The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-12

land inspiring melody. Itspeaks
TO man as no book which is Of
the earth has spoken. Itcomes
with q knowledge of mans wants
and nature that stamps upon its
every line the heavenly seal. II
reveals q knowledge concerning
the questions 10 which man finds
his highest interest which trans.
cendes the knowledge of man
! aud indicates that. here is the
/ source of all truth. 1t is tue
light, the sunlight OF the glori.
Gus day, which has made clear
and bright the pathway of life,
| revealing to man his sinfulness,
chat by nature he is vile and lost
and, then brightens up the dreary
picture by leading the sorrowing
and dispairing sinner to the
Cross. There is no condition Of
life which is not considered by it
in a manner such as to indicate
that its author is intimately &C.
quaintedwith all the changing and
varied vicissitudes through which
man in his earthly pilgrimage
mustpass. In the hour of perplexi-
lty and doubt when man is tossed
upon the crest OF the turbulent
sea oflife its soothing voice is
heard bidding wave and wind be
still. 1t comes to answer all the
great questions which are asked
by the great throbbing heart of
humanity. 1t tells man that he
is but a child. and that the God
of the heavens and the earth is
his father. and that all the re-
sources of his heavenly parent
Iare interested in his protection,
sustenance and salvation. 1t
satlsfies the longings of the
heartas nothing else can do, for
it speaks of the home of the soul.
I'm my fathers house are many
mansions, If it were not SO i
would have told you. Go to pre-.
pare a place for you" There
shall be no night there, and God
shall wipe away all tears, and the
soul shall be free from all sor.
row Take away this book, tear
it from its place ia the heart
where it has been enthroned,
still its voice into everlasting
silence, and what have you done?
You have taken from man what
has been to him his only hope
and consolation in the dark hour
Of his trial. In the tearing OF it
from the heart you have made q
wound which you cannot heal.
you have hushed the only voice
whose music had sweetness to
soothe the human Heart. Beecher
once asked Col. Ingersoll, what
he thought of the following Incl.
dent: "a poor lame man walk.
ling with assistance of crutches.
was trying to cross very muddy
street, when suddenly big bur-
LEY fellow, came rushing down
upon him and knocked out the
.crutches from under him, and
then never noticing the helpless
condition of the poor man, left
him to get along as best he could.
What would you think of such a
man r. was asked the Colonel,
and he replied without a nom
ents hesitation. He was a brute
Beecher proceeded to make the
application and said. Colonel,
you are that man Poor strug.
Cling humanity has endeavored
to lean upon the Bible for sup.
port in it's life, and you, big, bur-
ley fellow thatyou are, with your
wit and eloquence rush on them
and knock from under them their
only support and then rush off
and leave them in their helpless
ness This is not an unfair rep.
resentation of the efforts and
! methods OF infdelity. 1t ever
seeks to destroy, never to build
up. 1t would put out the only
light which we have and then
leave usin the darkness to grope
hopelessly, helplessly through
the gloom. Let US try to imagine
what this world would be with.