The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-05-05

life. They are taught 10 believe that nis-
tory is dry. but that fifty cent stories OF
adventurous love are delicious. with
capacity that might have rivHled 4 Flor
ea.e Nightingale in heavenly ministries Or
r. ,de the fathers house glad With FLAT
an ~sisterlv demeanOr. their life IL waste.
heir beauty q curse. thelr eternity a de-
mOIitlOn.
II the siege Of Charleston. during our
Civ. War, a lieutenant OF the army stood
on .Le floor beside the daughter OF tho eN-
Governor OF the STATE o. South Carolina.
They were taking the VOWS Of marriage.
A bombshell struck the roof. dropped into
he group. and nine We're wounded and
slain, among the wounded to death the
bride. While the bridegroom kneit on the
carpet trying to stanch the wounds the
bride demanded that the ceremony he com
pleted. that she might take the vow, be-
fore her departure, and when the minister
said: wilt thou be faithful unto
DEATH" with her dying lips she said:
II WILL" and In two hour, 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.
1t is not a marriage. 1t Is a massacre.
Anlanced to som one who IS only waiting
until his father dies SO he can get the prop
erty: then 4 little Will. they swing around
In the circles, brilliant circles: then the
property IS gone, and. having no power to
aarn q livelihood, the twain sink into some
.orner of society. the husband an idler and
a sot, the wife a drudge, a slave and a
sacrifice. All, spare your denunciatiops
rom Jephthah's head aud eXpend them all
on this wholesale modern m~artyrdom'
| lit up my voice against the sacrifice of
children. | look out Of my window on a
sabbath. and / see a group Of children un-
washed. uncombed. un-Christianized. Who
cares for them? Who prays for them? Who
1ffor5 tS than ono Kind UDYHE Wbap tina
.ity missionary, passing along the park
IN New York, saw q ragged lad and heard
him swearing. he said TO him: My son.
stop swearing! You ought to go to the
house OF God to-day. You ought to be
good. You ought to be a Christian" The
lad looked up in his face and said: All! 1t
is easy for You to talk, we'll clothed as you
are and we'll 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 to-day will go forth and bring them
into schools and churches? No, heap them
up. great piles Of rags and wretchedness
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 Indifference. crime
and disease and death will go on Aith the
, agonizing sacrifice.
During the early French revolution at
Bourges there was a company Of boys who
used to train every day as young soldiers.
and they carried a flag. AMI they had on
the flag this inscriptions: "TIemhle,% tyrants,
tremble! We are growing up" Nightly
suggestive! This generation is passing oil,
and q mightier generation is coming on.
VIII they be the foes Of tyranny the foes
OF sin and the foes Of death. or will they
be- the foes Of Cod, They are coming
up! | congratulate all parents who are
doing their best 70 Keep their children
away from the altar . sA l.fce. lour
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 to-day, encourage
ing yon-"I will be II 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 awavirom
God, and You may be twenty years in
heaven before salvation shall come to his
heart, he will BE brought into the king
dom, and before the throne Of God YOU
will rejoice that you were faithful. Come
az last. though so long post poned his rom
lnc. Come at last!
congratulate All those who are toiIiur
Tor the outcPst and tho WANDERING. Your
Work Will S0CA he over, nut the influence
Eou are oetti X in motion vii! never stop.
Long after Y II have been yarnered for
the skies. E}ar prayers, yonr teachings
And Your hrlstian Influence. Will 60 on
and heip T. people heaven with bright
inhabitants. Which would YOU rather
see, whicl scene world v0u rather
minSl- In III I'll" last great day
beng able e say, Il added house u
house and land to land and mann!actorvt 70
mannfnctory. l owned bali til. CITY, what.
ever my eye snw | had. whatever wanted
! got. or on that ia: 10 hav. Christ look
You full in the face and saw. II WAS hungry
Ani ve fed Ne: | was naked and " ~clatll.t
We: was >irk aud IL Prison ~ visited Ne,
lna>tnuch a. " did il 70 tn l-a-. gf .hr-,
Ply .r ithren, NJ did il. to Ne