Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-05-04

There are some here who can rcmem-
Der instances i'll life when, if they had
bought a certain property, they would
have become very rich. A few acres
that would have cost them almost moth
ing We're offered them. They refused
them. Afterward large village or city
sprung up on those acres of ground, and
they see what mistake they made in
not buying the property. There was an
opportunity of getting it. 1t never came
back again. And so it is in regard to q
mans spiritual and eternal fortune
There is a chance If you let that go,
perhaps it never comes back. Certainly
that one never comes back.
A gentleman told Inc that at the bat
tie Of Gettysburg he stood upon n height
looking off upon the conflicting armies.
He said it was the most exciting mo-
ment of his life. Now one army seem
ing to triumph and now the other. Aft
er awhile the host wheeled in such q
way that he la1ew in five minutes the
whole question would be decided. He
said the emotion was almost unbearable.
There is just sGch time today with
you-the forces of light on enc side,
the forces Of death on the other side,
and in few moments the matter will
be settled for eternity.
There is a time which mercy has set
for leaving port. If you are on board
before that, you will get passage for
heaven. II you are not on board, you
miss your passage for heaven As in
law courts a case is sometimes adj
journed from term to term and from
year to year till the bill of costs eats up
the entire estate, so there are men who
are adjourning the matter of religion
from time to time and from year to
year until heavenly bliss is the bill of
costs the man will have TO pay for it.
Delays Are Dangerous.
Why defer this matter, oh, my dear
nearer? Have you any idea that sin will
wear out; that it will evaporate; that
it will relax its grasp; that you may
find religion as a man accidentally finds
a lost pocketbook? All, no! No man
ever became Christian by accident or
by the relaxing Of sin. The embarrass-
ments are all the time increasing. The
hosts of darkness are recruiting, and
the longer you postpone this matter the
sleeper the path will become 1 ask
those men who are before me now
whether in the 10 or 10 years they have
passed in the postponement of these
matters they have come any nearer God
or heaven? l would not be afraid to
challenge this whole audience, so far as
they may not have found the peace of
the gospel, in regard to the matter.
Your hearts, you are willing frankly to
tell me, are becoming harder and hard
er, and that if you come to Christ it
Will be more of an undertaking now
than it ever would have been before.
The throne of Judgment will soon be
Set, and if You have anything to do to-
ward your eternal salvation you had
better do it now, for the redemption of
your soul is precious, and it ceaseth
forever
Oh, if men could only catch one
glimpse of Christ, l know they would
love himl Your heart leaps at the sight
of a glorious sunrise or sunset Can
you be without emotion as the Sun of
Righteousness rises behind Calvary and
sets behind Joseph's sepulcher? He is a
blessed Saviourl Every nation has its
type Of beauty. There is German beau
ty, and Swiss beauty, and Italian bean
ty, and English beauty but 1 care not
In what land man first looks at Christ