Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-02-21

enoSNab0ut the physical posture. as was
shown in hospital, when tGe chaplain
said as he looked over the bsds Of the
suffering: LET all those wounded l,sos
here who would like to be prayed for
lift the hand Some lifted two hands !;
others lifted one hand some with hands
amputated could only lift the stump Of
the arm. One man, both his arms am
putated, could give no signal except to
say, me Mew Oh, it does not make
any difference about the rhetoric Of your
prayers; it does not make any difference
about the posture; it does not make any
difference whether you can lift hand
or have no hand to lift. God is ready to
hear you. Prayer is answered. God is
waiting to respond.
Lift up your eyes upon the fields, for
they are white already to harvest -
How many have you reaped for God?
Do you ask me how many have reaped
Tor God? l cannot say. Now can you
say how many you have reapedG hopo
there are some who have been brought
into the kingdom Of God through your
instrumentality. Have there not been?
Not one? You, man 80, 40, 80 years
Of age and not one: l see souls coming
up to glory. Here is a Sunday school
teacher bringing 10 or 10 souls. Here is
a tract distributor bringing in 30 or 90
souls Here is man you never heard OF
who has been very useful in bringing
souls to God. He comes with $50 souls.
They are the sheaves Of his harvest.
How many have you brought? Not one
can il be? What will God say? What
will the angels say? Better crouch down
in some corner Of heaven and never show
yourself. Oh, that harvest is TO be reap
ed now And that is this instant Why
not be reaped for God this hour:
The Touch Of Divine Grace.
ooh" says some man, 81 have been
going on the wrong road for 30, 40 or
80 years. Ihave gone through the whole
catalogue Of crime and must first get
myself fixed up" All, you will never
get yourself fixed up until Christ takes
you in charge. You get worse and worse
until he comes to the rescue. Not the
righteous-sinners Jesus came 10 call
So, you see, 1 take the very rst case
there is. If there Is a man here who
feels he is all right in heart and life, l
am not talking to him, for be is proba-
blya hypocrite. Twill talk to him some
other time. But if there is a man who
feels himself all wrong, 10 him l ad-
dress myself Though you be wounded
in the hands and wounded in the feet
and wounded in the head and wounded
in the heart, and though the gangrene
Of eternal death be upon you, one drop
Of the elixir Of divine life will cure
your soul. Though you be soaked in evil
indulgences, though your feet have gone
in unclean places. though you have com
pauioned with the abandoned and the
lost, one touch Of divine grace will save
your soul.
1 do not say that you will not have
struggles after that Oh, no! But they
will be a different kind Of struggle You
20 into that battle and all hell is against
YOU, and you are alone, and you fight and
YOU fight, weaker and weaker and weaker,
until at last you fall and the powers OF
darkness trample on your soul But III
the other case you 60 into the battle
! and you fight stronger and stronger ana
stronger, until the evil propensity goes
down and you get the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, come out OF
your sins Have you not been bruised
with sin long enough: Have you not
carried that load long enough: Have
you not fought that battle long enough
A Pardoning God.
rattle the gates Of your sepulcher to.
dav. | take the trumpet Of the gospel
and blow the long, loud blast. Roland
went into battle. Charlemagne army
had been driven back by the three ar
mics of the Saracens, and Roland, in al
most despair, took up the trumpet and
blew three blasts in one Of the mountain
passes, and under the power OF those
three blaa.s the Saracens recoiled and
fled in terror. But history says that
when he had blown the third blast, ko
lands trumpet broke.
| take this trumpet Of the gospel and
blow the first blast, "Whosoeyer VIII.
I blow the second blast, seek ye the
!, Lord while he may be found. " bio"
the third blast, Now Is the accepted
time. But the trumpet does not break
il was handed down by our forefaIher'
TO Us. and we will hand it down to oul
!, children. that after we are dead they
may blow the trumpet, telling the world
that we have a pardoning God, a loving
God. a sympathetic God, ana that more
10 him than the throne on which he sit
, is the JOY of seeing a prodigal put hi
finger on the latch Of his fathers house
invite any one the most iniidel, an,
one the most atheistic, invite HIM IN
TO the kingdom Of God with just a
, much heartiness as those who havo To-
so wears been under the teaching OF ih'
} pospel and believed it all. When Iva
living in Philadelphia, agentleman tol'
me of a scene in which he was a par
ticipant. In Callowhill street. IN Phla
( delphia, there had been powerful meet
] ing going on for some time, and man.
G were converted, and among others Oh
% of the prominent members Of the wois
{ clubhouse in that city. The next nigh
o the leader Of that clubhouse, the presi
4 dent of it. resolved that he would en-
a deayor to get his comrade away. Ii
= came 10 the door. and before he entere
70 he heard a Christian song, and unde
u its mower his soul was agitated- he wen
in and asked for prayer. Before he cah
e ont he was a subject Of converting mer
4 cy The next night another conrad
T. went to reclaim the two who had bee
t lost TO their sinful circle. He went, an
; under the power Of the Holy Ghost be
a came a changed man, and the wor
e went on until they were all saved an
the Infamous clubhouse disbanded. Oh
it is a mighty gospel Though you cam
= here a child Of sin. you can go away
- child Of grace, you can go away singing
b Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved q wretch like mel