Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-02-06

many, many. ! went TO the village OF my
boyhood The houses were all changed l
passed one house in which once resided a man
who had lived an earnest useful life. and he
is in glory now. In the next house a miser
lived. He devoured widows houses, and
spent his whole life in trying to make the
world worse and worse. And he is gone-the
good man and the miser both gone to the,
same place. An, did they 90 to the same,
placer 1t is an infinite absurdity to suppose.
them both in the same place Ii the miser
had a harp, what tune did he play on it,
Oh, my friends, | commend you to this re-
ligion as the only personal safety When
you die, where are you going to: When we
leave all these scenes, upon what scenes VIII
we enterS When we were on shipboard, and
we all felt that we must all 20 to the bottom.
was right in saying TO one next me: 81
wonder if we will reach heaven if we do go
down tonight" Was | wise or unwise IN
asking that question: tell you that man is
fool who never thinks Of the great future.
Ii you pay your money you take a receipt.
If you buy land you record the deed. Why?
Because everything Is so uncertain, you
want it down in black and white you say.
For house and lot twenty-five feet front by
one hundred feet deep, all security: but for
soul vast as eternity nothing, nothing II
some man or woman standing in some Of
these aisles should drop down. where would
you 90 to? Which is Your destinvs Suppose a
man Is prepared for the future world, what
difference does it make to him whether he
goes to his home to-day or goes into gloryy
Only this difference-If he dies he is bette.'
off. Where he had one joy on earth he VIII
have million in heaven. When he has
small sphere here he will have a grand
sphere there Perhaps it would cost you
sixty, or one hundred. or one hundred AMI
fifty dollars to have your physical lie in
sured. and yet free of charge ! offer you IN
surance on your immortal life payable not
at your decease but now and tomorrow ana
every day and always.
Nv hope in Christ is not so bright as many
Christians, know, but would not give 1t
up for the whole universe, In one cash pay
ment if it were offered me. 1t has been 50
much comfort TO me in time of trouble. II
has been so much strength to me when have
been assailed. it has been so much rest to me
when have been perplexed, AMI 1t IS around
my heart such an incasement of satisfaction
and blessedness that can stand mere before
God and sayi Take away my health. take
away my life, take everything rather than.
rob me Of this hope, this plain, simple hope.
which have in Jesus Christ, my Lord. |
must have this robe when the last chill
"a
when all other lights 60 out in the blast that
comes up from the cold Jordan. | must
have this sword with which to fight my way
through all those foes on my way heaven
ward"
When was in London ] saw there The
wonderful armor o. Henry Will and Ed
ward III. Anl yet have to tell You that
there is nothing in chain mail or brass plate
or gauntlet or halberd that makes man 50
safe as the armor in which the Lord Coz
clothes His dear children. Ol. there Is a
safety in religiOnl You viii ride down all
your foes. Look out'for that man who has
the strength Of the Lord Col with him. In
oIdan times the horsemen used t. ride into
battle with lifted lances, and the enemy lleI
the field. The Lord on the Wnite morse OF
victory and with lifted lances oil divine
strength rides into the battle, an down goes
the spiritual foe while the victor shouts Inc
triumph through the Lord Jesus Christ. A.
a matter of personal safety, my dear irienns'
YOU must have this religion.
apply my subject TO several classes OF
people before me- First, to that great null
tjtude of young people in this house. Some
of these Young men are in boarding houses.
They have out few social advantages. Iney
think that no one cares for their souls.
MANY of them are ON small salaries. and they
are cramaed and bothered perpetually AMI
sometimes their heart fails them. Young
man, tonight at your bedroom door on u
third floor you will hear knock. Ii VIII To-
the haad Of Jesus Christ the young. man
friend. saving. "Oh, young man, let Ae cone
in. | will help thee, ! will comfort thee
will deliver thee Take the Bible out Of I %
trunk if IL has been hidden away. If you
have not the courage TO lay it on the shell
or table. take the Bible that was given to
Won bv some loved one, take 1t out OF the
trunk and lay it down on the bottom % tne
chair. then kneel down beside It, and read
and nray and pray and read until all your
disturbance is gone and you feel That peace
which neither earth nor hell can rob you OF.
Thy fathers God, thy mother Go1, waits
for thee. O Young man. Escape Tor tiny
lifem Escape now. Zone thing thou lack
estr
But | apply this subject 70 the age mot
many here---not many i'll any as'emblage-
People do not live to get Old That Is the
general rule Here and there an asei man
in the house tell you the truth. You have
lived long enough in this world t. know tnst
it cannot satisfy an immortal nature must
talk 10 YOU more reverentially than do To
these other people, while at the same time |
speak with great piainness. Oh, father oil
the weary step Oh, mother bent down
under the ailments of life, has thy GOD ever
forsaken theey Through all these years who
has been your hest friendy Seventy years OF
mercies Seventy years of food and clothing
Or. how many bright mornings. How many
glorious evening hours YOU have seen On,
father mother. God has been very good Il
Won. Do YOU feel il. Some OF you have
children and gran lchildren, the former
cheered your young life, the latter DWIar
your gray locks in their tiny myers mas
all the goodness that God has been making
pass before you produced no change IN your
feelings. and must it be said OIL you, not
withstanding all this, Zone thing thou
lackestY
Oh. if you could only feel the hand OF
Christ smoothing the cares out OF wrinkled
facesl Oh. if YOU could only feel the warm
arm OF Christ steadying your lettering
steps, lift my voice loud enough TO break
through the deafness of the ear while cry
ont. Zone thing thou lackest.' 1t was an
unfortunate appeal young man made III 9
PRAYER meeting when he rose up and SAID
DO pray for my old father. de Is seventy
wears Of age and he don't love Christ.
That father passed a few more steps on III
life. and then he went down. lie never gave
any mumation that ne had chosen Jesus. 1t
j. a very hard thing for an old man to be
come a Christian ! know it Is. 1t is 50 hard
a thing that it cannot be done by any human
WORK: but God Almighty can do it by His
onniDOtent grace: He can GTin1 you at the
eleventh hour-at half-past eleven-at one
minute Of twelve he can bring you to the
peace and the joys of the glorious. gospel.
/ must make application OF this subject al
so 10 those who are prOspered. Have you,
my friends. found that dollars and cents are
no permanent consolation TO the soul' You
have large worldly resources but have you
no treasures, no heaven: Is an embroidered
pillow all that you want to put poor dying
head ON You have heard people all last
week talk about earthly values Hear a
plain man talk about the heavenly. D0you
not know il will be worse for you, q pros
pered man, if you reject Christ, and reject
Him finally-that it will be worse for you
than those who had it hard in this world, be
cause the contrast will make the discom-
future so much more appalling, Asthe hart
bounds for the water brooks, as the roe
speeds down the hillside speed thou to
Christ Escape for thy life, look not be-
hind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain;
escape to the mountain lest thou be con-
sumedm
/ must make my application to another
class Of persons-the poor. When you can
not pay your rent when it is due, have you
nobody but tbs landlord to talk to? When
the -four has gone out Of the barrel. and you
have not ter cents with which to 20 10 the
baker. and your children are Juggling at your
dress for something TO eat, have YOU nothing
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