Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-01-25
NEW VOL. 29--NO. Is.
A Pathetic Incident.


scene OF a great throng the other
evening that filled the building on
floor and gallery. The service had
Just begun and Mr.. Bilhorn was sing
iug"We Are Waiting for the Saviour"
lie sang as II heart and soul had uni
ted 10 send home the words, aud the
audience listened in breathless atteE-
ton. He had reached the last verse,
aud then the las, line, aud A. he sung
| il out in tones that filed the building,
| his voice shook with emotion. Just
then man glanced in the door, with
drew his head quickly, pushed II in
again. and then tiptoed quietly 10 a
seat. He was dilapidared and out
AT the elbows, aud gave every indica-
| tion Of having been down on his luck
for mocths together. He looked Wa
rily AT the well-dresSed people about
| him. and then at his own frayed aud
| tattersd clothes Then "A thought
seemed 10 come into his mind,
thought that he was out OF place,
and that perhaps he should not have
entered.
DIR. Chapman asked a minister 10
pray, aud petition was offered for n
continuance Of the manifestation Of
! the Holy Spirit.
The man listened with eyes vide
! open, aud near the close OF the prayer
! he drew his sleeve across his eyes.
Not very far away from him lat
woman, in Scauty, worn attire. The
! bonnet she wore WAS Of the cheap
kind. soiled. crushed, and long since
! out OF date. There was pathetic
! expression in her ewes that spoke
| Of hardships aud disappointment.
! Among the great throng Of people
non. seemed more deSolatp than she.
What wilt thou say when he shall
punish th-ry' wer. the words which
Or Chapman announced ~ his text.
! Tn.n he began 10 tell OF the day of
wrath. h, emphasized Tive awfulness
Of The day ot Judgment aud warned
uis hearers OF the ali-prrvading pres
ence Of God There was tao rscnp,'g
nis eye or the Judgment 60 come,
vuu takrthr wings nt the morning
aud tly away TO the uttrrmost paris
OF ,As earth. behold, he il there; II
Won descend into he'll, lo. he II there.
rnug ont the evangelist la tfiumph'
ant tones.
The man in tntter.d clothes was all
attention; 'he womsu's henI was
bowed.
What will you do IN the day ofjudg-
meutY Do you know what II II 10
pass into eteruityT' The audience
Vas silent as the speaker paused.
! Then lie wont on to describe the ter
rors OF the Judgment to the unsaysd.
It wasa vivid picture he drew, and
awful in it, details BE not deceived.
God is not mocksd. Whatsoever n
man soweth that shall he also reap.
Every man who IL mocking God
knows not the day nor the hour when
He may visit him
The audience was still a. n grave,
aud the sounds of the street reached
the platform.
The tattered stranger stared at the
speaker with tear-stained ryoe, the
woman's head was still bowed.
The way Of the transgressor II
hard. said Or Chapman Ia broken
voice. The day viii come, my friends.
when, II you do not accept this saliva
tion, God will say to you, Il never
knew YOU" Aud then the speaker
sat down.
Mr. Bilhorn sang "Shall BE Saved
TouightT' and "a he did 80 n wave OF
emotion passed over the audience.
Then DR. Chapman rose again. lie
asked those who had desire TO be
prayed for to hold mp their hands.
Tne tattered stranger was among the
bret TO signify the desire. IL was
grim, hand that went up. but IL went
up. Just the same. Then the woman
nsId up her hand. and Instantly their
eyes met. Then change As sudden
came over the expression OF both.
But they only held the secret Of It's
meening.
'Thos. who will say; ] nov confess
Jesus Christ a. my Saviour stand
up, zaid DIR. Chapman. and the man
aud woman rose to their feet, with
huudr.ds OF others.
As the great throDg parsed out tue
man aud the woman met at the door.
'rom.n she sale, then her lips quiy-
cred.
Mary" he responded, as he dashed
away IA tear. Then tneir hands met
aud claspsd.
You have come home, TOnf
Yes, Mary. aud their eyes Told the
rest.
In-n out into the stsr.iit night
che, passed Win the turOug, arni.iB-
arm - DetiOa Fee PIsss
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