Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-02-14

for ages have with the dogs been busy in ex-
Treating bewildered aud overwhelmed
travellers in Alpine storms, the dogs with
blankets fastened to their backs and tasks Of
spirits fastened to their necks to resuscitsts
helpless travellers, one of these dogs decorated
with medal for having saved the lives !
twenty-five persons, the brave beast himself
slain Of the snow on that day when accom-
panying a Piednontsss courier on The way II
his anxious household down the mountain
the wife and children of the Pisamontese
courier coming up the mountain in search OF
him, an avalanche covered all under pyra-
nids higher than those under which tho
/ Egyptian monarchs sleep their sleep OF the
+ agesl
4 What an illustration Of the tragedies OF
/ the snow is found iu that scene between
Glencoe and Glencreran one February in
/ Scotland, where Ronald Cameron comes
4 forth to bring to his fathers house his
/ cousin Flora Mcdonald for. the celebration
/ of birthday, and the calm day turns into a
hurricane Of white fury that leaves Ronald
and Flora as dead, to be resuseitatei by
the shepherds. What aa exciting struggle
had Bayard Taylor among the winrry
4 Apenninesl
In the winter of 1912, by similar forca,
the destiny Of Europe was decided. The
French army marchei up toward Moscow
five hundred thousand men. What can re-
sist thems Not bayonsts, but the dumb ele-
ments overwhelm that host. Napoleon re-
treats from Moscow with about two hundred
thousand men, d mighty nucleus for another
campaign after he gets back to Paris. The
morning of October -, when they start for
home, is bright and beautiful The air is
tonic, and although tdis Russian campaign
has been failure Napoleon will try again in
some other direc' ion with his host OF brave
surviving Frep ehnen.
But cloud comes on the slcy~and the air
gets chill, ana one Of the soldiers feels on his
cheek a snowflake, and then there is a multi
piication of these Wintry messages, and soon
the plumes of the officers are dscked with an
other style OF plume, and then all the skies
let looss upon the warriors hurricane OF
snow, and the march becomes difficult. and
the horses find it hard TO pull the supply
train, and the men begin to fall under the
fatigue. and many not able TO take another
step lie down in the drifts never to rise, and
the cavalry horses stumble and fall, and one
thousand of the army fall, and ten thousand
perish, and twenty thousand go down, and
fifty thousand, and a hundred thousand, and
a hundred and twenty thousand and hum
bred and thirty-two thousand die, and the
victor Of jena and bridge Of Lodi and Eylau
and AusterlitZ, where three great armies
commanded by three emperorS, surrendered
to him; now himself surrenders to the snow
flakes
Historians do not seem to recognize that
the tide in that mans life turned from Dec.
IS, 1909, when he banished by hideous divorce
his wife Josephine from the palace and SO
challenged the Almighty, and the Lord
charged upon him from the fortress of the
sky with ammunition of crystal Showed
underl Billions, trillions, quadrilions, quin-
trillions of fakes did the work. And whata
suggestion of accumulative power, and what
rehuke to all of us who get discouraged be-
cause we cannot do much, and therefore do
nothing
'sOh," SAYS some one, al would like to stop
the forces of sin and crime that are marching
for the conqusSts of the nations, but | am
nobody: have neither wealth nor eloquence
nor social power What can l do?' My
brother, how much do you weigh? As much
as a snowiakel "Oh, yes Then do your
share. 1t is an aggregation of small iniu-
ences that will yet put this lost world back
into the bosom OF 4 pardoning God. Alas that
there are so many men and women who will
/ not use the one talent because they have not
ten, and will not give penny because they
cannot give dollar aud will not speak as
well as they can because they are not eiG-
quent, and will not be a snowflake because
they cannot bean avalanche! In earthly wars
the generals get about all the credit. bat in
the war for God and righteousness and heaven
all the private soldiers will get crowns OF
victory unfailiag.
