Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-08


closet such as but few men have had to
lock away, and the whole world about
him knew it was there just as well as he
did who kept the key. 1t was woeful
piece of business, look at it as you will,
and has survived all these ages to point
the sneer to the scofier and TO brand the
man with ineXtinguishable shame. Cow
per was not more sensitive, nor George
Herbert, than this matchless Hebrew
singer was when his bitter heart
woke up within him, and no man that
ever lived was more resolute to call
things by their right names. Nor can
we make more fatal blunder than to
suppose that the pain and shame laid
lightly on his soul as time wore on, or
that he could consent for an instant to
say that another must bear his burden
and leave him TO walk with the saints in
white. He was too honest man to ask
for such easy terms of release or to do
anything but just to take the penalty,
which, because "he was most noble and
a king" must come, in part through the
shame he felt when he went into the
house of the Lord with those who had
clean hands and pure heart. He knew
what we all can know; that the true
peace for the sinner is in the sanctuary,
where the white holiness of Gods truth
can shine clear through our transgres-
sions, and we can strive, through the
pains of repentance, tn be better men.
On the steps OF the altar he found the
strength for striving and was smitten by
the sorrow which blooms at last into
Joy. He no doubt must have struck the
experience of another and a worse king,
who said to one of his chaplains,
"When / hear your brethren preach |
am apt TO fall in love with the preacher;
but when | hear you fall sadly out of
love with myself"
The man must find some place where
God would find him, and bid his prophet
Scourge him and rub the salt OF heav-
ems own truth into the wells and so
hurt and heal by the same divine pro-
cess. He could not afford, as things
stood, to herd with those who make a
mock at sin or roll it like a sweet mOrsel
under the tongue or to rest in the sur
mise that this is only priests talk after
all, when some grand cross is hurled
againsta great transgreSsion Ito argue
that if dirt is merely matter in the
wrong place in the moral kingdom rs it
is in the material, YOU may cart it
around the corner before YOU get there
and so make the odds even. ! say this
man was too honest to tolerate any such
refuge of lies, and too brave to care
what the Pharisee might have to say in
such a case about the publican. He
went TO the house of the Lord when
this was his trouble, as YOU 90 to the
good doctor, in the assured faith that he
will pull you through; and SO glad to
20, though he knew it would hurt like
fire. 1t was the only way left him out
OF the trouble, and "better the knife to-
day than modification tomorrow" He
knew he should find pitiiul hearts there
and God-like sympathy, and prayers
blended with his own for a new life and
the end Of all his pain.
"When ON tine glimmerng limit far withd avn
God makes himself an awful rise OF dawn
A Daniel Brought to Judgment
Little Daniel Maxwell was the name
OF the naughty child whom Officer Ha-
ley found Decorating the Sabbath by
flinging stones in East Fourteenth street.
When in the course OF this eXhilarating
pastime he had broken a gtocery-store
window and almost manned couple OF
bypassers he was taken into custody and
Yesterday appeared in the Jefferson Mar
ket Police Court.
my young friend" said His Honor,
sternlv, lit will never do to let you cut
up in this fashion. Don't You know bet
ter than TO be fooling about on the Sab
bath day Answer me that"
But the small prisoner only said,
"Boo-hoO."
"Come, tell me quick. Don't you 90
tc Sunday School ?'
"N-n-no-sir.'
"You don't ? That's odd. But your
mother tells YOU to be a good boy, and
she teaches YOU to say your prayers,
don't she ?"
81 bunno.'
con, yes you do. Tell me what she
does on going to bel ever night"
"Sh-she SHORES" sobbed the pris-
oner."
There was a litter, ami His Honor
looked a triile disconnected, but he said
"Oh, | don't mean on lying down.
What does she do before that ?'
The prisoner looked up through his
tears.
"Goes through the old mans pock-
cts" he said.
He was committed as incorrigible,
PROSECUTING the Jews.
The Episcopal church of the diocese
of New York city has a society for the
promotion OF Christianity among the
Jews, and the society congratulates it.
self upon the success OF it's past years
work. 1t is rejoiced to find a decadence
of religion among the Jews, which looks
a little queer, since both Christians and
Jews profess to worship the same All
Father. The report does not state how
many Jews were converted to Christi
anity by the labors OF this society during
the year, but it does state that eight
of Jewish parentage were bap-
TIED. They were children OF a mission
school, who never had any advantages
of home education. They had only
s, S67 to work with, vet they employ
ell two missionaries, and bought Bibles
and printed tracts for distribution. One
of the missionaries intruded himself in
to many Jewish families, and thus visit !
ed 100 Jews who listened to him re-
specially. The Jews do not proselyte,
but il they did, 1t would he interesting |
to witness the reception OF Jewish |
rabbi who would visit unlimited a
Christian family to promulgate the law |
Of Moses and the prophets.
Stealing Sermons.
Apropos of Dr. Lorimer's case, lions |
Herald SAYS: We heard OF one of our
excellent Methodist ministers, the other |
day, who, on a certain Sabbath morning /
frankly told his people he had just been |
reading a very impressive sermon Of DIR.
r. S Storrs, and he proposed to preach
all its thoughts over to them in his own
language and style. 1t was considered |
an exceedingly profitable morning ser
vice, and was very much enjoyed. The .
honest minister gained much by his .
irankness. The most amusing fact .
about it was, that gentleman in the
came to him, after the close of .
the service, and told him that he heard
DR.. Storrs, himself, preach the original
sermon, and he wanted to say, that on
the whole, he had enjoyed it best as
presented in the plain and very earnest
manner OF the minister that morning.
David Swing heartily accepts DIR. Lori
mer's explanation OF unconscious assim-
lntinn DIOR nnr.n1rt - he saNs Owe hn.