The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-29
woslds that, liko ours, hays sinpe and
need % bofosolcd, perhsps saved by our

woslds that, liko ours, have sinpedsnd
need TO BIO rosolod, perhSpg saved by our
Christ or by como plan thai God has
thought out for other worlds 40 wise, aas
potent, sp lovely. AZ tho atom mont Ont Is Is
For ouraworld. The las sineGs which hap
cursed us in this world will not gain
tho land Of otornal activities 30 much
tonic in tho air, 30 much inspiration In
tho society, 80 much achievement az.
ter wo got tho shaokles Of the flesh for
oYor off Do not dwell so much on op.
portunities past, but put your emphasis
count tho battles lost, but soour your
musket for viotories to como.
Am not right in saying that eter.
nifty can do moro for us thau can timo2
| What will We not be able TO do whom
our powers Of ,looomotion shall ho
quioknued into the immortal spirits
speed? Why should bird have q
swiftnoss of wing whom it is Of no i'm.
portanoe how long il shall take to M sko
it's aerial way from forest to forest and
we, who havo SO much moro important
GRAND in tho world, get Oh 80 slowly?
The roebuck outruns us, tho hounds
arc quicker in the chase, but wait until
God iota us loose from all limitations
and indictments. Then We will fsirly
begin. Tho starting post will be tho
Tombstone. Leaving tho world will be
| graduation day boforo tho chief work Of
our 'montal aud spiritual caroer. Hopo
socs the doors opening, tho yiotor'o foot
in Btirrup for tho mounting. The day
breaks-frst flush Of tho horizon. The
mission of hopo will be an everlasting
missioo, as much Of it in tho heavenly
hereafter as in the earthly now Shall
wo havo gained all as soon as wo onter
reaims celestial nothing moro to loarn,
40 other hioghts to climb, no now an.
thoms to raiso, monotony Of cxistonoe,
tho same thing over and ovor again for
endloss yeard2 No! More progress in
that world than no ever mado in this.
Hopo will siaId on the hills Of heaven
and look for ovor brightoning land
scapes, othor trannfgurations Of color,
new glories rolling over tho scono, now
celebrations of Victories in othor worlds,
heavon rising into grandor heavons,
seas Of glass mingled with fro, booom
| ing moro brilliant glass mingling with
moro flaming fro. (which hopo."
Nov, lot mo introduce this feoling
into tho lives Of some who are at times
hopeless. There is family whose son
has gono wrong. Father and mother
hayo about givon him up, be soems 80
headlong, 30 ungrateful, so dissipated,
and tho old folks do not know half tho
story Of moral precipitation. He has
ooasod writing homo, bus they hear Of
him through people who like to carry
| hod nd ho vi Sc,
moro deplorablo. He swoars, he gam
bios, he drinke, h9 goes into ali tho
shambles Of sin. Hi former employer
Gays there is no hope for him, and all
outside tho family agroo in thinking he
will mover reform. The father and mother
havo not quito giyon him up, and these
words arc to strongthon their hope.
That boy is going to GO me back. You
have hold on him that you must not
rolax. Through prayer you map win
tho etoTnsi God for your side Of the
struggle. You must enlist all tho hea
vonly dominions, ohorubim and scrap
him and archsngol, in tho movement to
save your son. Some day or somo
| pight ho will call q halt to his iAfam.
ous practices. Something will happen
to him, as happened in a New York
hotel to son Of ono of tho most dis.
tingdishod olorgymon Of Scotland and
on, Of tho quaena chsplains. "When
can [ see your" said q distinguished
looking young man at close of ono Of
my services in Brooklyn tabernacle. T
said, You can soc n Q now Flo said
mo; want private oonvorsation
with you at your own house. Whom
can come?" l said Tomorrow night. u
"Your namo2" I asked. He gave me
his name, tho exact name of his father,
whose namo was> known and is known
through tho Christian world though
years ago he departed this life, Return.
ing home, took up book OF which
his fathor Was tho author, and in the
picture at tho opening Of the book ]
found that the young man had most
markedly hin father g foa,uros. SO was
sure thoro vas no deception.
| Oa the following evening he oamo.
Ho said that ho was tho black shoep Of
tho family aock. Ho had wandorod
the world ovor and boon in all kinds
OF wickodness, but a few nights before,
after reading lottor from his mother
in Scotland, ho had retired for sleep,
but in the adjoining room ho heard
some young mon in such horrible con
vsrfation ho oolud not sloep He was
shocked ss no had novor before boon by
tho talk Of bad mon. He arose, struck
q light, took out tho letter from his
mothor and knot down by his bedside
and said, 20 Lord, God Of my mother,
have moroy on mel" He said that sinoe
that prayor ho was entirely changed
and loved what ho before hatod and
hatcd what ho before loved and asked
what | thought it all meant. I ropli.
cd, you have become Christian. !"
do said he might be called at any time
to lasye tho city. 1 mover saw him
again, but it soemed to me that no had
turnod his back upon his wicked past
and had started in the right direction.
And it may be 80 with your boy. Write
him often. Toll him how you arc all
thinking Of him at homo, and, it may
be, your lettor in hand, he may call up.
on his mothers God to help and save
him. Hope, you Of tho gray hairs and
| wripklesl Heaven has its thousands
OF aouls who wore onco as thoroughly
wrong as your boy is. They reponted,
and they ara with the old folks in the
healthy sir Of tho eternal hills, whore
thoy may become young again. Hopo