Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-10-22

summer observation give you ous nrase
specimen of the falsehoods about Russia.
stood in London with my tickets for st.
Petersburg, Russia, in my pocket. 1t was
3 O'Clock in the afternoon. and at 3 O'clock
/ was 10 take the train. An American
I physician came in and said, "You GER
tainly are not going to Russia" l said,
"Why notg' Then a morning paper was
| shown me, saying that in st. Petersburg
i there were two THOUSAND clscs OF virulent
cholera; the city had been divided into hos
| pital districts, and ths doctors were at their
/ wits end what to do with ths number OF
/ patients. The population was flying IN ter
| ror. 1t was almost as bad in Moscow.
While rejecting on these accounts two
/ messages arrived from other friends protest.
| ing against the foolharliness OF my Ius lin I
! into the presence of two thousand cases oil
cholera in one city. OF course | haltsd.
ha,tel for four Gays. Meanwhile telegram
| from st. Petersburg encouragefme to go.
went. There WAS not single case OF cholera
in ST. Petersburg CT Moscow, and there was
not single case in either city until four
weeks after left those cities.
! 1 must tell you o. picture of pathos AMI
moral power irnpressei u Jon my mini, SO
that neither time nor eternity may efface
I it. The ship Lao swung to the docks few
miles below st. Petersburg loaded with
houc from America. Toe sailors on board
huzz led as they came to the wharf. From
a yacht on waicl vs. ha descenie the
river to the sea tho prominent citizens Of
st. Petersburg disenlbarkei. The bank was
/ crowded by prosperous citizens who stood
1 OH the wharf, AMI back of them by poor
! laborers who hal CO ne down to offer THAR
services free Of all charge for the removal
OF the breaistufs from the ship to
I the imperial freight train that took the -four
/ to the interior free of charge. While we
stood there thu long freight train ramblel
down to the docks, the locomotive AMI each
car decorated with a flag the American
/ flag and the Russian flag alternating.
Though a flag to some eyes is only a
/ floating rag, you ought to see how the
/ American flag looks five thousand miles from
home, 1t looSei that day like a section OF
heaven let down to cheer mortal visoI.
I Addresses OF welcome an responses were
made, an then the work bs9an, the only
( contest being who should lift the
! hardest and be most expe litious. From
/ ship to rail train. From rail train to knsei-
/ ing board. From knesding boart to oven.
/ From oven to the white and quverng lips
/ Of the dying. Upon all who, whether by
contribution snaA or large, helps1 make
/ that scene possible may there come the bsne-
diction of Him who declared, L was hungry
and ye fed Me-"
But l must also give word OF report con-
corning my other errand-the preaching of
the Gospel in Great Britain last summer. 1t
was a tour | had for many years antici-
patsd. With the themes OF tho Gospel
confronted more people than ever before
in the same length of time - multi
tubes after multtudes, and bayond any
thing | can describe. The throngs in all
the cities were SO great that they could be
controlled only by platoons OF police, so
that none should be hurt by the pressure,
each service indoors followed by a service
/ for the waiting throngs outdoors, and both
by handshakings to the last point of paysi-
cal endurance.
In every city and town l had messages
poured into my ears for families in America.
I Oh, sons of Scotchmen, Euglishmen, Welsh
men and Irishmou there are hearts on the
other side of the sea beating 10 affection for
you and praying for your, present AMI
eternal welfare. BY the memories
were baptized. aud OF the Eng
lsh fireside, by watch you played, and of
the Welsh hills and valleys, among which
you roamed, and the old homes on the banks
of the Tweed and the Shannon and the
Clyde, l charge you be honorable and trus
and Christian. You nave gooI ancestral
blood in your veins. Prove yourself worthy.
1t seems to me that the Gospel Is making
mighty strides over there.
What is the use of controversy abont any
thing except now we shall keep close to the
cross and do the most for helping people for
this world and the next? May there come
in England more cordiality between the
National church and the dissenters. Al
though l would be caleb dissenter
1 there, almost nv first step in England was
into banqueting hall-the Lord Mayor
banquet given to the bishops and higl Of
flcials of the National church, the great and
coed and ge nal Archbishop of Canterbury
at their head and a more magnificent group
of folks, intellectually and spiritually,
| never got among, and l found that though
we had never met before, the archbishop
and myself were old friends But all up aud
down Great Britain / found multitude
that no man can number enlisted fer 60
and eternity, and l tel you the Kingdom IS
coming
II the pessmists would gel out of the
way-the people who SWIVEL and groan an
think everything has gone to the dogs or IS
about to go-I say if these pessitnists would
only get ont OF the way the world would
soon see the salvation of God. Chris
tianitY is only another name for ele-
waited optimism. Was Isaiah an optimistg
See his deserts incarnadinet with red roses
and showed under with white lilies and hi
lamb asleep between the paws of lion
The greatest thing l can think of would
I be to have triple alliance of America
I England and Russia, in complete harmoni
zation, and tha., to have nnan oil of than
come a deiuge OF the Holy Ghost. Let the
! defamation of other nations cease. Peace
and good will to men For that gloriou
consummation, which may be nearer thar
we think, let us pray, remembering thai
! God cal DO more in five minutes than mar
can do in five centuries. If the consumma
ton is not eff ectei i'll our day 1 shall ask tn
privilege OF CO ming out from heaven a little
while to look at thus old world when it shall
have put on its millennial beauty. l thiuI
God will let Us come out to see it at leas
onca in its perfected state before it
burned up.
| should not wonder if all heaven woulc
adjourn for an excursion to this world t.
see how shipwreckel planet was got of
the breakers and set afoat again amid tht
eternal harmonies. Meanwhile let us d,
all we can to make it better. AMI it viii
somehow tell in the final result, though
it be only a child's sob hushed, o
a tricdling tear wiped from a pale face, or
thorn extracJe from tired foot, or a sinfu
soul washed white as the wool. May Go
help us TO help othersl And so these lesson
of gratitude and sympathy and helpfulnes
AMI vindication | have brought you on tbs
wings of this morning.