The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-12-01
FARMvILLE, VA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1905.

your country n ricn neuIage or a IRE
sacrificed for duty's sakef" The young
lawyer George J.. IIoar. answers, Il
will" Senator IIoar lived and died
financially poor man.
l enter the study of the Veat French
author Zola. | say: ar Iola. there Is
a Young man. Alfred Dreyfus 10y name,
who has been uuiustly condemned and
sent 10 Devils island. lie never has
committed a crime; neither have bis
accusers brought forth one proof Of
crime. VIII you throw your Influence
against the ringleaders Of the French
amyg Will you be cursed and be cruci-
fed and sent TO prison for Justices
sake while you stab TO death the in
iquitlcs that are destroying the French
eoyernmcntW Emile ZOla answers, Il
will" ! go into the college class room
and say 10 some of the brightest stu
dents sitting there: Young men. will
YOU fiji Yourselves for service in for
eign missionary fields; VIII you give
your lives mp 10 God ana humanity
for q mere pittance of salary and be
separated from all the opportunities Of
wealth that YOU could win at the bar
or m the IQedical profession or behind
the merchants COUNTER No sooner
do ! speak than scores and hundreds OF
young men raise their hands and cry:
II Will II my God aud my country
need me. 1 ann ready to lay down my
life Zoo thcir service. / will. ! will'
Oh. the noble sacrifices for justice and
honor aud truth and Christ and coun-
try and home and loved ones We can
see Oh every hand. DO not these IN
spire Won and me TO answer "Ihe Call
Of the GoOd" DO they not bid you
say. Il will: yes. in Gods name, | will
live the higher sacritcial life for 9th
ersFr
But. after an, believe the greatest
call of the Good" comes from the teS-
tmony Of men and women who were
once, as wild beasts Of passion, roam
mg over the mountains OF sin. carrying
death and terror everywhere, but who,
by the grace Of God, have been COM
pletcly changed Their voice was once
the voice Of hate; now it is the voice OF
love Their eyes were once bloodshot
and their hands sharp claWed and their
teeth as cruel as the crooked beak Of a
hawk. ready 10 make its fatal plunge
into the heart of dove or lamb or fawn.
Now their eyes are eyes Of gentle
ness: their feet are like the great paws
of the noble 81. Bernard dogs of St /
Golhurd pass which the monks send
forth and which climb over the Alps TO
hunt for the lost and the dying travel
ers. These men and women. once cor
mpt. are now purified. once wild
beasts Of passion. now gentle as lambs,
they follow at the feet Of the Good
shepherd. aud they come to Ms aud say, |
"If the grace of God could change US
and save u~ the grace of God can spir-
uually change you If You will let it,
Not from the Jungle of sin to the jun
gle Of sin did they 20. but from the far
country of sin they came back as re-
deemed SON. and daughters TO their
fathers house. Not from man to beast,
but from evil monsters 10 Gods saint |
ship. has been their redemption. trans |
formation. tran~mipaiiou and spiritu-
alization.
The Call of the Good" in its high |
est development means The CAN to !
Come to Christ" ann not now ex-
tending this invitation 10 the saints,
hut to the siSners. NOT 10 the angels |
living m the white mansions Of the |
new Jerusalem or singing in the celes-
tial choir lofts. hut 90 the wild beasts |
of the human race-tO those who have |
wandered farther and farther away |
until they think that even Christ him
self has ceased 10 love them or 10 care |
for them. offer it not so much In |
the homes Of purity as upon the wild |
mountaln sides Of sin. I'm the thlckets |
of evil and in the cold bliZZardS Of de |
spair. Remember. Christ comes TO us
not so much as judge. but rs a |
Saviour. a rescucr. redeemer VIII
you listen 10 the "Divine Can Of the |
Goodg" Will you be purged with |
hyssop until you are cleanf VIII you |
be washed in the atoning blood until |
your garments become whittier than the
driven snowf
Men and women who. as wild beasts |
OF passion. are roaming over the hill |
sides OF sin. will you not heed this
divine mvliatlont VIII you let the
blood " am atoning Saviour be shed In
vain? From being a sinful, human
beast and spiritual outcast will you not |
be changed into one Of Christ's glori-
fed spirits ef earth and heaven, which
shall live under the divine benediction |
and dwell with your redeemed ones
forever and ever? The Call Of the |
Good" is here. Listen DO you hear
It? VIII You answer its summons
nowf
Jesus. take this heart OF mine.
Make lt pure and wholly thine.
Thou hast bed and died FOR me;