Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-04-18

husband ana mvand cnIId, ana sald 70 the
city missionary: II am down hearted.
Everything's against usi and then there are
other things" What other thingsT said
the city missionary. 'sOh.H she replied, my
siu." What do you mean by thaty WELL !"
she said, Il never heal. or see anything good.
It's work from Monday morning till Satur:
day night and then when Sunday comes
can't go out; and / walk tbs floor, and 1t
makes me trenble to think that have got
to meet God. Oh, sir, its 50 hard for us.
We have to work so, and then we have SO
much trouble, and then we are getting along
so poorly; and see this wee little thing grow
ing weaker ana weaker; and then to think
we are not getting nearer to God, but float.
ing away from Him. Oh, sir. l 90 wish
was ready 70 die
| should not wonder if they had a good
deal better time than we in the future. to
make up for toe fact that they had such a
bad time here 1t would be Just like Jesus
to say: Come no and take the highest seats.
You suffered with Me on earth; now be
glorifed with Ne in heaven" Oh, thou
weeping One OF Bethany Oh. thou
dying One of the cross! Have mercy on the
starving, freezing, homeless poor of these
great citiesi
have preached this sermon for four or
five practical reasons: Because | want you
to know wao are the uprooting classes of
society. Because / want you to be more
discriminating in your charities. Because
Iwant your hearts open with generosity,
and your hands open with charity. Be-
cause l want you to be made the sworn
friends of all city evaDgelization, and oil
newsboys' lodging houses and all children s
aid societies, and Dorcas societies, under the
skillful manipulation of wives and mothers
and sisters and daughters; let the spare gar
ments of your wardrobes be fitted to the
limbs of the wan and shivering ! should
not wonder if that hat that you give should
come back jewelel coronet, or if that gar
ment that you hand out from your wardrot G
should mysteriously be whitened, and some
how wrought into the Savieuf's own robe,
SO in the last day He would run His hand
over it and say, II was naked and We clothed
Me- That would be putting your garments
to lorious uses.
But more than that, have preached the
sermon because l thought in the contrast
you would see how very kindly God had
dealt with you, and | thought that thou
sands of you would go to your comfortable
homes and sit at your well-tiiled tables and
at the warm registers, and look at the round
faces of your children, and thai then you
would burst into tears az the review OF Gods
goodness to you. aud that you would go to
your room and lock the door and kneel down
and say:
80 Lord, have been an migrate; make
me Thy child. o Lord, there are so many
hungry and unclad and unsheltered to-day,
thank Thee that all my life Thou hast taken
such good care of me. o, Lord, there are SC
many sick and crippled children to-day,
thank Thee mine are well-some of them on
earth, some of them in heaven. Thy good
ness. o Lord, breaks me down Take me
once and forever. Sprinkled as was many
years ago at the altar while my mother helc
me, now consecrate my soul to Thee in {
holier baptism of repenting tears.
For sinners, Lord, Thou cam'st 10 bleed,
And I'm a sinner vile indeed;
Lord, believe Thy grace in free,
magnify that grace to me-