West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-02-21

ture sWltter than eagles to their prey. We
cannot stop. They cannot stop. We think
we can stop. We say. Come now. INV
friend, let US stop and discuss this subject
out we do not stop. The year does not
STOP the day does not stop, the hour does not
stop Tn year IS a great wheel and there is
n band on that wheel that keeps Il revolv-
ing. and as that wheel turns, IL turns three
hundred and sixty-fve smaller wheels, which
are the days, and then zach OF these three
hundred and sixty-hve wheels turn twenty.
four smaller wheels, which are the hours. and
these twentY-four smaller wheels turn sixty
smaller wheels, which are the min
utes, and these sixty smaller wheels turn
sixty more smaller wheels. which are the
seconds, aud they keep rolling, rolling. roll
ing. mounting, mounting, mounting. and
swlftening, switching, switching. Oh,
that and we are going with them.
waken us 10 the short but Tremendous
opportunity. / confess Co you that my
one WISH Is 70 serve this generation, not 10
~antagonlzei IL not To damage IL. not to rule a..
but TO serve IL. lTould like 10 do something
toward helping mhstrap its load, to stop its
tear TO balsam its wounds and to induce il
TO put foot on the upward road that has
at It's terminus, acc'amation raptnrous
and gates pearline, and garlands amaranth-
inc and fountains rainbowed and dominions
enthroned and coroneted, for cannot forget
that lullaby In the closing words OF my text:
David. after he had served his own genera.
ton by the will OF God. fell on sleeps
And what a lovely sleep IL wasi Unflial
A6salom did not trouble It. Ambitious Ado
nii1ah did not worry H. Prosecuting Saul
did not harrow IL Exile did not hl it with
nightmare Since a red headed boy amid
his fathers Hooks ut night, he had not had
such a, good sleep At seventy years
OF nge he lay down to il. He has had
many 9 troubled sleep, as in the caverns
the time his enemies were attempting his
capture But this was n peaceful sleep,'a
calm sleep, a restful sleep, "A glorious sleep.
After he served his generation by the will
OF God, he tell on sleep" Oh, WI at a good
thing Is sleep after n hard days worki II
takes all the aching out OF the head and all
the weariness out OF the limbs and all the
smarting out of the eyes. From il we rise in
the morning and IL il n new world. And il
we, like Deyid, serve our genera,
ton, we will at lfe's close have
most desirable and refreshing sleep. In II
will vanish our last fatigue of body. ON
last worriment OF mind. our last sorrow OF
soul. To the Christians body that wac hot
with raging fevers so that the attendants
must by sheer force keep on the blankets.
1t will be the cool sleep. To those who
are thin blooded and shivering with
agues, it will be the warm sleen. To
those who, because of physical disorders
were terrified with night visions. a
will be the dreamless sleep. To nurses and
doctors and mothers who were Weakened al.
most every hour OF the night by those 10
whom they minIstered, or over whom they
watched, it will be the undisturbed sIeen
To those who could not get to bed till late nj
night and must rise early in the morning
an / before getting rested, it will be the long
sleep.
Away with all your gloomy talk about de.
parture from this world. III we nave served
cur generation ft Will nOt be putting out into
the breakers, it will not be the fight with the
King OF Gerrors; it will be- going TO sleep.
a friend writing me from Illinois says
NAT Ke Toro DR.. Wingate; President Of
after "A most useful life, found his last
day on earth his happiest day, and
that in his last moments he seemed TO be % r.
sonaily talking with Christ, as friend with
friend, saying: "Oh, how delightful 10 is. 1
knew You would he with me when the time
came, and / knew it would be sweet. but
did not know II would be as sweet as IL isn
The fact was he had served his generation in
the gospel ministry, and by the will of God he
fell on sleep. When in Africa. Majwara, the
servant, looked into the tent OF David Lfv-
ingstone and found him on his knees, he
stepped back, not wishing to disturb him i'm
prayer, and some time after went i'm and
found him in the same posture, and stepped
back again. but after n while went in and
touched him, and 10! the great traveller had
finished his last journey and he had
died in the grandest and mightiest
posture n man ever takes-on his knees. He
had serve1 his generation by unroliing the
scroll of a continent and by the win of God
fell on sleep. Grimshaw, the evangelist,
when asked how he felt in his last moments,
responded: "As happy as ] can be on earth
and as sure of glory as il / were in it. Ihaye
uobhluR 10 90 out 10 step out OF THIS Deu into |
heaven Having served his generation in
successful evangelism by the will Of God, he
fell on sleep.
In the museum OF Greenwich Hospital,
England, there is a fragment OF a book that
was found in the Arctic regions am d the
relics OF Sr JOIN Franklin, who had per-
ished amid the snow and ice, and the leaf
OF that piece OF a book was turned down at
the words: when thou passest through the
waters | will be with thee Having served
his generation in the cause OF science and
discovery 10y the will OF God. he fell on
sleep.
Why will you keep us all so nervous talk.
ing about that which IS only a dOrmitory and
n pillowed slumber, canopied by angels
wings sleep transporting sleep And
what n glorious awakening . You and have
sometimes been thoroughly bewildered after
a long and fatiRuing journey we have
stopped at a friends house for the night. and
after hours OF complete Inconsistencies we
have opened our eyes, the high risen sun full
in our faces, and, before we could fully col
lect our faculties, have said: Where am j,
whose house is this. and whose are these gar
densf' And then it has flashed upon US in
glad reality. And l should not wonder N,
after We have served our generation and, by
the will Of God, have fallen on sleep, the
deep sleep. the restfuI sleep, we
should awake IN blissful bewilderment
and for a little while say. Where
am u What palace is this3 Who hung
this upholstery What fountains
uAt NNfrN NNe1iuk III tlI ihhN " n.y. hIiiH iVbhh
ike heaven IL Is. 1t is Why, thera is n
building grander than all the castles Of earth
hcaved into q mountain OF spiendoF, that
must DO the palace OF Jesus. And, look
there. those walks lined with n foliage more
beautiful than anything 1 ever saw before,
and 700 those who are walking down those
aisles OF verdure. From what / have
heard Of them, those two arm in arm
must be Moses and Joshua, him OF Mount
Sinai and him Of the hating sun over Aiaion.
And those two walking arm in arm must be
John and Paul, the one 50 gentle aud the
other 30 mighty. And those two with the
robos as brilliant as though made out Of the
cooled on flames Of martyrdOm, must DO
John Huss and Hugh Latimer.
But i must not look any longer at those
gardens " beauty, but examine this building
in which ] have just awakened. look out
81 the window this way and that and up and
down, and j find it Is a mansion OF immense
sic in which ] am stopping. All its
windows % agate and rs c~0ionnades OF
porphyry end alabaster Why / won
der ~ this fs not the house OF
many mansions Of which used to
readf Do is, 10 a.. There must be- many OK
my kindred ond friends in This very man
s.on- Harki whore are those voices. whose
nre those bounding footf I open tho dor and
SEQ. and loi they nro coming through aIl the
corridors and up and down aI the stairs. our
long absent kindred. Why. there is father.