Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-09-11


comedian. All the world honored him
did everything for him that the world
could do. He was applauded in England
and applauded in the United States. He
reused up nations into laughter. He had
no equal. And yet, although many peo-
pie supposed him entirely happy and
that this world was completely satisfy
ing his soul, he sits down and writes:
Il never in my life put on new hat
that it did not rain and ruin il. l never
went out in a shabby coat because it
was raining and thought all who had
the choice would keep indoors that the
sun did not come out in its strength and
bring out with it all the butterflies Of
! fashion whom | knew and who knew
mo- Inoyer consented to accept part
hated out Of kindness to another that l
did not get hissed by the pubic and cut
by the writer. l could not take a drive
/ for few minutes with Terry without
| being overturned and having my elbow
broken, though my friend got off un-
harmed. l could not make a covenant
with Arnold, which / thought was to
make my fortune without making his
instead, than in an incredibly short
space Of time-I think l3 months-I
earned for him e20, 0O0 and for myself
81. l am persuaded that if were to set
up as baker every one in my neighbor
hood would leave off eating bread. "
The Pessimists.
That was the lament Of the worlds
comedian and joker. All unhappy. The
world did everything for Lord Byron
that it could do, and yet in his last mo-
ment he asks a friend to come and sit
| down by him and read, as most appro-
pirate to his case, the story Of 1.-The
Bleeding Heart " Torrigiano, the sculp-
tor, executed, after months Of care and
carving, Madonna and the Child. "
The royal family came in and admired
| it. Everybody that looked at it was in
ecstacy, but one day, after all that toll
and all that admiration, because ne did
not get as much compensation for his
work as he had expected he took NAL
let and dashed the exquisite sculpture
into atoms. The world is poor compen-
sation, poor satisfaction, poor solace.
Famine. famine in all the earth not for
! years, but for 5000. But, blessed be
God, there is a great corncrib. The
Lord built it. 1t is IN another land. 1t
is a large place. An angel once meas
ured it, and as far as / can calculate 1t
in one phrase, that corncrib is 1900
miles long and 1, 500 miles broad and
1, 500 high, and it is full. Food for al
nations. "Ohr say the people, I'VE
will start right away and get this sup
nly for our soul. But stop moment;
for from the Keeper Of that corncrib
there comes this word saying, You
shall not see my face except your brother
be with YOU. In other words, there IS
no such thing as getting from heaven
pardon and comfort and eternal life un-
less we bring with rs cur divine brother,
the Lord Jesus Christ Coming without
him we shall fall before we reach the
corncrib. and our bodies shall be a por-
ton for the jackals Of the wilderness.
but coming with the divine Jesus, all
the granaries Of heaven will swing open
before our soul and abundance shall be
given rs We shall be invited to sit IN
the palace of the King and at the table,
and while the Lord Of heaven is appor-
tioniug from his own table to other ia
bles. he will not forget us, and then and
there it will be found that our BenJa-
min 5 mess is larger than all the Others
for so it ought to be. Worthy Is the
Lamb that was slain to receive blessing
and riches and honor and glory and
power. "
l want to make three points. Every
frank and common sense man VIII
acknowledge himself to be a sinner.
What are you going to do with your
sins? Have them pardoned, you say.
How? Through the mercy OF God. Nnat
do you mean by the mercy Of GodE Is
it the letting down of bar for the ad-
mission of all without respect to char
acter? Be not deceived | see soul
coming up 70 the gate cf mercy and
knocking al the corncrib Of heavenly
supplv. and a voice frCm within says,
Are vou alone?" The sinner replies,
"All alone. The voice from within
saws. "You shall not see my pardonlng
face unless your divine Brother, the
Lord Jesus, be with you" On, that Is
the point at which so many are discom
flied! There is 10 nclcy from COD eA'
cent through Jesus Christ Coming VII.
him. we are accepted. Coming WithoC
him. we are rejected. Peter pat 1t rigAi
in his great sermon before the hisi
nriests when i.s thurdcrcd forth:
"Neither is there salvation IN any other.
There is no other name gwen uluei
heaven among men whereby we may be
saved A" Oh, anxious sinner; on dying
sinner; oh, lost sinner, all you have got
70 do is TO have this divine Benjamin
along with you! Side by side, coming 10
the gate. all the storehouses OF heaven
will swing open before your anxious
soul. nj
Am right in calling Jesus BenJa-
min? or. vcsl Rachel lived only long
enouoh io give a name to that child,
| and VIII. CylLH hlsHi sHe N''
Renoni. Afterward Jacob changed his
name. and he called him Benjamin
The meaning Of the name she gave was
"son of nv pain" The meaning OF the
name the father gave was son OF my
right haid. ." Aud was not Christ the
son of Paing All the souow OF kachel
in that hour when she gave her child
over into the hands Of strangers was as
nothing compared with the struggle OF
: God when he gave up his only son. And
was not Christ appropriately called
"soa of the right handr' Did not Ste
pl.. n look into heaven and see him
, standing at the right hand of God? And
does not Paul speak of him as standing
at the right hand Of God making inter-
cession for usg Oh, Benjamin-Jesusl
Son of pangl Son Of victory The deep
est emotions Of our souls ought to be
:, stirred at the sound Of that nomencla-
=. ture In your prayers plead his tears,
: his sufIerings, his SORROWS and his death.
If you refuse to do it, all the corncrios
and the palaces Of heaven will be oolted
and barred against your soul, and a
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