When we reach heavenly the grace Of
God may we all arrive there--I do not think
we will be able to b9gIn the new song right
away because OF the surprise we shall feel at
the comparative rewards given. As we are
being conducted along the street to our
celestial residence we will begin to ask
where live some of those who were mighty
on earth. We must ask, as So-and-so
here" And the answer will be: YES. [
think he IS in the city but we don't hear
much of him; ne was good and he gotin, but
he took most OF his pay in earthly applause;
| he had enough grace 10 get through the gaze,
but just where he lives l know not He
squeezed through somehow, although l
think the gates took the skirts of his gar
ments. | thind he lives IN one OF those back
streets iu enc OF the palmer residences
Then we shall see palace the doorsteps OF
gold, and the windows of agate, ami the
tower like the sun for brilliance, and char
lots before the door, and people who look
like princes and princeses going up and down
the steps, and We snail say, what sne Of
| the hjerarchs lives here?" That must be the
/ residence Of a Paul or Milton, or some one
! whose name resoGnds through all the planet
from which VS. have just assembled" NO,
no, says our celestial dragoman; that is
the residence Of soul whom you never heard
OF.
when she gave her charity her left hand
knew not what her right hand did. she was
mighty IL seeret PRAYER, and no one hui
TOD onI her own soul knew il. She had
more trouble than ANYBODY iii all the land
where she lived, and without complaining
she bore it, and though her talents were
never great, what she had was all conse-
Grated to God and heiping others and tha
Lord is making mp for her earthly privation
/ by especial rapturss here, and the King OF
/ tins country mad that place built especially
! Tor heF The walls began TO 90 up when her
! troubles and prIvatioas and CONSIDERATIONS
began on earth, and it 50 happened a
heavenly coincidence that rhe last stroke
! OF the trowel Of amethyst On those walls was
( given the hour she entered heaven
You know not ing Of her On earth her
name was ooly once in the newspapers, aud
mat among the column of the dead but
sac Is mighty up here There she comes now
out OF her palace grounds in her chariot be-
ana thosa two white horses for ride on the
banks of the river that flows from under the
throne of God. Let me see. Did you not
have IN your world below an old classic
which says something about these are they
WHO come out Of great tribulation, and they
shall reign for ever and everg
As we pass up the street find a good many
on foot, and | say to the dragoman: 'Who
are these" And when their name is an
| nounced recognize that some Of them were
on eartn great poets, and great orators and
great merchants, and great warriors and
when express my surprise about their going
afoot the dregoman says; In this country
people are rewarded not according to the
number of their earthly talents, but accord
ing to the use they made Of what they had.n
And then thought to myself ''Whv, that
theory would make a snowflake that falls
cneerfuily and in the right place, and does
all the work assigned it, as honorable as
Whole Mont Blanc of snowhakesn
Yes, yes" says the celestial dragoman.
10 FlF no. Il. IL
ioreneads OF the righteous, and many of the
gems IN the jewel case fprince aud princess,
| are only the petriiied snowhakes of earthly
tempest, for God does not forget the promise
made IN regard to them, They shall be Mine.
SAID the Lord OF hosts, in the day when |
make up MY Jewels. Accumulated powerl
All the prayers and charities and kindnesses
ana talents Of all the good concentered and
c2mpactsd viii be the worlds evangelization.
MS thought OF the aggregation of the many
sInails INTO that one mighty is another treas
ure of the snow.
Another treasure of the snow is the sug-
gestion ofth9 usefulness Of sorrow. Absence
OF snow last winter made all nations sick.
That snowiess winter has not vet ended its
disasters, Within few weeks it put tens
OF thousands into the grave, and left others
IN homes and hospitals gradually to go
down. Called by a trivial name the Rus
sian grip, it was an international plague
flenty of snow means public health There
Is no medicine that so soon cures the worlds
malarias as these white pellets that the
clouds administer-peiletss small enough to be
homeopathic, but in such large doses as to
be allopathic, and melting soon enough to be
hydropathic. Like a sponge, every fake alb
serbs unhealthy gases The tables of NOR
tality in New YORK and Brooklyn imme-
diately lessened when tue SHOWS of last De-
cember began to fall. The snow is one of
the grandest and best of the worlds doctors