Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20

tied on the coasts. As am told that in all
our services students OF Princatoa ami UE-
ion and DrSw and other theological samt-
naries are present, AMI as thes1 words will
come to thousands OF young men who are
soon 10 elter the ministry, let me say 10
such and through then to their ass )cistes,
keep out of the bewildsring, battling, de.
stroying and angry Controversies a6roai.
The questions our doctors Of divinity ars
trying 10 settle will not be ssttle1 until tbs
day after the day of Judgment. 1t is such
poor economy of time TO spend years AMI
years in trying to fathom thu unfathomabla,
when in i've minutes ID heaven we will know
all we want to know Wait till we get or
throne. Wait till the light Of eternity
flashes upon our newly assembled
spirits. 1t is useless for ants on different
sides of mole bill to try to discuss the con-
parative heights of Mount Blanc and Mount
Washington. Let me say to all Young Met
about to enter tle ministry that soon this
greatest novelty in the world will bs the IN
aduIterated religion of Jesus Christ Preach
that and you will have crowl Ths world
is sick to re surgitation with the modern
quacSs in religion. The world has bean
swinging off fro n thu oil Gospel, but it will
swing back, and by the tina you young III sn
go into the pulpits the cry will be coming u
from all the millions OF mankind, slIive US
the bread of life; no sweetens1 bread no
bread with sickiy raisins stuck here AMI
there into it, but oId-fashione bread as GO
our mother mixed and baked itm
Now, what is the simple fact that you in
the pew and Sihoath-schooI class AMI re-
forniatdry association aui We in the pulpits
have TO deal wit1? Is is this: That Col has
Somewhere and it matters not where, but
somewhere, provided great heaven, great
for quietneSs for those WAC ant quiet; great
for vast assemblage for those who like mul-
titudes; great for architecture for those wac
ike architecture; great for beautiful Ian +
scape for those who like beautiful Ian Escape;
great for music for tloss wac like music;
great for professions for those who
like armies on white horses, and great
for anything that one especially desires in
such rapturous dominion; aud through the
doings of one who was born about
five miles south of jerusalem and died
about ten mnutes' walk from its east
ern gate all may enter that great heaven
for the earnest and heartfelt asking Is
that all? That is all. What, then, is your
work and mine? Our work is to persuade
people to face that way AMI start thither-
ward aud finally go in. But has not reli-
gion something to do with this world as well
as the next? Oh. yes, but do You not s3s
th1t il the people start for heaven on their
way ttisre they will do all tia good they CAM
They will at the very start OF the journey
get so much Of the spirit Of Christ, which is
a spirit OF kindness aud self sacrifice and
generosity and burden bearing and helpful
ness, that every step they take will resodn1
with good deeds. Ga, get your religion OF
of stiltsl Get it down out of the high tow
ei'sl Get it on a level with the wants AMI
woes of our poor human racsi Get it out of
the dusty theological books that few people
read, and put it in their hearts and lives,
Good thing is it to profess religion when
you join the caurch, but every day, some
how, we ought to profess religion.
A peculiar patchwork quilt was during
the Civil War, made by lady and seut to
the hospitals at the front. She had a boy in
the army, and was naturally interested in
the welfare of soldiers. But what a patch
work quilt she sent! On every block of thu
quilt was passage of Scripture or verse
of hymn. The months and years of the
war went by. On that quilt many wounded
man had lain and suffered aud del But
one morning the hospital nurse saw patient
under the blanket kissing the figure OF a leaf
in the quilt, and the nurse supposed he was
only wandering i'll his mind. But no; he was
the son Of the mother who had made the
quilt AMI he recognized that figure of a leaf
as part of a gown his mother ed to wear,
and it reminded him of homs. DO you know
where this quilt cams fromp he asked, Ths
ndrsa answered., 81 can find out for thers
was a card pinne1 fast to it. and | will find
that" Sure enough. it confirmed what he
Thought. Then the nurse pointed to a passage
Of Scripture in the block Of the quilt, thepass
sage which says, when he was yet great
ways off his father saw him and ran and fell
on his neck and kissed him. Eyes, - said the
dying soldier, 81 was great way off, but
God has met me and had compassion on me"
shall | write TO your mother and tell her
that the lost one is found and the dead is
alive AGAIN. He answered, - wish you
would, if it would not be too much trouble"
Do you suppose that woman who made that
quilt and filled it with scripture passages had
any trouble about who Meichizeaek was Or
how the doctrine of Gods sovereignty can
be harmonized with mans free agency or
who wrote the Pentateuch or the inconsis-
tencies OF the Ncene creedg No. no; go 10
work for God and suffering humanity and
all your doubts and fears and mysteries and
unbeliefs put together will not be heavy
enough 20 str the chemists scales, which
is accustomed to weighing ne-fiftieth part
of grain of chamomile flowers. Why stop
a moment to understand the mysteries when
there are SO many certitudes? Why spend
our time exploring the dark garrets and coal
holes of a great palace which has aOov3
ground one hundred rooas hoode with sun.
