West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-03-28


not stand That Is all there Is about IL A
man comes to me to talk about religion. The
hrst question ask him Is; "Do you feel your
S vst 20 o., oe slnn.rr II he say: well L
man wants ride on Nehemiah's horse by
midnight through the ruins-in by the gate
Q. ms affections out by the gate OF his will;
and before he has got through with that
midnight ride no win drop the rei9ns on the
horses neck, and will take his right
hand and smito on his heart and say,
Sod DO merciful 10 mo a sinner;n
and before he has stabbed his horso he
viii take his feot out OF the stirrups. and he
| Will slide down on the ground, aud he will
knesl, crying: Have mercy on me, o God,
according TO Thy loving kindness, according
unto tho multitude Of Thy tender nercics
blot out my transgressions, for 1 acknowl.
| edge my transgressons and my sins
are ever before Thee All, my friends,
you SEQ this is not a complimentary
gospel. That is what makes some peo
pie so mad. IL comes 10 a man OF million
dollars and impenitent I'm his sins and says:
you're pauper.n IL comes to a woman OF
fairest cheek who has never repsnted. and
says: You're sinner It comes to a man
priding himself OH his independence and says:
You're bound hand aud foot by the dsvil -
t comes 70 our entire race and says you're
ruin, CHASTITY ruin, an illinitable ruin"
Satan sometimes says to me- "Why
do you preach that TRUTH why
don't You preach gospel with
no repentance In IL! Why don't you flattet
mems hearts so that you make them feel ali
rlght why don't you preach a humani
tartan gospel with no repentance i'm IL, say
ing nothing about the ruin, talking all the
time about rodemptioni'' say: "Gst thee
behind me, Satan.n would rather
, Lead, five souls souls the right way than
The redemption Of tho gospel Is per-
tect farce IL there is no ruin ''The whole
need not physician, but thoy that arc sick. u
III any one though he be an angel from
lfs1Xon Inv 9TH A.
thus, says the apostle, "let him be accursed'
ihere must be the midnight ride over the
ruins before Jerusalem can be built There
must be the clicking OF the hoofs before there
can DO tho ringing OF the trowols
Again. My subject gives mo q specimen
Oh busy md triumphant sadness IL there
was any man in the world who had n right
20, 70 NOPE % aud give up everything as lost, it
bearer In the palace OF Shushan, and It was
grant place" SO IL was The hall of that
palace was two hundred foet SQUARE
and The roof hoyerod over thirty-sx
marble pillars, each pillar sixty feet high;
ana the intense blue OF the sky, and
the deep green of tho forest foliage. and
tue white or the driven snow, ali hung
trembling In tho upholstery. But, ms
friends you Know very well that fine archi.
lecture viii not put down inconsistencies
Yet Nehemiah did not give up Then when
you see him going among these desc,
lated streets, and by these disniantled
towers and by tho torn up grave of his
father, you would suppose that Inc would
have been disheartened and that he wouId
have dismounted from his horse and GONE IA
his room and said: "lNoe IA mel NV fathers
grave is tor up The Temple is dishonored.
Tho walls are broken down. Ihave no monev
with which to rebuild. wish l had move
boon born. / wish, were deal Not so savs
Nehemiah. Although he had a grief 81
intense that 1t excited the commentary OF his
King, yet that pennies, expatriaked
nehemiah rouses hims III up to rebuild the
city. He gets his permission OF absence He
gets his passports. Ho hRstens away to
jerusalem. BY night on horseback he rider
through the ruins. He oYercomss ths most
rerocions opposition no arouseJ tho pietJ
and patriotism OF tue psopls, and in less than
Two months, namely, in ilfty-two days
Jerusalem was rsbuilE That's what / cali
busy and triumphant sadness
My friends, tho whole temptation is with
You, when you have trouble. to do just the
opposite to tho behavior OF Nehomias and
that is TO give up. You say: ~ have lost
my child and can never smile again" You
say; ~ have lost my property, aud never
fallen into sin, aud l never can start
again for a nav life" Ii Satan can
mako you form that resolution, and
make you kosp it. no has ruined you
Trouble is not sent TO crush YOU, but 10
arouse you, to animate YOU to propel YOU
The blacksmith does not thrust the iron into
the forge aud then blow away with tho bel.
lows; and then bring tho hot iron ont on the
anvil and beat with stroke after stroke "a
ruin the iron, but to prepare it for
better Use. Oh, that ths Lori God
OK Hehemiah would rouse mp all
oroken-hearte1 people to robuild. Whipped.
betrayed, shipwreck,d, imprisoned Paul
vent right on. The Italian MARTYR
Aigerius sits in his dungeon writing n letter
and no dates 10 "Fron the dslcctabie orchard
or The Ioorin0 prison That is what / call
triumphant sadness. know n moth r who
buried her baby OH Friday and on Sabbath
appeared in the house OF God and said;
5iyo mo class; give mo a Sabbath school
elas5 have no child now left me,
and would like to have a class OF little
children. Give mo roal poor children
Give mo a class OF the back street,
That, l say, Is beautiful That is tri.
1mphant sa mess. At ) O'clock this after
noon. in a beautiful plrlor in Philaaelphia-
parlor pictured and statuett9i-thsre will
30 from ten TO twenty destitute children OF |
Tho strost. lt has BEEN so every Sabbath |
afternoon at o'clock for many years Those |
destitute childrsn receive reiigiou, fnstruc
lion, concluding with cakes AMI sandwichas
dow do know that that has besn going on |
for many years. know il in this WY.
That was tho Grst home in Philadelphia |
"here was called u comfort q great sor.
row They hal n splendid boy and |
ne mad been drowned at Long Branch |
Inc iather and mother almost idolized /
the boy aud tho sob md shrek Of that
father and mother az they hung over the
comm resouud ia my ears 30 day. There |
seemed TO be no use Of praying, for when /
kneit down 10 pray, the outcry in the room
drowned out al the pray. But tho Lord /
e0mtorted that sorrOw They did not for.
get tneif trouble. IL you should 20 on the
'hoWleSt winter afternoon into laurel Hill |
you would find q monument with tic word
W alter inscribed upon n and q wreath OF |
fresh flowers arOuud the name j think thers /
has not been an hour all these years, winter \
OF summer. when therJ was not a wreath OF /
re5h hoWeTs around Waters namo
But tho Christian mother Who sen,Is tbo.s
uoWer5 thore. having no child loft Sabbath 4
afternoons others ten or twenty OF the lost /
ones OF tho street. That Is beautiful That /
- what call busy and triumphant saduess
Hero is man vino has lost his propsrty. lie i
does not 20 20 hard drinking He does NOT /
destroy bis own lie. He comes and sovs. /
harness mo for Christian work nv i
money gol3. have no treasures /
on earth. ! want treasures ia heaven I /
have voice mi q heart 20 serve Coll You /
Say that that man has failed He has NOT /
iaued-he has triumphe1 Oh, / wish /
could persuade ell tho people who have any /
Niha oL trouble never 70 give Mp. / wish thsv 4
would look At the midnight rider Of the ferf /
ani that the fCur hoofs Of fhst l
beast on which Nehemiah rode /
might cut to piocoI all vour
a9 2ouragemens AMI lardshiD4 and /
trials Give up WHO IS going 10 give no /
"nsn on the bosom Of God ho can Eavo III /
hs troubles hushodf Give upl Never think /