West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-02-16

/ forth from tho palace gate are Nashti aud
| her children There are homes represented
| OF such n breaking up. Oh Abasuerus
| that YOU should stand in home. bv
dissipated life destroying the pence
and comfort OF that home. God
| forbid that your children stould
ever have u wiring their hands, AMI have
peoplc point their hands nc them as they pass
down the street, and say, There goes a
| tie feet should ever have 90 trudge the path
! Of noverty and wretchedneSs. God forbid
that any evil spirit. born Of the W ne cup or
the brandy flask, should come forth aud no
root that garden, and. with blasting bis
tering. all consuming curse. shut for ever tho
palace gate against Vashti and the children
Oh the women AMI men OF sacrifice are
Going e take the brightest coronalso Of heaveni
This woman Of the text gave up pa latiaI resi-.
dence, gave mp all for what she considered
right Sacrificed Is there anything more
sublime a steqmer called the Prairie
Belle. burning on the Mississippi river
BludSo, the engineer, declared he would keen
the bow OF the boat m tina shnra tiI all were
OF, and he kept his promise At his post
sNorched and blackened, ne persisted but no
saved all the passengers. Two verses of pa
thetic poetry describe the scene. but the
verses are n little rough and so I changed
word or two:
Through the hot black breath Of the burning
Jim Blud .o's voice was heard.
And hey all had trust In his stubborness
And knew he would keep his word
And eures you're born they all got off
Afore the emOkestaclIs fell:
And Bludso'r ghost went up above
In the smoke OF the Prairie Belle.
He weren't no saint, but at Judgment
ia run my chance with Jim,
Iongsido OF some pinus gentlemen
That wouldn't shake hands with him.
Hed seen his duty. a dead sure thing,
And went for Il there and then.
And Christ te not going to be too hard
On man that died for men.
Once more: / want you 20 look at Vashti
the silent. You do not hear any oHtcry from
this woman as she goes forth FROM the palace
gate. From the very dignity OF her nature
You know there will be no vociferation
Sometimes in life IL is necessary to make a
retort; sometimes in life IL is necessary TO
resist; but there are crises when the most
triumphant thing 20 do Is TO keep silence.
The philosopher, confident in his newly dis
covered principle waited for the coming of
more intelligent generations. willing that
men should laugh at the lightning rod,
and cotton gin and steamboat-waiting for
long years through the scofflng of philo-
sophical schools, in grand and magnificent
silence. Galileo, condemned by mathema.
ticians, and monks. and cardinals, caricatured
everywhere, yet waiting and watching with
his telescope to SEQ the coming up of stellar
re endorsements, when the stars in their
courses would fight for the Copernican sys-
tenn then 81 ting down in complete blindness
aud deafness TO wait for the coming of the
generations who would build his monument
and bow at his grave. The reformer. exc
Grated by his contemporaries fastened in n
pilory tue slow fires of public contempt
burning under him, ground under the cylin-
derS OF the printing prcss,yet calmly waiting
for the day when purity of soul and heroism
OF character will get the sanction of earth
and the plaudits of heaven. Affection, en-
during without any complaint the sharpness
OF the pang, and the violence of the storm
and the heft of the chain, and the darkness
OF the night-waiting until divine hand
snail be put forth to sooth the pang and
~ or mud ..olau
wlIe abused, prosecuted, and a perpetual
exile from every earthly comfort-waiting
waiting, until the Lord shall gather up his
dear children I'm heavenly home, and no
poor Nashti will ever be thrust out from the
palace gate. Jesus, i'm silence and answer.
ing not word, drinking the gall, bearing
the cross, in prospect of the rapturous con
summation when
Angels ihronged his chariot wheel
And bore him TO his throne;
Then swent their golden harps and sung
The glorious work is done.
An Arctic explorer found a ship floating
helplessy about among the icebergs, AMI
gong on board he found that the CAPTAIN
was frozen at his log book, and the helms
man was fro zen at the wheel, and tn men on
the loo 'oqt wer, frozen in their places. Taat
was awful, but magnificent All the Arctic
blasts AMI all th3 icebergs could not drive
them from their duty. Their silence was
louder than thunder And this Old ship of n
world has many at their posts in the awful
chill OF neglect, and frozen of the worlds
scorn, and their silence shall be the euogy
or the Skies AMI be rewarded long after this
weather-beaten craft of planet shall have
made its last VOYAGE
thank God that the highest influences
are the most silent. The fires in n furnace OF
a factory, or of steamship, roar though
they only move n few shuttles or n few
thousand tons but the sun that warns a
world rises and sets without n crackle, or
faintest sound. Travellers visiting Mount
lEtna. having heard of the glories of sunrise
on thlt peak, went up to spend the Iught
there and see the sun rise next morning, but
when it came up it was so far behind their
anticipations they actually Kissed it, The
mighttest Influences to-day are like the
planetary system-completely silent Don't
hiss the sum
o, womanl does not this story of Vashti
the queen Nashti the yelled, Nashti the sac
rlhce, Nashti the silent move your souls
My sermon converges into the one absorbing
nope that none OF you may be shut out OF the
palace gate OF heaven. You can endure the
hardships, AMI the privaticns and the
crue!ties, and the misfortunes of this life, II
you can only gain admission there. Through
he blood of the everlasting covenant Won
go through those gates, or never go at oil.
When Rome was besieged the daughter OF
Its ruler saw the golden bracelets on the left
arms or the enemy, and she sent word 70 them
that she would betray her city and surrender
IL TO them if they would only give her those
bracelets on their left arms. They accepted
the proifer, and by night this daughter OF
the ruler OF the city opened one OF the gates
ne army entered, and Keeping their
promise, throw upon her their bracelets,
and also their shields, and under the great
weight she died. Alas. that all through the
ages the same folly has been repeated and
Tor tho trinkets and glitterng treas
ures OF this world men AMI women
swing open the portals o. their immortal
soul Tor an everlasting surrender, and die
under the shining encouragement
Through the rich grace OF our Lord Jesus
Christ may you DO enabled 20 initiate the
example Of Rachel, and Hannah, and Abb.
gail, and Deborah, and Mary and Vashti
Amenl
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