Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-12

ION. HulDlQo u W6atileE Will CUluc,
the garden Will be very beautiful " But
the gardene- comes and cuts the vine
here. and there with his knife. The
twigs begin to fall, and the grapevine
cries cut =" N urderl What are you cut
ting mo for?'1 "Ah," says the garden
or, 81 dent mean to iii you. II / did
4 not do this, you would be the laughing
stock OF all tho other vines before the
season is oyer.' Months go Oh, and one
! day the gardener comes uIder the trel-
lis, where great clusters Of grapes hang,
and the grapevine says: "Thank you,
sin. You could hot have done anything
SO kindsas to have cnt me with that
knife. y "Whon the Lord loyeth he
ohasteneth. No pruning, no grapes;
no grinding mill 10 iloEr; no battle,
no victory; no or sss, no eaown.
So Gods way; in; i'ilo redemption of
the world, is ditferen5 from onrs. Ii we
had our way, we WOE lG have had Jesus
stand il the door of hea ven and beckon
the nations up to light, Or we would
have had angels flying, around the earth
proclaimng the unse. sSchable riches of
Christ. Why is it that the cause goes on
so slowly? Why is it that the chains
stay on when God ooald knock them
off? Why do thrones Of despotism stand
when God could SO easily demolish
them? 1t is his way in order that all
generations may c1-oE crate and that all
men may know they cannot do the work
themselves, Just in proportion as these
pyramids Of sin go up in height will
Q thou father of all iniquityl If
thou oanst hear my voice above the
cracking of the flames. drive on thy
projects, dispatch thy o.nissaries, build
thy temples and forge thy chains. but
know that thy fall froIn heaven was not
greater than thy final overthrow shall
be when thou sha 1t be driven disarmed
into thy fiery den, and FOR every lie
thou hast frame upon car I'll thou shalt
have an additic nal hell Of fury poured
into thine angr ish by tho vengeance of
oar God, and all heaven shall shout at
tho overthrow, as from the ransomed
earth the song breaks through the skies:
'Halieluiah, for the Lerd God omnipo-
tent reignetht Eallelaiall, for the king
doms Of this world have become the
Kingdoms of cur Lord Jesus Christi"
Gods way IL the CONF osition of the
Bible, God s way in the Christian s life,
Gods Way In the redemption of the
world, God s way in everything-d
ent from mans way, but the best.
/ learn frdm this subject that the
overthrow Of Gods enemies will be
sudden anG terrific. There is the army
of the MidIanites down IN the valley Of
Jezreel. I suppose their mighty men
are dreaming Of Wet DRY. Mount Gilboa
never stood sentinel for so large host.
The spears and the shields Of the Mid
| ianites CLEAN III tie moonlight and
glance on the eye OF tie Israelites, who
hover like "a battle of eagles, ready to
swoop from the cliff. Sleep on, o army
of the Mid-anitesl With the night to
hide them and the mountain to guard
them and strong arms to defend them,
let no sluni oerins foeman dream of dis
aster. Pea ce to tho captains and the
spearmen.
Crash go the pitchersi Up faro the
lamps! 10 tho mountains! Fly, fly
Troop running against troop, thousands
trampling upon thousands. Hank to the
scream and Sroan of the routed foe,
with the lord God Almighty after
them How sudden the onset I. How
wild the CONSERVATION bow utter the
( defeatl 1 do not care so much what is;
against mo if God is not. You want
! better sword 0, carhine than / have ever
seen TO so out and fight against the
Lord Ornlipctent. Give me Sod for my
ally, and YOU may have all the battle
ments and battalions.
| Hopeless Fighters.
/ saw tie defrapder in his splendid
/ house. It seemed as if be had conquered
| God as he stood amid the blaze of
/ chandeliers and pier mirrors. In the
diamonds of the wardrobe l saw the
tears of the widows whom he had rob-
bed and in the snowy satina the pallor of
the white checked orphans whom he had
wronged. The blood Of the oppressed
glowed in the deep crimson of the i'm
ported chair. The music trembled with
the sorrow Of unrequited toll. But the
wave of mirth dashed higher on reefs
of coral and pearl. The days and the
nights went merrily. No sick child
dared pull that silver doorbell. No beg
/ gar dared sit on that marble STEP No
| voice Of prayer fioated amid that Ia
/ festry. No shadow of q Judgment day
! darkened that fresco. No tear of human
j sympathy dropped upon that upholstery.
| Pomp strutted the hall, and dissipation
filled her cup, and all seemed safe as
| the Midianites in the valley of Jezreel.
| But God came Calamity smote tho
money market. The partridge left its
eggs unmatched. Crash went all the
porcelain pitchers Ruin, rout, dismay
and woe III the valley of Jezreell
Alas for those who fight against God
Only two sides. Man immortal, which !
side are You on? Woman immortal,
which side are you en-? Do you belong
to the 800 that are going to win the day
or to the great host of Midianites asleep
| in the-valley, only to be reused up in
| CONSERVATION and ruin? Suddenly the
(. golden bowl of life will be broken and
the trumpet blown that viii startle our
soul into eternity. The day Of the Lord /
cometh as a thief in the night and rs
the God armed Israeltes upon the
sleeping foe. Hal Canst thou pluck up
courage for the day when the trumpet
which hath never been blown shall |
! speak the roll call of the dead, and the |
earth, dashing against lost meteor,
have its mountains scattered to the I
stars and oceans emptied in the air:
Oh, then, what win become of you? 7
What will become of me?
If those Midianites had only given up
| their swords the Clay before the diSa star
all would nave been well, and if you
will now surrender the sins with which /
you have been fighting against God you |
will be safe. Oh, make peace with him
now, through Jesus Christ the Lord I
With the clutch of drowning man
seize the cross. Oh. surrenderl Surren-
derl Christ, with his hand On his pierced