Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-06

often quite ready to sympathize with
those who take depressing views OF hu-
man life; hut there is another and a
brighter side to all this. 1t is wonder.
iul how much enjoyment is TO be found,
AFTER ali, under the most depressing
earthly circumstances. With all the in
dsscribatle wretchedngss oi a slaves
LIE, they were proverbially joyial and
happy people. In families where sor-
row comes with its most terrific blasts,
there are more hours Of genial sunshine.
The happiest man We ever visited was
one who had been bed-ridden for seven.
teen years, and n dreadful sufferer from
InhamatOry rheumatism. A good Be-
ing has 80 constituted US that in all con-
dItlOns We can lind comfort, and that
the very triumph over trouble and pain
becomes the occasion OF spiritual ex-
altatlOn.-
Miscellaneous
The salvation Army queer as it is
in its makeup and methods, is nov re-
cognized in England, as an eyangeli-
cal agency Of considerable power.
Booth, the leader, has been at work for
fourteen years, although in a compare
lively obscure way until two or three
years ago. lie is tall, dark, spare and
angular, with shaggy and gristlv beard,
piercing little eyes and enormous Ro-
man nose. lie is nervous, earnest and
bold. He has none OF the gifts or graces
of the style Of oratory which is admired
in refined circles; but is a powerful
speaker in his rough way when he has
an audience Of working people in sym
patty with him. His followers are
managed in military fashion. There
are one hundred aud twenty-five corps,
with station for each, and one hundred
and eighty officers. They endeavOr to
preach the Christianity OF the Bible and
to be in harmony with all gospel Chris
tians, while they make no organic union
with any. An official gazette called the
War-Cryis issued more or less regular
~. IL bristles with martial expressions,
and is full Oi the notion OF marching on
the devil and annihilating his forces
With all that is queer and odd in Booth
and his co-wOrkers, he seems to be hon
est and practical, as well as desperately
in earnest in regard TO the conversion OF
the poor, for whose good he labOIs.
The current skepticism, that Chris.
tiauity Is Scientific religion, confined
to certain races, to which it properly be-
longs, while il is only delusion to sup
pose that it fits all races, in every stage
Of their development. is sufficiently an
swered in the actual facts Oi the case
Christianity has found its trIumphs and
shown its fruits IN every nation and
tribe upon the globe, and it's results
have been, IN every case, the same.
Virtue. social order, prosperity, blessed.
ness, the elevation aud improvement, ia
all respects, Oi the human lie, are the
uniform and exclusive Inheritance Of
those who receive the gospel. -Stiys's
Christian Nissiors.
4 story is told OF good old Father
Sewell oi Maine, who, when once asked
to head the deyotions Of the meeting in
a monthly concert otprayer Tor the con
version OF the world. arose, and alter
iumbling IN his trousers pocket Tor Il
coin, at last brought it out, and handed
II b. the presiding officer Of the occasion,
saying--as ii to himself -sOtto yOce, the
while: II can't pray till I've given
something
II is always easy 10 find subject 10
quarrel about, and almost always easy
to iad person Hho is just hot.temPer-
cd enough 10 give you a good opportuni-
~. With subject and person at hand
the way is open to make life rs disagree
able rs possible and you can feed on hot
words until your moral digestion is
spoiled W. have noticed that in every
quarrel il is the reply and
not the assertion which makes the
trouble. The man who gets mad can.
not possibly have good time until he
can get second person mad also, and II
hc succeeds in that the two hav, very
ENJOYABLE season. When man says
biting thing % you il YOU can only get
your tongue between your teeth aud
hold there for a few minutes the storm
purteuts will pass away; but II, on the
other hand, You are determined g. give
as good as is sent a rivalry Immediately
begins, and you become hot, fcyerish
aud unreasonable. The oil negro was
right who said that thc reason why a
certain quarrel VAS settled was that one
81 the parties KEEP on akin pertinent
questions and de oder KEEP on sayin'
nothin' an that, he added, will settle
a big difficulty quickcr'n anytain else
\ sunny, hopeful disposition is about
~ valuable Kilt as Providence ever
vouchsalys n man. There are those
who make iiic one continuous howl or
gruwI, aud there are those who begin
and end their career under the impress
sion that life is a kind Of practical joke
which destiny is playing on mankind.
Between these two extremes is small
class OF men and women, who know
both how to be grave and how 10 be
gay, who bear a trouble when 1t comes,
aud enjoy a bit Of good fortune when
ever II makes its appearance. In this
temperate zone the best FRAT grows.
Life is. alter all, about what you are de
terminel TO make II, aud there is very
little use in signing all day
Oh. lille j. q toll. aud life Is trouble,
And beauty will babe and riches viii flee;
Aud pleasures they iwin lie, sud prizes they
AMI nothing Is what could wish 10 he.