Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-09-10

them lit: That timlcr is too heavy for
them to lift. "No, " he said, II won T.
am a corporal. " The gentleman got
off his horse and came up TO The place.
Now" be said to the soldiers, "all
together-yo heaveP' and the timber
went to it's place. Now, said the
gentleman to the corporal, when you
have piece Of timber too heavy for
the men to lift and you want help, you
send to your commander in chief. 1t
was Washington. Now, that is about
all the gospel know-the gospel Of
giving somebody a lift, lift out OF
darkness, a lift out of earth into heaven.
That is all the gospel know-the Cos
pei of helping somebody else to lift.
Supply and Demand.
"Oh, says some wiseacre, talk az
you will. the law of demand and sup
ply will regulate these things until the
end of time. No, they will not, unless
God dies and the batteries Of the Judg-
meut day are spiked, and Pluto and
Proserpine, king and queen of the in
fernal regions, take full possession Of
this world Do you know who supply
and demand are? They have gone into
partnership, and they propose to swim
die this earth and are swindling it.
You are drowning. Supply and de-
mand stand on the shore, one Oh one
side the other on the other side Of the
lifeboat, and they cry out to you,
Nov, you pay us what we ask you for
getting you to shore or go to the. bot
tomW If you can borrow S., 900, you
can keep from failing in business Sup
ply and demand say, Now, you pay
Us oxorbitant usury or you 20 into bank
ruptcy" This robber firm of Supply
and demand say to you: 1.-The crops
are short We bought up all the wheat
and it is in our bin. Now, you pay our
price or starve." That is your magnif
cent law Of supply and demand.
Supply and demand own the largest
mill on earth, and all the rivers roll
over their wheel, and into their hopper
they put all the men, women and chill
dren they can shovel out Of the centu-
ries, and the blood and the bones redden
the valley while the mill grinds. That
diabolic law Of supply and demand will
yet have to stand aside, and instead
thereof will come the law Of love, the
law Of cooperation, the law Of kind
ness, the law Of sympathy, the law Of
Christ Have you no idea Of the coming
of such a time: Then You do not believe
the Bible. All the Bible is full Of
promises on this subject, and as the ages
roll on the time will come when men
Of fortune will be giving larger sums
to humanitarian and eyangelistic pur-
poses, and there will be more James
Lenoxes and Peter Coopers and William
L. Dodges and George Peabodys. As
that time comes there will be more
parks, more picture galleries, more gar
dons thrown open for the holiday peo-
PIE and the working classes.
| was reading in regard to a charge
that had been made IN England against
Lam beth palace that it was exclusive,
and that charge demonstrated the sab
| lime fact that to the grounds of that
wealthy estate 500 poor families have
free passesand 30 croquet companies and
Oh the half holidays 1000 poor people
reclinc on the grass, walk through the
| paths and sit under the trees. That IS
Rospel-Rospcl on the wing, gospel out
Of doors worth just as much as indoors.
That time Is going to come. That is
only a hint Of what is going to be. The
time is going to come when, if you
have anything in your house worth
looking at-pictures, pieces Of sculp-
ture-you are going to invite me TO
come and ste them. you are going to in
yitc my friends TO come and see them,
and you will say: "See what l have
6een blessed with God has given NE
this and so far as enjoying it, 1t Is
yours also That is gospel.