Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-02-07

leave all these scenes, upon what scenes viii
we enterl When we were on shlpboard, and
we all felt that we must all go to the bottom.
was right in saying to one next me: Il
wonder IL we will reach heaven if we do go
down to-nightw Was l wise or unTise IN
asking that question? I tell you that man is
a fool who never thinks Of the great future.
II you pay your money you take receipt.
II 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! III
some man or woman standing in some Of
these aisles should drop down, where would
you go to- Which Is your destlnyf 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 gloryf
Only this diference-If he dies he Is better
off. Where he had one joy on earth he Will
have q million in heaven. When he has
small sphere here he will have q grand
sphere there. Perhaps it would cost you
sixty, or one hundred, or one hundred and
fifty dollars to have your physical life in
sured, and yet free Of charge offer you in
surance on your immortal life, payable not
at your deeease, but now and tomorrow and
every day and always
Ny hope in Christ is not so bright as many
Christians know, but | would not give it
up for the whole universe, in one cash pay
ment if it were offered me. 1t has been SO
much comfort to me in time of trouble, it
has been so much strength to me when have
been assailed. it has been so mucn rest to me
when have been perplexed, and it is around
my heart such an incasement OF satisfaction
and biessedness that | can stand here before
God and say: 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. I
must have this robe when the last chill
strikes through me- / must have this light
when all other lights go out in the blast that
comes up from the cold Jordan. | must
lave this sword with which to fight my way
through ali those Ioes on my way heaven
ward"
When was In london saw there the
wonderful armor o. Henry VIII. and Ed
ward III. And yet l have to tell you that
there is nothing in chain mali or brass plate
or gauntlet or halberd that makes man so
safe as the armor in which the Lord God
clothes His dear children. Oh, there Is
safety in religionl You will ride down all
your foes. Look out for that man who has
the strength of the Lord God with him. In
oiden times the horsemen used to ride into
battle with lifted lances, and the enemy lied
the field. The Lord on the white horse OF
victory and with lifted lances of divine
strength rides into the battle, and down goes
the spiritual foe while the victor shouts the
triumph through the Lord Jesus Christ As
a matter of personal safety, my dear friends,
you must have this religion.
apply my subject to several classes OF
people before me. First, to that great null
titude of young people in this house. Some
of these young men are in boarding houses.
They have but few social advantages. Ihey
think that no one cares for their souls.
/ Many of them are on small salaries, and they
are cramped and bothered perpetually, and
b Ta,Ic
man, tonight at your bedroom door on the
third floor you will hear a knock. 1t will be
the haRd of Jesus Christ, the young mans
/ friend, saying "Oh, young man, let Me come
t in; will help thee, will comfort thee,
! will deliver thee" Take the Bible out OF the
! trunk if it has been hidden away. Ii you
! have not the courage to lay it on the SHELF
/ or table, take the Bible that was given to
you by some loved one, take it out of the
| trunk and lay it down on the bottom of the
/ chair, then kneel down beside it, and read
and pray and pray and read until all your
disturbance is gone and you feel that peace
which neither earth nor he'll can rob you Of
/ Thy fathers God, thy mothers God, waits
for thee o young man. Escape for thy
/ lifem Escape nowl Zone thing thou hack
estr'
But apply this subject to the aged-not
many here-not many in any assemblage.
People do not live TO get old. That is the
in the house. l tell you the truth You have
lived long enough in this world to know that
| it cannot satisfy an immortal nature. must
talk to you more reverentially than do to
these other people, while at the same time
speak with great piainness. oh, father OF
the weary step, Oh, mother bent down
under the ailments of life has thy God ever
forsaken thee? Through all these years who
has been your hest friend? Seventy years OF
mercies Seventy years of food and clothingl
Oh, how many bright mornings! How many
glorious evening hours you have seen! Oh,
| father. mother, God has been very good to
YOU Do you feel it? Some of you have
children and grandchildren; the former
cheered your young life the latter Irvine
your gray locks in their tiny fingers. Has
all the goodness that God has been making
pass before you produced no change in your
feelings, and must it be said Of you, not
withstanding all this, Zone thing thou
lackest?n
On, if you could only feel the hand OF
Christ smoothing the cares out of wrinkled
facesI Oh, if you could only feel the warm
arm Of Christ steadying your lettering
stepsl lift my voice loud enough to break
! through the deafness of the ear while cry
out. Zone thing thou lackest." 1t was an
importunate appeal young man made in a
prayer meeting when he rose up and said
do pray for my old father. He is seventy
years of age, and he don't love Christ. I"
That father passed a few more steps on in
life, and then he went down. He never gave
any intimation that be had chosen Jesus. 1t
is very hard thing for an old man to be-
como Christian. know it is. 1t is so hard
a thing that it cannot be done by any human
work; but God Almighty can do it by His
omnipotent grace; He can bring 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
I must u1ai<a apOiipa tiOi1 of fbis ct1bieat al.
80 to those who prospered Have you
my friends, found that dollars AMI cents a re-
no permanent consolation to the soul? You
have large worldly resources but have you
10 treasures. no heaven2 Is an embroidered
| pillow all that you want to put poor diving
head ont You have heard people all last
week talk about earthly values. Hear a
plain man talk about tire heavenly. Do you
not know it will be worse for you o pros
pered man, if you reject Christ, ard reject
Him fnally-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 appalling2 As the 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
| sumedF
L 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 this landlord to talk tor When
I the flour has gone cut of the barrel and you
have not ter cents with which to go TO the
baker, and your children are Juggling at your
dress for something to eat have you nothing
! but tue worlds charities to appeal to?
| When winter comes, and there are no Goals,
and the ash barrels have no more ciuders
| who takes care of your Have YOU nobody
but the oversser of the poor? But preach
to you a poor mans Christ. II you do not
have in the winter blankets enough to cover
you in the night, I want to tell you of Him
who had not where TO lay His head II you
lie on the bare floor l want TO tell you Of
Him who had for pillow hard cross, and
whose foot bath was the streaming blood of
| His own heart.
Oh, you poor mani Oh, your poor womanl
Jesus understands your case altogether.
Talk it right out to Him tonight. Get down
on your floor and say: Lord Jesus Christ
Thou vast poor and am poor. Help me.
Thou art rich now aud bring me up to Thy
| richest Do you think God would cast you
OFF, Will Hef You might as well think that
mother would take the child that feeds on
| her breast and dash its life out, as to think
that God would put aside roughly those who
have fed to Him for pity and compassion
/ Yea, the prophet says, "A woman may for
| get her sucking child, that she would not
/ have compassion on the son of her womb, but
/ will not forget thee
/ If you have ever been on the sea you have
been surprised in the first voyage TO find
there are so few sails in sight. Sometimes
you 90 along two, three, four, five, six and
seven days, and do not see single sail, but
| when a vessel does coma In sight the sea
glasses are lifted to the eye the vessel is