's noblest,
fullest, hapnlest exercises; all tina: Is
touching. tender, anu true-all that
gives animation. impulse. charm to
llfe-is there, II Is sacred spot: there
Is \ saaCi.ty In It's associations. In the
lorc which has lived and grown there,
In thc fellowship enjoyed there. In the
long and intimate communion OF It's
cares md Sorr0wS rs well ns OF ita JOYS.
In all that makes up the home HE.
| say there IS even 4 eacredness IN
IL. all which would make YOU Gliart;
your dwelling against any prufnnc In
trus!on. us you would pro.cc, the very
house Of God against any Dissertation.
II is IN certain sense temple: ana 10
this temple shall there he NJ altar rails
ed. no worship paid? Why even the old
Roman heather. whose homes had al.
most nothing about them Of what be-
longs 10 ours--even they would have
thought themselves guilty oG sin
against their gods and their ancestry 1.
hl nj n nj k.. gbI If 7
ana Peaates were absent from their
dwellings.
And shall We. who know the living
and true God. and who owe to His
grace and revelation all that Is attrac-
TIVE tn domestic NE, and all that conse-
crates Il In our affections and regard
shall we build 10 home affairs and offer
no home Worship Is II not the p.rlncst
call Of reverence and gratitude? and
would you not blush 10 refuse such
call II II came - rOu from any fellow
creature? 1t 10 of all things. therefore,
In Itself the mos. appropriate. aud moth
Ing can be more pleasing In the eye u:
God more beautiful In Its own intrinsic
beauty-than when In the early morn
Ing or the evening twilight, united
house presents It's VOWS and offerings 10
til. Lord.
IL Ia u Sl'H' tp Impressive even 10 "
casual DchOIler that Its Influence will
hang around him for many dayR. Per-
hapR some OF your have read the story
%; the eminent and accomplished iR.ldei
brought providcutiaily to the house ~
DIR. Bcthunc about the time OF evening
Worship. He was Invited by his hos; to
rEmai1 ana unite with them. but was
told thGt II II was not agreeable II him
he could retire until The service was
ended. lie could moi 10 this without q
breach OF courtesy, aud g" remained.
Years afterwards that stranger came
again 10 tho same Dwelling. no longer
as the lniidcl. but AZ III" earnest, hum
bic man Of plcty nnd prayer. II wna
then h" told them. that when he had
kn"lt with them before. II was the Hrs.
timV for many years. that he had bowed
III" knee 10 any God: that ~ he knrlt
there, such crowd OF recollcc,ions
came upon him. such emotions filed his
heart. TINT he had not heard u syllable
OF III" prayer TINT was offered, from It's
beginning 10 Its close.
lint lts Influence followed him forth In
nll MS wnnderlnRs 70 that he could md
no rest untll his dreary inlinlIiy had
been abandoned for the love and SCR
Vice of his God and Saviour You have
read tina. exquisite poem of Burns, "Thc
COttcr's Saturday NIGHT" and M ,nun