Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-08-30

thousands Of people who are dying for the
lack Of one kind word There Is business
man who has fought against trouble until he
Is perfectly exhausted. He has been think
ing about forgery, about robbery, about sui
eide. Go to that business man. Tell him
that better times are coming, and tell him
that you yourself were in a tight business
pass and the Lord delivered You. Tell him
to put his trust in God. Tell him that Jesus
I Christ stands beside every business man in
his perplexities. Tell MIN OF the sweet prom
ises of Gods comforting grace.
That man is dying for the lack of Just one
kind word Gro tomorrow and utter that
one saving, omnipotent, kind word Here
is soul that has been swamped in sin. He
wants to find the light Of the Gospel He
feels like shipwrecked mariner looking out
over the beach, watching for sail against
the sky. Or, bear down on him. Tell him
that the Lord wits to be gracious to him,
and, though he has been a great sinner,
there is a great Saviour provided Tell
him that though Ills sius are as scarlet they
shall be as snow; though they are red
like crimson they shall be as wool. That
man is dying forever for the lack of one
kind word.
There used to be sung at great many of
the pianos all through the country song
| that has almost died out. / wish somebody
would start it again in our social circles.
/ There may have not been very exquisite art
in the music but there was grand and
/ glorious sentiment:
Kind words never die never die;
Cherished and blessed
| Oh, that we might in our families and in
our churches try the force OF kindness. You
can never drive men, women or children into
! the kingdom of God A March northeaster
/ will bring out more honeysuckles than fret
| fulness and scolding will bring out Christian
| grace. wish that in all our religious work
we might be saturated with the spirit of
I kindness. Missing that we miss great deal
| of usefulness. There is no need of coming
| out before men and laundering to them the
/ law unless at the same time you preach to
! them tue Gospel Do you not know that this
| simple story of a Saviour's Kindness is to re-
/ deem all nations? The hard heart of this
4 worlds obduracy is 10 be broken before that
/ story.
1 There is in Antwerp, Belgium, ono of the
/ mo remarkable pictures | ever saw. 1t is
| 1.-THE Descent of Christ from the Gross. 1t
| is one OF RubensS pictures. No man can
/ stand and look at that descent from the cross
| as Rubens pictured it, without having his
! eyes noodei with tears, il he have any seusi-
! bility at ALL 1t is an overmastering picture
one that stuns you, and staggers you, and
| haunts your dreams One afternoon man
stood ia that cathedral looking at Rubenss
descent of Christ from the Cross" He was
/ 4
| feriugs when the janitor came in and said;
ut is time to close up the cathedral for the
| night | wish you would depart" The pill
! grim looking at that Descent of Christ from
| the Cross" turned around to the janitor and
said; mo, no; not yet. Wait until they get
! Him down"
| oh, it is the story of a Saviuur's suffering
kindness that is to capture the world. When
the bones of that great Behemoth of iniquitJ
which has trampled all nations shall be
broken anil shattered, it will be found out
| that the work was not done by the hammer
| of the iconocast or by the sword of the
couqueror, or by tho torch OF persecution
but by the plain, simple, overwhelming
! force OF 'the soft tongue that breaketh tn,
| boncn
And now ask the blessing of God to com,
down upon you in matters of health, in mat
tiers of business that tho Lord will deliver
you from all your financial perplexities; tina
! he will give YOU good livelihood large sal
aries healthful wages sufficient income.
| pray God that He may give You the oppor
| tunity of educating your children for tht
world, AMI through the rich grace of oui
Lord Jesus Christ of seeing them preparet
! for the world that is to come.
| Above all | look for the mercy of Cox
upon your immortal souls; and lest l slant
! before some who have not yet attended to TIT
things OF their eternal interest," in this tn
closing part of my discourse, | implore then
here and now to seek after Col and be a
peace with Him. Oh, we want to be gathere,
/ torother at last in the bright AMI blessed a,
semh!a ,e of the skies, our work all done, on
sorrows all Ell led Col bless you, and you
children, and your children'S children. Ant
now | commend You to God and to the Wort
/ OF Hts grace, which is able to build you u
/ and give You al inheritance among all ther
that are sanctlded.