Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-03-07


their testimony, what thrilling expert.
ences we should hear On all sides There
is man who would say 81 had bril-
liant surroundings; had the best edu-
cation that one of the best collegiate i'll.
situations of this country could give and
/ observed all the moralities of life, and
Twas self righteous, and thought was
all right before God as / am all right
before man, but the Holy Spirit came tc
me one day and said, You ara sin.
ner;' the Holy Spirit persuaded me OF
the fact While / had escaped the sins
against the law of the land, had really
committed the worst sin man ever
commits, the driving back of the Son OF
God from my hearts affections. and ]
saw that my hands were red with the
blood of the Son of God, and began tc
pray, and peace came to my heart and ]
know by experience that what you say
is true. "On him the Lord hath laid
the iniquity of us allr' Yonder is a man
who would say, Twas the worst drunk,
ard in the city; went from bad tc
worse; l destroyed myself; destroyed
my home; my children covered when
entered the house; when they put uI
their lip to be kissed, struck them
when my wife protested against the
maltreatment, | kicked her into the
street. | know all the bruises and all the
terrors Of drunkard's woe. I went Oh
farther and farther from God until one
day l got letter, saying:
'MY DEAR HUsBAHD-I have tried every way
done every thing and prayed earnestly and fer
vently for your reformation, but it seems o.
no avail. Since our little Henry died. with
the exception Of those few happy weeks wheT
you remained sober, my life had been one oi
sorrow. Many of the nights have sat by thc
window, with my face bathed in tears, watch
ing for your coming. / am broken hearted,
am sick. Mother and father have been here
frequently and begged me to come home but
my love for you and my hope for brighter days
have always made me refuse them. That hope
seems now beyond realization, and have re
turned to them. 1t is hard, and battled Iona
before doing it,. May God bless and preserve
you, and take from you that accursed appetite
and hasten the day when we shall be again liv
ing happily together This will be my daily
prayer, knowing that he has said, Come unto
me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and
/ will give you rest From your loving wife,
"MARY.
'And so wandered ON and wan
dered ON, says that man, until one
night l passed Methodist meeting
house, and l said to myself, I'll go in
and see what they are doing. and l got
to the door, and they were singing:
"All may come, whoever will
This man receives poor sinners still.
land dropped right there where
was, and said, God have mercy 7 and
he had mercy ON me. Ny home is re-
stored, my wife sings all day long DUR
ing work, my children come out long
way to greet me home, and my house
hold is little heaven. l will tell you
what did all this for me. 1t was the
truth that this day you proclaim, On
him the Lord hath laid the iniquity of
us all. Yonder is woman who would
say, i wandered off from my father s
house, heard the storm that pelts on a
lost soul. My feet were blistered on the
hot rocks. | went ON and on, thinking
that no one cared for my soul, when one
night Jesus met me, and he said, Poor
thing, 60 bomel Your father is waiting
for you, your mother is waiting for you.
Go home, poor thingp And, sir, was
too weak to pray, and was too weak
to repent, but l just cried QUIT sobbed
out my sins and my sorrows on the
shoulders of him of whom it is said,
the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity
of us all. -
Human Sympathy.
There is young man who would say
81 had Christian bringing up; Icame
from the country to city life; / started
we'll; l had good position-a good
commercial position-bu one night at
the theater / met some young men who
did me no good. They dragged me all
through the sewers of iniquity, and
lost my morals, and / lost my position,
and | was shabby and wretched. was
going down the street, thinking that no
one cared for me, when a young man
tapped me ON the shoulder and said /:
George, come with me, and / will do
you good. looked at him to see wheth-
er he was joking or not. / saw he was
i'll earnest, and / said, What do you
mean, sir?' Well, he replied, Il mean
that if you will come to the meeting to-
night l will be very glad to introduce
you. will meet you at the door. Will
you Gomez Said /, Il will. / went to
the place where / was tarrying. / fixed
myself up as we'll as / could. l button
ed my coat over a ragged vest, and I
went to the door of the church, and the
young man met me, and we went in, and
Us Invent in I heard an old man praying
and he looked SO much like my father
! sobbed right out, and they were all
around, so kind and SO sympathetic, that
] just there gave my heart to God, and
l know that what You say is true; |
know it in my own experience. - ION
him the Lord hath laid the iniquity of
us all. " Oh, my brother, without stop
ping to look whether your hand trem-
bles or not, without stopping to look
whether yonr hand is bloated with sin
or not, put it in my hand and let me
give you one warm. brotherly, Christian
grip and invite you right up to the
heart, TO the compassion, to the sympa-
thy, to the pardon of him on whom the
Lord hath laid the iniquity of us all.
Throw away your sins. Garry them no
longer. proclaim emancipation to all
who are bound, pardon for all sin and
eternal life for all the dead.
'T Came From Calvary"
Some one comes here today and
stand aside. lie comes up three steps.
He comes TO this place. / must stand
aside. Taking that place he spreads
abroad mis- hands, and they were nailed
You see his feet; they We're bruised. He
pulls aside the robe and shows you his
wounded heart. I say. Art thou
YES he says, weary with
the worlds wee. 7" / say, whence
CONTEST tbou?" He says, 81 came from
Calvary" / say, who comes with
thee?' BE says. mo one; have trod-
den the winepress alone / say. why
CONTEST thou here?' "Oh," he says,
II came here to carry all the sins and
sorrows of the peopler' And be kneels
He says. Put on my shoulders all the
sorrows and all the sins. " And, con-
scious of my own sins first. take them