Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-26

spread the groves OF cacso, a~ r. y,,ent
hosts of the great frencni1ia9In ian one of
down through Egypt, ike one theorsb
I PSss; 0"" ike its fiercest ice blast.
NTp own. country has not been an
recantionI | appeal to the grave trench
,'nSer the shadow of Sebastopol; or turn
nc N India, / point you to fallen Det-
~ and Allahabad, to the inhnman oe
,,o,.s and the regiments of Havelock as the5
avenge the insulted flag OF britain. All
still later down until in our iallu III LII,
onnrnd and swallowed more than q lnllllVli
+ortbarn and southern dead. On the
Sorrori oh the pang. oh the blood! on tue
weary march! oh the agony! on the llaL-
t,,rdS,nI oh the death! Since the hrst trans
c;yreSsion the world has not been thorough
p ~ neace Wars feudal and civil, wars III.
- and international. buI
brighter than all this
Flash of Shells and Musketr5
7 boboId the light that fell upon the shep-
ID and Iouder than the bray OF trum-
Is and the neigh of chargers and the
Fash of cities. and the death groan Oh ar
,,;es 7 hear song unrolling from the SKY,
sweet as il all the bells Of heaven ruhS
iubilee. GLORY to God in the highest anu oii
earth peace and good Will to men. -
oh for that time when SWORDS smuu, 81 "
Ix>sSN &
" renown shall become good soldiers OF
Christ; and cannon that now strike down
whole columns to death, shall announce
the victories of The truth. When we think
of the universal conquest by Jesus, We are
apt TO look upon it as the conversion OF the
present number of the worlds inhabitants.
We forget that it is only partially inhabi-
ted The most of the earth is unCultivated.
II is estimated that in Europe three-fourth
of it is yet in baroness, and that on the en-
tire globe, 800 of the land is uncultivated.
Doubtless the most of this is yet to be cul-
tivated and inhabited, so that in these vast
tracts there will be room for still greater
gospel victories. Oh, what
Tears OF Repentance
when nations shall begin to weep! Oh
what supplications when continents shall
begin to pray, oh what rcjoicingS when
hemiSpheres begin 10 sing, Churches shall
worship where now smokes the blood OF
human sacrifice and wandering through
the snake-infested swamps OF Africa,
Christs heel shall bruiSe the serpents
head. When the gospel trumpet has every
where been blown and Jesus hath every
where won his trophies and nations have
been born in day light shall fall upon
every town brighter than that which glow
ed upon Bethlehem, and on every hill
on the pastures where the tlOcks fled, the
heavenly hosts through all the heavens
will utter q song louder than
The Voice OF Oceans,
GLORY to God in the highest" while from
all nations and kindred and people and
tongues there arises the response, ION
earth peace and good will to men," On
this Christmas bring you glad tidingS of
great 10Y and salvation. A savior for the
lost; light for the blind; bread for the
hungry; harbor for the beStOrmed; life for
the dead. Let not this old white-headcd
wear pass on to God with the news Of 81
vior neglected. Place your hand upon your
heart. One. Two, Three, Three times less
it will beat. Life is going like gazelles over
the plain. Sorrows come over us like
petrels over the sea. Death is swOOping
like a vulture from the mountains. NJ sery
rolls up to our ear like waves. Heavenly
songs fall to us like stars. May our V; ion
be as bright at last as that of the diving
child. Mother" said she pointing with
Her Thin White Hand,
"what is that beautiful land out yolder
Said the mother: MY child
there are no mountains within sight
of our hOme.'' why said the
dying child, do You not see that
beautiful land beyond the mountains,
where the children are never sick and no
aOs father. viii You not como, and with
your strong arms carry me over the noun
tains?" mo, my child, cannot go with
you" "Never mind" said the little one,
Clapping her hands, never mind, for yon-
der | see a strong man coming, in his arms
to carry me over the mountains"