The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-01-15
FARMvILLE, VA, FRIDAY, JANUARY Is, 1904.

tnougn they were able 10 ngnty touch
them. But when winter came, then
the Billiards had wrists punched with
muscles. With the strong touch OF mu-
slcal masters they began TO run the
gamut Of every scale. Accompanied by
the shrieklngs Of the tornadOes, the
strings Of the castled towers began TO
vibrate and send forth the sweetest Of
melodies. God sounds his sweetest
notes upon the harp strings Of our spir-
itual hearts when we seem to be the
most weak and helpless.
God will bless the Christian workers
Of the present generation because
Christ has emphatically and distinctly
promised that by the weak things Of
this world God shall confOund the
mighty. That means that no child Of
God is too young to lead sinners TO the
cross; no Christians arm is too weak
TO WELD a sickle in Gods harvest field;
no lip is too dumb TO utter a farreach-
ing prayer, If that lip only belongs to
a true disciple Of Jesus Christ
God will bless the old as we'll as the
young Oh, how often In religious
work | have heard this excuse given:
Il believe that / ought to give myself
up TO religious work, but the trouble is
/ am too old. / have wasted the best
part OF my life. l am too old to start
life over again" Some people may
think you are right in your decision; l
do not. Even now there may be
glorious time for you, oh, man, oh,
woman, If you will start in Christian
work just at the present time. | do
not believe IL is too late for you TO
start to serve Jesus Christ; not too
late even though for you the hour
hand Of the clock Of time may be
pointing TO the twelfth hour and the
minute hand TO five minutes of u
o'clock.
How old was Moses when he began
TO lead forth the children Of Israel into
the wildernessf Was he a young MANI
No. His hair must have been white
His skin. must have been wrlnkled
Michael Angelo's wonderful chisel has
cut him i'm stone ms a giant. There
Moses sits I'm the Roman capital to-
day. with arms and back knotted in
with beard tossed Of a tenn
pest. with features swarthy enough
10 frown down any mob and with fists
like a sledge hammer. But with all
Of Michael Angeles genius he could
not change the facts His chlsel had to
make Moses an old man. He had al |
most passed his eightleth milestone Of |
.lfc when he went forth TO liberate the |
children Of Israel from Egyptian slav- |
Fry. How old was Joshua when the /
mantle Of the dead Moses fell upon his /
shoulders? He had already passed his /
fourscore years and FIVE. He was al /
ready pressing on toward his nine
.leth milestone. SO God has for you
md me. If we only throw ourselves
upon his mercy. a mission Of Christian
isefulness.
BY an ex-member Of my church can
prove how God can bless a redeemed
lie which has been cursed by many
-ears Of sin. Some time ago a poor
woman attended the services Of the
.hurch Of which l was pastor She
Wished TO join, but the members Of the
ession were very much in doubt about
citing her IN She had been for fifteen
ears a dissolute character. Her face
vas SCARED and scanned with her past
She had by her side
Irunken husband and two flthily
.ressed children. The session talked
With her and at last decided TO place
.er on probation for six months. At
he end Of six months she again want
d TO Join the church. and Of course we
Omitted her. A short time after that
yoman moved away and left our
hurch. couple Of years ago that
roman called upon me. At first l did
ot know her Not only had the grace
( God cleansed her face but the marks
( dissipation had almost entirely left
er countenance. Though she had not |
That the average artist might call
eautful face, she certainly had a |
ood. honest. noble. Holy Spirit inspired I
nee. Her whole life was changed. It {
-as now a Christian life Of conse-
rated usefulness. Oh, my brother and '
ster. no matter how old you may be '
nd how many wasted years are be- |
ind. shall not God inspire you and lift {
on up as he changed that woman's
fel Shall not the divine power guard 4
our remaining days as Moses and 2
lives were protectedi d
Nearly every royal order has a royal C
lslgnla. In Germany one. Of the most Y
Of orders was that started
= King William called 'the order OF
ie Iron Cross" Would that today the
King, instead Of an earthly
)tentate, might place over your heart
he sign Of the Iron Cross" May II ~
rove that in his name you have work -.
and will continue to work divine =
Onders. Saved by grace, may you al L
ays continue to spiritually bless the
res Of your fellow men. y