West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-11-14

Is wing, unless you have strong prayer for q
ready for the sea. You must have n comnasS
-Mhlch Is the Bible. Look at Il every dav
md always sail by it. as IT'S needle points ~,
Sard the Star of Bethlehem. Through foe
soorch thn and storm It works faithfully.
Lot mo give you two or three rules for the
voyage. Allow your appetitcs and passions
9nIy an under deck passage. Do not allow
,ueni ever 70 come up on the promenade deck.
hortify your members which are uro, tLo
earth. Never allow your lower natnre anyO
Chlng better than n stecrago passaoc Tck
watchfulness walk the decks as an armed son-
tinol, and shoot down with great promptness
anythlng IKE a mutiny OF riotous appetites.
he sure TO look out of the forecastle for
icebergs. These are cold Christians floating
about IN the church. The frigid o pro-
lessons will sink you. Steer clear OF icebergs.
Keep a log-book during all the voyage-an
account OF how many furlongs you make n
day. The merchant keeps a day book az
well as n ledger. You ought TO know every
night as well as every year, how things are
going. Whom the express train stops at tho
depot you hear a hammer sounding ON ali
the wheels thus testing the safety of the
rail- train. Bound, as we are, with moro
than express speed toward n great eternity.
ought we not often to try the work OF self
examinationf
BE sure TO keep your colors upi You know
the ships OF England. Russia. France and
Spain by the ensigns they carry. Sometimes
IT Is a lion, sometimes au eagle, sometimes n
star, sometimes n crown. Let IL ever bs
known who you are, and for what port you
are bound. Let christian be written ON
the very front, with n figure OF n cross. n
crown and n dove and from tho masthead
lot hoat the streamers of Emmanuel. Then
the pirate vessels of temptation will pass you
unframed as they say: There goes a Chris
tian, bound for the port Of heaven. We will
not disturb her, for she has too many guns
aboard" Run up your flag on this pulley:
II am not ashamed Of the Gospel of Christ.
Tor 1t is the power of God and the wisdom of
God unto salvation When driven back or
laboring under great stress Of weather-now
changing from starboard tack to larboard.
and then from larboard TO starboard-look
above the ~topgallants, and your heart shall
beat ike n war drum as the streamers float
ON the wind. TIL sign Of the cross will make
you patient, and the crown will make you
betore you gain port you will small th.
and oreezes OF heaven; and Christ, the Pilot.
I'm meet you as you come into tho Narrows
eL Death, and fasten to you, and say: "When
shon passest through the waters, 1 will be
WIN thee; and through the rivers, they shall
not overflow thee" Are You ready for snch
voyage Make up your minds. The gang.
piianks are lifting. The bell rings. All
Aooard for heaveni The world is not your
me chahinch Is the silliest bird in all
cue earth Tor trying to make it's nest on the
locklng bnlow. Oh, how l wish that rs | en-
bark for the Holy Land in the East ali to
mh0m L preach by tongue or type would en-
SGal1S Ior heaven. What you all most need is
,Hod, and you need Him now. Some of Won /
IeaVe in trouble. Things arc going yery
.pugh with you. You have had a hard
seIuggJe with poverty, or sickness or perse-
cusion or bereavement. Light after light has
gone out and it is so dark that vo1, con-
hardly see any blessing left. Nav that Jesus
who comforted tho widow of Main. and raised
phedeceased TO life, with His gentle hand of
ymPathy wipe away your tears. All is we'll.
"hen DAVID was fleeing through the will
lerness, pursued by his son, no was being
prepared TO become the sweet singer OF Is
'ael. The pit and the dungeon were the best
chools at which Joseph ever graduated.
The hurricane that upset the tent and killed
lobs children prepared the man OF U7 to
write the magnificent poem that has as
Ounded the ages. There is no way 10 get
he wheat out of the straw but to thresh it.
There is no way TO purify the gold but to
aad it their own way. They are proud. dis
eontented, useless and unhappy. If you want
TO find cheerful folks, go among those
who have been purified by the fire. After
Rossini had rendered William Tell' the 1--WE
hundredth time, a company of musicians
came under his window in Paris and sere-
naded him.. They put upon his brow a
golden crown Of laurel leaves. But amidst
all the applause and enthusiasm Rossini
turned TO n friend and said: 81 would give
al this brilliant scene for a few DAYS OF
youth and love-" Contrast the melancholy
feeling Of Rossini, who had everything that
this world could give him, TO the joyful ex-
perlence OF Isaac Watts, whose misfortunes
we're lnnumerable, when he says:
The hin OF Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
before we reach the heavenly fields
or walk the golden streets.
Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry;
We're marching through Immanuers ground
To fairer worlds on high.
1t is prosperity that kills and trouble that
saves. While the Israelites were on the
march, amidst great privations and hard.
shiIs, they behaved well. After n while. they
prayed for meat, and the sky darkened with
a large flock Of quails, and these quails fell in
great multitudes all about them: and the Is
raelltcs ate and ate, and stuffed themselves
until they died. OH my friends, it is not
hardship, or trial, or starvation that Injuries
inc soul but abundant supply. II is not the
NuIVure or trouble that eatsup the Christians
life; 1t IS the quatls! il is the quails!
1 cannot leave you until once more I con-
fess my faith in the Saviour whom I have
preached. He is nv all in all. / owe more
20 tine grace OF God than most men. with
tnis ardent temperament, il l had gone over.
board l would have gone 20 the very deptha
You know can 10 nothing by halves.
o 70 grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be-
think all will be well. Do not be worried
ND9ug INC. i Know thnt my Redoemer liyeth
and n any fatality should befall me I
think / should go straight. / have been most
unworthy, and would be sorry to think that
any one Of my friends had been as unwortbv
n Christian as myself. But God has belned
2 great many through, and / hope He viii
heip me through. it is a long account az
shortcomings, but N He Is going to rub anv
Of Il out, ! think He will rub it all out.
Ana now give us for / go not alone) your
benedictiou When you send letters 10 a
friend In a distant land, you say via such a
city, or via such a steamer. When you send
you good wishes to us send them via tho
throne Of God. We shall not travel out ~
tho reach Of your prayers.
There iz n scene where spirits dwell.
Mhere friend hollis Intercourse with friends
Though Euudercd Far, by faith we meet
Around one common mercy seat.
Aud now, may the blessing Of God coma
down upon your bodies and upon your aouls
your fathers and mothers. your c5mDanionr
your children, your brothers and sisters and
your friendsi May you be blessed in vour
business and i'm your pleasures. in your lows
ana IN your sorrows Boz the house aud bv the
way Aud n, during our separation. AL
arrow from the unseen world should strike
anyoi US may it only hasten on the rapturoe
got nyl mas prepared Tor those who love
tiihl utter not the word farewell. N h
70 a1r TOO Formal n word for ma - ere,L
n "flle But considering that i have yo,r
nand tightly claspod in both OF mine no.
kindI an aicciouato aud q cheerful good.