Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-07-13

| with the work being done in many OF
sur cities by which beautiful rooms are
yet apart by our Young Mems Christian
associations, and pray God to prosper
them i'll all things But tell You there
is something back of that aad before
that. We need more happy, consecrated,
cheerful Christian homes everywhere.
| OF Eternal Importance.
Again remark that great many Ct
our business men arc tempted to put the
! attainment of money above tho value Of
the soul. 1t is grand thing to have
plenty Of money. The more you get of
| it the better, if it como honestly and go
usefully. For the lack of it sickness
dies without medicine, and HUNGER finds
| it coffin i'll the empty bread tray, and
nal1edness shivers for lack Of clothes and
| fire. When l hear man in canting IT,
! rade against money! Christian man
as though it had no possible use on
earth and he had no interest in it ct
all, come almost to think that the
heaven that would be appropriate for
him would be an everlasting poorhousc.
| While, my friends, we do admit there is
such a thing as the lawful use Of money
"a profitable use Of money-let rs rec
ognize also tho fact that money cannot
satisfy a man S soul; that il cannot gilt
ter in the dark valley; that it cannot
| pay our fare across the Jordan of death
/ I. c
en-. There are men in all occupations
who seem to act as though they thought
| that a pack of bonds and mortgages
could be traded off for a title to heaven
and rs though gold would be lawful
| tender in that place whore it is so con-
mon that they mako paveinents ont Of it,
Salvation by Christ Is the only salvation.
| Treasures i'll heaven are the only incor-
ruptible treasures.
Have you ever ciphered out in the
rule Of loss and gain the sum, "What
| shall it profit nam if he gain Tie
whole world and lose his own soul?'
However fine your apparel, the winds Of
death will flutter it like rags. Home
| spun and q threadbare coat have some
times been the shadow Of coming robes
made white in the blood Of the lamb
The pearl of great price is worth more
| than any gem you can bring from tie
ocean, than Australian or Brazilian
mines strung in one carcanet. Seek after
God, find his righteousness, and all shall
be well here-all shall be well here
after.
| Lost and Saved
Some Of you remember tho shiyw.eck
of the Central America. That noble
steamer had, l think. about 800 passe1-
gers aboard. Suddenly tic storm came,
and the surges tramped the decks and
swung into tho matches, and there went
up a hundred voiced death Shrek The
foam on the jaw OF the wave. The pitch
ing of the steamer as though it were
leaping mountain. The dismal fare cf
the signal rockets The long cough Of
| the steam pipes The hiss Of cxtinguish-
ed furnaces. The walking Of God on the
wave The steamer went not down with
out a struggle AS the passengers sta
! toned themselves III rows to bale out
the vessel, bark to the thump Of the
buckets, as men unused to toll, with
blistered hands and strained muscle, tllg
for their lives. There is Il sail seen
against the sky. The flash of the distress
gun is noticed; its voice heard not, for
it is chokcd i'll the louder booming Of
| the sea. A few passengers escaped, but
the steamer gave one great lurch and
was gene So tnere are SOME men who
sail on prosperously IN life. All's well,
| ais we'll But at last some financial
disaster coaes-a euroclydcn Down
they gol Tho bottom of the commercial
sea is strewn with shattered hulks. But
because your property goes do not let
your soul go. Though all else perish,
save that, for / have to tell you of
more stupendous shipwreck than flat
which just mentioned. God launched
this world G,000 years ago 1t bas been
going on Under freight Of mountains
and immortals, but one day it will stag
ger at the cry OF fire. The timbers of
rock will burn. the mountains flame
| like masts, and the clouds like sails in
| the Judgment hurricane. Then God shall
| take the passengers off the decE, and
| from the berths those who have long
been asleep i'll Jesus, and he viii set
them far beyond the reach of storm and
peril. But how many shall go down will
never be known until it shall be an
nounced one day i'll heaven. The ship
wreck of world So many millions
saved So many millions drowned Oh.
my dear hearers, whatever you lose,
though your houses go, though your
lands go, though all your earthly pos
sessions perish, may God Almighty,
through the blood of the everlasting COW
| enant. save ell your sonlsi