South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-12-07
NEW SERIES, VOL. NO.25.

,sN, down under nervous prostrstion and fes
tnaf you are as fAEdown as David whom hs
cTIed, "Out OF tho depths Of helln'
What opened all those chapters that
ntherto Lad 40 appropriateness3 Erosts
Fos long while the Bible seemed lopsided
and disproportionate amount Of il givon
up to the consolatory. Why page after page
and chapter after chapter and book after
book In tho Bible taken up with nllevla-
lions; lions; with pacincations. with condolonc4e
,L.,, ans oooS seems iiko an apothscaIy store
with one-half OF the shelves occupied witt,
bhisams Why such n supernutty OF bal
sans? But after awhile the membraneous
Group carrie. on your child, or your health
gives way Under the grip, or your property
| NIL three troubles come ut once-Sanl-
rnptcy. sickness und bereavement. Nov
the consolatory parts OF the Bible do not
| seem TO be disproportionate. You want
sacred dispensary. What has uncoyereti
and exposed to you the usefulness of an
| much OF the Bible that was before hiddenp
| Inc irosts have been fulfilling their mission.
| tM aown all tho promises OF the Bible on
liable Tor study. and put on one aide tho
taoie man who has never had any trouble.
or very little OF II, but pile upon the tnbl,,
peside MIN all encyclopedias and all dIction-
aes as. ana al archeologies and all com
put man who has had trial upon trial, dis
aster upon disaster, and let him begin tho
Auoy o1the promises without lexicon, With
'n. commentary, without any book to ex-
p.ain " help. and this Inter man viii under
stand far moro of the height and deptb. and
'ength and breadth OF those promises than
'he learned exe8et opposite. almost sub
merged In sacred literature. The ono has
the advantaHs over the other beoau ,e hn h..
felt the mission Of the frosts. Oh. take tb,
consolation 81 this th-me. ye to whom life .s
a struggle and n disappointment, anl 4,
gantlet and :, pang. That Is u beautiful
provert' arndnr the Hebrews which says.
when tho tale OF bricks IS doubled, then
Moses comes -
Mild coses Of medicine will 10 for mild
sickness, but violent pains need strong doses.
and 80 i! stand over you and count out some
II you vii! only take the medicine. and her,
II Is: IN the world ye shall have tribula-
tion. but be OF good cheer !; I have overcome
the the world" weeping may endure for a
mniSSht, put Joy come,h in the morning"
Ihank God for frosts! What helped make
Milton tho greatest OF poetsf The frost Of
blindness. What helped make Washington
tho greatest Of generals? The frosts Of VAL
Icy Forge: What made 1t appropriate for one
passing John Bunyan's grave to excIaim,
sieep on, thou prince of dreamers?" The
IroSts OF Imprisonment.
The greatest college from which We can
graduate Is the college OF frosts. Especial
trial fits for especial work. Just now watch
and you will see that trouble Is preparatiye
and educational. That is the grindstone on
Wh1ch battle axes arc Sharpened. I have
always noticed in my own casethnt whenthe
Lord had some special work for me to do 1t
WIS preceded by especial attack upon me.
This ts so proyerbial in my own house that il
TOT something say or do get poured upon
mo volley OF censure and nnathema, nv
WHO always asks 81 wonder whnt new op-
portuntty OF usefulness is about to open?
Something good and grand Is surely COM
ing"
What Is true in my case is true on a larger
or smaller scale in the history o. eyery man
and woman who wants to serve the Lord.
Without complaint take the hard knocks.
You Will see after awhile, though you may
not appreciate It now, that by the breath OF
. good and loving God frost Is given. Let
the corners OF your mouth, so long drawn
down In complaint, be drawn up in SMILES OF
content.
For many years poets aud essayists have
celeofaiod the grace sud swiftness OF tho
A.aniaa s,.sl horats--e.:sro :rost wcndorfu, exhi
was Just outside the city OF Jerusniem-an
Arabian steed mounted by an Arab Do YOU
know where these Arabian horses got their
neetness and poetry Of motionl Long CEN
turies ago mohammed, with $4,000 cavalry
on the march, could find for them not drop
OF water for three days. Coming 10 the top
ola hill, river was in sight. With a wild
dash the 900 horses started for the siream.
A minute after an armed host was seen id
NtAhSlh&J tAlU Ut MOndmm60S command 100
bugles blew for the horses to fall In line, but
all the $4,000 continued the Wild galiop to
the river except five, and they, almost dead
with thirst, wheeled into line OF battle.
Nothing In human bravery and self sacri-
flee excels that bravery and soif sacrifice OF
tnose hyo Arabian war horses. Those five
splendid steeds Mohammed chose for his own
use, and from those five came that race of
Arabian horses for ages the glory OF tho
equestrian world. And let mo say that in
this great war Of truth against error OF holi-
ness against sin and heaven against hell, the,
best war horses nre descended from those
VINO, under pang nnd self denial and trouble,
answered the gospel trumpe. and wheeled
into line. Out OF great tribulation, out OF
great fires, out OF great frosts, they came.
And let me say 1t will not take long for
God to make up to you In the next world for
az you have suffered in this. As you enter
those lowered and coionnaded % palaces oas on %,
that ridge Of gold overlooking the sea of
glass. Give this woman homo among
those amaranthine blooms and between those
fountains tossing In the everlasting sunlight
Give her couch canopied with rainbows to
pay her Tor all the fatigues OF wifehood and
motherhood and housekeeping, from which
she had no rest for forty years.
CuPoearers OF heaven, givo these newly
arrived souls from earth tho costliest beyer
ages. and roll to their door the grandest
ehariots, and hang on their walls tho sweet
est hnrps that ever thrummed to fingers
seraphic. Give to them rapture OH rapture,
celebration on celebration. jubilee On jubi,
Ice, heaven on heaven. They had hard
time on earth earning livelihood, or nurs-
ing six children, or waiting on uueruIous
old age, or battling ialsehoods that were told
about them, or were compelled to work after
they got shortbreathed and rheumatic and
dimsighted.
"ChGmberlains Of heaven! Keepers OF tho
kings robes Bauqueters OF eternal royalty
Make up to them hundredtold, n Thousand
fold. mtllfonfold for all they suffered from
swaddlin2 clothes to shrond, and let ali
those who. whother on tho hills, or in the,
temples. or on tho thrones, or on jasper wall,
wero helped and sanctiled and prepared for
this heavenly realm by tho mission OF tho
trosts stand up aud wave their scspters?''
And looked and. behold !nine-tenths Of tho
ransomed rose TO their feet, and 'nine-tenths
of tho scepters swayed to and fro in tho light
oi tho sun that never sets, and then under
stood lar better than ever did before that
trouble comes for brneficent purposes, and
that on tho coldest nights tho aurora is
brightest III the northern hoavcns, aui that
''by tho treath OF Cod fros, is givon'
RESIGNS THE MISSION.
James J. Van Allen Declines to bo