The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-05-20
OUR SUNDAY COLUMN.
1t is better to die a sinner than to live

them to others
He who wants to do a greal at once
will never do anything
1t is more difficult to manage riches
well than to acquire them.
Those who have not suffered know
not what they have to gain. ... g..
The chariot of Gods providence run
meth not upon broken wheels.
The less man thinks or knows about
his virtues, the better we like him.
A covetous man is an enemy to the
poor, and is cursed both in this and the
coming world.
| would give nothing for that mans
religion whose very cat and dog are not
the better for it.
Many man breads throwing away
his life at once, who shrinks not from
throwing it away piecemeal.
Happy the man to whom heaven has
given morsel of bread without laying
him under the obligation of thanking
any other for it than heaven itself.
An avaricious man runs straight into
poverty He leads life of poverty
here below; but he must give the &C
count of a rich man in the day of judg-
ment.
Many there are who do not desire to
be made whole, because being made
whole would involve their losing their
present position in society. They do
not wish to part with their gains or
wicked companions.
\ holy life is made up of number
of small things. Little words, not elo-
quent speeches or sermons; little deeds,
not miracles, nor battles, nor one great,
heroic act or mighty martyrdom, make
up the true Christian life
Many men attend the Gospel to
secure themselves reputation, business
or friendship. This is trading in divine
things. And what is the hope of the
hypocrite, though he has gained, when
God taketh away his soul?
When men are most sure and AFRO
CANT, they are commonly the most mis-
taken, and have then given views to
passion, without the proper deliberation
and suspense which can alone secure
them from the grossest absurdities.
The American Seamens Friend So
ciety expended, for the year ending
May 5, S63,S30, or S3,470 more than
received; sent to sea 726 libraries, and
distributed 100000 copies of its peri
odicals. The year is regarded as one of
great prosperity.
Ifwomen will preach, and it is i'm
possible to doubt that they will, they
should be taught to preach well. SO
thought the late Abel Minard, who left
to Drew Theological Seminary, in New
jersey, 100000 with which to estab-
lish professorship for the specific pur-
pose of giving woman a theological
education.
Many persons are afraid Of their
trials 1t would be wiser to fear their
mercies. They are in more danger
from their friends than from their enc
mics; from their comforts than from
their crosses; from their health than
from their sickness. They often desire
our PRAYERS when they come into atflc-
ton, but they need them most when
they are coming out Of it, and are re-
turning into scenes of danger and
temptation again.
Every church has its patriarch
specially honored, and Hosea Ballou is
the patriarch of the Universalist church
in this country Whatever may be
thought of his opinions, it cannot be
denied that he was very remarkable
man. Born Of Baptist parentage, his
father having been a Baptist clergy
man, he early became convert to
Universalism, and commenced preach
inc it before he had attained his ma
jority. The country has probably
produced no man of greater power as a
a preacher. or whose influence has been
more widely felt in the history Of theo-
logical thought during the last fifty
years. Sunday, April 80, completed a
hundred years since his birth. No cir
cumstances more unfavorable to emf
nence in the ministerial profession can
well be imagined than those under
which he entered life. Of books and
schools he had almost none. He
learned to write by lying before the
kitchen fire, using birch bark as sub
stitute for paper, and Goals from the
hearth instead of pen or pencil; and
yet, despite these and similar advan-
tages, he became the founder, really,
of the Universalist church. His one
hundredth birth day was duly observed
by the Universalist churches all over
the United States.