Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-09-22

and give him my Christian love. !" This
worldly doctor came home after awhile,
and the message was given to him, and
he said within himself, "What does he
mean by leaving his Christian love fer
me?" And he became very much awak-
ened and stirred in spirit, and he said
after awhile, "Why, that man must
mean my SOUL, and he went into his
back office, llnelt down and began to
pray. Then he took his hat and went
out to tho Office Of this Christian physi-
clan and said, ''Wiat can I do to be
saved?' and the two doctors knelt III
the Office and commended their souls to
God. All the means used in that case
was only the voice of one good man,
saying, "Givo my Christian love to the
doctor. The voice Of kindly admoni-
ton. Have you uttered it today? Will
you utter it tomorrow? Will you utter
it now? Compel them to come in.
! think there is a great work also to
be dene in the way Of prayer. If we had
faith enough today, we could go before
God and ask for the salvation of all the
people in our churches, and they would
all be saved there and then without q
single exception. There might be pro
fessional mcn there, political men there,
worldly men there, men who had not
heard the gospel for 90 years, men who
are prejudiced against the preachers,
men who are prejudieed against the
music, men who are prajudiced against
the church, men who are prejudiced
against God-I do not eare-they might
be brought in by fervent prayer-you
would compel them to come in.
Earnest Prayer.
Oh, fer such an earnest prayer! Peo-
pie of God, lay hold of the horns of the
altar now ard supplicate the salvation
of all those who sit il the same pew
with you-yea, the redemption of all
who sit in your churches.
l tell you today, MY friends, of a
great salvation. Do yen understand
what it is to have Saviour? He took
your place. He bore your sins. He wopt
your sorrows He is here now to save
your soul. A soldier, worn out in his
countly's service, took TO the violin as
a mode of earning his living. Ho was
found in the streets Of vienna playing
his violin, but after awhile his hand be-
came feeble and tremulous and he could
no more make music One day, while
he sat there weeping. man passed
along and said; "My friend, you are too
old and too feeble Give NE your vio-
lin. 7" And he took the mans violin and
began to discourse most exquisite rlu-
sic, and the people gathered around in
larger and larger multitudes, and the
aged man held his hat, and the coin
poured in and poured in until the hat
was full.
Now" said the man who was play
ing the violin, put that coin III ycur
pockets. " The coin was put i'll the old
mans pockets. Then he held his hat
again, and the violinist played more
sweetly than ever and played Until some
of the people wept and some shouted
And again the hat was filed with COIN
Then tho yiolinist dropped the instru-
ment and passed off, and the whisper
went, 'Who is it, who is it," ard somo
one just entering the crowd said: why,
that is Bucher, the great violiuist, known
all through the realm Yes, that is the
great violinist. " The fact was, he had
just taken that mans place, and assam
ed his poverty, and borne his burden, and
played his music, and earned his livcli-
hood, and made sacrifice for the poor old
man. SO the Lord Jesus Christ comes
down, and he finds us in our spiritual
penury, and across the broken strings
of his own broken heart he strikes
strain of infinite music which wins the
attention Of earth and heaven Hotakes
our poverty. He plays cur music He
weeps our sorrow. He dies cur death.
A sacrifice for you, sacrifice for nc.
Oh, will you accept this sacrifice
now? do not single out this and that
man and this and that woman. But ]
say all may come. The sacrifice is SO
great all may be saved Does it not seem
to You az if heaven was very near? /
can feel its breath on my cheek. God is
near Christ is near. The Holy Spirit
is near. Ministering angels are near,
your glorified kindred in heaven rear,
your Christian father near, your glori-
fed mother near, your departed chill
dren near. Your redemption is near.