Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-04-14
j. H. MILLER & SONS.

can't cheat me. I know whas / an
about, while at the same time, that very
moment, such men are succumbing to the
worst satanic Influences in the simple
fact that they ;ue going to observe.
Now, if mall or woman shall go down
into haunt of iniquity for the purpose
OF reforming men and women CT for the
sake of being able intelligent!y to warn
people against such perils; if, as did
John Howard or Elizabeth r.y or Thorn
as Chalmers, they 60 down among the
abandoned for the sake of saving them,
then such explorers shall be God pro-
tected, and they will come out better
than when they went in. But if you go
Oh this work of exploration mer Fly for
the purpose of satisfying a morbid Curl
osity win take 20 per cent or your
moral character.
a PERILoUS ROAD.
Sabbath morning comes. You wake
up in the ho,el You have had longer
sleep than usual. You say: Where am
!? A thousand miles from home? l have
no family to take to church today. Ny
pastor will not expect my presence
think shall look over my accounts and
study my memoranda m book, Then
will write a few bu siness letters and
talk to that merchant who came in on
the same train with me y Stop, You
cannot afford to do it.
But, . you say, ~ am worth $780,, :
coo. You cannot af ord to do it, You
say, II ara worth $1,000, COO" You
cannot afford to do it. All yen gain by
breaking the Sabbath you viii lose. You
will lose one Of three thir gs-your intel
lect, your morals or your property-and
you cannot point III the whole earth to
q single exception 10 this rule. God gives
us six days and keeps one for himself
Now, if we try to get the seventh, he
will upset the work of all tho other six.
remember going up Mount Washing
ton, before the railroad had been built,
to the Tip-Top House. and the gnide
would come around TO our horses and stop
us when we were CIR ssing a vsiy steep
and dangerous place, and he would
tighten the girth of the horse and
atraighten the saddle. And have to tell
You that this road of life is 81 steep and
full of peril we muse at least one day
III seven stop and have the harness OF
life readjusted and our souls re-equip-
ped. The seven days Of the week are
Ike seven business partners, and you
must give to each one his share or the
business will be brc ken up G. ID is so
generous with us-he has gwen you six
days to his one Now, here is q father
who has seven apples, and he gi-ves six
TO his greedy boy, proposing to leep one
for himself. The greedy boy grabs for
the other ono and loses all the six.
How few men there are who know
how to keep the Lords day away from
homel A great many who are cons 1stent
on the banks Of the ST. Lawrence, W the
Alabama, or the Mississ ippi are not con-
Slstent when they get 50 ar off as the East
river. zepeat--thcugl il is putt ng it
or low ground-you cam, 1t finant ially
afford to break the Lords day. It il;
only another way of tear ug ND your
government securities and p ,ttine down
Ike price of goods and blow ing up your
store. ! have friends who are all the
time slicing eff pieces Of the Sabbath
They cut little Of the Sabbath off that
end and o little OF the Sab ,ath off this
end. They do not keep tie 2f hours
The Bible says, Remember the Sabbath
day, to Keep it holy
l have coed friends who are quite ac-
customed to leaving Albar v by the mid
night train on Saturday night and get
ting home before church Row, there
may be occasions when it is eight. but
generally it is wrong. H ow if the train
should run off the track INTO the North
river? hope your friends will hot send
to me to preach your fur eral sermon. 1t
would be an awkward Thing for me to
stand up by your side and preach, you,
a Christian man, killed on rail train
travelling on Sunday morning "Re-
member the Sabbath day to keep it
holy. What does that mean? 1t means
24 hours. A man owes .gcu a dollar You
don't want him to pay you 80 cents
You want the dollar If God demands
Of us "a hours out Of the week. he means
"a hours and not 10. Oh, we want to
keep vigilantly in this country the
American Sabbath and not have trans
planted here the Europ an Sabbath.
which for the most part is no abbath at
all. II any Of you have bee IN Paris, you
know that On Sabbath me rnirl the vast
rush out toward tn. country
with baskets and bundles and toward
night they come back tagged out, cross
and intoxicated. May God preserve to us
our glorious, quiet American Sabbatas
Oh, strangers, welcome to the great
city May you find Christ here, and not
any physical or moral damage. Men com
ing from inland, from distant cities.
have here found God and founl him in
our service. May that be you1. case to
day. You thought you We're brought to |
this place merely for the purpose of sight !
seeing. Perhaps God brought You to this I!
roaring city for the purpose of working /
out your eternal salvation. tio back to I
your homes and tell them how YOU met
Christ here, the loving patent, pardon
ing and sympathetic Christ Who knows
but the city which has been the destruc F
lion of so many may be your eterna! re
lemption?
A coed many years age Edward Stan
ey, the English commander. with his
regiment. took fort The fort was
by some 800 Spaniards Ed
ward Stanley came close up TO the font.
leading his men. wher a Sraniard
hrust at him with spear. intending to
iestroy his life, but Stanley caught Iol.
u the spear. and the Spaniard III
empting &c jerk the spear away fia
stanley lifted him up into the BATH
nepts. Nosooner had Stanley taaen
POSITION on the hattiemeats tha,l
wung his sword. and his whole re
nent leaped after him. and the fort ~.
aiken. SO it may be with You, o st1an-
,er The city influences which have de-
troyed so many and dashed them down
oreyer shall be the means of lifting You
Up into the tower of Gods mercy ana
trength, your soul more than conqueror
through the grace Of him who has
an especial benediction to
hose who Sh2il treat Won xveif se~;,.sr