Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-01-17

| long ago, ringing uO"H INV "N.' "l
| fathprless children, ! will preserve them
/ alive; and let thy widows trust IN me.
Some one said to a very poor woman,
"How is it that in such distress you keep
cheerful" She said, 81 do it by what |
| call cross PRAYERS When | had my
| rent to pay, and nothing to pay 1t with,
| and bread to buy and nothing to buy 1t
/ with, | used to sit down and cry. But
now 1 do not get discouraged. Ii 20
! along the street, when | come to cor
ner O. the s'r ct, / say the Lord help
me- | then 90 on until come to an
! other crossing of n street, and again | say
! the Lord help me- And so utter Il
| PRAYER at every crossing; and since l
| have got into the habit OF saving these
| cross-prayers, have been able to keep
| up my courage
Learn again iron this that
People Sometimes are Surprised
10 find out that what they have been
struggling with in the darkness is really
/ an angel OF blessing, Jacob found IN
| the morning that this strange parsonage
was not an enemy but a GOd-dlspatch-
| ed messenger TO promise prosperity for
| him and for his children, and so many
a man at the close of his trial has found
| out tina, he has been trying to throw
! down his own blessing. II you are a
| Christian man, | will 20 back in your
history and find that the grandest
things that have ever happened to you
nave been YOUR trials. Nothing short
of scourging, imprisonment and ship
wreck could have made Paul what he
vas.
When David was fleeing through the
wilderness, pursued by his own son, he
WAS being prepared to become the
sweet singer of lslael. The pit and the
dungeon were the best schools ut which
Joseph ever graduated. The hurrl-
cane that upset the tent
and killed Jobs children prepared
the man OF IL to write the magnificent
poem that has astOunded the ages.
There is no way 10 get the wheat out OF
the straw but 10 thresh 1t. There is no
way to purify the gold but to burn it.
Look at the people who lave always
had their own way. They are proud,
dIsCOntented, useless and unhappy.
Ii You want 10 find cheerful folks, go
among those who have been purified 10y
the fire. After RoSSini had rendered
William Tell the five hundredth time, Il
company OF musicians came under his
window in Paris and serrnaded him.
They put upon his brow golden crown
oi laurel leaves. But amidst all the
applause and enthusiasm. ROssini turn
cd 10 a friend and said: 81 would give
all this brilliant scene for few days OF
youth and love" Contrast the melan-
Choly feeling Of RDssini, who had every
thing that this world could give him, to
the jDyiul experience Of Isaac Watts,
whose misiortunes were innumerable,
when he says:
Tho I;u oiZiun yields
\ thousand sacred sweets,
Before 49, 0varh the heavenly fields
or walk the golden streets.
Then lctour songs abound.
AUt every tcII ha dry,
Merchandising through Emmanuel ground,
To iurer worlds on high
1t is prosperity that kills and trouble
that saves. While the lsraeiltes were
on the march, amidst great privations
and hardships, they behaved well. After
awhile they prayed for meat and the sky
darkeuel with a large flock OF quails,
and these quallS fell in great multltudes
all about them; ana the lsraclites ate
and ate, and stuffed themselves until
they died Oh, my friends it Is not hard
shin. or trial, ,r starvation that injurrs
the soul, but abundant supply. 1t is
not tine
vulture Of Trouble
that eats up the Christian's life; it is tie
quails 1t is the quails. You will yet
ind out that your midnight wreSte by
the brook Jabbok is with an angel Of
God come down to bless and to save.
Learn again that, while our wrestling
with trouble may he triumphant, We
must expect that it will leave the mark
upon Us. jacob prevailed, but the angel
touched him and his thigh bone sprang
from its socket and the good man went
Iimping on MS way. We must carry
through this world the mark OF tie
combat What ploGshcd those prrma-
ture wrinkles in your face? What
whisrncd vOur hair before it was time
for iO-i? What si,euccd forever 50
much Of the hilarity Of your household?
Oh, it is because the angel Ol trouble
hath touched YOU, that You 20 lmpng
on your way. IoT need rot be surprist
that those wi O have passed through the
fire do not feel as gay as once they did. Do
not be out OF patience with those who
come not out Of their despOndeLcv.
They may triumph over their loss, and
vet their gait shall tell you that they
have been trouble touched. Are We
s,oics that We can, unnOvrd, see eur
cradle bervtt of the bright eyes and the
sweet lips? Can We stand unmovyd
and : e. orr .uIdcus OF earthly delight
uprouird@ viii Jesus, who wept him
| s.li. be augry with us il We pour our
tears into the graves tina, open to suaI'
! low down what We love best Was
IMzuus more dear To- !lm than our be-
| loved deaf 10 Us? No; We have rgkt
To weep. oar tears must come. Iuey
| iaIi into Cots bottle, Afflicted ones
| have died because th, Y could not weep.
/ Thank God ior tie sweet the mystrr
| ions relief that comes to us in teas,
Under this gentle rd the flowers OF
7 comfort put forth their boom. God
/ pity that dry, witheIed, pIcLcd, al. con
/ suuliug gIiel that wings its hants,
/ yrinds il. teeth aud bites is nails into
| tir uuick but cannot weep, We may
have found the C0miuIi OF the cross, and
We, ever after show thar in the dark
/ n;g t. and 10y the brook Jablok, We were
/ t.uub.c-tOuvAcd.
Again, We may take the idea Of the
/ ,xt aud announce the
Approach If the Day-Dawn.
No one was ever more glad to see the
morning than WAS Jacob, aflertha night
OF struggle. 1t is appropriate Tor phi
,anthrcpis,s and Christians TO cry out
with the angel OF the text: The day
bregkelh.' The worldly prospects are
Frightening Polery has had the strong
est props knocked out The tvrants Of
the earth are failing flat in the dust.
The church OF Christ is rising up in its
strength to 20 forth fair as the moon,
clear as the sun and terrible as an army
with banners" Clap your hands, all We
! people the day breaketh. The bigItries
OF the earth are Perishing! The time
was when We were told that If We want
ed 10 get to heaven We must be immers.
ed, or sprinklei, or we must believe in