Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-09-29
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III Explain that"

il! explain tudl.
| will. Yonder is a factory, and one
wheel is going north. and the other
wheel is going south, and one wheel
plays literally and the other plays
vertically. | 20 to the manufaeturer
and say: 80 manufacturer, your ma
chinery is a contradiction! Why DO
you not make all the wheels go one
wayY' We'll" he says. Il made them
TO 20 in opposite directions on pur-
pose. and they produce the right re-
suit. You 20 down stairs and examine
the carpets we are turning out IN this
establishment and you will see" go
down on the other floor, and | see the
carpets. and | am obliged to confess
that, though the wheels In that factory
90 In opposite directions, they turn out
a beautiful result. and while ! am
standing there looking at the exquisite
fabric an old Scripture passage comes
into my mind. "All things work to-
gether for good to them who love Cod"
Is there not tonic in thatl Is there
not longevity in that?
Removes COrrOding Care.
Suppose a man is all the time wor-
ried about his reputationI One man
saws he lies, another says he is stupid.
another says he is dishonest, and half
Il dozen printing establishments at
tack him. and he IS in a great state OK
excitement and worry and fume and
cannot sleep. but religion comes to
him and says: Man. God Is on your
side. He will take care Of your repu-
tation. II God be for you. who can be
against your How much should that
man worry about his reputationf Not
much. II that broker who some years
ago in Wall street, after he had lost
money. sat down and wrote a fare
well letter TO his wife before he blew
his brains out-if, instead Of taking out
of his pocket pistol. he had taken out
a well read New Testament there
would have been one less suicide
0 nervous and feverish people Of the
world, try this almighty sedative. You
will live % years longer under its
soothing power. 1t is not chloral that
you want or morphine that you want
1t IS the gospel Of Jesus Christ. with
long life will satisfy him."
Again, practical religion is a friend
of longevity in the fact that il removes
all corroding care about fUWrc eX-
istence. Every man wants Go fnow
what is to become II L.m y ser .tt
on board a rail train. you waA' 20
know at what depot it is going D Up.
II YOU get on board a ship you want
to know into what harbor 10 is gong
to run. And II you should tell ue tou
have no interest in what is 10 br your
future destiny | would in as polite
way as know how, tell you | did not
believe you. Before | bad this matter
settled with reference TO my tdture
existence the question almost worried
me into ruined health. The anxleues
men have upon this subject put to-
gether would make martyrdom. This
is a state Of awful unhealthiness.
There are people who fret themselves
to death for fear Of dying. l want TO
take the strain Of your nerves and
the depression of your SOUL ana
make two or three experiments. Ex-
pertinent first: When you 90 out OF this
world. il does not make any difference
whether you have been good or bad,
whether you believed truth or error,
you will 20 straight TO glory. I'M
possible" you say. My common sense
as well as my religion teaches that the
bad and the good cannot live together
forever. You give me no comfort IN
that experiment" Experiment the sec
ond: When you leave this world, you
will 20 into an intermediate state,
where you can get converted and pre-
pared for heaven. "lnpossible.' you
say. "As the tree falleth. so must IL
lie, and | cannot postpone to an inter-
mediate state reformation which ought
to have been effected in this state"
Experiment the third: There Is no fu-
ture world When n man dies, that is
the last Of him. Do not worry about
what you are to do in another state OF
being. You will not do anything. I'm
possible" you say. There is some-
thing that tells me that death Is not
the appendix. but the preface 10 life.
There is something that tells me that
on this side Of the grave | only get
started and that | shall 20 on forever.
Ny power to think says forever my
affections say forever my capacity
to enjoy or suffer. forever
The Healing Balm.
Well you defeat me in my three exT
periments. | have only one more to
make. and il you defeat me In that
am exhausted: \ mighty One on
knoll back Of Jerusalem one day. the
skies filed with forked lightnings and
the earth filed with volcanic disturb
ances. turned his pale and agonized
face toward the heavens and said: Il
/ take the sins and sorrows Of the ages
into my own heart. | am the expia-
ton. Witness earth and heaven and
hell. am the expiation." And the
hammer struck him. and the spears
punctured him. and heaven thundered:
! "Ihc wages OF hlu - h'"'H'
that slnneth. il shall die" Il Will oy
no means clear the guilty" Then there
was silence for half an hour ana tne
lightnings were drawn back into the
scabbard Of the sky. and the earth
ceased to culver. and all the colors OF
the sky began to shift into rainbow
woven out Of the falling tears OF Jesus
and there was red as Of the bloodshed-
ding. and there was blue as OF the
bruislng. and there was green as OF
the heavenly foliage, and there was
orange as OF the day dawn, and along
the line OF the blue / saw the words.
"I was bruised for their iniqultes'
and along the line Of the red | saw the
words. "The blood Of Jesus Christ
cleanseth from all sim" and along the
line of the green saw the words "Ihe
leaves OF the Tree Of Life for the heal
ing Of the nations" and along the line
OF the orange | saw the words Inc
day spring from on high hath visited
u.s." and then | saw the storm was
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