Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-11-04

the woods bidding us away, AMI tne suEiu
/ flute Of thu north wind has sounded tne
I retreat. We must 90. We must co..
So they gather themselves into companies,
l and turning not aside from storm or noun.
tain top or shock Of musketry, over land and
sea. straight as an arrow 10 the mark they
90. Andif you come out this morning with
( a sack of corn AMI throw it in the fields and
/ try TO get them to stop, they are so far uI
thev would hardly see It, They are on theil
way south. You could not stop them.
o.. that we were as wise about the bes
I time to start for God and heavenl we say
await until It is little later in the season
] OF mercy. Wait until soms OF these green
! leaves OF hope are all dried up and have
been scattered. Wait until next year.
After awhile we start, AMI it is too
late. and we perish in the way when
| Gon's wrath is kindled but a little. There
are. you know, exceptional cases where
birds have started too late. and in the
morning you have found them dead on the
snow Aud there are those who have per
Ished half way between thu world and
Christ. They waited until the last sick
ness, when the mind was gone, or they were
on the express train going at forty miles an
hour, and they came to the bridge aud the
draw was up and they went down. How
| long to repent and prayi Two seem Isl
Two secondsl To do the work OF lifetime
and to prepare for the vast eternity In two
| secon Isl
was reading of an entertainment given
in kings court and thers ware musicians
there with elaborate pieces Of music
After awhile Mozart came AMI began to
play, and he had blank piece Of paper be-
fors him, and the king Familiarity lookel
over his shoulder and said What are you
paying? / see no music before you"
Aud Mozlrt put his hanI on his brow, as
much as to say, 81 am improvising. 1t
was very we'll for him, hut oh, my friends
we cannot extemporiZs heavenl II We do
not get prepared in this world, we will
never take part in the orchestral harnonieS
OF the saved. Ga, that we were as wise rs
the crane and the stork, flying away. living
away from the tempest!
Some of you have felt tue pinching frost
OF sin You feel it to-day. You are not
happy. look into your faces, and L know
you are not happy There are voices WITHIN
your soul that will not be silenced, telling
YOU that you are sinners, AMI that without
the pardon of God you are undone forever.
What are you going to do, my frien Is, with
the accumulated transsressions o, this lie
time; Will you stand still AMI let the ava
lancie tumble over you? o., that You
would go away into the warm heart OF q as
mercy The southern grove, redolent with
magnolia and cactus, never waitet Tor
northern focks as Go1 has waited for you,
saying: IL have loved thee with an ever
lasting love. Cons unto Ne, all ye who
are weary and heavy laden, an VIII give
you rest"
Another frost is bi ldiny you await i
the frost Of sorrow. Where do you live no V,
.Ol. - YOU say. Il have novel" Why did
YOU moves You say, II d)n't want as
large a house now as formerly" Why
do you not want as large a house2 You
say MY family is not so large
Where have they gone: 40 eternity.
Your mind goes back through that last
sickness. and throu III the almost super
natural effort to save life. and through those
prayers that seemed unavailing, and through
that kiss which received no response because
the lips wers lifeless, aud ] hear the bells
toiing aud hear the hearts breakinS-whtle
| speak I hear them break. heart An
9th 4 heart Alone, alone, alone,
This world which in your girlhoon au
boyhood was sunshine is cold now, All oh,
weary dove you fly around this world as
though you would like to stay, when the
wind, and the frost, AMI the blacSening
clou Is would bid you away into the heart
OF On all comforting Coo! %, have no
ticel again AMI again what botcl this
world makes Of it when it tries TO comfort
soul in troubled Il says Don't cry" How
can We help crying when the hearts treas.
ures are scattered, and father is gone, aud
mother is gone, AMI companion; are gone,
AMI the child is gone, AMI everything seems
gone?
It is no comfort to tell man not to cry.
The world comes 10 and says, "Oh. II IS
only hcbody Of your loved one that you
have put in the grouni. But there Is no
comfort in that That boly Is precious:
Shall 80 never put our hands IN that hand
again, aud shall we never s3e that sweet
fac5 again, Away with your heartes
ness. oh. world. But come Jesus, aud tell
US that when the tears fall they fall into
Cots bottle: that the dear bodies OF our
lovei ones shall rise radiant in the reSurrec-
ton. and all the breakings dow1 here shall
be lifted up there, and they shall hunger
no more. neither thirst no more. neither
shall the sun light on them, nor any neat
for the Lamb which is in the midst oil ths
throne shall lead them to living fountains
OF water. and God shall wipe all tears from
their eyes"
You may have noticed that when the
chaffinch, or the storS, or the crane starts
on its migration it calls all tho5e Of its klnt
10 come too. The tree tops ate full OF chirP
and whistle and carol and the long roll eau.
Toe bird does not start Off alone IL gathers
all OF its kind. Oh, that you might be as wise
in this migration to heaven, AMI that you
might gather all your families and your
friends with you! | would that Hannah
might take Samuel by the hand, ami Atra-
ham might take Isaac, and Hagar might
take Ishmsel.
start for heaven yourself aud take your
children with you. Come thou and all thy
house into the ark. Tell your little ones that
there are realms of balm and sweetness for
all those who fly in the right direction.
Swifter than eagles stroke put out for
heaven. Like the crane or the stork, stop
not night nor day until you Hni the right
place for stopping.
To-day the Saviour calls,
Ye wanderers coma
Oh, ye benighted souls,
Why longer roam:
The Spirit calls today
Yield 10 his power.
Oh, grieve him not away,
rfis mercy's hour.