Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-07-21

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no confidence either in their Christian
character or their morality.
So all merriment that springs out OF
the defects of others-caricature of a
lame foot, or curved spine, or blind
eye, or q deaf ear-will be met with the
Judgment of God, either upon you or
upon your children. Twenty years ago
| knew man who was particularly
skillful in initiating the lameness of a
neighbor. Not long ago a son of the
skillful mimic had his leg amputated
for the very defect which his father had
mimicked years before do not say it
was a Judgment of God leave you to
make your own inference So all merri-
ment born of dissipation, that which
starts at the counter of the drinking res
taurant or from the wineglass in the
home circle. the maudlin shipper. the
meaningless joke. the satnrnalian glib
berish, the paroxism of mirth about
nothing which you sometimes see in the
fashionable clubroom or the exquisite
parlor at IL o'clock at night, are the
cracking of thorns under pot. Such
laughter and such sin end in death.
When was lad, BOOK came out en-
tltled, DOW JUNIOR Patent sermons.
IL made great sur, very WIDE laugh,
all over the country, that book did. 1t
was carlcature OF the christian MIN
isty. and of the word of God, and of the
day OF Judgment. On. we mad great
laugh! The commentary on the whole
thing is that the author OF that book
died IN poverty, shame debauchery,
kicked out OF society and cursed OF AL
mighty God. The laughter OF such men
Is the echo OF their own damnation.
The Laugh of the Almighty.
The next laughter that shall men.
ton as being in the Bible is the laugh
of Gods condemnation, He that sit
teth i'll the heavens shall laugh. . Again,
The Lord will laugh at him. +" Again,
Il will laugh at his calamity" With
such demonstration will God greet ev-
cry kind OF great sin and wiclledness
But men build up villainies higher and
higher Good men almost pity God be-
cause he is so schemed against by men.
Suddenly pin drops out Of the machin-
cry OF wlckedness or a secret is revealed,
and the foundation begins to rock Final
iy the whole thing is demolished. What
is the matter? | will tell you what the
matter is. That crash OF ruin is only
the reverberatlon OF Gods laughter. In
the money market there are great
manV O0OH men and prp1f MANY ffoy1d-
ulent men. A fraudulent man there
says, Il mean to have my million. " he
| goes TO work reckless OF honesty, and he
gets his first 500, 600 He gets after
awhile his $500, 600. After awhile he
gets his $500, 600. Now, he says, Il
have only one more move to make, and
shall have my million. " He gathers up
all his resources. He makes that one last
grand move, he fails and loses all, and
ne has not enough money OF his own left
to pay the cost OF the car to his home.
People cannot understand this spasmod-
&c revulslon. Some said it was sudden
turn IN Erie railway stock, or In West
ern Union, or in Illinois Central; some
SAID one thing and some another. They
all guessed wrong. l will tell you what
1t was. HE that stitch i'll the heavens
laughed A man IN New York said he
would be the richest man III the city.
lie lett ms honest work as mechanic
ana got into the city councils some way
and IN ~ years stole $40, 900, 600 from
the city government. Fifteen million
dollars! he held the legislature OF the
state OF New York IN the grip OF his
right mana. suspicious We're aroused.
Inc grand jury presented indictments.
Inc whoie land stood 'aghast. The man
VINO expected to put half the city in his
vest pocket goes 10 BLACKWELL Island,
goes 10 LUDLOW street jail, breaks prison
ana goes across the sea, IS rearrested
ana brought nack ana AGAIN remanded
70 JAZZ. why! ne that sltteth III the
heavens laughed.
Rome was a great empire She had
horace ana virgil among her poetsi
she had Augustus ana CONSUMING
among ner emperors but what mean
.iic ueiaceo rahtheon, ana inc Forum
,urneu INTO ca'Iie markell ana tne
o'oAen "",ieu soiiseunh' anu uhe
aiehi.ee.uiai sheieeoh Oh hef greae
s aapi What was that thundeFt
IN you say mat was the roar OF
tne Datterlng rams against her walls
NO what was that culver? "Oh, you
say, that was The tramp OF hostile
lesions. NO. The CULVER and the roar
We're the outburst OF omnlpotent laugh
Ter from the dened and lnsulted heav-
ems home aehed GOD, and he laughed
ner Gown. Ihebes defed God, and he
iauRned her down. uneven defied God,
ana ne laughed her down Babylon de-
neo 0od' ana ne laughed her down.
ihere Is great dliterence between Gods
iaugh ana ms smile HIS smile IS eter-
nal oeatituoe. he smiled when David
sang ana Miriam capped the cymbals.
ana hannah made garments for her
son, ana Paui preached. and John kim
oieo WIN apocaiyptlc VISION, and when
any man mas anything to do and does it
Wen his smllei why 1t Is the 10th
o. May, the apple orchards IN full bloom;
y Is morning breaking on arippling sea;