Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-07-23

man who gave me the Christian grip
has been in heaven 30 years. There are
old men here today who can look back
TO 40 years ago, when some one said
kind word to them. Now, old men. pay
back what you got then. 1t is o great
art for old men 10 be able to encour 20
! the young. There are many young peO-
pie in our cities who have come from
inland counties, from the granite hills
of the north, from the savannas Of the
south, from the prairies Of the west
They are here to get their fortune They
are in boarding houses where everybody
seems to be thinking Of himself. They
want oompanionship, and they want
Christian encouragement. Give it 70
them.
Balancing the Books.
Ny word is to all clerks, BE mightier
than your temptations. A Sandwich Is
lander used to think when he slew an
enemy all the strength Of that enemy
came into his own right arm. And !
have TO tell you that every misfortune
you conquer is so much added to your
own moral power. With omnipotence
for a lever and the throne Of God for q
fulcrum you can move earth and heav'
en-. While there are other young men
patting the cup Of sin to their lips you
stoop down and drink out of the foun-
tains Of God, and you will rise up
strong to thrash the mountains. The
ancients used to think that pearls were
fallen raindrops, which. touching the
surface Of the sea. hardened into gems,
then dropped TO the bottom. | have to
tell you today that storms Of trial have
showored imperishable pearls into many
Young mans lap. Oh. young man,
while you have goods to sell, remember
Won have q soul to save. In hospital a
Christian captain, wounded few days
before, got delirious, and in the mid
night hour he sprang cut on the floor OF
the hospital, thinking he was in the
battle crying: Come on, boys! For
ward Cha1se!" All, be was only bat
Ting the specters Of his own brain! But
it is 10 imaginary conflict into which |
call you, young man, today. There are
10, OO0 spiritual foes that would cap
ture you. In the name Of God, up and
/ at them
After the last store has been closed,
after the last bank has gone down, after
the shuttle Of the quick feet on the Gus
tom house steps has stopped, after the
| long line Of merchantmen on the sea
has taken sail Of fame, after Washing
ton and New York and London and
Vienna have gone down into the grave
where Thebes and Babylon aud Tyre
lie buried, after the great fire bells Of
the Judgment day have tOllcd at the
burning Of a world-on that day all
the affairs Of banking houses and stores
will come up for inspection. Oh. what
an opening Of account booksl Side by
! side the clerks and the men who en-
ploved them. Every invoice made out
all the labels Of goOds-all certificates
Of siock-all lists Of pTices-all private
marks Of the firm, now explained 80
everybody can understand them. All
| the maps Of cities that were never built,
but in which lots were sold-all bar
gains, all gougings, all snap judgments
all false entries, all adulteratiOn Of
liquors with coppers and strychnine.
All mixing Of teas and sugars and
coffees and sirups, with cheaper mate
rial. all embezzlements Of trust funds
All swindles in coal and iron and oil
and silver and stocks On that day
when the cities Of this world are smok-
ing In the last confagration the trial
Will so on, aud down in an avalanche
Of destruction Will 90 those who wrong
I'd man or woman, insulted God and
deGed the Judgment. Oh, that will be
a great Day Tor you, honest Christian
clerk. 10 getting up early, 10 retiring
late. no walking around with weary
limbs, but d mansion in which to live
and a realm of light and love and JOY
over which to hold everlasting domin-
ion. Hoist him up from glory TO glory
and from song to song and from throne
TO throne, for while others go down
into the sea with their gold like a mill
stone hanging TO their neck, this one
shall come up the heights Of amethyst
and alabaster, holding il his right
| hand the pearl of great price in spar
king, glittering, flaming casket.