West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-26

men IL they had aver known that in the after
ages o. che world they would have been
called Egyptian guano.
or how much worth now Is the crown of
C@sari Who bids for itl Who cares now
anything about the Amphictyonic council or
the laws OF Lycurgusl Who trembles now
because Xerxes crossed the Hellespont on a
bridge OF boatsi Who fears because Nebu-
| chadnezzar thunders at the gates OF Jerusa-
LENT Who cares now whether or not Cleopatra
marries Antony Who crouches before Fer
dinand, or Boniface. or Alarici Can Crom.
wei dissolve the English parliament nowl
| Is William, Prince OF Orange, King OF tho
Netherlandsi No, mol However much
Elizabeth may love the Russian crown, she
must pass it to Peter, and Peter 10 Catherine,
and Catherine TO Paul, and Paul 10 Alex
ander. and Alexander TO Nicholas. Leopold
| puts the German scepter into the hand OF
] Joseph, and Philip comes down of the Span
Aragon, house OF Hapsburg, house OF
| Stuart house OF Bourbon quarreling
about everything else, but agreeing
in this: "The fashion OF this world
| passeth away" But have all these dignita-
ries gonoi Can they not be called backi 1
have been In assemblages where have heard
the roll called. and many distinguished men
have answered IL should call tho roll to-
day OF some OF those mighty ones who have
gone wonder IL they would not answer. /
| will call the roll. will call the roll Of the
Kings first: Alfred the Great William the
Conquerori Frederick III Louis XVII No
| Il
| Robert Southeyl Thomas Campbelii John
Kents George Crabbei Robert Burnsl No
answer. i call the roll OF artists: Michael
| Angelo Paul Veronesel William Turnerl
Christopher Wrenl No answer. Eyes
closed. Ears deaf Lips silent Hands pal
sled Scepter, pencil, pen, sword, put down
forever Why should we struggle for such
| baublesl
Another reason why we should culture this
spirit OF cheerfuness is the fact that God
| knows what is best for His creatures. You
know what is best for your child. He thinks
you are not as liberal with him as you ought
| TO be. He criticses your discipline, but you
look over the whole field, and you, loving
that child, do what in your deliberate judg-
ment is best for him. Now, God Is the best
OF fathers Sometimes his children think
that he Is hard on them, and that he is not as
| liberal with them as he might be. But chill
dren do not know as much as a father.
can tell you why you are not largely affiuent,
and why you have not been grandly success
| full IL Is because You cannot stand the temp
tation. IL your path had been smooth you
would have depended upon your own
surefootedness; but God roughened that
| path, so you have TO take hold of
! his hand. II the weather had been
mild, you would have loitered along the
water courses, but at the first howl OF the
storm you quickened your pace heavenward
| and wrapped around You the warm robe OF a
/ Soviour's righteousness. "What have 1
donep says the wheatsheaf to the farmer;
with your faiiF The farmer makes no
answer, but the rake takes Off the straw, and
the mill blows the chaff to the wind and the
| golden grain falls down at the foot of the
windmill. After while, the straw looking
| down from the NOW upon the golden grain
banked up on either side the floor under
stands why the farmer beat the wheatsheat
with the fail.
Who are those before the thronel The an
swer came: These are they who, out of
great tribulation, had their robes washed and
made white in the blood OF the lamb"
Would God that we could understand that
our trials are the very best thing for us. II
we had an appreciation of that truth, then
we should know why il was that John
| Noyra, the martyr, in the very midst of the
flame, reached down and picked up one of
kissed IL, and said: blessed be God for the
time when was born for this prefermentn
They who suffer with Him on earth shall be
glorifed with Him In heaven. Be content
/ then, with such things as you have.
Another consideration leading us TO the
| spirit of the text is the assurance that the
Lord will provide somehow. viii he who
holds the water in the hollow Of his hand
a low his children to die OF thirst Will he
| who owns the cattle on thousand hills and
all the earth's luxuriance OF grain and fruit,
| allow his children to starvel Go out to-
morrow morning at O'Clock in the woods
and hear the birds chant. They have had no
| breakfast, they know not where they will
| dine. they have no idea where they viii sup:
! but hear the birds chant at o'clock in the
morning. Behold the fowls of the air;
1 for they sow not neither do they reap, nor
| gather into barns, yet your heavenly
| Father feedeth them. Are YOU not
much better than theyf' Seven thousand
| people, in Christs time, went into the desert.
| They were the most improvident people j
ever heard OF. They deserved to starVe. they
1 might have taken food enough to last them
| until they got back. Nothing did they take.
A lad, who had more wit than all Of them
IL.
for some loaves of bread and some fishes
| They were put into his sachel. He went out
into the desert. From this provision the
| seven thousand were fed and the more they
ate the larger the loaves grew until the pro-
vision that the boy brought in one sachel was
! multiplied 50 he could not have carried the
| fragments home In six sachels 80" you say
times have changed, and the day OF miracles
has gone reply thai, what God did then
/ by miracle, He does now In some other way
/ and by natural laws. Il have been young,
/ said David, but now am old; yet have I
never seen the righteous forsaken, nor His
| seed begging bread" 1t Is high time that
you people who are fretting about worldly
circumstances, and who are fearing you are
coming TO want. understood that the oath OF
the eternal God Is involved in the fact that
you are to have enough TO eat and 20 wear.
Again: ] remark that the religion of Jesus
/ Christ Is the grandest influence 20 make a
man contented. Indemnity against ALL finan-
| cial and spiritual harm IL calms the spirit
! dwindes the earth into insgnidcanoe, and
/ swallows up the soul with the thought OF
/ heaven. ye who have been going about
/ from place 20 place expecting 70 lind In
/ change OF circum stances something TO give
solace 70 the spirit, / commend you this
| morning, to the warm hearted earnest prac-
/ tical, common sense religion Of the Lord
/ Jesus Christ. There Is no peace saith my
| Uod, for the wicked, and as long as you con
/ tlnue in your sin you will be miserable.
Come TO Christ Make Him your portion,
I AID start for heaven and yOu will be happy
man--you will be happy woman.
Yet, my friends, notwithstanding all these
! Inducements 70 spirit OF contentment,
/ have TO tell you this morning the human
/ race Is divided into two Glasses those who
\ scold and those who get scoldsd. The car
/ penter wants 70 be anything but a carpenter,
/ aud the mason anything but n mason, and
/ the banker anything but banker, and the
| lawyer anything but n lawyer and the min
l8ter anything but minister, and everybody
/ would b. happy ~ he were only somebody
/ else. The anemOne wants % BE- n sunhOWer,
\ and the apple orchards throw down their
\ blossoms because they are not tall cedars
/ and the scOw wants 70 be schooner, and the
/ soOp would like 70 be q seventy four FOUNDER
/ and parents have the worst children that ever
/ were, and everybody has the greatest mis-
/ fortune aud everything Is upside down, or
/ going TO BE- Abb my friends you never
make any advance through such a spirIs ~
\ that. You cannot fret yourself up; you
\ may fret yourself down. AMID all this graf
\ ing of tones strike this string Of the Gospel
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