The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-21

April is, 1879. !
Special report forihs TutellIgeneer.
The annual spring meeting Of the Pres.
bytery Of West Virginia convened in the
beautiful new Presbyterian Church in this
town, this evening at Z o'clock. After
singing by the choir, the Moderator, Rev.
James Il. Flanagan, of Grafton, prayed,
and announced the 2l6th hymn. The
Rev. ]. B. Dickey, Of Morgantown, read
one Of the Psalms, aud addressed the
Throne Of Grace. Mr.. Dickey is a fine
reader, and well did he render the Scrip.
ture lesson. The 975th hymn was an.
uounced by the Rev. Loyal Young, D. D., Of
Parkersburg. The Moderator then de.
livered the sermon from the last clause OIL
the fifteenth. verse Of the nineteenth
chapter OF Proverbs-"The way Of the
righteous is made plain"
Below We give q short synopsis OF his
sermon, prefacing it with the reminder
that our cold, condescension does little JUS
tice to either the animated style, clear
enunciation, excellent articulation, or the
splendid rhetoric Of the reverend gentle.
man.
To secure success in our undertaking We
must have matnred plans. II we are about
to start on a journey, careful are we to
have our way well marked out; and often
1t is that the pleasure Of ajUurney is de-
stroyed by anxiety about the route. There
are two %ways-the way Of the righteous,
and that OF the wicked. Nie one is hard
and full Of Instructions; the other plair
and smooth. Some assert that the way oi
the righteous is hard and that he who
walks In the straight and narrow way
must give up many Of this life's real en-
joyments. But it is not 50. After cOnvers'
ion, one has new views Of life. Religion
is elevating. Like the light falling proper
ly on a beautiful picture, revealing all ia
delicate tints Of cUloring and its hidden
beauties, Is the light Of Gods cOuntenance
shining or the way OF the righteous.
The righteous man compares what he
was when an alien from God, with what
he IL after conversion. There was a time
when the world was his all. With con
version the light Of Heaven shines in or
his soul, aud there are new views OF life
aud OF God. Jesus, who before was Il
him as root out Of dry ground, having
neither form nor comelinesS, now BURST
In on his enraptured soul Us the chieiesI
among ten thousand, and the one alto
gether lovely.
Nor will he be left in ignorance OF whaI
to do. God is ever mindful OF him. He
will make it plain. Nothing overcomes
hIm-nU dUu6ls nor perplexiIes shall tri'
umph over him,-if he takes Gods word
0nly when We twist the worlds It that VI
get into intricacies.
The Heavenly Father gives no command
without direction for its observance. NJ
work Of His but that has It's reward. The
true child Of faith does not pick out here
and there from the Guide Book what HI
shall do. He takes 1t all, and, like Mary
he says 10 his soul, whichever he com
mandeth thee, do It.
The disappearance ofevil has no tavo,
inthe sight OF thetrue convert, He toleratei
no sln. AT the outset all convictions ant
all faculties are in full play, and they In
crease in strength as he goes on. Hi
strength to do increases with doing. AnC
1t is Gods love in the heart that make
Gods precepts plain and pleasant. Some
times God requires something to be done
the reason oil which we cannotComprehend
but 1t is simply 10 try our faith. Abraham
did not understand why he should sacri
flee his son Isaac, but we understand |
when we read OF him as the Father OF tn
Faithful. II is Gods to command, ours Il
follow. His to say march, ours to go for
ward. His TO give orders, ours to obey
Nor is It sufficient to profess conversion
and then idly sit down. 1t Is ours =
grow In grace day by day. add to you
faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge
and to knowledge, temperance; and I
temperance, justice; and to Justice, godlI
ness; and to ~godliness, brotherly kind
ness; and to brotherly kindness, charity.
Neither are we lett ip ignorance as
how weshall progress. "Watoha and pray,
: isthe precept. Not with a rush and sprfn
. are We to reach sanity perfection, but ste
by step.
The righteous mans way to others
made plain 100. ttea9es not receive graC
: to lock 1t up In his heart: He bears th
newsot mercy TO Others. Like the bIesse
Jesus, daily does he go about doing gooC
Jesus condescensionI teaches him to stoo
even to the plucking Of the foulest frol
the gutter, Thedeadly wilderness, Hisgri,
and tears, the midnight prayer on Ii
lonely mount, G%ethsemane, the cross On
C~alvary-these teach him selt.denial.
He becomes q co.worker with Chris
How momentous our mission! How lit
has been donel How much to dol
mans salvation Is not for his indivtdu
: self, but 70 enlarge his heart aud eau
him to help others, When Christ behe
our mission, he laid aside his heaven
rUhes and few 70 our relief. Then shl
. xe not labor fov others2 How inspiril
\. the thoughtth that He will accept our lRbO