Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-11-18

days TO comet Put Oh your hat, oh wo-
man, this afternoon and go and comfort
that young mother who lost her babe
last summer Put on your hat, oh, man,
and 60 over and see that merchant who
was compelled yesterday TO make an as
signment and tell him Of the everlast-
ing riches remaining for all those who
serve the Lord. Can you sing; Go and
sing for that man who cannot get we'll
and you will help him into heaven. Let
it be your brain, your tongue, your eyes,
your ears, your heart, your lungs, your
hand, your feet, your body, your mind,
your soul. your life. your time, your
eternity for God, feeling in your soul,
ITO this end was | bornp'
Divine Direction.
Il may be helpful If 1 recite my own
experience in this regard | started for
the law without asking any divine di-
rection consulted my own tastes. |
liked lawyers and courtrooms and
judges and juries, and reyeled in hear
ing the Frelinghuysens aud the Brad
leys Of the New Jersey bar. aud as as
sistant Of the county clerk, at sixteen
years Of age, searched titles natural
lied foreigners, recorded deeds. received
the confession Of judgments, swore wit
ness and Juries aud grand Iuries But
after awhile felt call 70 the gospel
ministry and entered 1t. and felt some
satisfaction in the work But one sum-
mer when | was resting at Sharon
Springs and while seated in the park
of that village | said to myself, III |
have an especial work to do in the
world ought to find It out now, " and
with that determination | prayed as |
had never before prayed. and got the
divine direction, and wrote II down IN
my memorandum book, and l saw my
life work then as plainly as l zee it
now Oh, do not be satisfied with gen
eral drectionsl Get specific directions
Do not shoot at random Take aim aud
fire Concentrate Napoleon's success
in battle came from his theory OF break
ing through the enenly's ranks at ole
point. not trying TO meet the whole line
of the enemys force by similar force.
One reason why he lost Waterloo was
because he did not work his usual the
ory, and spread his force out over wide
range O Christian man. y Christian
woman, break through somewhere! Not
a general engagement for God, but
particular engagement, and made in an
swer 10 PRAYER If there are /. 600, OOO,-
600 people in the world. then there are
600. 600. 600 different missions to full
fill. different styles Of work TO do, diff
ferent orbits in which to revolye, and
if YOU do not get the divine direction
there are at least /, 599, 600, 600 posi-
bilities that you will make a mistake.
On your knees before God get the mat
ter settled so that You can firmly say.
ITO this end was born. "
Eternal Life.
And now come to the climacteric
consideration. As near as | can tell,
you were built for a happy eternity, all
the disasters which have happened to
your nature 70 be overcome by the blood
of the Lamb If you will heartily accept
that Christly arrangement We are all
rejoiced at me increase in human lon
gevity People live a. near as can OBJ
serve. about ten years longer than they
used TO. The modern doctors do not
bleed their patients on all occasions as
did the former doctors In those times
if man had fever they bed him, if he
had consumption they bled him, II he
had rheumatism, they bled him, and II
they could not make out exactly what
was the matter they bled him. Olden
time phlebotomy was deaths coadJutor.
All this has changed From the way
see people skipping about at 80 years
of age | conclude that life insurance
companies will have TO change their Ia
ble Of risks and charge man no more
nremium at 70 than they used TO do
when be was 90. and 10 more premium
M so than when he was 40 by the ad-
yancement Of medical science and the
wider acquaintance with the laws OF
health and the fact that the people
know better how to take care Of them
selves human life Is prolonged But
do YOU realize what after all, is the
Lrevity Of our earthly slater In the
times when people lived 700 and 500
years. the patriarch Jacob said that his
years were few Looking at the life Of
the youngest person IN this assembly
and surprising that he will live TO be a
nonagenarian, how short the time and
soon gone, while banked up in front OF
US is an eternity so vast that arithmetic
has not figures enough TO express its
length OF breadth OF depth or height
For a happy eternity you were born.
unless you run yourself against the
divine Intentions II, standing in your
presence. my eye should fall upon the
feeblest soul here as that soul will ap-
pear when the world lets il up and heav-
en- entrances It, | suppose wosld be SO
overpowered that ! should drop down
as one dead
You have examined the family Bible
and explored the family records. and
you may have seen daguerreotypes of
some of the kindred Of previous genera
tions. you have had photographs taken
Of what you were in boyhood or girl
hood, aud what you were ten years later.
and ii is very interesting to any one tC
be able to look back upon pictures oi
what no was 10 or 20 or 80 years ago
But have you ever had picture taker
Of what you may be aud what you vii
te if you seek after God and feel thu
spirits regenerating poweri Wher'
shall plant the camera TO take the pic
ture? l plant it on this platform. di
rect it toward you Sit still or stan'
still while take the picture. IL shall
be an instantaneous picture. Therel
Lavo il IL is done. You can see th
picture in its imperfect state and &c
some idea Of what it will be when thor
oughly developed. There Is your resui
rected body. so brilliant that the noon
day sun is a patch Of midnight compal
ed with il. There is your soul, so PM
; that all the forces Of diabolism coul
not spot it with an impeifection Ihel
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