Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-08-20

and pain, come whirlwind and darkness.
Lord Jesus. l cannot give Thee up. / have
heard Thy voice. | have seen Thy bleeding
side. lord Jesus, IL had some garland
plucked from heavenly gardens would
wreath it for Thy brow. II ] had SOME
gem worthy of the place / would set it in
Thy crown. If had seraphic harp / would
strike it in Thy praise. Bat | come lost and
ruined and undone to throw myself at Thy
feet
No price bring:
Simply TO Thy cross cling.
Thou knowest all things. Thou knowest
that love rnee
But remark again, sit beloved Christ to
suffer" that the world might learn how to
suffer. Sometimes people suffer because
they cannot help themselves but Christ had
in His hands all the weapons to punish His
enemies, and yet in quiescencs He endured
all outrage. He might havs hurled the
rocks of Golgotha uooa His pursuers; He
might have cieEt TIL earEh until He swai-
Lowell up His assail4nts; He might hava
called in reinforcement or taken any thun-
derbolt from the armory of God Omnipotent
and hurled it saething and fiery among His
foes, but He answere not again.
Oh. my hearers has there ever been in
the history o. the world such an example of
enduring patience as we find in the cross?
Some OF you suffer physcll distresses, some
of you have lifelong ailments and they make
you fretful So netimss you think that G I'd
has given you a cup too deep and too brim
ming. Sometimes you see the world laugh
ing and romping on thu highways OF life.
and you looS out Of the win low while seated
in invalid's chair.
| want to show you this morning one who
ha worse pains in the heal tuan you have
ever had, whose back was scourged, who
was wounded in the hands an / wounded in
the feet, and suffered all over; and want
that example to make you moro enduring in
your suffering, and to mako you say,
''gather, not Ny will but Thine be done"
You never have had any bodily pain, and
you will never have any bodily pain that
edualed Christ's torture. st beloved Christ
to suffer-" that He might show you how
physically to suffer.
Some of you are prosecuted. There are
those who hate you. They criticise you.
They would be glad TO SEQ you stumble and
fall They have done unaccountable mean
nesses toward you. Sometimes you feel
angry You feel ss ie You would like to re-
tort Stop! Look at the closed lips, LOOK at
the still hand, look at the beautiful demeanor
of your Lord Struck, not striking back
again. Oh. if you could only appreciate
what He endured IN the way OF persecution
you never would complain of persecution.
The words OF Christ would be your words.
ssFather, if it be possible, let this cup pass
beloved Christ to suffer" persecution. that
He might show you how to endure persecu-
ton.
Some of you ara bereft. 1t is no random
remark, because there is hardly family
here that has not passed under the shadow.
You have been bereft. Your house is
different place from what 1t used to be. Tbs
same furniture, the same books, the same
pictures, but there has Been a voice hushed
there The face that used to ligh5 up the
whole dwelling has VANISHED. The patter-
ing of the other feet does not break up
the loneliness. The wave has gone over your
soul, and you have sometimes thou ht what
YOU would tell him when he comes back;
but then the thought has flashed upon you,
he will never come back.
Ali my brother, my sister, Christ has
sounded all that depth, Jesus OF the bereft
soul is here to-day Behold Him! He
knows what ID is to weep at the tomb. 1t
seems to me as il all the storms OF the worli's
sorrow were compressed into one sob, and
that sob were uttered in two worls, Jesus
wept."
| close my sermon with doxology:
"Blessing and glory aud honor AMI pc" er be
unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and
unto tho Tamb forever Amen an amen r