Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-03

/ We threw that into place all by ftself,
| and we called it nubbins. Some OF it was
/ widowed, and some of it was mice nibbled,
I and some of it was great promises and no
fuflment All cobs and no corn Nubbinsl
/ After the good corn had been driven uD to
the barn we came around with the corn
basket and we picked up these nubbins.
They were worth saving, but not worth
! much. So all around US there are people
who amount to comparatively nothing.
/ They develop into no kind of usefulness.
they are nibblei on one side BIZ the world,
and nibbled on the other side by the devil,
and mildewee all over. Great promise and
no fulflment. All co5s aai no corn. Nub-
binsl They are worth saving. l suppose
many OF them viii get to raven, but they
are not worthy to be mentioned in thu same
/ day with those who went through great
trihulation into the kin ION Of our GOD.
/ W ho would not rather have the pains OF
this life, the misforCunes o. this life-who
would not rather be torn AMI wounded AMI
i laeerated and wrenche1 and husked aud at
last go in amid the very best graina Of thu
grauary than TO he pronounced not worth
husking atal2 Nabbins' In other words, |
/ want TO say to you people " 10 have distress
OF body and distress in busin ess and distress
OF all sorts, the Lord has not any gru1ge
against yol. IL is not derogatory; it is
complimentary. Whom the Lord lo~eth
He chasteneth, and it is proof positive that
there is netting valuable in you, or the
Lord would no. have husked you.
You remember also that in the time of
hussing it was neigh5orhood reunion; By
the great fireplace in the winter the fires
roaring aroun the glorified bactllogs on an
old-tashioned hearth, OF which the mo1ern
stoves and registers are only the degenerate
descendants, the farmers used to gather and
spend the evening, and there would be much
sociality; but it was not anything like the
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farmers came, and they came in tbs very
best humor, and they came from beyon the
meadow and they came from beyond the
brook and they came from re yions two and
three miles around.
Goo1 spirits reigrei siore ne ami there
were great handshakingS and there was
carnival. and there was the recital of the
brightest experience in all their lives and
there was neghborhood reunion the mem
DRY OF which makes all the nerves OF NV
body trembie with emotion as the strings OF
a harp when the fingers of the player have
swept the chords. The husking time was tho
time of neigtborhool reunion, ana so
heaven viii h. just that. There they come
up! They slept in the old village church
yard. There they come up! They reclined
amid the fountains aud the sculpture and the
parterres of city cemetery. There they
come upl They went down when the saiD
founderei Off Cape Hatteras. They come up
from all sides-from potter's field and out
of the solid masonry of Westminster bbay.
They come up! They come up
All the hindrance to their better nature
husked off. All their spiritual deSpond-
encies huske1 off. All their hindrancas to
usefulness husked of. The grain, the
golden grain, the God fashioned grain,
visible and conspicuous. Some of them on
earth were such disagreeable Christians
you could hardly stand it in their presence.
Now in heaven they are radiant you
hardly know them. The fact is, ali their
imperfec5ions have been huSke1 of. They
did not mean on earth to be disagreeable.
They meant well enough, but they told
you how sick you looked, and they told you
how many hard things they had heard about
you and they told you how often they had
to stand up Tor you i'll some battles until
you wished almost that they had been slain
in so ne of the battles. Good. pious con.
centrated, well meaning disagreeables. Now
in heaven all their tfsnslyensss has been
husked off, Each one is as happy as he can
be. Every one he meets as happy as he Can
ba
Heavan-one great eighborhoo1 reunion.
All kings and queens ali songsters, all nit
| louairss all banque5ers. Col the Father
with His children all arouni Him. No
"goodby' in all the air. No grave cut in
ali the hills. River of crystal rolling over
bed of pearl. under arch of cirySoprase, IN
to seas of glass mingled with fire. Stand at
the gate of the grauary AMI see the grain
come in; out of the frosts Into the sunshine,
out of the darkness into the light, out of tls
tearing, and the ripping aud tbs twisting,
and the wrenching and lacerdting, AMI tae
husking time OF earth into the vida open
door of the Kings granary like as a shock
OF corn cometh in i'll his season.
