Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-09-25

spiritual and heavenly world there may
be a demonstration upon our world for
its betterment We call it magnetism,
or we call it mesmerism, or we call it
electricity, because we want some term
to cover up our ignorance. do not
know what it is. Inever heard an audi-
BILE voice from the other world. l am
persuaded of this, however: That the
veil between this world and the next is
getting thinner and thinner and that
perhaps after awhile, at the call of God
not at the call Of the Davenport
brothers or Andrew jackson Davis
some of the old Scriptural warriors,
some of the spirits of other days mighty
for Coda Joshua, or Caleb, or a
David, or Paul-may come down and
help us in the battle against upright
eousness. Oh, l how l would like to
have them here-him of the Red sea,
him of the valley Of Ajalon. him Of
Mars hill English history says that
Robert Clayton Of the English cavalry
at the close of the war bought up all the
old cavalry horses lest they should be
turned out to drudgery and hard work
and bought a piece Of ground at knaves-
mire heath and turned out these old
warhorsas into the thickest and richest
pasture 10 spend the rest Of their days
as compensation for what they had done
in other days, One day thunderstorm
came up, and these warhorses mistook
the thunder Of the skies for the thunder
Of battle, and they wheeled into line,
no riders on their backs-they wheeled
into line ready for tho fray. And l doubt
me whether, when the last thunder Of
this battle for God and truth goes
booming through the heavens, the old
Scriptural warriors can keep their places
on their thrones. Methinks they will
spring into the fight and exchange crown
for helmet and palm branch for weapon
and come down out of the Kings gal
leries into the arena, crying: Make
room! | must fight in this great ArnIa-
geddon!" The old warehouses; mingling
III the fight.
Beloved people, preach this sermon
because l want You to toll with the
sunlight in your faces. want you old
men to understand before You die that
all the work you did for God while yet
your ear was alert and your foot fleet Is
going to be counted mp i'll the final victo-
ries. Iwant all these younger people to
understand that when they toll for God
they always win the day; that all pray
ers are answered and all Christian work
is i'll some way effectual, and that the
tide is setting in the right direction, and
that all heaven is on our side-saintly,
cherubic, archangelic, omnipotent,
chariot and throne, doxology and pro-
cession, municipalities and dominion, he
who hath the moon under his feet and
all the armies of heaven on white
horses.
Brother. brother, all l am afraid Of
is not that Christ will lose the battle,
but that you will not get into it quick
enough to do something worthy OF our
blood bought Immortality. o Christ,
DOW tildll 4 llNfN NiltNt NAANh VI tAAN ''N t't
red brow, and the SCARED back, and the
SCARED hand, and the SCARED foot, and
the SCARED breast, if l have no scars or
wounds gotten in thy service? 1t shall
not be so. l step out today in front OF
the battle. Come On, ye foes Of God, l
dare you to the combat. Come on, with
pens dipped in malignancy. Come on,
with tongues forked and viperine. Come
on with types soaked in the scum Of the
eternal pit. / defy you! Come on l
bare my brow, 1 uncover my heart.
Strike! cannot see my Lord until l
have been hurt for Christ. If we do not
suffer with him on earth, we cannot be
glorifed with him in heaven. Take good
heart. On, on, on See, the skies have
Frightened See the hour is about to
come Pick out all the cheeriest Of the
anthems. Let the orchestra string their
best instruments. 1.-THE night is far
spent; the day is at hand