Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-12-24

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ate attention he would never forge,--he -
tie emed !, rs more precious than the gold 81
Ophr--,he preacher proceeded Not one,
believe has been taken away from this fotk
since left. But death has approached ouf
borders Two old and beloved friends have
been taken away--Nr. -------- and GEoRcR
tiuRLsur. Greatly have felt this less. In
one the temperance aud every other good
cause has lost a most influential support. and
have been bereaved Of friend and brother.
pray God that those who now sit, each n
widow, may have the grace and consolation
Of the widows God--the only compensation
that their desolate feelings crn ever obtain
for loss 50 greaf--but OH how rich 4
consolation And We have reason 10 hopa
that the gam was greater--the gain TO them
and that they are now employed with
those who viii swell the song Of praise to !
God throughout unnumhered ages.
Again, my dear people, feel. and believe
tina, YOU feel, increasingly the worth Of the +
glorious Gospel of the blessed God---the worth
of true religion. II may speak the language
of my own sentiments and experience, ! will
tell YOU freely tina, come home with fresh
and deep conviction that the Gospel is the |
glory and wealth Of men. and tina, compared
with II there is nothing else--that
Poor |. the graceic,s masier Of III. woiti. !
The world Impoverished FOR such grace $500.
But will not conclude the unworthy sen
timrnt The only way 10 purchase il il
without money and without price. Often 4
have had occasion to impress these truths as
now come upon my heart. ] have gazed up
on the pageantry OF the lana--l have seen its
princes - its ustentalion--its glare and |
hadn I in my heart one particle of envy il any
particle Of all could only pity and say with
DR.. You,e--
"IIow sad a .isht 10 Human happiness
To HIM whose though, can pierce be- yond enc houl
cannot tell YOU tho detail. cannot tell
you the facts interesting as they are, which
sustain these remarks, bat am a witness for |
God and his glorious Gospel, TO tell you this
morning that the same glorious Gospel OF tho
blessed God is the crown of our existence -
Let il be the glory OF our land; the wealth OF
our famhes-our nobles---our illuslriuus AT
cestry-,et il be fer US the one great object Of
our regard Let US care for comparatively
nothing else. For all other things are vain.
and hank God they are becoming so in the
eyes of many beyond the sea. Even the world
OF Europe Is beginning 10 be sick OF the emp
,iness and worlhlessness Of form and eefemo-
ny. and mere appcndage and appearance Of
things fictitious. and things often spurious
anu ldlSt ltiat utTttNP anu kctD u3Nll iIDUt
knowing for which end God made hlfn, and
to what supreme coed he may attend by faith
IN Jesus Christ
come also with tho conviction that If Col
gives me grace and health it will be my plea
sure and my purpose 10 be your pastor. and 10
desire no other and no better Office or station
under heaven.
! Princes. we envy not your state
I ~ T. f,b ,b,
And bless our humble lol
Our portion is not large indeed.
I Butth how little do we need
For natures wants are few =
| In this the wit Of being wise.
To know how little will suffice.
And make that little do
/ Two additional remarks and conclude -
God calls on us, my dear people, in offering
thanksgiving 10 be humble. If | were asked rs
a pastor what's the great beselting danger and
sin against which your are 10 guard--(allow
me 10 say il in all kindness, God knows tina,
do not wish 20 hurt the feelings of a human be-
ing, and especially of my best friends, and yet
| know that my bes,iriends would not like me-
If they thought i was net .aith.ul)--I would
say that it is woRLpLy aIsDEDNgssi You
care too much for the life tina, now is and for
its gains and its gayeties; and YOU care too Il,
tie for that kingdom Of surprising glory which
is 10 come--ior that world OF spirits TO which
we go--ior that kingdom which cannot be-
moved aud of which we are by grace and faith
in Christ made partakers Hence il il that
this world becomes ascendant and picty is de-
pressed. and lives at best but sickly and Ian
gushing existence. What il piety IS in this
world paradise, and an exotic. not at home.
yet recolect that III this world which .'human
sin has made the theatre for grace divine, )" peiv
can flourish as it did in Paul and Luther and
Henry Martyr, and ten thousand others, who
in modern and ancient times have gone through
/ this world to bless il aud made heaven richer
and earth poorer by leaving it, say be hum.
/ bic. J ask you most aliectlonately TO examine
yourselves, and IN proportion as you feel the
truth, and own it, may you expect his bles-
sing.
! | desire his blessing-I desire TO be used by
him as nothing with him, as the minister OF
! God to your souls OH nv dear hearers
often when abroad have had this truth made
new and lovely 10 me-"He that reapeih 70
ceiVeth wages and gathereth fruit unto fife e,er-
nal" How many Of you are vet to he reaped..
brought into the kingdom tina, are not IN it,e,,
that have been lowering outside and shiyeripg
with the cold ofthe second death upon themi
How many that have not Vel made the tracs-
NIT from death unto life, from the precincts Of
the curse to the jurisdiction ofthe Covenant
That remaining which have to say is, that
there is no thanksgiving so aeceptable--so an
propriate as ths-9iye yourselves anew 10
God tins day Paradox though il be. il IS ,rns
and greatly sublime will We be your
own until YOU are Chrsg'si Oh, 10 wear his
yoke and be freel or will We wear the woke OF
The devil and be the slave of the worse slave
holder III the unyersei Oh my dear hearers.
salvation is offered 10 you this moment! God
Is waiting for you. The spirit Of God is SRI
wing with you. The portals Of Heaven ara
opened to YOU. "Flo, every one thar thirst
eth, "Look unto me all se ends Of heear,ht"
So speaks the compassionate Redeemer. al
am God and there Is none elsep And let mo
tell you in the conclusion that ifonce initiated
into the large aud broad and blessed lurisdc-
ton OF the kingdom, you viii get new heat.
and new voice, and while you viii seem TO SEQ
the very glory Of creation and to hear the mn
SIC OF the spheres praising God. your heart viii
burst out with loud accain--s'offer unto God
thanksgivngi" And when that is once be-
gun you will be put upon glorious progress.
and Won Will from M frrr "a a(