West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-01-31

srick Robertson, OF Brighton, is az near dead
now as he was when, year after year, he
slept seated on the floor, his head ON the
bottom OF a chair, because he could find
ease IN no other positioni Do you think
that Robert Hall Is as nesr dead now as
when, on his couch, he tossed i'm physical tor
turesl No. Death gave them tue few black
drops that cured them. That is all death
does TO a Christian cures him. know that
what | have said implies that they are living.
there Is no question about hat. The only
question this morning is whether you will
ever join them.
But | must not forget those W hundred
men who tainted by the brook Besor. They
could not take another step farther. Their
feet were sore; their head ached; their en-.
tire nature was exhausted. Besides that.
they were broken hearted because thor
homes were gone Iiklag in ashesl And yet
the spoils among them. He says they shall
have some OF the jewels, some Of the robes.
some OF the treasures. / look over this
audience this morning. and / find at least
two hundred who have tainted by the brook
Besor-tbe brook Of tears You feel as
II you could not take another step farther,
IS though you could never look up again.
But l am going 10 initiate David, and divide
among you some glorious trophies. Here Is
a robe: a things work together for good
TO those who love God.n Wrap Yourself i'm
that glorious promise. Here is for your neck
n string OF pearls, made out OF crystalized
tears; weeping may endure for a night.
put Joy cometh in the morning" Here Is a
coronet: BE thou faithful unto death. and
i will give thee n crown of life" q We faint
ing ones by the brook Besor, dip your bis
tered feet IN the rupning stream OF Gods
mercy. Battle your brow at the wells of sal
walton. Soothe your wounds with the bal
sam that exudes from trees of life. God will
not utterly cast you off. o broken. hearted
man, q broken-hearted woman, ~fainting by
the brook Besor.
A shepherd finds that his musical pipe is
bruised. she says: II can't get any more
music out of this instrument: so 1 win lust
break 1t, and 1 will throw this reed away.
Then l will get another reed, and I will play
music on that. But God says He will not
cast you Off because all the music has
gone out OF your soul. 1.-THE bruised
reed He will not break" AS far as
l can tell the diagnosis OF your disease. YOU
want Divine nursing, and IL is promised you:
a one whom his mother comforteth, so
the way through, o troubled soul, and when
you come down to the Jordan of death, you
VIII lind 1t to be as hin a brook as Besor; for
Dr. Robinson says that, in April Besor dries
up, and there is no brook at all. And in
your last moment you will be as placid as
the Kentucky minister who went up 10
God. saying, in the dying hour: "Write 10
my sister Kate, and tell her not to be wor.
ried and frightened about the story of the
horrors around the death-bed. Tell her
there is not a word of truth i'm it. for / am
there now, and Jesus is with me, and [ find
it n very happy way; not because | am a
good man, for L am not; / am nothing but a
poor, miserable sinner; but 1 have an AL.
mighty Saviour, and both of His arms are
around me-"
May God Almighty. through the blood OF
the everlasting covenant, bring us into the
c~ompanionship OF our loved ones who have
already entered the heavenly land, and en-
tered the presence of Christ. whom. not hav.
ing seen, we love, and so David shall recover
all, ''and as his part is that goeth down TO
the battle. 81 shall his part be that tarrieth