Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-05-19

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the church. Her ear is so imperfect that
she can only catch occasionally a note of
the psalm or a word of the preacher.
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book and finds the place for her. She
says, Thank YOU, miss; thank YOU"
She holds the book close up to her ewes
and with a voice all full of tremors
sings:
Jesus. lover Of my soul.
Let me to my bosom fly
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hide me. . my saviour, hide,
Till the storm of life is past.
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out IN the wotia an the weeK Jostilns
against Inns i.SnthihS iooted century,
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go right 10 steep unless lhey AVE a spir-
itea service. Men ehSaged IN literary
caiin'8s AL the week' reading pnhgent'
sharp writings, cannot be expected to
come ana near our ecclesiastical hum
drum.
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OF the tiilies-as lar IN advance as the
cross OF Chr'st Is ahead OF all human In
ventloh. faui was i,ooo years ahead OF
me day III Whleh lie hVea. Inc swift
1ooted years that nave passed since l'u-
tner oiea nave nor YET come up TO Lu'
ther grave. owe inquiry 4,ooo years
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ahead OF the times.
church That Converts.
remark, further, that we have tried
here, IN the love and fear OF God, to build
a church that would be characterized by
conversions. lhaye heard OF very good
people who could preach on for 10 or 20
years IL see no conversions, bu yet
have faith. 1t takes a very good man to
DO that. l do not know how a man d
keep his faith up 1t souls are not brought
to the Lord Jesus Christ. That church
That does not bring men and women to
the feet OF the Saviour Is a failure. |
care not now n the building, or how
sweet the music, or how eloquent the
preaching. or how elegant the surround
lngs-l. Is a failure. The churcho of God
was made Tor Just one thng-to get men
out OF the world into the kingdom of
heaven.
The tendency IN churches is to spend
their time In giving line touches to Chris
tIans already polished. We keep our re-
ligion TOO much indoors and under shell
ter, when 1t ought to be climbing the
rocks or hewing IN the forests. Then it
would be a stalwart religion. a robust
religion, a religion able to digest the
strong meat OF the word, instead of be-
ing Kept on the pap and cruel OF spiritual
mvaildism. 1t Is high time that we threw
off the Sunday clothes Of sickly senti-
mentality and put on the workday dress