Yes, heaven is a great soclable, with JOY
like the JOY of husking time. No one there
feeling SO big he declines to speak to some
one that is not so large. Archangel willing
to listen to smallest cherub. No boltiug OF
the door of caste at one heavenly mansion
to keep out the citiz IN of a smaller mansion.
No clique in one corner whispering about
clique IN another corner. David taking none
Of the airs OF a giant killer; Joshua making
no one halt until he passes, BECAUSE he made
the sun and moon malt; Paul making no as
sumption over the most ordinary preacher
of righteousness; Naam9n, captain of the
Syrian host, no more IGNORED than the esp
tive maid who toll him where he coald get
good doctor. Oh my soul what a coun
try! The humblest man king, the poorest
woman a queen, the meanest house palace,
the short est lifetime eternity. And what is
more strange about it all is we may all get
there.
Not I, says some one staining back mr.
der the galleries. Yes, you. Not l." saws
some one who has not been ia church in
fifteen years before Yes you. Not /"
says some one who has been for fifty years
filing no his life with all kinds Of wicked
ness. Yes, you. There are monopoiies on
earth-monopolistic railroads and monono-
Iistlc telegraph companies and monopolistic
grain dealers, but no monopolies in religion
All who want 20 be saved NAV be saved
without money and without price" Sal
walton by the Lord Jesus Christ for all the
people. Or course use common sense in this
matter. You cannot expect to get 10
charleston by taking the snip for Portland
AMI you cannot get to heaven by going in
an opposite direction. Believe in the Lord
Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved
Through that One gate of pardon and peace
all the race may 60 in.
"3ut," says some one, 80 you really
think l would be at hons in that sup 4rnql
society If | should reacd it?' [ think you
would, know you would. I remember
thae IN the hus1luI time there was great
equality OF feeling among the neighbors
Th'ro at one corn shocl a farmer would be
al work who ownel two hundred acres Of
ground The man whon he was talking
with at the next corn shock owned but
thirty acres OF ground, and perhaps all that
covsre1 by mortgage
That evening, at the close OF tia husking
day, one man drove nome roam span so
frisky, so full of life they got their feet over
the traces. The other man walked home
Great difference in education, great differ
encs in worldly means, but I noticed at the
husking time they all seemed to enjoy each
others society. They did not ask any man
how much property he owael or what his
education had been. They all seemed to be
happy together in those COOL times. AMI
SO it will be in heaven. Our Father will
gather Hi: children around Him. aud the
neiLhbors will come in and the past will be
rehearsed, And some one will tell of vic
tory and we will all celebrate It. Aud soma
one will say; Here is my old father that
put away with heartbraak. Just look at
him He is as young IS any OF usm
Aud some one will say; Here is my iarl-
ing child that buried in Greenwood, AMI
all the after years OF my life were Swallowed
with deso!ation. just look at her She
doesn't seem as if she had been SICK min
utter Great socialty. Great neighborhoo
kindness. Go in AMI dine. What though
John Milton sit down on one si1s and John
Howard sit down on the other slider No en-
barrassment. What though Charlotte
Ei zabeth sit down on one side au1 Hannah
Mora sit down on the other side2 No en-
barrasS nent. u.onarcd yourself. why bs
embarrassed among monarchs2 A sougster
yourself, why be embarr lsset among glori-
fed agsters2 Go in ana dine.
All the shocks of corn coming in in their
season Oh, yes in their season. Not one
of you having died too s5on or having del
too late, or having diei at haphazard.
Piantel at just the right time Flowed at
just the right time. Cut down at lust the
right time. Husked at just the righ5 time,
G Arnered at just the right time Coming
in in your season. Oh, | wish that the two
billion bushels of corn now in the fields or
on their way to the sesbo9rd might be /,