The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-08
syCoSD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

sin with Christ we may rise with him IN
CORY forever.
sgCoND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
At th,s Church yesterday morning the
/ Rev. James ID. Motfatt delivered r very
intera, ling sermon from the forty -second
chapter Of Job and part of the twelfth
/ versa: $50 the Lord blessed the latter end
] of Job more than his beginning In
! the history o. Job are TO be found . great
many interesting lessons for our study,
and especially in the debate between job
and his friends These three persons are
IL be regarded ss his friends for the FcG-
son that they had como q great distance
10 try to comfort and console hiih, but
they did this from wrong principle.
Whilst many of the things that they SAID
unto him seemed 10 be intended for COM
tort, vet the most Of what they said was
recorded By JOB rs reprosCh. They
looked upon Jobs Affections as being the
result of his SIN in the sight OF God, rs
they accepted tho principle that suffering
was always the direct result OF sin. They
tried TO make him Ccn.es sins that no
had never committed, but in his responses
to them be distinctly declared he up
Brightness and refuted the principles
from which they spoke 20 him. And al
though JOB gave vent to complaints
agains. God, h, all the while held fast
b S faith in Him. The sdmonltion Job
snd ni, friends received from the hands
of the young man Eihu must have been
to thor own benefit, and Is also well
worthy of our study. The whole sum OF
his speech brings us to the important
TACT that Gods purpose IN punlshlng the
righteous ie for their OHn good and TO
bring them nearer TO Him, and thus 1t IS
that lie causes GOOD TO come out Of evil.
By these things we realize, as JOB did,
the greatness and wisdom OF the
Almighty. After job humbled him
self, look what blessings were brought
down upon him. $50 the Lord blessed
the latter end Of Job more than the be-
ginning" We can by the g words IN
derstand why the Lord sfilicted BIN go.
1t is not for An example 10 others that
suffering comes upon US, but for our own
benefit also. We shCuld not judge the
righteousness or wickedness OF men by
the amount OF Gfiliction they endure IN
this world. Let them wait patiently
and they will be rewarded,
DISCIPLES CHURCH.
Rev. 0. p. Miller, pastor, presched
last night to q larger audience than
usually assemblies on Monday night.
The service in the morning was also well
attended. The theme 81 night WAS tue
knowledge OF Pardon" The knowledge
Of the remission Of sins transcends al
other kaowleige. \ knowledge Of the
remission of sins is not only one of III
formation, but it is important
for timo and eternity. We
sometimes coafoaud the knowledge Of
rem ss.on with the knowledge Of conver-
sion. Considering the meaning OF the
word IN Its true sense conversion IS one
thing and pardon another. Conversion
Is work of our own and pardon the
work Of God.
The scrip.Uyal meaning Of the word
convert Is simply to turn-to turn from
simple life to "A Christian life-and Is the
work Of the sinner himself. All the words
and sayings Of the Savior point TO this
fact.
Pardon of sin must be performed by God
alone. Redeemed, pGrdoned, justified, in
ail these words the same great meaning
prevails.
When we are described sometimes in
the Scriptures rs being under the bondage
sin. When We feel that we have been
released from lha bondage, 1t is proper
to say that We have been redeemed.
When by the Gospel we are
forgiven our offences lie returns
to us ard there Is 70 division
between God and US. When we
consider that through the blood Of the
Lamb we are pardoned our guilt we are
said to be justified. Blessed be the lord,
the knowledge Of pardon may dawn upon
every sinner. There can be but one of
three ways IN which we can know we
are pardOncd. II must be by the voice
of God speaking to him. He did this on
several occasions when He was on earth.
One of these occasions was TO
the thief on the cross. Second,
by means of the Holy Spirit who
shall say to the heart o! the sinner, Thy
sins be forgiven thee. But we have no
scripturgl authority Tor such q promise.
Inspiration means y knowledge I'M
parted by God to man. which he never
knew before. Third it is that when the
plain cond tons which God has laid
down arc complied with. These must be
acc, pied with the whole heart. And I'M
les, We do believe when we have COM
Cd VITA the cor dit.ons We are ptrdoned,
NJ