Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-07-12

sucn u unlng as the lawful use OF money
"a profitable use Of money-let us rec
ogniEe also the fact that money cannot
satisfy q mans soul; that it cannot gilt
ter in the dark valley; that 1t cannot
pay our fare across the Jordan Of death;
that it cannot unlock the gate Of heav-
en-. There are men in all occupations
who seem to act as though they thought
that pack of bonds and mortgages
could be traded off for title to heaven
and as though gold would be lawful
tender in that place where 1t is so COM
mon that they make pavements ont OF 1t.
Salvation by Christ is the only salvation.
Treasures in heaven are the only incor-
Yuptible treasures.
Have you ever ciphered out In the
rule Of loss and gain the sum, What
shall it profit man if he gain the
whole world and lose his own soulg"
However fine your apparel, the winds OF
death will flutter it like rags. Home
spun and 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 the
ocean, than Australian or Brazilian
mines strung in one carcanet Seek after
God, find his righteousness, and all shall
be we'll here-all shall be well here
after.
Lost and Saved.
Some Of you remember the shipvrsck
Of the Central America. That noble
steamer had, think, about 800 passen-
gers aboard. Suddenly the storm came,
and the surges tramped the decks and
swung into the matches, and there went
up hundred voiced death shrek. The
foam on the jaw Of the wave. The pitch
ing Of the steamer as though 1t were
leaping q mountain. The dismal fare Of
the signal rockets The long cough Of
the steam pipes. The hiss Of extinguish-
cd furnaces. The walking Of God on the
wave The steamer went not down with
out struggle. AS the passengers sta
toned themselves In rows to bale out
the vessel, bark to the thump Of the
buckets, as men unused to toll, with
blistered hands and strained muscle, tug
for their lives There is a sail fesn
against the sky. The fash Of the distress
gun is noticed; its voice heard net, fox
it is choked in the louder booming f
the sea. A few passengers escaped, bat
the steamer gave one great lurch and
was gone So there are some men who
sail on prosperously in life. Ais well,
all's we'll But at last some financial
disaster oomes-a euroclydon. Down
they sol The bottom Of the commercial
sea is strswn With shattered hulks. But
because your property goes DO not let
your soul 70. Though all else perish,
save that, for I have to tell you Of q
more stupendous shipwreck than that
which Just mentioned. God launched
this world 5000 years ago. 1t has 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 fame
like masts, and the clouds like sails IN
the Judgment hurricane. Then God shall
take the passengers off the deck, and
from the berths those who have long
been asleep in Jesus, and he will set
them far beyond the reach Of storm and
peril But how many shall go down will
never be known until it shall be All
Aounced one day in heaven. The ship
wreck Of a world So many millions
saved So many millions drowned Oh,
nv dear hearers, whatever you lose,
though your houses CO. though your
lands 90, though all your earthly pos
sessions perish, may God Almighty,
through the blood Of the everlasting COW
enant, save all your souls