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

see our gardens CT earthly ae1ignt up.
rooted? Will Jesus, who wcpt himself,
be angry with us if we pour our tears
into the graves that open to swallow
down what we love best? Was Lazarus
more dear to him than our beloved dead
to us? No. We have q right to weep.
Our tears must come. You shall not
drive them back to scald the heart. They
fall into Gods bottle. Afflicted ones
have died because they could not weep.
Thank God for the sweet, the mystic
r1ous relief that comes to us in tears
Under this gentle rain the flowers Of
corn put forth their bloom. God pity
that dry, withered, parchcd, all consum
ing grief that wlings its hands and
grinds its teeth and bites its nails unto
the quick, but cannot weepl We may
have found the comfort Of the cross, and
yet ever after show that in the dark
night and by the brook Jabbok we were
trouble touched.
Tho Day BrcaketIi.
Again, wo may take the idea of the
text and announce the approach Of the
day dawn. No enc was ever more glad
to see the morning than was Jacob after
that night of struggle. 1t is appropriate
for philanthropists and Christians to
cry out with this angel of the text,
1.-The day breaketh." The worlds pros
poets are Frightening. The church of
Christ is rising up III its strength to &C
forth fair as the moon, clear as the sun
and terrible as al army with banners. ="
Clap your hands, all ye people, the
day breaketh. The bigotries of the earth
are perishing. The time was when we
were told that if we wanted to get tc
heaven we must be immersed or sprin-
killed., or we must believe in the perso-
verance of the saints, OF i'll falling away
from grace, or a liturgy, or 10 liturgy,
OF they must be Calvinists or Armin-
ians i'll order to reach heaven. We have
all come to confess now hat these are
nonessentials i'll religion.
During my vacation one summer i
was in Il Presbyterian audience, and it
was sacramental day, and with grateful
heart l received the holy communion.
vi tiO iiNAO pdbDdtll L NlS Al IL IlttllO-
dist church and sat at a love feast. On
the following Sabbath l was in an Epis-
copalian church and knelt at the altar
and received the consecrated bread. ]
do not know which service / enjoyed
the most. 81 believe in the communion
of saints and in the life everlasting"
"The day breaketh."
AS l look upon this audience / see
many who have passed through waves
of trouble that came up higher than
their girdlc. In Gods name l proclaim
cessation of hostilities. You shall not
go always saddened and heartbroken.
God will lift your burden. God will
bring your dead to life. God will stanch
the hearts bleeding. l know he will.
Like as a father pities his children, SO
the Lord pities you. The pains of earth
will end. The tomb will burst. The
dead will rise. The morning star trem-
bles on a Frightening sky. The gates of
the east begin to swing open The day
breaketh.
Luther and Melanchthon werc talking
together gloomily about tho prospects
of the church. They could see no hope
of deliverance. After awhile Luther
got up and said to Melanchthon: "Come,
Philip, let us sing the forty-sixth psalm
of David: God is our refuge and
strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore will not we fear, though the
earth be removed, and though the noun
tains be carried into the midst of tho
sea; though the waters thereof roar and
be troubled; though the mountains
shake with the swelling thereof. Sc
lah.'
The Death Struggle.
Death to many, nay to all, is q strug-
gle and q wrestle. We have many
friends that it will be hard to leave. /
care not how bright our future hope is.