Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-05-05

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God, who giveth us tho victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ" There is q
widows heart that first was dcsolatcd
by bereavement and since by the anx-
ieties and trials that came in the support
Of o family.
1t is a sad thing to see a i contend
ing for a livelihood under disadvantages,
but to SEQ q delicate woman, with help
less little ones at her back, fighting the
giants of poverty and sorrow, is most
affecting. 1t was a humble home, and
passersby knew not that within those
four walls were displays Of courage
more admirable that that Of Hannibal
crossing the Alps, or the pass of Their
mopyla or Balaklava, where into the
jaws of death rode the six hundred"
These heroes had the whole world to
cheer them on, but there were none to
applaud the struggle in tho humble
homo. She fought for bread. for cloth
ing, for fire, for shelter, with aching
head, and weak side, and exhausted
strength, through tho long night by the
brook Jabbok. Could it be that none
would give her help? Had God forgot
ten to be gracious? No, contending SOUL
The midnight air is full of wings COM
ing to the rescue. She hears it now in
the sough of the night wind, in the rip
pie of the brook Jabbok-the promise
made SO long ago ringing down the skyx
THY fatherless children, | will preserve
them alive, and let thy widows trust in
mel''
Some one said to a very poor woman,
"How is it that in such distress you
keep cheerful?' She said: Il do it by
what l call cross prayers. When 1 had
my rent to pay and nothing to pay it
with, and bread to buy and nothing to
buy it with, l used to sit down and cry.
But now l do not get discouraged. If
go along the street, when / come to q
corner of the street l say, The Lord
help me-. then go on until 1 come to
another crossing of the street, and again
l say. The Lord help mel And so /
utter a prayer at every crossing, and
since | have got into the habit of say
ing these cross prayers l have been
ablo to keep up my courage"
Purified by Fire.
Learn again from this subject that
people sometimes are surprised to find
out that what they have been strug-
Cling with in the darkness is really an
'angel of blessing" Jacob found in the
morning that this strange parsonage was
no an enemy, but a God dispatched
messenger to promise prosperity for him
and for his children. And SO many a
man, at the close of his trial, has found
out that he has been trying to throw
down his own blessing. If you are a
Christian man, l will go back in your
history and find that the grandest things
that have even happened to you have
been your trials. Nothing short of
scourging, imprisonment and ship
wreck could have made Paul what he
was.
When David was fleeing through the
wilderness pursued by his W son, he
was being prepared to become the sweet
singer of Israel. The pit and the dun
geon were the best schools at which
Joseph ever graduated. Tho hurricane
that upset the tent and killed Jobs chill
dren prepared the ma of Uz to write
the magnificent poem that mas astound-
ed the ages. There is no way to get the
wheat out Of the straw but to thrash it.
There is no way to purify the gold but
to barn it. Look at the people who have
always had it their own way. They are
proud, discontented, useless and unhap-
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And every tear he dry
We are marching through Immanuel's
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III Is prosperity tnat Kills Il rouble
tiae saves WINE the lsraelltes We're
on the marcn, anna great prlVations
ana harashlps, 'hey DehaVed Well AFTER
aWhlie they prayed lor meat, ana the
SKY darkehed win a great o OF
qualls' ana these qualis fell IN large
m~uitltuoes al aoout t-em' ana the Is
rAeli'es ave anu a.e anu seuIea them-
serves until they oled. oh' my TRENDS,
IL Is hot OF tflal or starvation
mat INJURIES the SOUL u sup
ply. LII Is not the Vulture OF trouble
tLat eats up the Christlan's HE; 1t Is
the qualis, IL Is inc quallsl fon Will
yet 1hlu u that your midnight wrestle
by the brook Jaoeok Is with an angel
win trouble may De triumphant we