The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-02-22

% htN lnlMpHhlltJ lNNUlu nc lput u plp-ii
onged paralysis, aS we'll might bel
himself he bloited out Of being,
Christ has said "Hc that bcliye.l
saik the witness in himself" God Is
lear, very near him.uye, with him and
10 him. breathing upon him in the
freshness of the manufacturing him
tenderly IN tho shades Of The night, ever
whispeFing TO him ia the loving aspira
tiOps Of his heart. You CapAOt Shase
his faith, You may cast him lu,O
prison, and he becomes q BppyaU SID
sriles HE pilgrims progress from csrlh
10 Heaven. Drive him forth from hi,
home and like our PGritan fathers, be
viii GBd ia the wilderness an aliAr
Bind him 70 Ike stake and like SaiiHer
lie will sing his lyms Of redemption as
Bis spirit ssrSOd' viii tue aimoa to
heaven. Take frop lis property and
he sill toll you Of ricaer treasures 10
hSayea. Garry out, IS you do to-day,
the sgea wife from tho old home, and
lay her 10 thC grave, aud lie tho loae
SitoSer on hi! bed Of pin yObdsv, he
will tell yoa thst Ie shall 50 10 her.
Here you hoi a faith that III, dust
Ofthe valley eaaao. eores. a store
house Of principles and hopes apen
which death cspno. feed. Everything
elsc he nay cl.itn, but hare lie es6noi
lay his ley hand aud weave this tower.
lug f.ila-llis swelling hOp,-tSis az.
deaf love iato that temporary garment
50 common With the srars.
FAITH |, facsltJ OF The .oui. ssdb,
longs not 10 Ne eye or ear. This fact
| is the sltOus baSis Of Immortality. Do
you doubt /. then yrat yer, doubt. arc
evidence. ,ghinst you; Zoe clearly
doubts belong 10 az isfefiOr state d
character, Sbch the higher and nObler
pa,,. OF your being arc Developed aal
broush. out, they will disappear before
The adaptation Of Immortality TO your
wants api capati,ics, a,fFailh BE-.
comes the sutaunec Ofiling. hor:a for.i
Here faith drop, her beautiful hope.
in:O our hearts. a, nature dropped the
apple 1t tho fcA AZ Newton 10 indhet
US to follow 10 tie llesvens How ca
I ctr? Tvs desire Immortality ii i,
almc,t impossible 10 conceive OF ami,
bilttiop, Nhea sn I!.il.t Col hrs giyct
u, yaier to qscheh /, Ii We lous fol
cOmplDion,hlp there Btc beings 70
I crafty o.r lore. And nor: il ue
ihir.t for lie aud love that IL eternal /,
III no, equally esEtain that there Is AZ
eternal life sud 40 eternal lcyc.o saiis
IS that CRAVING, and tlus Faith itself
lst9me thO ceileses 0; things not seen
0ncc more does desire lead us from
the cold gFatc to an immortal lie be
You'd, I!.ta does desire a, surely lead
ns 10 ultimate holiness and happiness.
10 accept the frs. Is TO establish The
last ldc.ire Immortality, but / &c
not desire Immortality abI more than
lG.irc llppine,s. Indeed, / do not de.
ITO Immortality witliost happiness,
WHO tllca can say that tho first Yhall be
gratifad shd tho last disappointed?
tell Sou you cannct thusseparate hem
God has planted them both IN oat heart,
and they must stand together, OF the,
must fall together, When one dies
both must JIG. Do no. nlisapprelend
TIC here. ] do not believe in immortal
life aud ultimate happiness because
have rrnrsli, "Nly arguments may
be insufficient an only trying u
prove i. bccau'e ] already believe Il.
low truly 10 me therefore, my "l'aiHI
is tho substance ofthings hoped for
llOrEp fok-my hearers, what do
you hope forH Surely not for any.
thing unpleasant. that is impossible.
| We may believe and expect unplca.an,
things but We never can hope i5r
them 1horo for-dssirc immottality.
but without happiness surely this 10.
sire would be like aa arch resting on a
single columu-likr a bridge cndiag.in
an rnfathOmablc abyss. Right here
Faith assumes the supremacy, becomes
the substance Of ,lins. no. seen, sup.
porting the arch and bridging tho abyss.
Now, Lam prepared to ask, can that
faith be false that mopts tho wants and
desires ofthc soul, making It pura and
slro n? AS well ask. can that bread
DO poison that meets the wants otlife
giving llealtllanl strength to The bod, !
Mourning friends, possessed with this
hops, sud IN the ligh. ofthis great
faith, we will walk in The path i. iIlu.
initiates; will not fear tho darkness. Of
Ike valley Of the shadow Of death. or
the deeper gloom Of the grave. Thu,
shall Faith prepare US Il meet SnAp.
ows. Enable US to say with David in
tic sweetest Of his palms
aYea, ,llongh walk through the valley
Of the shadow Of DEATH will fear no evil
o. thou ett with mel ihy rod aud lily slaii
they COaiFott mt"
You will notice ftst. tho valley here
is not a desert nor o grave. but place
fertile with life Notice second, the
text docs not read as many quot. It,
tho "ddr: raRey," but "tho tgley Of
the shddoiU Of death" Surely this can.
not bo the grave, for there arc no shad.
oRs there; aud there can b. no shadows
where all is dark. Notice third, the
way is "pdlk through the valley Of
the shadow Of death" Tue shadows,
tleu, arc all lletC--all on this aide Of
DnaI, w u.ll. ILrnu,I gk.lo