Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-03-20

winter Of 1921 IN America, when New
York harbor was frozen over and the
heaviest teams crossed on the ice to
Staten Island? Then come down to our
own winters when there have been so
many wrapping themselves in furs or
gathering themselves around fires or
thrashing their arms about them to re.
vive circulation-the millions Of the
temperate and the arctic zones who are
compelled to confess, "none of US can
stand before his cold"
4 Lesson In Common Sense.
One half Of the industries Of our day
are employed in battling inclemency Of
the weather. The furs Of the north, the
cotton Of the south, the fax Of our own
fields, the wool Of our own focks, the
roal from our own mines, the wood
from cur own forests, all employed in
battling these inclemencies, and still ev-
cry winter, with blue lips and chattering
teeth, answers, "None Of nj can stand
hefore this cold" Now, this being such
a cold world, God sends out influences
to warm it. l am glad that the God Of
the frost is the God Of the heat; that
the God Of the snow is the God Of the
white blossoms; that the God Of Janu-
ary is the God Of June. The question as
TO how shall we warm this world up is
a question Of immediate and all encom-
passing practicality. In this zone and
weather there are so many fireless
hearths, so many broken window panes,
so many defective roofs that sift the
SHOW. Coal and wood and lannels and
thick coat are better for warming up
such a place than tracts and Bibles and
creeds. Kindle that fire where it has
gone out. Wrap something around those
shivering limbs. Shoe those bare feet.
Hat that bare head. Coat that bare back.
tleeve that bare arm. Nearly all the
pictures Of Martha Washington repre-
sent her in courtly dress as bowed to by
foreign ambassadors, but Mrs. Kirk
land, in her interesting book, gives a
more inspiring portrait Of Martha Wash
ington. She comes forth from her hus-
bands hut in the encampment, the hut
lG feet long by IA feet wide-she comes
forth from that hut to nurse the sick, TO
sew the patched garments, to console
the soldiers dying of the cold. That is a
better picture Of Martha Washington.
Hundreds Of garments, hundreds Of tons
Of coal, hundreds Of GLACIERS at broken
window sashes, hundreds Of whole
louled men and women, are necessary to
warm the wintry weather. What are
we doing to alleviate the condition OF
those not so fortunate as we? Know ye
NOT. my friends, there are hundreds OF
thousands Of people who cannot stand
before his cold? 1t is useless to preach
to bare feet, and to empty stomachs,
and to gaunt yisages. Christ gave the
world a lesson in common sense when'
before preaching the gospel to the mul'
titude in tile wilderness, he gave them .
good dinner.
Winter of Gladness.
When I was lad, remember seeing
two rough woodcuts, but they made
more impression upon me than any pic
tures / have ever seen. They were Oh op
posite pages. The one woodcut repre-
sented the coming Of the snow in win
ter and lad looking out at the door o.
a great mansion, and he was all wrap
ned in furs, and his cheeks were ruddy
and with glowing countenance ne shout
ed. at SHOWS, it snowsp' On the mex
mage there was a miserable tenement
and the door was open, and child, wal
and sick and ragged and wretched, wa
looking ont, and he said, "Oh, my God
il suowsr % The winter Of gladness or O.
grief. according to our circumstances
But. my friends, there is more than ont
way Of warming up this cold world, To-
it is cold world in more respects thai
one. and am here to consult with yoV
rs TO tho best way Of warming up th'
world. Iwant to have a great heater in
troduced into all your churches and al
yonr homes throughout the world. 1t /
a heater Of divine patent. 1t has man,
pines with which to conduct heat, ant
II has a door in which to throw the fuel
Once get this heater introduced and /
will turn the arctic zone into the tenn
perate. and the temperate into tn
tropics. 1t is the powerful heater, it i
the glorious furnace of Christian sympa
thv. The question ought to be, instead
Of how much heat can we absorb, How
much heat can we throw out? There ar
men who go through the world foatinl
icebergs. They freeze everything witt
their forbiddiug look. The hand wit
which they shake yours is as cold as tn
paw Of a polar bear. If they float int
a religious meeting, the temperatur
drops from so above to 10 degrees below
zero. There are icicles hanging from
their eyebrows. They feat into reli
gious meeting and they chill everything
with their jeremiads. Cold prayers, coll
songs. cold greetings, cold sermons
Christianity on ice The church a grea
refrigerator Christians gone into winte
ouariers. Hibernation On the othe
I hand. there are people who go througI
the world like the breath OF a sprin
morning Warm greetings, warm pray
ers. warm smiles, warm Christian infiu
ence. There are such persons. We bles
God for them. We rejoice in their com
panionship.
Fellow Feeling.
A general in the English army, tn
army having halted for the night, hay
ing lost his baggage, lay down tired an
sick without any blanket An office
came up and said: "Why, you have n
blanket. I'll 90 and get you a blanket.
He departed for a few moments an
then came back and covered the genera
up with very warm blanket. The gen
eral said, "Whose blanket is this9" Th
officer replied, 81 got that from pr
vate soldier in the Scotch regiment
Ralph Macdonald. Now" said tn
general, lyon take this blanket righ
back TO that soldier. He can no more d
without it than l can do without
Never bring to me the blanketof DR.
vate soldier" How msrrvfnh like ths
general Zze-e.1 it take TO warm Ii
I xvorld mp Tho vast majority Of us ar