Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-09-18


Thus that problem of life for this
age should be solved to meet the de-
The past, in all its richness of ex
perience and store Of knowledge,
places in our hand the lever Of the
present. The future, with all its
grand possibilities, looks to us and
lays upon our work its foundation,
The nearing the perfect ideal of to-
morrow is gagged by the improve
ment and advance Of to-day, and so
long as the ideal remains unattained
must there be need. Those who
realize the worlds need to-day are
they who are most flied to supply
it; for those who now are doing the
most for the worlds help are they
who feel most keenly its needed adj
vancement. 1t is said one half the
world is so self absorbed that it
dreams not what the other half suf-
fers. Only now and then brave
spirit, forgetting self, throws a gen.
erous heart into good work and
leaves an influence for all time as
the worlds benefactor. To-day the
world calls for more such workers,
and the individual who can placidly
say, II have nothing to do for the
world" is very ignorant Of it's need,
the embodiment of selfishness or de-
cidedly wicked. Vast harvests are
white; noble work awaits the execu
tor. Every where are needed eff
cient men and women, men and wo-
men steadfast on the rock of truth. |
None can but feel they have a
place to fill and work to do--sad
Il they see not its worth and its
grandeur. Yes, the world needs /
everyone, not as they are perhaps,
but perfect. as the Redeemer through
grace has made it possible for them !
to become. But no life can be such !
without Christian hope; no work
can be well wrought that recognizes |
not in its plan Divinity. Parallel
with the advance of Christianity is
that of science and cultures all
xrooxose pergacr Growth is only /
possibIe to the Christian. ror no
development can be symmetrical
that does not include morals as well
Us mind-head as well as heart.
From the time shepherds were
told that he who brought peace on
earth lay in the lowly tnanger ..
Bethlehem, down through the CEN
turtles, the one CLEAN of flight through |
the dark ages and the only hope of
to-day-Christianity, all will &C
knowledge has been the essential ci-
vilizer. The past improvement has
been due to it, and to it we ascribe
the power and means for the eleva
ton of the present. To it we dedi-
cate work too great for human
agency to achieve, too vast for finite
mind to measure. Through Chris
tan light will break the golden
morn for India.
In Christ will the poor, the suffer
ing, and the wronged of all the
world be free. From i'll and discord
will yet be brought sweet harmony,
Where now are envy, strife, and
wrong, shall christian love bestow to
men the universal brotherhood For
this we hope and wait. But the ex-
igency of the time behooves us also
to work; for eN cry year innumera-
BILE victims are sacrificed to dri k
and crime and sin. At whose hand
will God require these souls? I'm
less no effort be left untried can we
he innocent? Though to-day the
worlds greatest need is Christian
tx, it is our work to reveal it is APP
Piled to the hearts Of men. Then let
us rouse TO our responsibility and
the grandeur Of our work. Let us
be strong for the conflict and on to
duty; for
'Look We, brothers, time IS rolling,