The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-04-11


along that track the car of the world s
redemption will roll to the Grand Central
depot of the millennium. ] have have no
anxiety about the track. ! am only afraid
that for our Incidence God will discharge
MS and get some other engineer. The
train is going through with us OF without
AS. So, my brethren. watch all the events
that are going by. If things seem to turn
out right give wings'f6 your joy. If
things seem to turn out wrong. throw out
the anchor of>faith and hold fast.
There is a house in London where Peter
the Great of Russia lived awhile when he
was moving through the land incognita
and in workman s dress that he might learn
the wants of the people. a stranger was
visiting at that house recently, and saw in
a dark attic an old box, and he said
of the aewners of the house, what's
in that bex9' The owner said, Il don't
know: that box was there when | got the
house, and it was there when my father
got it. We haven't had any curl >sity TO
look at If; guess there s nothing in it. "
"Well," SAID the stranger, IN give you
two pounds for it. "Well, done" The
two pounds We're paid. and recently the
contents of that box were sold to the cza
of Russia for fifty ii ousard dollars. In
it the lat hing machine of Peter the Great !,
his private letters and documents of value
beyond all monetary consideration. And
hQra a the 4aVpp. c that Saanl vary
nticant and unimportant, bat they ncase
treasures of divine providence and eter-
mites of meaning which after awhile God
will demonstrate before the ages as being
of stupendous value. AS near as | can
tell from what | see. there must be God
somewhere about.
When Titans play quoits they pitch
mountains; but who owns these gigantic
forces you have been reading about the last
two months ? Whose hard is on the
foot suddenly planted on the footstool
makes the continents culver? God God
He looketh upon the mountains and they
trembe He toucheth the hills and they
Sun oke God God : must be at peace
with him, Through the Lord Jesus Christ
this God is mine and he is yours. | Put
the earthquake that shook Palestine al
the crucfixion against all The down rock
ings of the centuries This God on oul
side, we may challenge all the centuries
of time and all the cycles of eternity.
THINGS THAT MAY COME TO PASS.
Those of us who are in mid life may
well thank God that we have seen so MI ny
wondrous things; but there are people
here to-day who will see The Twentieth
century. Things obscure to rs will b.
plain to you yet The Twentieth centur,
will be as far ahead of the Nineteenth a.
the Nineteenth is ahead of the Eighteenth
and you can caricature the habits and Gus
toms and ignorance of the past. Others
will caFicature this age, Some OF vol
may live TO see the shiminering veil be
tween the material and the spiritua
world lifted. Magnetism word Will
which we cover up our ignorance. will YET
be an explored realm, Electricity. III
fiery courser of the sky, that Benjamin
Franklin lassoed and Moose and Bell AIT
Edison have tried to control, will becom
completely manageable. and locomotio
will be switched, and a world of practice
knowledge thrown IN upon the race
Whether we depart in this century, O
whether we see the open gates of NOR
wonderful century. we will see thes
things. 1t does not make much differeEc
where we stand but the higher the stanC
point the larger the prospect. We wi
see them from heaven if We do not Sc
them from earth. | was at Fire lsant
Long Island. and went up in the cupol
from which they telegraph TO New OF
the.approach of vessels hours before the
come into port. There is an opening i
thej wall. and the operator puts his tel
escope through that opening and look
out and sees vessels far out at sea-
While / was talking with him he wen
up and looked out lie said: I'VE al
expecting the Arizona tonight" sait
lis it possible you know. I'll these YES
sells :? Do you know them as you kno'
mans face ?'' lie said "Yes. | neve
make mistake; before / see the hulks.
often know them by the masts; I kno'
them all. haye watched them SO long.
Oh. what grand thing it is to have ship
telegraphed and heralded long before the
come to port, that friends may come dow
to the wharf and we leone their long abser
loved ones. So to day we take our stan
in the watch tower and we look off an
Though the glass of inspiration or Prov
dence we look off and see whole fleet {
ships coming III. That is the ship {
Peace, flag with one star of Bethlehe
floating above the top galants. That
the ship of the church. mark of salt way
high up on the smoke stack. showing ST
has had rough weather, but the Captain
salvation commands her and all is we'll wit
her. The ship of Heaven. mightiest era
ever launched. millions of passengers wal
ing for millions more, prophets Apostles al
martyrs inthe cabin, conquerorsat the fot
are waving this way as they knew Ii
and we wave back again, for they al
ours; they went out from orr own hons
holds. Ours Hail! Hall Put off I'll
black and put on the white. Stop tollin
the funeral bell and ring the Wedding ar
them. Shnt up the hearse and take I'll
chariot. Now the ship comes around Il
great ilandiand. Soon she will strike tt
wharf and we will go aboard her. Tea
for ships going out. Laughter for shil
coming in Now she touches he whar
Thraw on The planks. Block not up tn;
gangway with embracing long lost friend
for you will have eternity of reunion
Stan1 back and give way until other mil
lions come on. Farewell to sin. Fare
well to struggle. Farewell 10 sickness
Farewell 10 death. A Il aboard for heayel
The Washington correspondent of til
Alexafldi la Gazette, says: Strange as
may seem. some of the Virginia Demo
cratic office holders have asked and al
asking Senator Barbour to use his infu
ence to have them retained, lie tel
them that what they call his il.fluenc
would. do them more harm than good wi
Republican administration, and besides
that as he thought the Democrats wer
entitled to the Offices under Democrat