Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-03-11

distorted. 1 have waited for this
hour. | shall never turn my back on
thee. No more looking through imper-
feet glasses. No more studying thee in
the darkness But as long as this throne
stands and this everlasting river flows
and those garlands bloom and these
arches of victory remain 20 greet home
heavens conquerors so long l shall see
thee, Jesus Of my choice, Jesus Of my
song, Jesus of my triumph, forever and
forever, face to face.
Gods Providence.
The idea of the text is just as true
when applied to Gods providence. Who
has not come to some pass in life thor
oughly inexplicable: You say: What
does this mean? What is God going TO
do with me now? He tells me that all
things work together for good. This
does not look like il" You continue TO
study the dispensation and after awhile
guess about what God means. "He
means to teach me this. think he
means to teach me that Perhaps it is to
humble my pride. Perhaps it is to make
me feel more dependent. Perhaps to
teach me the uncertainty Of life. But
after all it is only guess-a looking
through the glass, darkly. The Bible
assures US there shall be satisfactory
unfolding. "What do thou knowest
not now, but thou shalt know hereaft-
er." You will know why God took to
himself that only child. Next door there
was household Of seven children. Why
not take one from that group instead Of
your only one: Why single out the
dwelling in which there was only one
heart beating responsive to yours: Why
did God give you child at all if he
meant to take it away? Why fill the cup
Of your gladness brimming if he meant
to dash it down: Why allow al the
tendrils Of your heart TO wind around
that object, and then, when every fiber
of your own life seemed to be interlock-
ed with the child's life, with strong
hand to tear you apart, until you fall,
bleeding and crushed, your dwelling
desolate, your hopes blasted, your heart
broken? Do you suppose that God will
explain that: Yea. He will make il
palmer than any mathematical problem
as plain as that two and two make
four. In the light Of the throne you
will see that it was right-all right.
Just and true are all thy ways, thou
King CT saints. -
The Explanation.
Here is man who cannot get on in
the world. He always seems to buy at
the wrong time and to sell at the worst
disadvantage. He tries this enterprise
and fails, that business and is disap'
pointed. The man next door to him has
a lucrative trade, but he lacks custom
ers. 4 new prospect opens. His income
is increased. But that year bis family
are sick, and the profits are expended
in trying to our3 the ailments. He gets
a discouraged look, becomes faithless as
TO success, begins TO expect disasters.
Others wait for something to turn up,
he waits for it to turn down. Other:
with only half as much education and
character get on twice as well. he
sometimes guesses as 70 what 1t all
means. lie says: " Perhaps riches would
spoil me. Perhaps poverty is necessary
to keep me humble. Perhaps l might II
things were otherwise be tempted into
destinations. But there Is no complete
solution Of the mystery. He sees through
a glass darkly and must wait for
higher unfolding. Will there be an ex'
PLANTATION: Yes. God will take that
man in the light Of the throne and say
"Child immortal, hear the explanation.
You remember the failing Of that great
ENTERPRISE, your misfortune in 1851
your disaster in 1867. This is the ex
PLANTATION. And you will answer, II
is all right.
Mysteries Made Clear.
l see every day profound mysteries OF
providence. There is no question we ash
oftener than, Why: There are hundred
of graves in Oak Hill and Greenwood
and Laurel Hill that need to be ex
plained. Hospitals for the blind anC
! lame. asylums for the idiotic and IN
sane. almshouses for the destitute and {
world Of pain and misfortune that de
mand more than human solution. All
God will clear it all up! In the ligb
that pours from the throne no dari
mystery cal live. Things now utterl!
inscrutable will be illuIuined as plainly
as though ihe answer were written o,
the Jasper wall or sounded IN the TEN
ple anthem. BartimeUs viii thank &C
that he was blind, and Lazarus tLat A'
was covered with sores, and jo-elh tina
he was cast into the pit, and Daniel tia
be denned with lions, and Paul that h'
was humpbacked, and David that he wa
driven from Jerusalem, and that sewing
woman that she could get only few
pence for making a garment, and tina
invalid that for 20 years he could 10
lift his head from the pillow, and tina
widow that she had such hard work t
earn bread for her children. You know
that in song different voices carr,
different parts. The sweet and over
whelming part OF the halleluiah Of heay
en- will not be carried by those wit
rode in high places and gave sumptuou
entertainments, but pauper childrel
will sing il, beggars will sing 1t, re
deemed hod carriers will sing it, thos
who were once the offscouring Of eartl
will sing it. The halleluiah will be al
the grander for earth's weeping eye
and aching heads and exhausted hand
and scourged backs and martyre'
agonies.
Few VIII BE Lost.
Again, the thought Of the text is JUS
when applied TO the enjoyments Of th
righteous in heaven. l think we hay
but little idea of the number Of th
right teous in heaven. lnhdels say
Your heaven will be very smai
place compared with the world Of -
lost, for according to your teaching, IN
majority of men will be destroyed" "
deny the charge. | suppose that th
multitude OF the finally lost, as com
pared with the multitude Of the finall,
eavod will ba n handful / guppOse tina