Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-09-24
TO SHINE AS STARS.
HOW THE CHRISTIAN WORKERS WILL
BE REWARDED ABOVE.
DR.. TalmaEe breaches q Sermon Full Of
Hope For Discouraged TOilers In the
Lords Vineyard - Christian Constella-
tions That VIII Ream on Forever.

DR.. Talmage breaches q Sermon Full OF
Hope For Discouraged Toilers In the
Lords Vineyard - Christian Constella-
tions That win Beam on Forever.
WASHINGTON, Sept 10.-This dis
course flashes bright light into the life
Of Christian workers and offers a sub
lime hope for all those who are discour-
aged in their attempts TO do good. DR..
Talmage's text is Daniel xii, 3, "They
that turn many to Righteousness shall
shine as the stars forever and ever"
Every man has thousand roots and
thousand branches. His roots reach
down through all the earth. His branch
es spread through all the heavens. He
speaks with voice, with eye, with hand,
with foot. His silence often is loud as
thunder and his life is a dirge or dox-
ology There is no such thing as mega
tive influence. We are all positive in
the place we occupy, making the world
better or making it worse, on the Lord S
side or on the devils, making up rea
sons for our blessedness OF banishment
and we have already done work in peo-
pling heaven or hell hear people tell
of what they are going to do. y man
who has burned down a city might as
well talk of some evil that he expects to
do, or man who has saved an empire
might as we'll talk Of some good that he
expects to do. BY the force Of your evil
influence you have already consumed
infinite values or you have by the pow
er Of a right influence won whole king
doms for God.
1t would be absurd for me, by elabO-
rate argument to prove that the world
is off the track. You might as well
stand at the foot of an embankment,
amid the wreck Of n capsiZed rail train,
proving by elaborate argument that
something is out of order Adam tum
bled over the embankment 80 centuries
ago. and the whole race, in one long
train, has gone on tumbling in the same
direction CRASH Crash The only ques-
ton now is, BY what leverage can the
crushed thing be lifted? BY what ham,
mer may the fragments be reconstruct
ed? want to show you how we may
turn many 70 Righteousness and what
will be our future pay for so doing.
Charm of Right Example.
First, we may turn them by the
| charm Of right example. y child com
ing from a filthy home was taught at
school to wash its face 1t went home
so much improved in appearance that
its mother washed her face, and when
the father of the household came home
and saw the Improvement in domestic
appearance he washed his face. The
neighbors, happening in, saw the change
| and tried the same experiment, until
all that street was purified, and the next
street copied its example, and the whole
| city felt the result Of one schoolboy
washing his face That is fable by
which we set forth that the best way t.
get the world washed of its sins and
pollution is to have our own heart and
life cleansed and purified A man with
grace in his heart and Christian cheer
fulness in his face and holy consistency
in his behavior is perpetual sermon,
and the sermon differs from others III
that IL has but one head and the longer
il runs the better.
| There are honest men who walk down
Wall street making the teeth Of iniqui-
ty chatter. There are happy men who
90 into a siclroom and by look help
the broken bone 70 knit and the excited
nerves drop to a calm beating. There
are pure men whose presence silences
the tongue of uncleanness. The might
lest agent Of good on earth is consist
ent Christian. like the Bible folded
between lids Of cloth or caltskin or
morocco. but | like it better when, IN
the shape of a man, it goes out into the
world a Bible illustrated Courage is
beautiful to read about, but rather
would | see a man with all the world
! against him confident as though all the
world were for him Patience is beau
tiful TO read about but rather would
see a buifeted soul calmly waiting toI
the time of deliverance Faith is beau
tifui TO read about, but rather would
find a man in the midnight walking
straight on as though he saw every
thing. Oh, how many souls have been
turned to God by the charm OF a bright
examplel
When. in the Mexican war, the
troops were wavering, a general rose II
his stirrups and dashed into the enemy
lines. shouting, men, follow mel
They. seeing his courage and disposi
, tion. dashed on after him and galneC
, the victory. What men want to rail-,
them for God is an example to leaC
them. All your commands to others Il
advance amount to nothing as long a
vou STAY behind To affect them arlgh
YOU need to start for heaven yourself
looking back only to give the stirring
+ cry of "Men. followP'
C The Power Of Prayer.
, Again, we may turn many to rlght
e eousness by prayer There is no sue
/. detective as prayer, for no one can hid
y away from it. 1t puts its hand on IN
shoulder of man 10, 600 miles of.
: aliphts on ship midatlantic. Tn
little child cannot understand the laN
of electricity or how the telegraph opel
Il ator. by touching the instrument here
! NAV dart a message under the sea t
another continent, nor can we, wit
g our small intellect. understand how tn
= touch of a Christians prayer shall II
IL stantly strike soul on the other sid
of the earth. You take ship and go
some other country and get there at
o'clock in the morning. You telegrap
10 America and the message gets heI
at o'clock the same morning In oth'
words il seems TO arrive here five hom
before it started Like that is praye
God says Before they call WI
hear" To overtake loved one on q
road you may spur up lathered stee
until he shall OUTRAGE the one thu
brought tho news to Client, but pra.
or shall catch it at one gallop A be
running away from home may tai
"A the midnight train from the counti
,1lIaoa and reach this seaport In time