Around the tea-table . for you. They went, butdid not have a very good time, knowing that theirmother was praying for them. The next morning, grandmother heard loudweeping in the room below. She went down andfound her daughter crvinof violentlv. What wasthe matter? She was in anxiety about her soul—an anxiety that found no relief short of thecross. Word came that David was at the barnin crreat aeon v. Grandmother went and found FAMILY PRAYERS. 441 him on the barn floor, praying for the life of hissoul. The news spread to the neighboring houses,and other parents became anxious about theirchildr
Around the tea-table . for you. They went, butdid not have a very good time, knowing that theirmother was praying for them. The next morning, grandmother heard loudweeping in the room below. She went down andfound her daughter crvinof violentlv. What wasthe matter? She was in anxiety about her soul—an anxiety that found no relief short of thecross. Word came that David was at the barnin crreat aeon v. Grandmother went and found FAMILY PRAYERS. 441 him on the barn floor, praying for the life of hissoul. The news spread to the neighboring houses,and other parents became anxious about theirchildren, and the influence spread to the villageof Somerville, and there was a great turning untoGod; and over two hundred souls, in one day,stood up in the village church to profess faith inChrist. And it all started from my grandmothersprayer for her sons and daughters. May Godturn the hearts of the fathers to the children, andthe hearts of the children to their fathers, lest hecome and smite the earth with a curse! 36. CHAPTER LXX. CALL TO SAILORS. ONE of the children asked us at the tea-tableif we had ever preached at sea. We an-swered, No! but we talked one Sabbath, mid-At-lantic, to the officers, crew and passengers of thesteamship China. By the way, I have it as it wastaken down at the time and afterward appearedin a newspaper, and here is the extract: No persons bound from New York to Liverpoolever had more cause for thanksgiving to God thanwe. The sea so smooth, the ship so staunch, thecompanionship so agreeable, all the circumstancesso favorable. O Thou who holdest the winds inthy fist, blessed be thy glorious name for ever! Englishmen, Costa Ricans, Germans, Spaniards,Japanese, Irishmen, Americans—gathered, neverto meet again till the throne of judgment is lifted—let us join hands to-day around the cross ofJesus and calculate our prospect for eternity. Afew moments ago we all had our sea-glasses upwatching the vessel that went by. What is hername ? we all asked, and
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