Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-01-25

never beard, nor have you heard, Of any
thing except the gospel that proposes to
regenerate the heart, and by the inhu-
ence Of that regenerated heart rectify
the life. Execute the law most certain
", but preach the gospel by all means in
churches, in theaters, in homes, in pris-
ons, on the land and on the sea. The
gospel is the only power that can revo-
lutionize society and save the World.
All else is half and half work and will
not last. In New York it has allowed
men who got by police bribery their
thousands and tens Of thousands and
perhaps hundreds Of thousands Of dols
lars to go scot free, while some who
were merely the cats paw and agents Of
bribery are struck with the lightnings
of the law. 1t reminds me Of a scene in
Philadelphia when was living there
A poor woman had been arrested and
tried and imprisoned for selling molasses
candy on Sunday Other lawbro
had been allowed to go undi
and the grogshcps were oper
Lords day, and the law, With
behind it's back, walked up
the streets declining to mo-
the offenders, but we all
righteous indignatiC.
all powers, visible and -
us, We declared that til, ~
fell no ISoman should b; kB n
molasses candy on SundayA -
Party and Politics.
Efew weeks ago, after had preached
in one If the churches in this city,
nan staggered up on the pulpit stairs,
maudlin drunk, saying, II am one OF
the reformers that were elected TO high
office at the last election. / got rid of
that great reformer" as soon as could,
but l did not get rid Of the impression
that a man like that would cure the
denominations of New York about as soon
as smallpox would cure typhoid fever or
a buzzsaw would render Haydn's 'Crea-
ton. -" Politics in all our cities has be-
come so corrupt that the only difference
between the Republican and Democratic
parties is that each is worse than the
other. But what nothing else in the uni
verse can do the gospel can and will ac-
complish. "They shall come from the
west, :" and for that purpose the evan
gelistio batteries are planted all along
the Pacific coast, as they are planted all
along the Atlantic coast. All the prai-
ries, all the mountains, all the valleys,
all the cities are under more or less gos-
pei influence and when we get enough
faith and conservation for the work this
whole American continent will cry out
for God "They shall come from the
west"
The work is not SO difficult as many
suppose. You say, "There are the for
eign populations f" Yes, but many OF
them are Hollanders, and they were
brought up to love and worship God,
and it will take but little to persuade
the Hollanders to adopt the religion OF
their forefathers. Then there are among
these foreigners so many of the Scotch.
They or their ancestors heard Thomas
Chalmers thunder and Robert Nc
Cheyne pray. The breath Of God so often
swept through the heather Of the high
lands, and the voice Of God has so often
sounded through the Trossachs, and they
all know how to sing Dundee, so that
they will not have often to be invited to
accept the God Of John Knox and Both
we'll Bridge.
Then there are among these foreigners
so many Of the English. They inherited
the same language as we inherited-the
English in which Shakespeare drama
tized, and Milton chimed his cantos, and
Henry Melville gospelized, and Oliver
Cromwell prorogued parliament, and
Wellington commanded his eager hosts.
Among these foreigners are the Swiss,
and they were rocked in cradle under
the shadow of the Alps, that cathe.1saf
Of the Almighty in which all the ele-
ments. snow and hail and tempest and
hurricane, worship. Among these for
eigners are q vast host Of Germans, ana
they feel centuries afterward the power
of that unparalleled spirit who shook
the earth when he trod it, and the heav-
ems when he prayed-Martin Lutherl
From all nations our foreign popula-
tions have come, and they are homesick,
far away from the place OF their child
hood and the graves Of their ancestors
and our glorious religion presented to
them Alright will meet their needs ana
fill their souls and kindle their enthusi-
asm. They shall come from amid the
wheat sheaves Of Dakota, and from the
ore beds Of Wyoming, and from the sill
yer mines Of Nevada, and from the gold
en- eulches of Colorado. and from the
banks Of the Platte, and the Oregon. and
the Sacramento, and the Columbia
''Tbey shall come from the west.
Invited to Sit Down.
But what will they do after they
come? Here is something gloriously con-
solatory that you have never noticed.
ssThey shall come from the east, and
the west, and the north, and the south.
and shall sit down" Oh, this is a tired
worldl The most Of people are kept on
the run all their lifetime. Business keeps
them on the run. Trouble keeps them
Oh the run. Rivalries Of life keep them
ON the run. They are running from dis
aster. They are running for reward
And those who run the fastest and run
the longest seem best to succeed. But my
text suggests q restful posture for all
Gods children, for all those who for o
lifetime have been ON the run. Iney
shall sit dcwnp Why run any ionger'
When a man gets heaven. what mere
car be getG They shall sit down. " MOI
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