Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-09-22
frey rejoice because they are on their
way to the congratulations eternal.
Universal Rrotherhood.


frey rejoice because they are on their
way to the congratulations eternal.
Universal brotherhood.
Oh, the Lord God has many fair and
beautiful daughters, but the fairest of
them all is she whoseways are pleasant
ness and whose paths are peace Now,
my brothers and sisters-for / have a
right to call you all SOL know some
people look back on their ancestral line,
and they soc they are descended from
the Puritans or Huguenots. and they re-
joice in that, but / look back ON my
ancestral line, and see therein such
mingling and mixture Of the blood of
all nationalities that feel akin to all
the world. and by the blood Of the Son
of God, who died for all people, / ad
dress you in the bonds Of universal
brotherhood.
come out as only servant bringing
an invitation to a party. and put it in
to your hand, saying, Come. for all
things arc now ready" and urge it
upon you and continue to urge it, and
before / get through / hope, by the
blessing of God. to compel you to come
in.
We must take care how we give the
think sometimes we have just gone op-
posite to Christ command, and we have
compelled people to stay out Some
times our elaborated instructions have
boon the hindrance. We graduate from
our theological seminaries on stills, and
it takes five or six years before we can
come down and stand right beside the
great masses of the people, learning
their joys, sorrows, victories, defeats.
We get our heads so brimful of theo-
logical wisdom that we have to stand
very straight lest they spill over. Now,
what do the great masses of the people
care about the technicalities of religion?
What do they care about the hypostatic
union or the difference between sublap-
sarian and supralapsarian? What do
they care for your profound explana-
lions, clear as London fog? When o
man is drowning, he docs not want you
to stand by the dock and describe the
nature of the water into which he has
fallen and tell him there are two parts
hydrogen gas and one of oxygen gas,
with common density Of 80 F., turn
ing to steam under common atrnospher-
ic pressure Of PIP. He does not want a
chemical lecture on water He wants
rope.
Gone Metaphysics Mad.
Oh, my friends, the curse Of God on
the church, it seems to me, in this day
is metaphysics. We speak in an un-
known tongue i'll our Sabbath schools,
and III our religious asscmblages, and
in our pulpits, and how can people be
saved unless they can understand us!
We put ON our official gowns, and we
think the two silk balloons tapping at
the elbows of n preacher give him great
sanctity. The river of Gods truth flows
down before us pure and clear as crys
tai, but we takeaour theological stick |
and stir it up and stir it up until you
cannot see the bottom. Oh, for the sim,
plicity of Christ in all our instructions
the simplicity he practiced when
standing among the people he took a
lily and said, There is lesson of the
manner / will clothe yor,' and point
ing to raven said: "There is q lesson
of the way l will feed you. Consider
the hhos-behold the fowls -
think often in our religious instruc-
tons we compel the people to stay out
by our church architecture People come
ill., and they find things angular and cold |
and stiff, and they go away, never again
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great home circle, everybody having a |
hymnbook, giving half of it to the one |
next him; every one who has hand tt |
shake hands shaking hands-the churcl
architectureand tho churchsurromdinps |
saying to the people, Come in and be
at home" Instead of that, / thinl, all |
these surroundings often compel the poo
pie to stay out. Now, let US all repent |
Of our sins and begin on the other tract |
and by our heartiness of affection anG |
warmth of manner and imploration OF |
the spirit of God compel the people te |
come in. How shall we lead sinners to |
accept the Lords invitation? think We |
must certainly begin by holy life. We |
must be better men, better women. before |
we Can compel the people to como into |
the kingdom of Jesus Christ There |
are fine ESSAYS being written in this day
about science and religion. tell Won |
the best argument in behalf of our Eoly |
Christianity. 1t is q good man, a good |
woman, life all consecratod to Christ.
No infidcl can answer it. Oh. let us |
by a holy example comnel the neorle TO |
come inl
The Safe Path.
read of minister of the gospol who |
was very fond of climbing among the |
Swiss mountains. One day he was climb. |
ing among very dangerous places and |
thought himself all alone when he heard |
a voice beneath him say: ''Father. look |
out for the safe path; l am following
And he looked back. and he saw that he |
was climbing not only for himself. but
climbing for his boy. Oh. let ms be sure
and take the safe PATH Opr children are
following; our partners in business arc
following; our ncighbors are following:
n great multitude stepnins RIGHT on !,