Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-11

placed there to balances the king, then,
at the close OF the weighing, all those treas
ures were thrown among the populace
But Christ today steps on one side tue
scales. and on the other eide are all the treas
ures OF the universe. and He says: MI
are yours--all height, oil depth, all length.
all BREADTH all eternity; all are yours"
We don't appreciate the promises OF the
Gospel. When an aged clergyman was
dying--a man very eminent in the church,
n Young theological student stood by his
side, and the aged man looked up and said
to him; "Cen't you give me some comfort
in my dying houTS' mo" said the young
man: II can't talk to you on this subject;
Won know all about it, and have known 1t so
long" "Well," said the dying man, Just
recite to mo some promises" The young
man thought moment, and be came to this
promise 1.-THE blood OF Jesus Christ cleans
eth from all SIM" and the old man clapped
his hands, and in his dying moment said
That's Just the promise have been waiting
for. The blood OF Jesus Christ cleanseth
from all sin.'n Oh. the warmth, the gran
deur, the magnifisnce OF the promises!
Come, also, TO this Gospel WELL all We
troubled. | do not suppose you have
escaped Compare your visw OF this life
Mt fifteen years of age with what your view
of it is at forty, or sixty, or seventy. What
a great contrast of opinionl Were you
right then, or are you right now Two
cups placed in your hants, the one a
sweet cup, the other a sour cup. A cup OF
joy and a cup of grief. Which has been the
nearest to being full, and out Of which have
you the more frequently partaken' What
q different place the cemetery IS from
what It used TO be. Once it was to
You a grand city Improvement, and you
went out on the pleasure excursion, and
you ran laughingly up the mound, and
you criticised in q light way the epita2h.
But since the day when you heard the bell
toll at the gate as You went in with the
procession, 1t is sad place, and there IS
flood of rushing memories that sutfuse the
eve and overmaster the heart. Oh, you
have had trouble trouble, trouble. God
only knows how much you have had. IL is
a wonder you have been able to live through
it. 1t is wonder your nervous system has
not been shattered and your brain has not
reeled. Trouble, trouble. IL could gather
all the griefs, of all sorts, from this great
audience, and could put them in ons
scroll, neither man nor angel, could en-
dure the recitation. Well, what
do YOU want? Would you like to
have your property AGAIN. mo" you say,
as Christian man, 81 was becoming AFRO
CANT. and think that is why the Lord took
it away. don't want to have my property
back" Well would you have your departed
friends back again? no" you say, 81
couldn't take the responsibility OF bring
ing them from a fearless realm tc
a realm OF tears L couldn't
do it, Well, then, what do you
want A thousand voices in the audiences
cry out: Comfort, give Us comfort" For
that reason have rolled away the stone
from the wells mouth. Come, all ye wouni-
ed of the flock, pursued by the wolves, come
TO the fountain where the Lords sick and
and bereft ones have come.
"Ah,n says some one, you are not old
enough 10 understand my sorrOws. You
have not been in the world as long as have.
and YOU can't talk to me about my misfor-
tunes in the time OF old age" Well ! have
been a great deal among old people, and
know how they feel about their failing
health. and about their departed
friends. and about the loneliness that sone-
times strikes through their soul. After
two persons have live1 together for fortj
or fifty years, and one OF them IS taken
away what desolatioal | shall not for
get the CRY of the late Rev DR.. De Witt, Of
New York, when he stool by the oper
grave of his beloved wife, and, after the 90
seauies had ended, he LOOKED down into the
omen Mace and said Farewell, my hon
ored, faithful and beloved wife. The bond
that bound us is severed. Thou art in glory,
and | am her. on earth. We shall meet
again. Farewell, FAREWELL To lean on a
pTop for fifty years, AMI then have it break
nnder YOU There were only two years
difference between the deaths OF my
fetber and mother. After my mother
decease my father used 10 go around a.
thonch looking for something and h.
would often get up from one room without
any seeming reason, and go to another room
and then he would take his cane anl
start out. and some one would say: Faith
er. where are you goingY aud he woull
answer: II don't know exactly where
am going" Though he W s tender-heart
ed man, | never saw him cry but once
and that was at the burial OF my mother
After sixty years living together u was 2ar'
to part And there are aged people to-da.
who are feeling Just such pang as tha''
want 70 tell them there is perfect enchlnt
ment in the promises Of this Gospel. and
come to them and offer them my arm. or
take their arm AMI bring them K
this Gospel well. Sit Gown. father
or mother sit down See if there il
anyth NJ at the well for you Cone,
David, tho Psalmist. have you anything
encouraging t. offer them2 Yes" say;
the Psalmist: They shall still bring forth
fruit in old age theT shall be Fat AMI flour
ishng; toshow that the Lord i upright; He
is my rock. and there is no unrighteousness
in Him Come, Isaiah, have you anything
to say out of Your prophecies for these aged
pao2!es Yes" SAYS Isaiah; down 10 old
age am with thee, and 70 hoary hairs viii
carry thee" Well. if the Lord is going &c
carry you, you ought not 10 worry muct
about your failing eyesigat and failing
limbs.
But some ono says, in the audience
Notwithstanding all you have said this
morning. find no alienation for my trOu
bles." Well, | am not Through yet
have left the most potent consideration fol-
the last am going to sOothe you with the
thought OF heaven. However tllkative We
may be, there will come n time when the
stolteSt and most emphatic interrogation
will evoke from us no answer. As soon a.
we have closed our lips for the final silenc'
no power on earth can break that tacitur
nifty. But whCre. O Christian, will be YOU
spirit? In n scene of infinite gladness. The
spring-morning of heaven waving its bios
SONS in the bright air Victors fresh from
battle showing thair scars. The rain OF
earthly sorrow stInck through with the
rainbow of eternal joy. In one group, TOD
and angels and the redeemed-Paul and
Silas, Latimer and Ridley, Isaiah and Jere.
miah. Payson and John Milton. Gabriel and
Michael the archaugel Long lines OF Choir
listers reaching across the hills Seas of JOY
dashing to the white beach. Conquerors
marching from gate to gate. You among
them.
Ga. what a grea. doc'5 OF sheep God will
gather around the celestial well. No stoae
on tue wells mouth, while the Shepherd
waters the sheep There Jacob will recog-
nize Rachel the shepherdess. And stand
ing on one side OF tho we'll OF eter-
nal rapture, your children; and standing
on the other side of the well Of eter-
nal rupture. your Christian ancestry. you
will be bounded on all sides by joy 50
keen and grand that no other world has
ever been permitted TO * )erience 1t. Out
OF that one deep we'll OF heaven the
Shepherd will dip reunion for the be-
reaveJ, wealth for the poor, health Tor the
sick. rest for tho weary. And then all the
flock OF the IIOrd's sheep viii lie down in the
green pastures, and wc;i1 without end we
will praise the Lord tdat Oh this frst au.
tumnal Sabbath OK 1921 We were pernittei
TO study among the beating hocks and
lowing herds OF this fair ground the story OF
Jacob and Rachel ths shepherdess at the
well in Mesopotam!a. Oh, plunge your
buckets into this great Gospel wei and let
them come up dripping with that water OF
which IL q man drink he never again shall
thirst.
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