Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-03

then with dead lift Hs raises us to honor
and to glory and immortality. The Lord
hath laid on Him the iniquity OF us ALL"
Why, then, will no man carry his slnsy You
calinot carry successfully the smallest sin
Won ever committed. You might as well put
the Apennines on one shoulder and the Alps
on the other. How much less can you carry
all the sins Of your lifetime Christ comes
and looks down in your face and says: II
have come through all the decorations Of
these days and through all the tempests Of
these nights 1have come 10 bear your bur-
dens, and to pardon your sins, and 10 pay
your debts Put them on NY shoulder; put
them on My heart" ION Him the Lord
hath laid the iniquityPf us all"
Sin has almost pestered the life out ofsome
Of you. At times it has made you cross an |
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 soace.
/ Gossamer and volatile the world, while eter-
nifty. as they LOOK forward b it, is black as
midnight. They writhe under the stings Of
! a conscience which proposes to give no rest
here and no rest hereafter; and yet they do
not repent, Trey do not pray. they do no.
weep. They do not realize that just the po-
sition they occupy is the position occupied
By scores hundreds and thousands OF men
who never found any hope.
IL this meeting should be thrown open and
the people who are here could give their testi-
mony, what thrilling experiences we should
/ hear on all sidesi There is a man in the gal
lery who wouh say: ~ hal brilliant sur
rotlniings, had the best edu alton that one
Of the best collegiate institutions Of this
country could give, anil | observed all the
moralites of life, AM | was self righteous
AM thought | was all right before God As
l am all right before men; but the Holy
Spirit came to me one day and said, you are
a sinner; the Holy Spirit persuade | me Of
the fact. While l had escaped the sins
against the law Of the land had really COM
mitted the worst sin a man ever commits
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
Lor', hath laid the iniquity Of us all.
YOnder is a man VINO would say; 81 was
the worst drunkard in New York: | went
from bad to worse; ! destroyed myself, [
destroyed my home; my children covered
when | entered the house; when they put up
their lips TO be kissed | struck them; when
my wife protested against the maitreatment,
kicked her into the street. l know all the
bruises and all the terrors Of drunkard's
woe 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
ana ferventiy 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 | have sat
by the window, with my face bathed in
tears, watching for your coming. l am
haarfal n
father have been here frequently and begged
me % CONS home but my love for you and
my hope for brighter days have always made
me refuse them. That hope seems now be-
yon1 realization, and | have returned to
lhem. It is harl All | battlei lOag before
doing it. May Col bless and preserve you,
and take from YOU that accurso1 appetite
and hasten the day when we shall be again
living happily together This will be my
daily prayer, knowing that he has said,
Come unto me all yc thai labor and arc
heavy laden, aud will give You resi- From
your loving wife, MARY.
And 50 l wandered On and wandered
on" says that man, until one night l
passel Methodist meeting house, and
said to myself. IN 20 in and see what they
are doing, and got to the door, AMI they
were singing:
Al ma7 come whoever viii,
MS lnau receives poor sinners SUI.
"And dropped right there where was
and | said, God have mercy and He hal
mercy on me- Ny homo is restored, my
wife sings all day long during work, my
children come out a long way to greet me
home and my household is a little heaven
| will tell YOU what did all this for me. IL
was the truth that this day you proclaim,
'On Him the Lord had laid the iniquty Of Us
ALL
Wonder IS 4 woman who would say: Il
WANDERED off from my fathers house; l
heard the storm that palts on a lost soul; my
feet were blisterel on the hot rocks ] went
on and on, thinking thai no one clrei for
my sou, when one ght Jesus met me and
He sail: Poor thing, 90 homel your father IS
waiting for YOU. your mothers waiting Tor
you. Go home, poor thing AMI sir
was too weak to pray, AMI was too wax -
repent, but JUS criel out; Is)bbe1 out ny
sins and my sOrrOws on the shoulders o. Hin
Of whom it is said, the Lord hath lGii Oh
Him the iniquity OF US all. "
There is young man wIo woI.t say: ~
had a Christian bringing ~; | CAM from
the country TO city life: / started well; lhlt
a good position a good commercial position
but one night at the theater 1 met sOno
young men who did me no good. They
dragged me all through the sewers ofiniquty,
and lost my morals and lost my position,
and was shabby and wretche1. Twas 90.
ing down the street, thinking no one clreI
for me- when a young man tapped mo on
the shoulder AMI said, Gorge, come with
me and will do you good looked at him
10 see whether ne was joking or not. saw
he was in earnest AMI / said, What do You
mean, sirg Well ne replied, Il mean il yoI
will come to the meeting tonight |
will be very glad to Introduce you. will
meet YOU at the door. VIII you Gomez
Said l. Il will
~ went to the place where was tarryiny.
fxei myself up as well as [ could. but
Toned my coat over a ragged vest All went
70 the door of tho church, aud the young
man met me an We went in; and a. ! went
in heard an oil man praying. an he Looked
SO much like my father | sObba right GU,
AMI they were all aroun 50 kind AMI sym
pathetic that 1 Just gave my heart TO
Gol.and know this morning that what you
say is true; believe it in my own expert
ence On Him the LORI hath laid the iniqui-
" OF us all
On, ny brother without Stopping to look
as 10 whether yOur ha1l trambles or not,
without Stopping 70 look whether your hand
is bioatei with sin or not, put it in my hand,
let me give you Ons warm, brOtnerly, Chris
tan grip. and invite you right up to tho
heart to the COMPASSION. 10 the sympathy
70 the pardon of Him on whom the Lord had
laid the inquity OF US ALL Throw away
your sins. Carry them no longer pro-
claim emancipation this morning 10 all who
are bound. pardon for all sin, and eternal
life for all the dead.
Some one comes here this morniny, and |
stand aside He CONES up these steps He
comes to this place. [ must stand aside
Taking that place he sDreais abroad His
hands and they were nailed. You sec His
feet, they were bruised He pulls aside the
robe ant shows you His wounded neart
say, art Thon weary?' YES" He says
weary with the worlds woe | say,
whence CONTEST Thou" lie says, 81 come
from Calvary l saw. "Who comes With
Thee% He says, mo one; have troiden
the winepress alonew l say, "Why comest
Thou hereg' On He says. 81 came here to
carry all the sins and sorrows of the people"
Aud He kneels and He says: Put on My
shoulders all the s)rrows and all the sins"
And, conscious Of my own sins first take
them and put them on the shoulders Of the
Son of God | say: "Canst Thou bear any
more, o Christi He says: Yea, more"
And gather up the sins of all those who
serve at these affairs, the officers OF the /
Church OF Jesus Christi gather up all their l
sins and put them on Christs shoulders, and /
l say: "Canst Thou bsar any moreY He /