Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-01

SUMS rays Or BIZ the stopping CT the
whole planetary system do not know
and do not care. leave it to the Chris
tian scientists and the infdel scientists
to settle that question, while l tell you
l have seen the same thing "iVhat, :"
say you, mot the sun standing still?"
Yes. The same miracle is performed
nowadays The wicked do not live cut
half their day, and the sun sets az noon.
But let man start out and battle for
God, and the truth, and against sin, and
the day of his usefulness is prolonged
and prolonged and prolonged.
John Summerfeld was consumptive
Methodist. He looked fearfully white, l
an told. as he stood III old Sands Street
church i'll this city preaching Christ and
when he stood on the anniversary plat
form i'll New York pleading for the BIZ
bic until unusual and unknown glories
rolled forth from that book. When he
was dying, his pillow was brushed with
the wings of the angel from the skies,
the messenger that God sent down. Did
Sehn Sumncrfeld's sun set? Did John
Summeriield' day end? Oh, mol He
lives on III his burning utterance in be
half Of the Christian church The sun
stood still
Robert McCheyne was a consumptive
Presbyterian. 1t was said when he
preached he coughed SO it seemed as if
he would never preach again. His name
is fragrant in all Christendom-that
name mightier today than was ever his
living presence. He lived to preach the
gospel III Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dun
dee, but he went away very early. He
preached himself into the grave. Has
Robert McCheyne's sun set? Is Robert
McCheyne's day ended? Oh, no! HIS
dying deliriuin was filled with prayer,
and when he lifted his hand to pro
noance the bened;etion upon his family
ard the benediction upon his country he
seemed to say: Il cannot die now. /
want to live ON aud Gil. | want to start
an influence for the church that will
never cease. am only 80 years of age.
Sun Of my Christian ministry, stand still
over Scotland /" And it stood still.
The Dead Hero.
Bat it is time for Joshua to go home.
He is ITO years old. Washington went
down the Potomac, and at Mount Yer
non closed his days. Wellington died
peacefully at AEsley House. Now, where
shall Joshua rest? Why. he is to have
his greatest battle now After ll0 years
he las to meet king who has more
subjects than all the present population
of the earth, his throne a pyramid of
skulls, his paTteire the graveyarls ard
the cemeteries Of the world, his chariot
the worlds healse-the king of terrors
But if his is Joshua's greatest battle it
is going to be Joshua's greatest victory
He gathers his friends around him and
gives his yaledictory, aud it is full of
"Reminiscences. Young men tell what they
are going TO do. Old men tell what they
have dene
And as you have heard grandfather
or great grandfather, seated BY the
evening fire, tell of Monmouth or York
town and then lift the crutch or staff as
though it were fausket to fight and
show how the old BATHS were won, so
Joshua gathers his friends aroard his
dying couch, and he tells them the story
of what he has been through, and as he
lies there, his white locks snoiging
down OH his wrinkled forehead. won
der if God has kept his promise all the
way throu9h-the promise of the text
As he lies there lie tells the story one.
two or three times-you have heard old
people tell Il story two or three times
overland he answers: Il 10 lie way
Of all the earth, and not enc word Of
the promise has failed, rot enc word
thereof has failed. All has cone to
pass; not enc word thereof has failed. ;"
And then he turns 10 his family, as a
dying parent win, and says: "Clcose
now whom you will serye-tha God Of
Israel Or the God of the Amorstas. As
for me and my house, we VIII serve tie
Lord. = ! DYING pareat cannot be rec3a-
less CT thoughtless in regard TO his chill
dren. Consent to part with them at the
door CT the tomb v5o calnot. BY tie
cradle in which thor infancy was rock
cd, BY tic bosom on which they first
lay, by the blood of the Covenant, bS
the God Of Joshua, it shall not be. We
viii not part. We cannot part jehovah
Jireh, we take thee at thy promise, 81
will be q God to thee and thy seed after
thee -
Dead, the old ciiieftain must he laid
out. Handle him very gently. That sa-
cred body is over 40 years of age. Lay
him out Stretch out those feet that
walked dry shod the parted Jordan
Close those lips which helped blow the
blast at which the walls Of Jericho fell
Fold the arm that lifted the spear to-
ward the doomed city of Al Fold it
right over the heart that exulted when
the five kings fell But where shall we
get the Furnished granite fur tie head
stone and the footstone. l bethink ny
self now. i imagine that for the head it
shall be the sun that stood still upon
Gideon, and for the foot the moon that
stood still in the valley Of Ajaiul
Typical Commencement Gown.
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