Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-07-20


early advantages. Does he get them
back--the days Of boyhood, the days in
college, the days under his fathers roof?
"Oh," he says. ''if could only get
those times back again, how would
improve them" My brother. you will
never get them back. They arc gone,
gone. You may be very sorry abont it,
and God may forgive, so that you may
at last reach heaven, but you viii never
sc. over some Of tho mishaps that have
come TO your soul as result OF your
neglect OF carly duty. Yen may try to
undo 1t; yon cannot nndo IT. When yo1
had a boys arms, and boy y eyes, and
boy s heart, you ought to have attend
ed TO those things. A man says at 80
years OF age, II do wish | could get
over these habits OF Incidence When
did you get them! at 70 Or 20 years OF
nge. You cannot shake them OIL ihcy
Will hang TO you 70 the very day OF your
DEATH II young man through long
course OF evil conduct undermlDes has
physical health ana thcn repents OF 70 IN
aItcr me, the LORD may pardon INN,
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zeal condition. SAID to minister OF
the gospei one Sap0atn at the close OF
the service, Where are you preaching
nowf On, he says, II am not
preaching. am suffering from the phys
icai enects OF early SIN. can't preach.
now; am SICK a consecratcd man
he now is, and he mourns bitterly over
early SINS, but that does not arrest their
poally elects-
Inc simple fact1s that men and wom-
en- often take 70 years OF their life to
bulld up influences that require all tho
rest OF their hfo to break down. Talk
abont man beginning life when he is
u years OF age; talk about woman be-
ginning life when she is 8 years of age!
An, mol In many respects that is the
time they close life. In nine cases
out Of ten all the questions of eternity
are decided before that. Talk about q
majority of mon getting their fortunes
between so and 40i They get or lose
fortunes between 10 and 20. When you
tell me that man is just beginning
life, tell you he is just closing it. Tho
next 30 years will not be of as much i'm
portance to him as the first 20.
Cannot BE Undone.
Now, why do | say this? Is it for the
annoyance Of those who have only
baleful retrospection? You l-now that is
not my way. l say it for the benefit of
young men and women. want them to
understand that eternity is wrapped up
Ill this hour; that the sins of youth we
never get over; that you are now fash
loning the mold in which your great
future is to run; that a minute, instead
of being 60 seconds long, is made up of
everlasting ages. You can see what dig
nifty and importance this gives to the
life of all cur young folks. Why, in the
light OF this subject life is not some
thing to be frittered away, not some
thing to be smirked about, not some
thing to be danced out but something
to be weighed III the balances OF eternity.
Oh, young man, the SIN OF yesterday,
the SIN OF tomorrow VIII reach over 49,
GOO years-aye, over the great and unend-
ing eternity. You may after awhile
say; II am very sorry. Now L have got
to be 30 or 40 years OF age. and do
wish had never committed those sins.
What does that amount to? God may
pardon you, but undo those things you
never VIII, you never can
In this same category OF lrrevocable
mistakes put all parental neglect. We
begin the education OF our children too
late. BY the time they get to be % or
to eradicate this bad habit and change
that, but 1T is too late. That parent who
omlts III the first ten years Of the chld's
HE to make an eternal impression for
Christ never makes 1t. The child Will
probably go on with all tie dlsadyan-
tages, which might have been avoided
by parental faithiulncss. Now you see
what a mistake that father or mother
makes who puts OFF to late life adher-
ence to Christ. Here is man who at 30
years OF age says to You, i must be
christian, and he yields his heart to
God and sits III the place OF prayer to-
day Christian. None OF us can doubt
1t. lie goes homo, ana he says; Here
at 90 years OF age have given my heart
10 tne saviour. no" l must estaohsh
family altar what! Where are your
chlldren now! one IN boston, another
Ill CINCINNATI. another IN New orleans,
and you, my brother, at your fiftleth
year gong to establish your family al
tar! Very well, better late than never,
but alas, alas, that yoa did not do 1t 20
years aSol -
400 Late
When was IN Chamounl, Swltzer-
land saw III the wlndow OF one OF the
shops picture That impressed my
mind very much. 1t was picture OF an
accident that occurred on the side OF
one OF the SWISS mountains. A company
OF travellers with guides went up some
very steep piaces--places winch but Few
travellers attempted to go up They
We're, us all travellers are there, fastened
"no 9iiPpe' 'ho i'pe "ouAu hoiu hiAn,