Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-10-23

sp0nd and had no one to lift them. In al
onseaworthy craft they put out into blacl
Euroclydon.
My brother, my sister, there is a balm
that cures the worst wound. There is q
light that will kindle up the worst dark
ness. There is harbor from the roughes
ocean You need and may have the Saw
ours sympathy. You cannot get on thii
way. see your trouble is wearing you out
body and mind and soul. / come on nc
FOOLS errand to day. come with balm
that can heal any wound. Are you sick
Jesus was sick. Are you weary? Jesus was
weary. Are you persecuted? Jesus was
prosecuted. Are you bereaved? Did not
Jesus weep over Lazarus2 Oh, yes, like a
roe on the mountains of Bether Jesus comes
bounding to your soul to-day. There is one
passage OF Scripture, every word of which
is heart throb: Come unto me, all We
who are weary and heavy laden, and will
give you rest" Then there is another pas
sage just as good: "Cast thy burden on
the Lord and he will sustain thee" Oh,
there are green pastures where the heaven
ly shepherd leads the wounded aud sick of
the flock.
The Son of God stands by the tomb of
Lazarus and will gloriously break it open
at the right time. Genesaret ca1 not toss it's
waves 30 high that Christ cannot walk
them. The cruise of oil will multiply into
an illimitable supply. After the orchard
seems to have been robbed of all Its fruit,
the Lord has one tree left, full of golden
and ripe supply. The requiem may wall
with gloom and with death; but there
cometh after awhile song, chant, an an
them, battle march, a jubilee. corona
ton. Oh, do you not feel the breath of
Christ's sympathy now, yoa wounded ones,
you troubled ones? If you do not, 1 would
Ike to tell you of the chaplain in the army
who was wounded so he could not walk, bnt
he heard at distance among the dying a
man who said: sob, my Godp' He said to
himself: 81 must help that man though
can't walk"
So he rolled over aud rolled through his
own blood and rolled on over mary of the
slain. until he came where this poor fellow
was suffering, and he preached to him the
comfort of the Gospel, and with his own
wound he seemed to soothe that mans
wound. 1t was sympathy going out to-
wards an object most necessitous, and one
that he could easily understand. And SO it
is with Christ-though wounded all over
himself, he hears the cry of our repen tance,
the cry of our bereavement, the cry of our
poverty, the cry Of our wretchedness, and
he says: 81 must go and help that seu.,"
and he rolls over with wounds in head,
wounds in hauds, wounds in feet, toward US,
until he comes just where we are weitering
in our own blood, and he puts his arm over
us-and | see it is wounded arm and it is
wounded haud-and as he throws His
arm over hear Him say: 81 have loved
thee with an everlasting love-"
Again, we must look to Christ as our fiu-
al rescue. We cannot with these eyes,
however good our sight may be, catch
glimpse of the heavenly land for which our
souls long. But have no more doubt that
beyond the cold river there is a place of
glory and of rest, than we have that across
the Atlantic ocean there is another contin-
ent. But the heavenly land and this land
stand in mighty contrast. This is barren
ness and that verdure. These shallowy
streams of earth which thirsty OK might
drink dry. or mules hoof trample into
mire, compared with the bright, crystalline
river from under the throne, on the banks
of which river the armies of heaven may
rest, and into whose clear food the trees of
life dip their branches.
These instruments of earthly music, go
easily racked into discord, compared with
the tarps that thrill with eternal raptures,
and the tr1mpets that are 30 muscial that
they wake the dead. These streets along
which we go painting in summer heat or
shlveriDg in winters cold, and the poor
man carries his burden and the vagrant asks
for aims, and along which shuttle the feet of
pain aud want aud woe, compared with
those streets that sound forever with the
feet of joy and holiness, and those walls
made out of all manner of precious stones,
=, -
jasper and chrysolte aud topaz and sar-
ionyx and beryl aud emerald and chryso-
prasus.
Oh, the contrast between this world,
where we struggle with temptation that
will not be conquered, and that world
where it is perfect joy, perfect holiness and
perfect rest! Said little blind child:
''Manma, will be blind in heaven2" "Oh,
no, my DEAR" replied the mother, tyou
won't be blind in heaven" A little lame
child said: "Mamma, will l be lame in
heaven?" "No," she replied, ''you won't
be lame in heaven" Why, when the plain
est Christian pilgrim arrives at the heaven
ly gate it opens to him. and as the angels
come down to escort him iu. and they
spread the banquet, and they keep festival
over the august arrival, and Jesus comes
with a crown aud says, "Wear this" and
W th palm and says, "Wave this" and
points to throne aud says, Mount thia."
Then the old citizens of heaven come round
to hear the newcomers recital of deliver
ancs wrought for him, aud as the newly
arrived soul tells of the grace that pardoned
aud the mercy that saved him, all the in
habitants shout the praise of the King, cry
ing, "Praise Hlml Praise Himr'
Quaint John Bunyan caught a glimpse of
that consummation when he said: "Just as
the gates were opened to let in the man.
looked in after them, and behold the city
shone like the sun; the streets were also
paved with gold and in them walked many
men with crowns on their heads, and gold
en- harps to sing praises withal. And after
that they shut up the gates, which, when l
had seen, wished myself among them."
The party press of the State is very prop
erly warning the party managers and the
people against the apathy which overconti
dence invariably produces. The nonsense
about Malone withdrawing flom the can
vass and the little less absurd talk alb ,ut
overwhelming the willy Republican leader
with fifty thousand majority is doing the
Democratic party no good. Malone is
hustliug for himself and the Quay Dudley
Cl3IKSOu com Dl0atOu IL Hu5bilug IOE nlfUs
Every man of them is an experienced CAM
paigner; not one of them would scrupe at
any device to crown his efforts with sue
cess; all of them are notoriously tricky and
corrupt. If we are to beat Mahoue decis-s
ively,it must be by bard work and ceaseless
vigilance. There is too much Indifference
already manifested and entlreley too little
evidence of compact, aggressive organiza
tion. Malone has summoned to his aid the
ablest mauipuistors in the National Rspub-
licau party. They are ready to help him
with money and rascally advice. They are
to-day giving him the benefit of both. 1t
behooves the Democratic party to circum-
vent their desperate schemes by going to
the polls in full force on election day. No
man should take it for granted that his vote
is not required. See to it that you are prop
erly registered, and don't fail to exercise
your right of suffrage. Virginia needs the
aid of every true son in this desperate po-
litical conflict NeWs.
Famous Women.