The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-11-02
FARMyITLE. VA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER .. 1900.

but. ] remark again. that ihe grace o
God is ike The salt in its prcsesyaiiv'
quality. You know thai salt absorb.
de moisture OF articles OF food aud iu
fuses them with brine. which preserves
them for "a long while. Salt is the
great antiputreiacior OF the world
EXperimenters. in preserving food
have tried sugar and smoke ard air.
tight iays and everything else. but IL.
long as The worl0stlnds lhrist's words
will be- sugg stive. and men vii! admit
that as great proservaiive "salt is
good" lu, for the grace OF God the
earth would have become stale car
cass long before this. That e,ac, is he
only preservative Of laws anG constitu-
x.sns and Hteratures. just as soon as
government loses this salt of divine
grace il perishes. The philosophy OF
this day. SO far as it is artagon.stic 10
this religion. putrefes and ssinks. The
great want of our schools of learning
end our institutions Of science to-day
is, not more Leydcn jars and galvaric
batteries and spectroscopes and phil
osophical apparatus. but more of that
grace that will teach our men OF
science that the God Of the universe is
the God of the Bible. How strange il is
that i'm all their magnificent sweep of
the telescope they have not seen the
morning star of Jesus and that in all
their experiments with light and heat
they have not seen the light and felt
the warmth of the sun of Righteous
ness We want more OF the salt OF
Gods grace in our homes, in our
schools i'm our colleges. in our social
life. in our Christianity. And that
which has it will live; that which has
it not will die. proclaim the tenden-
cy of everything earthly to putrefac-
tion and death-the religion Of Christ
the only preservative.
Ny subject is one Of great congratu-
lation to those who have within their
souls this gospel aniiseptic This salt
willpreserve them through the tempta-
tions and sorrows Of life and through
the ages Of eternity. do not mean to
say that you will have a smooth time
because you are a Christian. On the
contrary, if you do your whole duty, l
viii promise you rough time. You
march through an enemy's country,
and they Will try TO double up both
fanks and to cut you of from your
source Of supplies. The war you wage
will not be with toy arrows, but sword
plunged TO the hilt and squirting on
your steed over heaps of the slain. But
l think that.God omnipotent will see
YOU through. think lie will. Butwhy
90 7 talk like an atheist when ! ought
to say know He will? kept by the
power Of God through faith unto COM
plete salvation"
When Gov. Geary, Of Pennsylvania,
died. years ago. / lost a good friend.
He impressed me nightly with the
horrors of war. In the eight hours
that we rode together in the cars he
rscited to me the scenes through
which he had passed in the civil war.
He said that there came one battle
upon which everything seemed TO
pivot kilograms from Washington
said that the life of the nation de-
pended on that struggle. lie said TO
me: II went into that battle, sir,
with my son. His mother and
thought everything Of him. You
know how a father will feel toward
his son who is coming up manly and
brave and good. Well, the battle
opened and concentered, and it was
awful Horses and riders bent and
visited and piled up together. II was
lwful sir We quit firing and took
% the point of the bayonet. Well,
ir. ! didn't feel like myself that day.
had prayed to God for strength for
hat particular battle, and went into
{ feeling that / had in my right arm
he strength Of ten giants" And as
he governor brought his arm down
N the back of the seat It fairly made
he car tremble. We'll" he said. "the
,attle was desperate, but after awhile
We gained a little, and we marched
N little. l turned round to the
roops and shouted Come on,
,oysn and stepped across a dead
and, 10, it was my son!
aw at the first glance he was dead,
nd yet 1 did not dare TO stop a min
tie. for the crisis had come in the
,attle So | Just got down on my
nees. and I threw my arms around
i'm, and | gave him one good kiss
nd said, Good-by, dear and sprang
p and shouted Come on. boys'"
% II is I'm the Christian confetti is
fierce fight. Eternal ages seem de-
ending on the strife. Heaven is
-aiting for the bulletins TO announce
he tremendous issue. Hail Of shot,
ash OF saber. fall Of battle ak. groan-
ng on every side. We cannot stop
or loss or bereavement or anything
lse. With one ardent embrace and
ne loving kiss we utter our fare
-ells and then cry: Come on. boysl
here are other heights to be cap
nrcd: there are other foes TO be con-
uercd; there are other crowns TO be D
-on."
Yet. as one Of the Lords surgeons,
must bind up two or three wounds.
ust lift them now, whatever they be.
have been told there IS nothing Ike /
alt TO stop the bleeding of a wound,
nd so | take this salt Of Christ's
ospel and put it on the lacerated
oul. It smarts n little at first, but
.e-the bleeding stops, and, 10, the
esh comes again as the flesh Of a
tile child. "Salt is good" Comfort