Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-06-12

tion Of the liver. Oh, how many good
people have been mistaken in regard to
their religious hope, not taking these
things into consideration
The dean Of Carlisle, one Of the best
men that ever lived, and one Of the
most useful, sat down and wrote:
Though | have cndeayored to discharge
my duty as we'll as | could, yet sadness
and melancholy Of heart stick close by
and increase upon me- / tell nobody,
but am very much sunk indeed, and l
wish could have the relief Of weeping
as l used to. My days are exceedingly
dark and distressing. In a word, AL
mighty God seems to hide his face, and
| intrust the secret hardly to any earthly
being | know not what will become Of
ne. There is doubtless a good deal Of
bodily afiliction mingled with hi, but 1t
is not all So | bless God, however, that
| never lose sight Of the cross, and
though / should die without seeing any
personal interest in the Redeemer's
merits, hope that shall be found at
his feet. | will thank you for a word at
your leisure. My door is bolted at the
time l am writing this, for am full of
tears.
The East Wind.
What was the matter with the dean
of Carlisle? Had he got to be a worse
man? No. The physician said that the
state Of his pulse would not warrant his
living a minute. Oh, if the east wind
affects the spleen, and affects the lungs,
and affects the liver, it will affect your
immortal soul Appealing to God for
help, brace yourself against these with
ering blasts and destroying influences,
lest that which the psalmist said broke
the ships of Tarshish shipwreck you.
But notice in my text that the Lord
controls the east wind: THE Lord
brought the east wind. " He brings it
for especial purpose; it must sometimes
blow from that quarter The east wind
is just as important as the north wind,
or the south wind, or the west wind,
but not so pleasant. Trial must come.
! The text does not say you will escape
the cutting blast Whoever did escape
it? Especially who that accomplished
ANYTHING for church or state ever escaped
il: | was in the pulpit Of John Wesley
in London, a pulpit where he stood one
day and said, Il have been charged
with all the crimes in the catalogue ex-
| ccpt one--that Of drunkenness, and a
woman arose in the audience and said,
"John, you were drunk last night. " So
John Wesley passed under the fail.
saw in a foreign journal report OF
one of George Whitefeld's sermOns-a
sermon preached a hundred and twenty
or thirty years ago 1t seemed that the
reporter stood to take the sermon, and
! his chief idea was to caricature II, and
these arc some Of the reportorial inter
/ Innings of the sermon Of George White
field. After calling him by nickname
indicative Of a physical defect in the
eye, it goes on tosay: d" Here the preach
er clasps his chin on the pulpit cushion.
Here he elevates his voice. Here he
lowers his voice. Holds his arms ex-
tended Bawls aloud. Stands trembling
Makes a frightful face. Turns up the
whites Of his eyes. Clasps his hands be-
hind him. Clasps his arms around HIM
and hugs himself. Roars aloud. Halloos,
Jumps. cries. Changes from crying.
Halloos and jumps again. Well, my
brother. if that good man went through
all that process, in your occupation, III
your profession, in your store, IN your
ghop. at the bar, in the sickroom, IN
the editorial chair, somewhere, you Will
have to go through a similar process
You cannot escape II.
Keats wrote his famous poem, and
the hard criticism Of tho poem killed
him-literally killed him. Tasso wrote
his poem. entitled Jerusalem Deliy
cred. " and it had such a cold reception
il turned him into a raving maniac.
Sullingheet was slain by his literary en-
emies. The frown Of Henry VIII slew
| Cardinal Wolsey. The Duke Of We'll
lington refused to have the fence around
his house, which had been destroyed by
an excited mob, rebuilt, because he
wanted the fence to remain as 1t was,
reminder Of the mutability and uncer-
tainty of the popular favor.
In Time of Trial.
And You will have trial Of some sort.
You have had it already. Why need l
prophesy? / might better mention an
historical fact in your history. You are
a merchant. What a time you had with
that old business partnerl How hard 1t
was TO get rid of him. Before you
bought him out, or he ruined both OF
YOU. what magnitude Of annoyance!
Then after you had paid him down a
certain sum Of money to have him go
ont and to promise he would not open
store of the same kind Of business in
your street, did he not open the very
same kind Of business as near TO you as
possible and take all your customers as
far as he could take them! And then,
knowing all your frailties and weak
nesses, after being in your business firm
for so many years, is he not now spend
ing his time in making a commentary
ON what YOU furnished as text! You
are physician. and in your sickness,
or in your absence, you get neighbor-
ing doctor to take your place in the sick
room. and he ingratiates himself into
the favor Of that family, so that you
forever lose their patronage. Or, you
take patient through the serious stages
of a fever, and some day the impatient
father or husband Of the sick one rushes
out and gets another medical practi-
TONER. who comes in just in time to get
the credit Of the cure. Or, you are
lawyer, and you come in contact with
a trickster in your profession, and III
your absence, and contrary to agree
mont. he moves nonsuit or the dis
missal of the case. Or the judge ON the
bench. remembering an old political
erudge, rules against you every time he
gets chance, and says with a snarl,
! "If you don't like my decision, take an
exception. Or. you are farmer and
the curculio stings the fruit, or the vice.
/ vii gets into tho wheat, or the drought
stunts the corn, or the loug continued
rains give you no opportunity for gath
! ering the harvest. Your best COW gets
: the hollow horn; your best horse gets