West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-31

hdent in this time by the cross of Christ.
That Is used to the fire. On the dark day
when Jesus died, the lightning struck il from
above, and the flames OF hell dashed up
against II from beneath. That fearful, pain
tul, tender, blessed cross still stands. On il
we hang all our hopes: beneath it we put
down all our sins; in tho light OF il we ox-
pect TO make the rest OF our DilgrimaOe
Within sight of such n sacrifice. who can feel
no has 1t hardl In the sight OF such a SYM
Dol, who can be discouraged, however great
the darkness that may come down upon him2
Jesus hyesl The loving, patient, sympathiz-
ing, mighty Jesusl IL shall not be told on
earth, or in hell, or i'm heaven, that three He
brew children had the Son OF God beside
them I'm tho fire, and that a whole church was
torsaken by the Lord when they went
through a furnace about two hundred feet
wide.
Lord Jesusl shall we take out of TIL,
hand the flowers and the fruits, and the
brightness and the joys, and then turn away
because Thou dost give us one cup OF bitter.
ness to drink? Oh, no., Jesusl we will drink
1t dry. But how it is changedl Blessed Je
sus, what has Thou put into the cup 70
sweeten 1T? Why, it has become the wine of
heaven, and our souls grow strong. / come
now, and place both of my feet deep down
into tho blackened ashes Of our consumed
church, and | cry out with an exhilaration
that never felt since the day of my souls
emancipation, "Victoryl victoryl througb
our Lord Jesus Christrf
Your harps, we trembling saints,
Down from the willows take,
Lond TO the praise OF love divine
Bid every string awake.
We are also re-enforced by the Cath.
ohcity that l have already referred TO. We
are IN the Academy to-day, not because
we have no other place TO go. Last Sab
bath morning at o o'clock we had but one
cnurcn; now we have about thirty, all at
our disposal. Their pastors and their
trustees say: "You may take our main
audience rooms, you may take our lecture
rooms, you may take our church parlors, you
may baptize in our baptisteries, and sit on
our anxious seats" OH IL there be any
larger hearted ministers or larger hearted
churches anywhere than i'm BROOKLYN. tell me
'where they are, that | may go and see them
before / die. The millennium has come. Poo
pie keep wondering when it is coming. It
mas come. The lion and the lamb lie down
together, and the tiger eats straw like an OK.
l should like to have seen two of the
OLD time bigots, with their swords, fight
ing through hat great fire on Scher-
merhorn street last Sabbath. / am
sure the swords would have melted. and thew
who welded them nave learned war no more.
1 can never say a word against any other de-
nomination of Christians. / thank God r
never have been tempted to do 1t. L cannot
be a sectarian. l nave been told l ought 10
be, and L have tried TO be, but / nave not
enough material in me to make such n
structure. Every time l get the thing most
N0ANf NhilS NoilltN II ire, OF SOnleInlnR else
and all is gone. The angels of God shake out
on this air, GLORY to God i'm the highest.
and on earth peace, good VIII toward men,
L do not know but i sec on the horizon the
hrst CLEAN of the morning which shall unite
oil denominations in one organization, dis
lhgulshed only by the locality rs i'm apostolic
times; 1t was then the Church OF Thyatira,
and the Church of Thessalonica, and the
Church of Antioch, and the Church of Laodi-
eea. 30 do not know but that in the future
history, and not far off either, it may be sim
ply a distinction of locality, and not Of creed.
as the Church Of New York, the Church OF
Brooklyn, the Church of Boston, tho Church
of Charleston, the Church Of Madras the
Church of ~Constantiuople, the Church of
America.
My dear brethren, we cannot afford tn be
severely divided. Standing in front of the
great Toes OF our common Christianity, we
want to put on the whole armor of God and
march down in solid column, shoulder TO
uoulder! one commander! one Triumph
The trumpet gives a martial strain
o Israel! grid thee from the tight;
Arise, the combat TO maintain;
Arise, and put thy foes 70 flight.
We also feel reinforced by the thought
that we are ON the way TO a heaven that can
never burn down. Fires may sweep through
lther cities-but / am glad to know that the
New Jerusalem is fireproof. There will be
40 engines rushing through those streets;
there Will be no temples consumed i'm that
sity. Coming to the doors Of that Church..
we VIII IND them open, resOnent with songs,
md not cries Of fire. Oh, my dear brother
and sisteri if this short lane of life
solnes up so soon TO that blessed place. what
S the use OF our worrying? 1 have felt a
good many times this last week like Father
taylor, the sailor preacher. He got in a
ong sentence while he was preaching one
lay, and lost himself, and could not find his
way out OF the sentence. He stopped and
aid: Brethren, l have lost the nominatiye
of this sentence, and things are generally
mixed up, but l am bound for the kingdom
anyhow"
And during thisl last week. when 1 saw the
rushing TO and fro aud the excitement, I said
% myself: II 10 not know Just where we
hall start again, but / am bound for the
kingdom anyhow" / do not want To go
Just yet l want TO be pastor Of this peopie
until l am about eighty nine years OF age.
but i nave sometimes thought that there are
such glories ahead that / may be persuaded
10 go n little earlier-for instance. at eighty
two or three; but really think that. IN we
could have an appreciation Of what God has
IN reserve for US we would want to go.
ltepping right out OF the Academy Of Music
nto the glories Of the skies.
AM that IS n good land. WHY. thew ten
me that in that land they never have a heart
ache. They tell me that n man MIGHT vail
five hundred years in that land and never
SEQ q tear or Hear q sigh. They tell me that
our friends WHO have left us and gone there
tnelF Icct arc radiant as the sun, and that
they take mold OF tic hand Of Jesus familiar
IN ami mat they open that hau1 and SEQ In
the palm OF 10 a healed wound that must
nave been very cruel before IL was beale5
ana they tell me that there is no winter
mere aud that they never get hungry or
COLO, and that the sewing girl never wadea
through the snow bank 10 her daily toll and
lnaJ ths clock never strikes twelve for the
mgnt, but only twelve for the dav.
see that light I'm tho window. tvopdog
who set ~ there. "Ohr Won saw. nNg
father that went into glory must have ~
that light in the window" No. ouoes
again. "hiy mother. who died fifteen ve,rs
a8) no Jesus, ! think must have set thot1ighf
mere no; guess again. You say. ON
uafImg little child, that last summer / put
away Tor Che resurrection ] think she must
nave set Tint light there 90 tho window. No.
go again. Jesus Get 10 there. and RI
"H Keep % burning until fbc
icy, We put our finger ON fbc
iaVch ot the door and 90 ip 10 be of
nOhlcigfcYcr OH when my sight 0oto btsct
m ueath put ON my eyelids thar sweet oinf-
mont when in the last wearinceq r cannot
axe another step, just help me nut nv To-
On mat doorsill. Whom my ear catobeo No.
Hipfe tbo voices Of wife and child. Ill ne oo
lsnb iu, p have my deafness cured nv fbo
tfoko oi inc harpers whose fingers NJ ovcr
nc stfinHs with Tho anthems Of the frea
Heaven never burns down. Tho a..
ne last day, that aro already kindIod in 90
nenrt or the earth, but nre hidden b.sc,tso
god Keeps down The hafchcs-tboso i,tcr.ai
ifea VIII after q while break fbr,ygb ~
crust. and tho UInfna All o.. rt W"