Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-04-28
altogether we are ready 70 60. Our CALL

altogether we are ready 70 go. Our call
dren are gone; now let us depart
No, mol II is one by one. IL may be in
; the midnight. IL may be In the winter and
in the snow coming down twenty inches
deep over our grave. 10 may be in the
strange hotel and our arm too weak TO pull
the bell for help. Itnay be 50 suddenly Wa
have no time even TO say gooiby. Death is
a bitter, crushing, tremendous curse.
| play you three tunes on the gospel harp
OF comfort. Weeping may endure for
night, but JOY cometn in the morning"
That is one. "All things work getier Tor
good to those who lovs COD" Tint is the
second. "And the Limb which Is ia the
midst OF the throne shall leli them TO liv-
iny fountains OF water, AMI God shall wipe
all tears from their eye'.' That is tbs
third. During thess 81 years have tried
as far as | could by argument by 'llustra-
ton and by caricature 10 I'LL you with dis
gust with much OF this modern religion
which people are trying now to substitute
for the religion OF Jesus Christ and the r0lig'
ion of the apostles.
have tried to persuade you that the worst
OF all cant is the cant of skepticism, and in
stead of your apologizing for Christianity
il was high time that those who do not be-
lieve in Christianity should apologize to you,
AMI have triel to show that the biggest
Williams in the universe are those who would
try to rob us of this Bible and that the
grandest mission of the churci OF Jesus
Christ is that of bringing souls - the LORD
"a soul saving church.
But now those years are gone. IL you
have neglected your duty, if have neg
lectel my duty, II Is neglected forever.
Elcn YEAR has its work If ths work is
performed within the l? months, it is dons
forever. II ne elected, it is ne ylectsd for
lever.
! When a woman was dying she said.
"Call them back" They dill not know
what she meant She had been a disciple
O.. the world Shs said, zoo, call them
back" They SAIL who do you want us
to call backs' 'Oh," she said, ''call them
back. the lays the months, the years have
wasted. Call them backp' But you cannot
call them back; you cannot call year back,
or a month bacs, or week back, Or an hour
back, or a second back. Gons once, it IS
gone forever.
: When a great battle was raging, a mes
isenger came up aud said to the general. who
was talking with an officer, General, we
have taken standard from the enemy"
The general kept right on conversing with
his fellow officer, and the messenger said
again, General, we have taken a standard
from the enemy" Still the general kept
right CD, aud the messenger lost his patience,
mot having his message seemingly apprecia-
ted, and said again, General, we have taken
ia standard from the enemy" The general
then looked at him and said, Take another
Alb, forgetting the things that are behind,
let us look to those that are before. Win
another clstle; take another standard; gain
another victory.
Roll on. sweet day OF tho worlds enamel
patton, when 1.-THE mountains and the hills
Shall break forth into singing, and all the
trees Of the wood shall clap their hands
and instead of the thorn shall come up the
fir tree, and instead Of the brier will come
up the myrtle tree, AMI it shall be unto the
Lord for name for an everlasting sign
that cannot be cut off"