Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-09-01

books from which he quoted bis author
itios, and goes 10 his desk to finish his /
neglected correspondence, or to pen an /
indignant line to some reporter, ar
sketch tho plan for a public defense /
against the assaults Of the people Hap /
Ply when he got his first lawyers brief,
exultant whea he triumphcd over his
first political rival, yet, sitting on the +
very top of all that this world offers of /
praise, he exclaims, No rest, no restl"
From Despair TO Triumph:
The very world that now appliances |
will soon hiss. That world said of the |
great Webster: What statesman! I
What wonderful exposition Of the con-
ftitutionl A man fit for any position. p"
That same world said after awhile:
Down with himl lie lis an Office seeker.
He is o SGT He is Hbcrtine Away
with himf' And there is no peace fer |
the man until be lays down his broken |
heart in the grave at Marshfeld. Jeffrey |
thought that if he could only be judge
that would be the making of him; got |
to be judge and cursed the day in which |
he was born. Alexander wanted to sub
merge the world with his greatness;
submerged it and then drank himself |
to death because he could not stand the t
trouble Burns thought he would give |
everything if he could win the favor OF |
courts and princes; won it, and amid /
the shouts Of a great entertainment |
when poets and orators and duchesses
were adoring his genius wished that he |
could creep back into the -olscurity III
which he dwelt when he wrote of the 7
Daisy, wee. modest. crimson tipped flower.
Napoleon wanted to make all Europe
tremhle at his power; made it tremblc, |
then died, his entire military achieve |
ments dwindling down to pair of mill |
tary boots which he insisted On having
on his feet when dying At Versailles
saw a picture of Napoleon in his |
triumphs. went into another room end |
saw a bust Of Napoleon as he appeared |
at st. Helena; but, oh, what grief and |
anguish IN tho face of the latter! The |
first was Napoleon III triumph the last /
was Napoleon with his heart broken. |
How they laughed and cried when sill /
yer tongued Sheridan in the midday of |
prosperity harangued the people of Brit
ain, and how they Eowled at and exc |
Grated him when, outside of the room |
where his corpse lay, his creditors tried /
to get his miserable bones and sell
theml
This world for rest? "Ahar' cry the |
waters, Hno rest herel We plunge to |
the sea. y. ''Ahap cry tho mountains, |
mo rest here! We crumble to the /
plain. - "Ahap' cry the towers, ''no |
rest herel We follow Babylon and |
Thebes ard Ninoveh into tho dust. F"
No rest for the flowers; they fade. No
rest fer the stars; they die. No rest for |
man; he must work, toll, suffer and
slave.
Arise Yc and Depart.
Now, for what have I said all this?
Just to prepare you for the text, 'Arise
ye and depart, fer this is not yonr rest. +"
am going to make you grand offer.
Some Of you remember that when gold |
was discovered in California large COM
panies were made up and started off to
get their fortune. Today l want to
make up party for the land of gold.
hold in my hand deed from the PFC
prietor of the estate, i'll which he offers
to ali who will join the company 10, 600 |
shares of infinite value III city whose
streets are gold, whose harrs are gold,
whose crowns are gold You have read
of the crusaders--how that many thou
sands of them went off to conquer the
holy sepulchcr. | ask You TO join a
grander crusade not for the purpose of /
. Ill, e
Christ, but for tho purpose of reaching
the throne Of a living Jesus. When an
army is to be made up, the recruiting
officer examines the volunteers. H3
tests their oyesight, he sounds their
lungs, he measures their stature. They
must be just right, or they are rejected. |
But there Shall be no Partially in max
ing up this army of Christ. Whatever
your moral or physical stature, what
ever your designations, whatever your
crimes, whatever your weaknesses, |
have commission from the Lord Al |
mighty to make up this regiment of re-
deemed souls, and cry, "Arise ye
and depart, for this is not your rest.
Many Of You have lately joined this
company, and lay desire is that you may
all join it. Why not? You know in /
your own hearts experience that what !
| / have said about this world Is true
that it is no place to rest in. There are
hundreds here weary-oh, how weary |
weary with sin, weary with trouble, /
weary with bereavement. Some Of you |
have been pierced through and through. |
You carry the scars of thousand con- |
flicts in which You have bled at every |
pore, and you sigh, 'Oh, that had the |
wings of a dove, that l might fly away
and be at restr' You have taken the
cup of this worlds pleasures and drunk |
it to the dregs, and still the thirst claws |.
at your tongue, and the fever strikes to
your brain. You have chased pleasure
through every valley, by every stream,
amid every brightness and under every
shadow, but just at the moment when |
you We're all ready to put your hand
upon the rosy, laughing sylph of the |
wood she turned upon you with the
glare Of fend and the eye of satyr, |
her locks adders and her breath the chill |
damp of grave. Out Of Jesus Christ
no rest, No voice to silence the storm. |
No light to Slndle the darkness. No dry I
dock to repair the split bulwark.
The Final Rest.
Thank God, l can tell you something
better. If there IS no rest on earth, there /
is rest in heaven. Oh, ye who are worn I
ont with work, your hands calloused, |
your backs bent, your eyes half put out, |
your fingers Worn with the needle that /
in this world you may never lay down,
We discouraged ones who have been |
waging hand to hand fight for bread, |
ye to whom the night brings little rest
and the morning more drudgory-oh, ye
of the weary hand, and of the weary |
side, and the weary foot, hear me talk |
about restl
Look at that company of enthroned |
ones. Look at their hands; look at their /
feet; look at their eyes. 1t cannot be |