Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-02-15

| mother casts you OH, ana Wnen every
body casts you off, your first cry for help
will bend the eternal God clear down
into the ditch of your suffering and
shame
| The Good Templars cannot save you,
although they are grand institution.
The Sons Of Temperance cannot save
you, although they are mighty for good.
Signing the temperance pledge cannot
save you, although believe in it. Moth
ing but the grace of the eternal God can
save you, and that will if you will throw
Yourself on it. There is man in this
house who said to me: "Unless God
helps me cannot be delivered. / have
tried everything, sir, but now have
got in the habit Of prayer, and when /
come to q drinking saloon pray that
God will take me safe past, and pray
until am past. He does help me. " For
every man given to strong drink there
are scores Of traps set, and when be goes
out Oh business tomorrow he will be in
infinite peril, and no one but the every
where present God can see that man
through. Oh, they talk about the cata-
combs of Naples, and the catacombs OF
Rome, and the catacombs Of Egypt-the
burial places under the city where the
dust Of q great multitude lies-bnt tell
YOU New York has its catacombs, and
Boston its catacombs, and Philadelphia
its catacombs. They are the under
ground restaurants, full Of dead men S
| bones and all uncleanliness Young
man, you know it. God helpyou. There
is no need of going into the art gallery
TO see in the skillful sculpture that won
derful representation Of a man and his
sons wound around with serpents. There
are families represented In this house
that are wrapped in the martyrdom Of
fang and scale and venom-a living
LAGOON of ghastliness and horror. What
are you to do? l am not speaking into
the air | am talking to hundreds Of
men who must be saved by Christ's gos-
pei or never saved at all. What are you
going to do?
Help For the Incorporate.
Do not put your trust in bromide Of
potassium, or in jamaica ginger, Or any
/ thing that apothecaries can mix. Put
your trust only in the eternal God, and
he will see you through. Some Of you
do not have temptations every day. 1t
is periodic temptation that comes every
six weeks, or every three months, when
it seems as if the powers Of darkness
kindle around about your tongue the
fires of the pit. 1t is well enough at such
a time, as some of you do, to seek med
ical counsel, but your first and most i'm
Fortunate cry must be to God. If the
fends will drag you to the slaughter,
make them do it on your knees. . God,
now that the paroxysm Of thirst Is COM
| ing again upon that man, help him!
Fling back into the pit of hell the fiend
that assaults his soul this moment. Oh,
my heart aches to see men 90 on in this
fearful struggle without Christ.
There are in this house those whose
hands so tremble from dissipation that
they can hardly hold book, and yet l
have to tell you that they will yet
preach the gospel and on communion
days carry around consecrated bread,
acceptable to every body, because Of their
holy life and their consecrated behavior.
The Lord is going to save you. Your
home has got to be rebuilt. Your phys
ical health has got to be restored. Your
worldly business has got to be recon-
| structed. The church Of God is going to
rejoice over your discipleship. "Other
sheep have which are not of this fold. "
While l have hope for all prodigals,
there are some people in this house
whom give up. l mean those who have
been churchgoers all their life, who
have maintained outward morality, but
who. notwithstanding 20 30, 40 years
Of Christian advantages, have never
yielded their heart TO Christ. They are
gospel hardened. l could call their
names now, and if they would rise up
they would rise up in scores. Gospel
hardenedl A sermon has no more effect
upon them than the shining moon on
the city pavement As Christ says, The
publicans and harlots will 90 into the
kingdom of God before them" They
! have resisted all the importantly Of di-
vine mercy and have gone during these
80 years through most powerful earth
quakes of religious feeling, and they are
farther away from God than ever Aft
er awhile they will lie down sick, and
some day it will be told that they are
dead No hope!