Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-07-18

Ifaae y Occupation % profession you
psiasVe4 siaat MAN was about hail wrong
by the Time you came 70 midIife you
peiaeEea tnat man was hree-foIfths
wrong. Dus within these past few years.
slnce you nave been 20 lied about and
sWindied ana cheated, you have come to
tne eonciuslon mat man Is altogether
wrong, ana now Jon can say with the
prayer Dook ana with the Bible, There
- no neaith N US NOW you believe
WIN .ne propneh The heart 10 deceit
lui, above al things and desperately
wicked. "hatever you may have be-
nesed Deiore, now you believe that
nepnioosnceh - lame on both feet.
Restored.
Again. Mephibosheth in the text
STANDS Tor the disabled human soul
humDied and restored. When this in
valld OF my text got command to come
20 hlng Davld,s palace, be trembled.
The TACT was that the grandfather of
Mephioosheth had treated David most
shockingiy. and now Mephibosheth says
to himself; What does the king want
OF me! Isn't 1t enough that / am lame?
Is he going to destroy my life? Is he
gong 70 wI ,s On me the vengeance
S ~nluh I ne, no,ls .o"ai1 my grandfather
oauis ~ 'oo uaa' Dus go 70 the pal
aoo nAopiiiDesno.n 1auss, SINCE the king
mas ooniiianueu ~ WIN stan and
crulones anu neipeo Dy ms friends, |
see nepnioesne'n eoiDs up the stairs OF
tne palace. l near ms stan and crutches
tas'iihs On silc 'eSsSiiaeeo moor OF the
tnroneiooin, NO sooner nave these two
persons coniron'eu eacn otner-M ephib-
psnesn ana David tne king-than
mepi,i posiie.h .nro"s hlmseii nat ON his
iace oeio.e sho Aing ana Styles himself
oead Jog Ia sne east when man
ssyies niinseil oog ne utters the ut
most term Oh sen aDnegation- 1t is not
eei.u 80 Strung ~ Inns country, where,
II oog mas aIalr cnance, he sometimes
SHOWS more noolilsy OF character than
some human specimens that we wot of,
Dus the nianey ours Oh the oriental cities,
az kno" py my own observation. are
utterly oe.eseaDie Mepnloosheth gives
tne utmost Term OF sel1 loathing when
ne compares nimsell 70 dog, and dead
at that
Consider the analogy. When the COM
pland is given from the palace Of heaven
to the human soul to come, the soul be-
gins to tremble. 1t says: "What is God
going to do with me nows Is he going
to destroy me? is he going to wreak his
vengeance upon me?" There is more
than one Mephibosheth trembling now
because God has summoned him to the
palace of divine grace. What are you
trembling about? God has no pleasure
in the death Of sinner He does not
send for you to hurt you. He sends for
you TO do you good. A Scotch preacher
had the following circumstances brought
under his observation; There was a poor
woman In the parish who was about to
be turned out because she could not pay
her rent. One night she heard loud
knocking at the door, and she made no
answer and hid herself. The rapping
continued louder, louder, louder, but
she made no answer and continued to
hide herself. She was almost frightened
unto death. She said, THAT'S the Off
Ger OF the law come to throw me out of
my home.
A few daye after a Christian philan-
thropist met her in the street and said !:
my poor woman, where were you the
other night? / came round to your house
to pay your rent Why didn't you let
me in? Were Won at bome?'' "Why. )"
she replied, twas that your" eyes.
that was me- came to pay your rent. !"
why" she said, eff l had had any
idea it was you l would have let you
in. / thought it was an officer come to
cast me out of my home" o soul. that
loud knocking at the gate today is not
the sheriff come to put You in Jail; it is
the best friend you ever had come to be
your security. You shiver with terror
because you think il is wrath. 1t is
mercy, Why, then, tremble before the
King of heaven and earth calls you to
his palace? Stop trembling and start
right away. "Oh," you say, ST can {
start. | have been SO famed by sin and
so famed by evil habit / can't start. I
am lame in both feet. " MY friend, we
come out with our prayers and sympa-
thies to help you up to the palace If
You want to get to the palace, you may
get there. Start now. The Holy Spirit
will help you. Ali you have to do is
| just to throw yourself on your face at
the feet of the King, as Mephibosheth
did.
Gods Mercy.
Mephibosheth's caninal comparison
seems extravaganza to the world, but
when man has seen himself as he
really IS and seen how he has been treat
ing the Lord there Is no term vehement
enough to express his self condemna-
tion. The dead dog OF Mephibosheth' s
comparison fails to describe the mans
utter loathing OF himself Mephibo-
sheth's posturing does not seem too pros
trate- When soul is convicted, first
he prays upright. Then the muscles Of
his neck relax, and he is able to bow
his head. After awhile, by an almost
superhuman effort, he kneels down to
pray. After awhile, when he has seen
God and seen himself, he throws him
self fiat on his face at the feet OF the
king, just like Mephibosheth. The fact
is, if we could see ourselves as God sees
us, we would perish at the spectacle.
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