Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-07-04

them ON My heart stOn Him the Lord
hath laid the iniquityiof us all
Sin has almost pestered the life out Of some
of you. At times it has made you cross and
unreasonable, and it has spoiled the bright
ness Of your days and the peace of your
nights There are men who have been rid
died of sin. The world gives them no solace
Gossamer and volatile the world while eter-
nifty. as they look forward to it is black as
midnight They writhe under the stings of
conscience which proposes TO give no rest
here and no rest hereafter; and yet they do
not repent, they do not pray, they do not
weep. They do not realize that just the po-
sitiou they occupy is the position occupied
by scores, hundreds and thousands OF mon
who never found any hops
Ii this meeting should be thrown ooen an
the people who are hare could give their testi-
mony, what thrilling experiences we should
hear on all sidess There Is q man ia the gal
lery who would say. 81 had brilliant SUR
roundings, / had the best edu cation that oue
OF the Acst collegiate institutions Of this
country Gould give, and / observed all tbs
moralities OF life, and was self righteous,
and thought l was all right before God as
am all right before men; but the Holy
Spirit came to me one day and said; lou are
sinner the Holy Spirit persuaded me of
the fact. While l had escaped the sins
against the law of the land had really COM
the driving back of the Son of God from my
hearts affections, And saw that my hands
were red with the blood of the Son of God
and | began to pray, and peace came to my
heart, and | know by experience that what
you say this morning is true, On Him the
Lord hath laid the iniquity of US ALL
Yonder is man who would saw ~ was
the worst drunkard in New York; | went
from bad to worse; / destroyed myself, I
destroyed my home; my children covered
when l entered the house; when they put up
their lips to be kissed / struck them; when
my wife protested against the maltreatnient,
kicked her into the street. l know all the
bruises and all the terrors OF a drunkard's
woe. l went on further and further from
God until the day got letter saying;
MY DEAR HUsBAND-I have tried every
way, done everything, and prayed earnestly
and feryently for your reformation, but it
seems of no avail. Since our little Henry died,
with the exception of those few happy weeks
when you remained sober, my life has been one
of sorrow. Many of the nights l have sat
by the window, with my face bathed in
tears, watching for your coming. | am
broken hearted, l am sick. Mother and
father have been here frequently and begged
me to come home, but my love for you and
my hope for brighter days have Away made
me refuse them. That hops seems now be-
yond realization, and | have returned to
tuell. IL Is ldFi. dul DlUIleu IO11 DolOre
doing it. May Col bless and preserve you,
and take from you that accursei appetite
and hasten the day when we shall be again
living happily together. This will be my
daily prayer, kuo wing TINT Hs has said
Come unto me all ye thai labor and are
heavy laden, aud will give You rest From
your loving wife, MARY
And SO | wandered on and wandered
on" says that man, until one night
passed Methodist meeting house, and
said to myself, Tll go in and sea what they
are doing and l got to the door, and they
were singing;
All may come, whoever will,
This man receives poor sinners still.
"And dropped right there where was
and said, Col have mercy and He had
mercy on me. My homs is restored, my
wife sings all day long during work. my
children come out long way to greet me
home, and my household is little heaven
will tell you what did all this for me. 1t
was the truth that this day you proclaim,
On Him the Lord had laid the iniquty OF US
all.'h
Wonder is woman who would say: II
wandered off from my fathers house;
heard the storm that pelts on a lost soul; my
feet were blistered on the hot rocks / went
on and on, thinkny that no one carel for
my soul, when one night Jesus met me and
He said; Poor thing, go home! your father IS
waiting for you, your motheris waiting for
you. Go home, poor thing AMI sir, l
was too weak to pray, and was too weak to
repent, but just erle1 out; sobbed out my
sins and my sorrows on the shoulders OF Him
of whom it is said the Lord hath laid on
Him the iniquity of US all. ,"
There is young man VINO would say: 81
had Christian bringing up; l came FROM
the country to city life; started WE'LL hal
good position, a goo1 commercial position,
but one night at the theater / met soma
young mon who did me no good. They
dragged me all through the sewers of iniquity,
AMI lost my morals and lost my position
and was shabby aud wretched. was go
ing down the street. thinking no one earet
for me, when young man tapped me on
the shoulder AMI said, George, come with
me and 1 will do you good looked at him
to see whether he was joking or not. l saw
he was in earnest ami said, What do You
mean, sir? Well he replied, Il mean il you
will come to the meeting tonight l
will be very glad to INTRODUCES you. l will
meet you at the door. Will you Gomez
Said |. 4 will
81 went to the place where Twas tarryiny.
