Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-10-11

once l am not called to put confidence
in him again. But Iwould have no rest
il could not offer a sincere prayer for
The temporal and everlasting welfare OF
all men, whatever meannesses and out
rage they have inflicted upon me. II
you want to get your heart right, strike
a match and burn up all your old
grudges, and blow the ashes away. III
you forgive not men their trespasees,
neither will your heavenly father for
give you your trespasses. "
An old Christian black woman was
going along the streets Of New York
with basket Of apples that she had for
sale. A rough sailor ran against her
and upset the basket, and stood back
expecting to hear her scold frightfully,
but she stopped down and picked up the
apples, and said, "God forgive you,
nv son, as do. " The sailor saw the
meanness Of what be had done, and felt
in his pocket for his money, and insist
ed that she should take it all. Though
she was black he called her mother, and
said, Forgive me, mother, l will new
er do anything so mean again. Ali
there is a power in forgiving spirit to
overcome all hardness. There is no way
Of conquering men like that Of bestow-
ing upon them your pardon, whether
they will accept 1t or not
An Expectant Heart.
Again, right heart is an expectant
heart 1t is a poor business to be build
ing castles in the air. Enjoy what you
have now. Don't spoil your comfort in
the small house because you expect a
larger one. Don't fret about your in
come when it is So or 81 per day be-
cause you expect to have after awhile
$40 per day, or $1,000 a year because
you expect it to be $40, 900 year. But
about heavenly things, the more We
think the better. Those castles are not
in the air, but on the hills, and we have
a deed Of them in our possession. l ike
to see a man all full Of heaven. He
talks heaven. He sings heaven. He
prays heaven. He dreams heaven. Some
Of us in our sleep have had the good
place open to US. We saw the pinnacles
in the sky. We heard the click Of the
hoofs of the white horses on which VIC
tors rode, and the clapping Of the Gym
balls Of eternal triumph. And while in
our sleep we were glad that all cur sor-
rows were over and burdens done with,
the throne Of God grew whittier and
whittier and whittier, till we opened our
eyes and saw that it was only the sun
of earthly morning shining on our pill
low. To have a right heart you need TO
be filed with this expectancy. 1t would
make your privations and annoyances
more bearable.
In the midst Of the city Of Paris
stands a statue Of the good but broken
hearted Josephine. l never imagined
that marble could be smitten into such
tenderness. 1t seems not lifeless. If tho
spirit Of Josephine be disentabemacled,
the soul Of the empress has taken pos
session Of this figure. l am not yet sat-
isfed that it is stone. The puff Of the
press on the arm seems to need but the
dressure Of the finger TO indent 1t. The
figures at the bottom Of the robes, the
ruffie at the neck, the fur lining on the
dress, the embroidery Of the satin, the
cluster Of lily aud leaf and rose in her
hand, the poise of her body as she seems
to come sailing out Of the sky, her face
calm. humble, beautiful, but yet sad
attest the genius of the sculptor and the
beauty Of the heroine he celebrates
Looking up through the riffs Of the coro-
net that encircles her brow, could see
the sky beyond, the great heavens
where all woman's wrongs shall be
riQhted, and the story Of endurance and
resignation shall be told to all the ages.
The rose and the lily in the hand Of Jo-
.ephine will never drop their petals
Believe not the recent ISLANDERS upon her
memory. The children Of God, whether
tbev suffer on earth in palaces or in
novels. shall come TO that glorious rest.
o heaven, sweet heaven, at thy gate
we set down all our burdens and griefsl
The place will be full Here there are
vacant chairs at the hearth and at the
table. but there are no vacant chairs IN
heaven. The crowns all worn; the
thrones all mounted. Some talk OF
heaven as though it were a very hand
some church, where a few favored spir-
its would come in and sit down on fine
" cushioned seats all by themselves
and sing psalms to all eternity. No, mol
II saw great multitude that no man
could number standing before the throne.
He that talked with me had golden
reed 10 measure the city, ard II was
$4,000 furlongs is, l,5OO miles
i'm circumference. All heaven is not
little colony at one corner OF Gods
dominion. where a mans entrance de-
pends upon what kind Of clothes he has
ON his back and how much money no
has in his purse, but vast empire. God
grant that the light Of that blessed
world may shine upon us in our last
moment
The first time I crossed the Atlantic
the roughest time we had was at the
mouth of Liverpool harbor We arrived
at niohtfall and were obliged to lie
there till the morning, waiting for the
rising Of the tide, before we could go
up to the city. How the vessel pitched
md writhed in the water So some
fines the last illness Of the Christian IS
struggle He is almost through the
VOYAGE. The waves Of temptation toss
his soul, but be waits for the morning
At last the light dawns, aud the tides
Of 10y rise in his soul, and he sails up
and casts anchor within the vale.
'Ts Thine Heart Right9"
Is thy heart rightf What question can
compare with this in importanceg 1t Il
a business question. Doyou not realize
that you will soon have TO go out Of
that store, that you will soon have tc
resign that partnership, that soon among
all the millions Of dollars worth o.
goods that are sold you will not have
the handling Of yard of cloth, or
pound Of sugar, or a penny worth o.
ANYTHING; that soon, If confagratior
should start at Central park and SWEEP
everything to the Battery, it would no
disturh Won: that soon, If every cashier