Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-18

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| Though my feet found no repOse.
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Chambers Journal
The Curse Of These Times.
The mania for gambling, in one shape
or another, is one Of the worst evils oil
the time. Gambling with cards is
one of the least forms in which the de-
moralizing passion appears. Gambling
in railroad stocks, gambling in mining
stocks, gambling in grain, has taken
possession OF people OF almost all sorts
and all ages. The business on Change
is too largely strictly gambling bust
ness. The pool-roOms and so-called
''bucket-shops" which cluster about
the Boards Of Trade in all the
large cities are fagrantly immoral
and irightfully demoralizing. Public
sentiment ought to demand OF the
responsible civil authorities the en-
forcement Of the laws against gam
bling. Rev. II. A. Stimson, OF Min
neapolis. honored his position and rem
| dered valuable service TO the whole
community, by sermon winch ne
| preached on this subject, and which We
see published in full in the PiOnecr-PrcSs
of that city. The local occasion Tor the
preaching of the sermon was the rum
/ and sudden disgrace OF young man oil
talent and social position, and so much
of established character as had elevated
him to a position OF peculiar trust, who
| had been drawn on from step TO step 10
the betrayal Of his trust, and the inevl-
table utter degradation. The preacher
having defined what gambling is, and
the immortality of it, made these points:
First, when man resorts To other than
legitimate business To gain money, he Is
IN fact either gambler or thief; sec
ond. when community knowingly toll
crates forms of illegitimate business,
that is. business which is not Tor the
mutual benefit OF all engaged IN IT, 1t
condones either gambling or stealing, as
the case NAV be, and is partaker OF the
crime: third, for church To tolerate
wrong-doing i'm its membership, either
because il is widespread and respect
able, or because it is difficult TO detect
il. is to blink at immortality and to
prove unworthy OF its trust; fourth,
finally, the slightest acquaintance with
gambling shows that as Il temptation 1t
can only be successfully withstoOd at ITS
beginning.
The International Sabbath Lesson.
The most effective international So
cietv of our time is the Sabbath School.
The International Sabbath School les
sons are weaving nations into unity,
and creating a spirit which practically
makes one body of all evangelical de-
nominations. How it would have add
ed to the enthusiasm of Paul when he
went out OF the Ostian gate To die, II he
could have seen ten thousand times
ten thousand, in all nations and tribes,
and kindrcds, and tongues, sitting down
every sabbath day To the same lesson,
and at the Cape OF Good Hope, and at
the Yellow Sea, and in the Sandwich
Island, i'm Germany, and in France, and
in Italy, and on our own once deSoIate
shores, all uniting to study the same
boOk.-JO&ph Cook.
Prest. Thompson on 1.-The Soldierly Idea,
Rev. J. K. Thompson, OF the West
Virginia University, preached at Pitts
burgh, few days ago, a sermon on the
"Soldierly Idea" OF the New Testament,
from which the following is an extract;
As Christian soldiers we have many
ills to endure in life. There is poverty
10 be endured by some. Some Of us do
not know what poverty is. 1t Is poverty
when man knows not whence the win
ter's coal is to come; knows not whence
his next months rent Is tOCOme; knows
not whence the bread will come that is
10 feed the mouths of his little ones.
Some OF us may now or may in the fu-
ture be called upon to endure Ill health
and all the sutlerings incident thereto.
Some of us may now or may in the tu-
ture be called upon to endure success.
In is a remarkable fact that every sue
cessiul man, whether preacher lawyer,
banker or politician, becomes the target
of many unsuccessful men. Let Us take
two instances. II will not be denied that
Ulysses :. Grant has been a successful
man i'm the Republican party, neither
can il be- denied that he has been the
target of unsuccessful men. 1t will not
h, denied that Samuel j. Tilden has
been Il successful man i'm the Democrat
ic party; that to-pay he is the most con-
spicuOus object in American politics
The proof of this is the tact that ne is
the best abused man in the Democratic
marty to-day. Some successful men
when they have become the targets of
the cnvious begin 20 whine, and many
Of them 20 down. And so they should.
The successful man who begins to
whine when the assaults Of the envlous
are made upon him is not worthy of fur
ther success. For my part | honor the
silent man of the White House for eight
years and the silent leader o. the Demo
cratic party. The assaults upon them
have only been met with silence; they
have both been able to withstand the
assaults of the envious. You may be
called upon to endure loneliness OF
heart in your good work 1t Is your duty
to endure il.
Economical Interments.
Canon Heare presided at the recent
meeting Of the Funeral and Mourning
Reform Association, which was formed
not long ago at Sheffield under the preSi-
dency OF the Bishop of Sodor and Man
to encourage the adoption OF such Oh !
servances only as were consistent with !
hope of resurrection 10 eternal life and |
to discourage all icasting and treating on
the day of intermcnt and useless or eN- |
travagant expenditure in the coffin or |
the wearing OF mourning. Unmeaning |
pomp and dismal pagentry, the assoCia- |
ton holds, intiict severe hardship on /
persons Of limited means, and neither /
mitigate grief nor manifest respect. The /
association recommended that econo- .
INV and simplicity nv studied and care.
fully exercised by mourners in all ranks /.
OF society; that the coffin be of light con-
strucIiOn and free from unsuitable orna-
mentS: that simple car and bier are /
preferable 10 q hearse; that carriages in 1
ordinary use bee engaged instead OF /
mourning coaches; that cloakS, scarfs, |
hatbands and plumes be dispensed with; |
that the interval between the decease |
and interment be limited when possible |
TO three or four days; that it is more in /
accordance with the words used, "earth |
to earth, dust to dust, TO bury, not in
vault, but in the earth itself, with no |
brickwork TO delay the action of nature; /
and that band OF black cloth upon the
arm is a striking and sufficiently mani |
fest outward emblem of a death having /,
tatan nlace in the family
Unearthing Pharaoh - Able Meigne's 4
Plan for Verifying the Biblical Record.
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