Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-26

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who have three and four sons. This is
my only son. This is my Isaac Lord,
you won't take him away from me,
will you:' But saw he was getting
worse and verso all the time, and
turned round and prayed, until after
awhile ] felt submissive, and could
say, Thy Will, o Lord, be done' The
doctors gave him mp, and we all gave
him up. And, al was the custom i'll
those times, we had made the grave
clothes, and we were whispering about
| the last exercises, wien looked and
saw some rerspiratson Oh his brow,
showing that the fever had broken. and
he spoke to us so naturally that knew
he was going to get well. He did get
well, and my son Isaac, whom thought
was going to be slain and consumed of
disease, was loosened from that altar
And bless your souls. that's been so
10 years, and if my voice were not so
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Preach to you younger people sermon,
for though | can't see much / can see
| this-whene YER you get into tough
place and your heart is breaking, if
you will look little farther into the
woods, you will see, caught in the
branches. substitute and a deliver
ance. My or, God Will provide him
self lamb -
a Greater Sacrifice.
Thank yotl, mother, for that short SER
mon | cou d preach back to you for
minute or two and say, never do you
fear! wi Ii had half as good a hope
of heaven as you have. Do not fear,
mother. Whatever happens, no harm
will ever happen to you. Twas going up
a long Eight Of stairs and I saw an aged
woman, very decrepit and with cane,
creeping Gu up. She made but very lit
tie progress. and I felt very exuberant,
| and I said to her, "Why, mother, that is
| no way to go up stairs and I threw
my arms around her, and / carried her
up and put her Gown on the landing at
| the top of the stars. She said: "Thank
you, thank you. am very thankful. "
| o mother. when Won get through this
| life's work and Won want TO aolup stairs
and rest i'll the good place that God has
provided for you, you will not have to
climb up, you will not have to crawl up
paiufullv. The two arms that were
| stretched on the cross. will he f1nnp
around Won. and Won will he hoisted
with a glor;ops lift bevond an WEAKNESS
and all strnogle Mav the God of Abra-
ham and Isasc he with Won until Won see
the Lamb ON the billions.
Now. that aged minister has made a
suggestion and this AGED woman has
made a suggestion. will make a srig-
pestion: Isaac going nm the hin makes
me think of the great sacrifice. Isaac.
the only son of Abraham .Iesns fine
| only SON of God On those two "onlvs',
| I build a fearful emphasis. O Isaacl O
Jesusl But this LAST sacrifice was more
tremendous one When tbe knife was
lifted over Calvary there was no voice
that cried "Stopr' and no hand arrested
it. Sharp. keen and tremendous it cut
down tbron,,b nerve and artery until the
blood snrayed the faces of the execution
ers. and the midday SIM dropped a veil
of cloud over its face because it could
not endure the spectacle. o Isaac of
Mount Moriah! o Jesus of Mount Cal
varyl Better could God have thrown
away into annihilation thousand
worlds than TO have sacrificed his only
Son. II wa, not one of the ten sons it
was his on;y Son. If he had not given
up him, Won and / would have persisted.
"God SO loved the world that he gave
his only''- I stop there. not because 1
have forgotten the quotation. but be-
cause want to think. "God SO loved
the world that he gave his only begotten
Son tbat whosoeyer helieveth in him
should not perish. but have everlasting
life. Great God. break nv heart at
the tbmpbt of that sacrifice. Isaac the
only. tynical If Jesus the only.
You see Isaac going no the hill and
carving the wood o Abraham. why
not take the load off the how? If he is
going to die so soon whv NOT make his
last bours easvp Abraham knew that in
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Isaac 1yas to he s,n,bo1 ~ Christ CAR
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