Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-02-04

rolled up and brow besweated with
toll, may utter the word that will jar
the foundations Of heaven with the
shout of a great victory. Oh, that We
might all feel that the Lord Almighty
is putting upon us the hands Of ordina-
ton tell you, every one, go forth
and preach this gospel. You have as
much right to preach as | have or any
man living.
Hedley Wears was a wicked man in
the English army. The grace Of God
came to him. He became an earnest
and eminent Christian. They scoffed at
him and said, "You are a hypocrite;
you are as bad as ever you were. " Still
he kept his faith in Christ, and after
awhile, finding that they could not turn
him aside by calling him hypocrite,
they said TO him, "Oh, you are nothing
but Methodist This did not disturb
him. He went no performing his Chris
tian duty until he had formed all his
troops into a Bible class, and the whole
encampment was shaken with the pres
ence Of God. So Havelock went into the
heather temple in India while the Eng
lish army was there and put candle
into the hand Of each Of the heather
gods that stood around in the heather
temple, and by the light Of those can
dies held up by the idols General Have
lock preached Righteousness, temperance
and judgment to come And who will
say on earth or in heaven that Hayslock
had not the right to preachl
The Power OF EArnestness.
In the minister's house where pre-
pared for college there worked man by
the name Of Peter Croy He could
neither read nor write, but he was a
man Of God. Often theologians would
stop in the house-graye theologians-
and at family prayer Peter Croy would
be called upon TO lead, and all those
wise men sat around, wonder struck at
his religious efficiency. When he prayed,
be reached up aud seemed to take hold
of the very throne Of .hae Almighty, and
he talked with God until the very heav-
ems were bowed down into the sitting
room. Oh, if | were dying l would
rather have plain Peter Croy kDeel by
my bedside and commend my immortal
spirit to God than the greatest arch
bishop arrayed in costly canonicals. Go
greach this gospel. You say you are not
licensed. In the name Of the Lord AL
mighty, license you. Go preach this
gospel, preach. il in the Sabbath schools,
in the prayer meetings In the high
ways, in the hedges. Woe be unto you
if you preach it notl
remark again that in order to be
qualified to meet your duty IN this par
ticular age you want unbounded faith
in the triumph Of the truth and the
overthrow of wickedness How dare the
Christian church ever get discouragedl
Have we not the Lord Almighty on
our side? How long did it take God to
slay the hosts Of Sennacherib or burn
Sodom OF shake down Jericho! How
long will it take God, when be once
arises in bis strength, to overthrow all
the forces Of iniquity! Between this
time and that there may be long seasons
of darkness and the chariot wheels OF
Gods gospel may seem to drag heavily,
but here is the promise and yonder Is
the throne. and when onnlscience has
lost its eyesight and omnIpotence falls
back impotent and Jehovah Is driven
from his throne. then the church OF
Jesus Christ can afford to be despondent,
but never until then.
Despots may plan and armies may
march and the congresses Of the nations
may seem TO think they are adjusting
all the affairs Of the world, but the
mighty mel of the earth are only the
dust Of the chariot wheels Of Gods
providence. And think before the sun
Of the next century shall set the last tyr
amy will fall, and with splendor OF
demonstration that shall be the aston
ishment of the universe God will set
forth the brightness and pomp and glory
and perpetuity Of his eternal govern
ment. Out Of the starry flags and the
emblazoned insignia Of this world God
will make path for his own triumph,
and returning from universal conquest
be will sit down, the grandest, the
strongest, highest throne Of earth his
/, footstool
To Encourage Christian Workers.
prepare this sermon because want
TO encourage all Christian workers in
every possible department Hosts OF the
living God, march on. march on! His
spirit will bless you. His shield will
defend you. His sword will strike for
you. March on, march on The despot-
isms will fail, and paganism will burn
its idols, and Mohammedanism Will
give up its false prophet, and the great
walls of superstition will come down in
thunder and wreck at the long loud
blast Of the gospel trumpet. March ON,
march on! The besiegement will soon
be ended. Only few more steps on the
long way; only a few more sturdy
blows; only a few more battlecries,
then God will put the laurels upon your
brow. and from the living fountains OF
heaven will bathe off the sweat and the
heat and the dust Of the conflict. March
on, march onl For you the time for
work will soon be passed, and amid the
outflashings of the Judgment throne and
the trumpeting Of resurrection angels
and the upheaving Of world Of graves
and the hosanna and the groaning OF the
saved and the lost we shall be rewarded
for our faithfulness or punished for oG-
stupidity. Blessed be the Lord God OF
Israel from everlasting to everlasting,
and let the whole earth be filed with
his glory. Amen and amen.
Strange Story Of MT. Terriss' Dog.
Mr.. Tom Terriss relates a curious and
inexplicable incident in connection with
the assassination Of his father, the late
William Terriss. On the night Of the
murder Mrs Terriss was sitting in the