Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-17

! since we playel together at ten years OF age
| and / had peculiar pleasure in pulling hin
| n little as to who [ was, aui can hardly de-
scribe the sensation as after awhile he num-
blel out "Lst me see Yes, you arc d.
Witt" We all like to be remembered.
Now. | have to tell you that this oblivion
| OF which | have spOSen has its defeats, and
that there IS no more reason way we should
not be distinctly AMI wildly AMI gloriously
remembered five hundred million billion
irllion quadrilion quintillon years from
now than that we should be remembers six
weeks am going to tell you how thething
can be- done and will be done.
We may build this everlasting r3men-
brance." as my text styles It. into the super
mi existence Of those to whom we do kind
nssses in this world. You must remember
that this in1rm an1 tre1ehsrous faculty
which we now call memory is in the future
state to be complete AMI perfect. Eve
! lasting remembrance" Nothing will 81 p
the stolt grip of that celestial faculty. Did
! you help widow pay her renty Did YOU
| nnl for that man released from prison "a
place to get honest work? Did you pick up
a child fallen on the cur0stone, an1 by "A
stick OF candy put in his hand stop the hurt
on his scratched knee? DID you assure a
| business man, swlmpe1 by the slringenoy Of
| the money market, that times would after
awhile be better,
Did You leli Mag ialsn OF the street into
n midnight mission, where the Lord said to
her :"Nether do l con lemu thee 90 AMI sin
no more?' Did you tell a man. clear dis
couraged in his wlywarluess aud hopeless
and plotting suicide that for him was near
| by LAYER in which he might wash, and a
cOrOnet Of eternal blesssines5 he might
weary
What are epitaphs in grlveylrls what are
eulogiums in presence ofthOse whose breath
is In their nOstrls. what are unread bioyr
phies in the alcoves OF city library. com
pared with the imperishable records you
have made in the ilumined memories OF
those to whom you did such kindnes5es?
Forget them? They cannot forget them
Notwithstanding all their might and spen-
dor there are some things the glorided Of
heaven cannot DO. and this is one OF them.
They cannot forget an earthly Kindness
done. They have no cutlass to part that
cabla. They have no strength TO hurl into
oblivion that benefactou.
Has Paul forgotten the inhabitants OF
Malta. who extended the island hospitality
when he and others with him had felt. added
TO a shipwreck. the drenching rain AMI tho
sharp cold? Has the victim OF the highway
man on the road to Jericho forgotten the
Good Samaritan with a me1icament Of oil
and wine and free ride to the hOstelry?
Have the English soldiers who went up to
God from the Crimean batteaeds forgotten
Florence Nightingale?
Through all eternity will the Northern and
Southern soldiers forget the Northern AMI
Southern women who administered 10 the
dying boys in blue AMI gray after the awful
fights in Tennessee aud Pennsylvania an /
Virginia and Georyi which turned every
house and barn and shed into q hospital. AL
incarnadinc1 the Susquehanna. and the
James. and the Chattahooehee. AMI the Sa-
vannah with brave bloo1y The kindnesses
You do 10 others will stand rs long in the ap-
probation OF others rs the gates Of heaven
will stand. as the "House OF Many Mansions
will stand, as long as the throne Of Go will
stand
Another defeat OF oblivion will be found
in the character OF those whom W. rescue.
uplift or save. Character is eternal. Sup
pose by right influence W. all I'm trans
forming "A bad man into a COOL man, dol
Orous man into a happy man. dishelrtenai
man into a courageous man very stroke Of
that work done will he immortalizal There
may never be- so much as one line in news
paper regarding IT. or no mortal tongue may
ever whisper il into human ear. bat wlera-
ever that soul shall 60 your work upon 1t
shall 60. wherever that soul risas your WORK
upon N snill rl-A. an 50 lll- rs IIlth SNui
will last your work on II will last.
DO you suppose there will eyer con' such
an idiotic lapse in the history OF that soul in
heaven that it shall forget that You invited
him TO Christ that you. by prayer or gospel
word turne him rOuu from the wrong way
TO the right way No su,h insanity will ever
smite heavenly citizen II is not half as
we'll on earth known that Christopher Wren
planned aud built st. Paurs as it will be
known in all heaven that YOU were the in
sirumentality OF building "A temple for tins
sky.
We teach a sabbath class, or put q Chris
t1n tract in tho hand ~ a pls,er1y, or tes-
tfy for Christ In prayer meeting, or prei'n
a sermon. aud 20 hone discourage !. rs
thoughnoihing had baena,conplishei when
we ha been character builiin; with ma
tsrial that no frost or elrthq11Se or rolling
Of the centuries can danlgs ~ bring down.
There is no -uhlimer art in the world than
architecture. With pencil an rule and com
pass the architect sits down alone an In 81
ience. AMI evolves from his own brain ca
thedrll. ora Nltion1l capitol. or mlsslr'
home before he leaves thar table. AMI then he
gOss ont and unrOlls his plans, AMI calls car
penters AMI misons AM artisans o! all sorts
to eN seute his design. an wheuit is ilnlshe
he walks around the vast structure an Seas
the completion ot the WORK with high sltis-
In ,tion. ami on % stOu1 ut some corner oil th"
building the arciite'ts nlme may DE CHS 'iei
Bat the storms DO their w)rS. an time that
takes down Everything. will yet take down
that structure until thrr, shall not be on,
stone left upon another.
But there is soul in helv,a. Through
your instrumentality It was put there Tn
der Coils grace You are the architect OF il
eternal happiness. Your name is written. nor
on one corner OF its nature, but inwrought
into its every fiber AMI energy. VIII the
storms Of winter wash out the story of what
YOU hay. wrought upon that spiritual struc-
turaY NO. There ar no storms In that land.
AMI there is no winter. Will time wear our
the ina ,ription which shows your fidelity
No. Time is past. AMI it il an everlasting
now. Buit into thu founlltio1 ol that impar-
ishajls structure built into its pillars. built
into it, capstone. is Your name either the
nauc v1u have on earth OK the name 10y
which celestials shall call you.
I know the Bible says in one place that
Col Is "A Jealous GO I. but that refers TO tho
work Of those who worship some other got.
4 true father IS not jealous Of his child.
with what glee YOU show the picture your
child Dencilel, or a toy ship your child
hewed out, or recite the noble deed your
child accomplished And COL never was
Jealous Of a Joshua. never was jealous ot "a
Paul. never was jealous OF Frances Have--
gal. never was jealous OF a man or woman
who tried to heal wounds AMI wipe away
fears and lift burdens and save souls
and while all is OF grace. and your sell
ahnegating utterance will be, Not unto
W.. not unto us. but unto Thy name.
o Lord. give glory" you shall always
feel heavenly satisfaction in every
good thing you did on earth. and il icono-
clasm. borne from beneath. should break
through the gates of heaven AMI eiiace one
record Of your earthly fidelity. methinks
Christ would take ono OF the nails Of His
own cross and write somewhere on the crys-
tai or the amethyst. or the jacinth, Or the
chrysoprasus. your name and inst under II
the inscription Of my text. The rghteou,
shall be held in everlasting remembr nc'.
oh. this character building You and l
are every moment busy in that tremendous
occupation. You are making mo better or
worse. and am making you better or worse
and we shall through all eternity bear the
mark Of this benedictiOn or blasting.
Let others have the thrones OF heaven
those who have more nightly wrought for
God and the truth But it will be- heaven
enough for you and me il over and anon We
meet some radiant soul on the boulevards OF
the great city who shall say: You helpei
me once. You encourageIme when I was
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