shine9 1t takes all my time to absorb what
has been revealed, so that l have no time to
uptIlrn and root out and drag forth what
has not been revealed. The most of the Ell
fort to solve mysteries and explore the mex
pliceble and harmonic things is an attempt
to help the Lord out Of theological difficult
ties. Good enough intention, my brother,
no doubt, but the Lord is not anxious to have
YOU help Him. He will keep His throne with
out Your assistance. Don't be afraid that
the Bible win fall apart from inconsistencies.
1t hung together many centuries before you
were born, and your funeral sermon will be
fST.D Rha|f tsNTs1 faEf a Re
turhed authenticity
Do you know that think that 1T all min
listers in all determinations would stop this
nonsense of ecclesiastical strife al take holt
the word of God, the only question with EACH
of us being how many souls we can bring to
Christ and in how short time, the Lor
would soon appear for the salvation OF all
nations? Why not all at once light all thu
torches of Gospel invitation? Why not ring
all the bills of welcomeg Why not light up
the long night of tie worlds sin an suffer
ing with .bonfires of victory? Why not IN
timber all the Gospel batteries an let them
boom across the ear6h, and boo into
the parting heavens. The King is
ready to land if we are ready to receive
Him. Why cannot we who are now living
see His descent? Must it all be postpone
TO later ages? Has not our po)r w0rl
groane1 long enough in moral agonies2
Have there not been martyrs enough, AMI
have not the lakes Of tears and the rivers
of blood been deep enough? Why cannot
the final g,ories roll in now? Why cannot
this diving century feed the incoming tides
of the oceans Of heavenly mercy? Must
our eyes close in death AMI our ears take
on the deafness of the tomb, AMI these
hearts beat their last thro1 before the day
comes in2 o CHRISTI Why tarriest Thou2
Wilt Thou not; before we 20 the way of all
the earth, let US see Thy SCARED feet under
some monday cloud coming this way? Be
fore we die let US behold Thy hsn1s that
were spiked, spread out in benediction for
lost race. And why not let US with or
mortal ears, hear that voice which spoke
peace as Thou didst g 10, speak pardon
and emancipation and love AMI holiness
and joy to all nations as Thou CONTEST down?
But the skies do not part. | hear no rum
bling of chariot wheels coming down over
the sapphire. There is no sw1oD of wings
see no fash OF angelic appearances. All is
still. hear nothing but the tramp of my
own heart as I pause between tbsss utter
ances The King does not Ian1 because the
world is not ready ami the church is not
ready. To clear the way for toe Lorps CON-
ing let US devote all our energies OF bo1y,
mind and soul A Russian general riding
over the battlefield, his horse reaiing amid
the dying and dea I, a wounded soldier ASKED
him for water, but the officer did not under
stand his language and knew not wha5
the poor fellow wanted Tnal thu
soldier cried out "Christos." aud that
word meant sympathy and help and
the Russian OFF ar dismoun 5et an put to
the lips of ths sufferer cooling dra1gat.
Be that the ciarne1 w5ri with wajca VIZ
go forth to do our who.s duty. In many
languages II has only a lit5ie diff srsncs OF
termination. Christo5l It stands fo- SYN
patty. It stands for heip II stands for
pardon, 1t stanls for hope II stanis for
heaven. Chr.stosl In that name we were
baptised In that name we took our first
sacrament. That will be the battle shout
that will win the whole world for Go1i
Christosi Put it on our banners when we