Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-09-14

staucn ana the wlnos are changing Tor
better quarter, and he Is sure he
win bring you safe into the harbor,
yoQ patiently submit to present distress
with the thought of safe arrival Now /
want to know whether we are coming on
toward diapay, darkness and defeat, or on
toward light and blessedness You and be-
lieve the latter, aud il so, every year we
spend is one year subtracted from the worlds
woe, and every event thRt passes, whether
bright or dark, brings US one event nearer q
happy consummation, and by all that isinex-
orable in chronology and mathematics loom
mend you to good cheer and courage II
there Is anything in ARITHMETIC. II you sub
tract two from five and leave three, then by
every rolling sun we are coming on toward q
magnificent terminus Then every winter
passed is one severity less for our poor world.
Then every summer gone by brings usnearer
unfading arborescence. Put your algebra
down on the top of your Bible and rejoice.
If it is nearer morning at o'clock than It
Is at 2, if it Is nearer morning at o'clock
than it Is at 8, then we are nearer the dawn
Of the worlds deliverance. Gods clock seems
to go very slowly, but the pendulum swings
and the hands move, and IL will yet strike
noon The sun and the moon stood still once;
they will never stand still again until they
stop forever. If you believe arithmetic as
well as your Bible, you must believe we arc
nearer the dawn. ''The day Is at hand"
MYSTERIOUS sIoSs or THE rnKs.
There Is class OF phenomena which makes
me think that the spiritual and the heavenly
world may after while make deTnonstra-
ton in this world which win bring all moral
and e,1irik,,al tf,faerc e., n r1sn,a- Nnxw -.
no spiritualist, but every intelligent man has
noticed that there are strange and mysterious
things which indicate to him that perhaps
the spiritual world is not 50 far OF as some
times we conjecture, and that after while.
from the spiritual and heavenly world there
may be n demonstration upon our world for
its betterment. We call IL magnetism, or We
call it mesinerism, or we call it electricity,
because we want some term TO cover up our
ignorance do not know what it Is. never
heard an audible voice from the other world.
! am persuaded of this, however. that tho
veil between this world and the next is get
ting thinner and thinner, and that perhaps
after while, at the call Of God-not at tho
call Of the Davenport brothers, or Andrew
jackson Davis-sone OF the old scriptural
warriors. some of the spirits OF other days
mighty for Coda Joshua, or a Caleb, or a
David. or a Paul--may come down and help
us in the battle against unrighteousness. Oh,
how l would like 10 have them here-him
of tho Red Sea, him OF ,the valley OF Ala
lon, him OF Mars Hill History says that
Robert Clayton, of the English cavalry, at
the close OF war bought up all the old cav
airy horses, lest they be turned out 10 drudg-
cry and hard work, and bought piece Of
ground at Naversmire Heath, and turned
u ;,sts,
richest pasture, to spend tho rest Of their
days for what they had done IN other days.
One day a thunder storm came up and these
war horses mistook the thunder OF tho skies
for the thunder Of battle, and they wheeled
into line-no riders on their backs-thcy
wheeled into line ready for the fray. And
doubt mo whether, when the last thunder Of
this battle for God and truth goes booming
through the heavens, the old scriptural war
riors can keep their places on their thrones
Methinks they will spring into the fight and
exchange crown for helmet, and palm branch
for weapon, and come down out OF the kings
galleries into the arena, crying: Make rooml
must fight in this great Arnlageddon.
My beloved people, preach this sermon
because l want you TO toll with the sunlight
In your faces. want you old men 70 under
stand before you die that all the work you
did for God while yet your ear was alert and
your foot fleet is going TO DO counted up In
the final victories want all these younger
people to understand that when they toll for
God they always win the day; that all pray
ers are answered, and all Christian work In
some way is eifeotual, and that tho tide Is
setting in the right direction, and that all
heaven is ON our side--saintly, cherublc,
seraphic, archangelic, omnipotent, chariot
and throne, doxology and procession, princi-
palities and dominion; he who hath the moon
under his feet and all the armies Of heaven
ON white horses.
Brother brotherl ell am afraid Of Is, not
that Christ viii lose the battle, but that you
and will not get into it quick enough to do
something worthy Of our blood bought Inn
mortality Oh, Christi how shall meet
thee, thou Of the SCARED brow, and tho
Scared back, and the SCARED hand, and tho
SCARED foot, and the Scared breast, II have
TO scars Of wounds gotten In thy servicei IL
shall not be so. step out today In front OF
tho battle. Come on, you foes Of God, / dare
you to the combat Come on, with pens
dipped In malignancy. Como on, with
tongues forked and viperine and adderous
Come on, with types soaked In the scum Of
the eternal pit. defy you'll Come oni /
bare my brow, uncover my heart. Strikel
cannot see my Lord until have been hurt
for Christ. II we do not suffer with him on
earth, we cannot be glorihed with him In
heaven. Take good heart. onl 0ni On,
Seel the skies have Frightened See tho
hour Is about to comet Pick out all tho
cheeriest OF the anthems. Let tho orchestra
string their best instruments. "The night Is
far spent, the day is at hand"
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