Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-05-09
;S0ROUGH CHRISTIANS.
,u,Se As MASTERY RE-
N'''I IaEAT" IN RELIGION
,...,,,. uOon Christian Life Only the
r lnu.,to .7,.,,,ioo Of Grace in the Heart
y, S'.d . xors to Sc Done Before the
" Glorious Harvest Home
,.,r,sDns1Alk8Y YRfV. TALsAss

,-a. D ''' Nyw YoRE, May s.
memorable DAY in the
''J .r,r Tabernacle. Three "nndred
-. p,u meu,b r. we're received.
rJ,,,r gave thrm the right band
.l,o.~bip as they stood in the aisles
n. presence Of an immense lnrOns ?,
nv ~ There we're many elerRymen
~ ~. rls,iorm, which was adorned
- s,ssrs. over live hundred per
- i've been converted during this
lin the Tabernacle. The mem
''.,-, ga. 25sl, which shy far the
',,' -, Presbyterian membership in the
So o,,bs sermon-"Phorough Chris
tians
g,,,,,,. yiy.. Is: $50 iOrvsrt
I..,,,lv retreat" is a term often
= ir military circles but IN renS'Oh
:. n, surh thing. IL IS either glo-
80 s,',,,nr,. or di,gracetul and lynon-
i,I.iny back. | address the more
-,", go hundred members added to-
..i' ,rj ;nI-rJ al Christians, IN the
owen to the Israelites by the Lord
.Jugn Moses;
60 Forward"
. ,,,Il ba q strange thing II all our
-. about men ceased the moment
go. -, -, converted. You would al
,,;, -, jonh, the sanity OF that farmer
xbo having planted the corn and seen
80, s,run, above ground, should say;
M =, 49,. IS mn done. have no more
..r;s,y 80 ior the field" No, there IS
-. 80. ,r the plos and the hoe, and
~, - o,r.t he q careful keeping up OF
-. isnce4, and there must be fright
.r,g, aGav oi the birds that would pu-
IN. i.li. And say the entrance
In Christian life Is only the impisnta-
~, oi GRACE in the heart. There ~
..,r.s. hari work vet to be done, and
r-,bap, many years OF anxiety before
her. shall be heard the glorious shout
oi harvest home The
Beginning 70 be ChE stan
| /. only putting down the foundation;
m. ai,er tha, there are years OF ham
---inr. polishing, carving, lifting, be-
~. the structure is completed. Ii takes
r. wears 70 make christian character;
axes twenty years, it takes forty
,s,-s. Il takes seventy years, ii a man
| Ian live - long. In other words, a
N diving after half century OF chris
an experience feels that he has only
.uaaI the "A B C's" of a glorious
2asbe,. Il is May now in the natural
s5rI The May blossoms will soon
,s,ter. but the pumps are busy in the
.,s,s. the apple tree and the pear tree
.,l the plum tree, sending forth fOun-
s-qs Of HE that will after a while, hang
q in luscious fruit. And so It iS IN
r. hearts Of many OF you this Nav
rorning. The May blossoms OF your
=, experience will scatter, and We are
lsyious,y Watching whether all those
vrng blossoms will show themselves
,he grand. ripe, glorious fruit OF chris
| .la character. The mex year VIII
| .ylle great deaf ia your
story, Young christian man lt
4 81. decide whether you are TO be a
urning AMI sIlning lightO1 tne church,
I'D spark Of gia e covered up in a bar
n. D, ashes. IL will decide whether YOU
irp % be- a strong maa in Christ Jesus,
NthgigsnJic D OSS striking the iron mail
oi darkness. ur a b.dxarisd, whining,
gumbIug soldier. that ought to be
drummri ont %, the Lords camp with
the "Eogues Marcia You have only
ust been launched; the voyage IS to be
male. Earth and heaven and he'll are
Va ching tn see how tast Won will sail,
how well YOU will weather the tempest,
and whether At las, amid the shou ing
Oi the angels, YOU suaii come IutO the
right har5or. May God help me this
morning 10 give YOU three or four words
Of Christian counsel, as | address my
se'i more especially 10 those who have
Is, now entered the Christian life.
My first word o. counsel is, hold be-
lore your soul a
Very High Model
Do not say: ii wish | could pray like
that man, or speak lisk this man, or
have the cOnseCrltiOn OF this one say;
Here is the Lord Jesus Christ, a per.
ryt pattern. BY that mean with Gods
/ S'ace 10 shape all my lie la other
sorls, YOU will never be any more a
Christian than you strive 20 be. IL YOU
build foundation 10 by 80 feet YOU
sll only have small house ID YOU
o1lda foundation 100 by 100 feet YOU
Si., hayea large house. Ii you resolve
% be only a middlng. Christian, yOu
Ill only be- a middhng Christian. II
y5u have no high aspiration in worldly
direction YOU ", ! never succeed in bust.
nrSS. YOU have no high aspirations
IN religious things you will never succeed
IN religion. You have a Iight To
aspire 10 the very highest style Of chris
hAn character. From yuur feet their
reaches out a path Of christian attain.
ment which you may take, aud DELHI.
erdlcly say that YOU NAV BE- a better
nan than was Paul, OF David. ~ sun
me'held, or DOddridge-a better woman
S'an Hannah Moore OF Charlotte Eliza
Oe'h. Way noJP Dad they have
monopoly Of christian grace? Did thev
nave private Key OF the stOrehOuse Ci
you mercy? Does God shut YOU out
nom the gladness and gD0dness 10 Wh;ch
they were introduced? On, nn You
nave Just the same promises. inst the
same Chrs,, JUS, the same HOLY Ghost.
inst The same offers OF present and ever
Asuhg love, and il YOU fall short Of
N"a' they were-aye, ii you do not
O9e up tottepolut which they reached
anu 70 beyond 1t, II is not because
Christ has Shut Youcut
nom any point OF moral and spiritual
s,sSauon, but because YOU deliberately
.e'uSeH 10 take Il. | admit that man
yaanot become a Christian ike that
Nshout a struggle; but what DO Won
So without fighting for ito The tort.
s o, darkness are to be taken by
Sso'h. sh. lou may by acute strategy
alnk IAN. The hosts OF temptation; but there
arc temptations, there are evils in The
say that you will have 10 meet face IA
'ASe, and u will be shot Tor shot. gun for
sln' grlp ior grip, slaughter Tor slaugb.
vi , Ihe Apostle Paul over and over
s<s9 sSAe represents the Christian life "a 4
sSS'no1I SS1I When the war vessel of the
tuairh OF Christ comes into glory
Sunslng Us crew and IT'S passengers i,
u hot come IN Ikea North river Yacht
;Auuiully painted and adorned. swing,
sTsI .nto the boat hon>e alter pleasure
vaSIu1. vaSurslon. Oh, nD. Ii will be like a
CWessel coming with a heavy car,n iror,