| fixed myself W as well as could but
toned my coat over ragged vest aad went
| to the door of this church, and the young
man met me an | we went in; and as | went
in heard an old man praying AMI he looked
] ~ Inusll ike NY ldblbE SDDbo1 GlLlU OUT
| AMI they were all AROUND so kind AMI SYM
pathetic that | just gave my heart to
| God, and know this morning that what you
/ say is true; | believe it in my own expert
| ence. On Him thu Lori hath laid the iniqui-
4 ty of us ALL
| Oh, my brother, without stopping to look
| as to whether your hand trembles or not,
| without stopping to look whether your hand
| is bloato1 with sin or not, put it in my hand.
| let me give you one warm, brotherly, Chris
tan grip, and invite you ri yht up to the
| heart, to the compassion, to the sympathy.
| TO the pardon of Him on whom the Lord had
| laid the iniquity OF US ALL Throw away
| your sins. Garry them no longer. l pro-
claim emancipation this morning to all who
| are boun1, pardon for all sin, aud eternal
| life for all the dead.
Some one comes here this morning, and
| stand aside. He CONES up these steps He
| comes to this place. [ must stand aside
Taking that place He spreads abroad His
| hands and they We're nailed. You seq His
feet, they were bruisei. He pulls aside the
robe and shows you His wounded neart.
| say, "Art Thou weary?" "Yes," He saws.
weary with the worlds woe" | say,
| "Whence CONTEST Thou?' He says, II come
| from Calvary" | say, who comes wish
Theer he says, No one; have troiden
the winspress alonep say, "why comest
| Thou here?7 oh" He says. II came here to
carry all the sins AMI sorrows of the people"
| And He kneels AMI He says: Put on My
! shoulders ali the sorrows and all the sinsn
! And, conscious of my own sins first, | take
| them AMI put them on the shoulders of the
Son OF God. l say: ''Canst Thou bear any
more, Christi He says: Yea, more.h
And gather up TIE sins of all those who
serve at these affairs, the officers of the
| Cnurch OF Jesus Christi gather up all their
| slns and put them on Christs shoul iers, and
say "Lanst Thou bear any moref' He
says; YEA, more" Taea | gather up all
the sins Of hun lrel people in this house.
and put them on the shoulders of Christ,
and say: "Canst Thou bear morep He
says: "Yel, more And | gather uo all
the sins of this asSsmo bly,, ami put them on
| the shoulders of the Son of Col, and say:
| ''Canst Thou bear themS' Yea" He says,
"morel'
But He is departing. Clear the way for
Him, the Son Of God. Open the door and
let Him pass out. He is carrying our sins
AMI bearing taen away We shall never
see them again. He throws them down into
the abysm, and you hear the long reverber-
ating echo of their fall ''On Him the
Lord hath laid the iniquity OF US ALL" Will
you let Him t1ks away your sins to-day?
Or do you say, II will take charge of the n
myself; | will fight my own battles: | will
risk eternity on my own account" A
clergyman said in his pulpit one Sab
bats, Before next Saturday night one
of this audience will have passed. out
of life" A gentleman said to a1other
seated next to him, II don't believe it.
mean to watch, and If it doesn't come trus
by next Saturday night | shall tell that
nextto him said. Perhaps it viii be your
salt ~ sflh M the ra1,liaI.