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

Triumph over Habit-The Great Victory
a. Length in Death.
Special Dispatch 10 the Register.
BgooELYx, y. \ January l6.
BROOKLYN Tabernacle was well filled
this morning with an appreciative audi
ence. The opening hymn was
Come ye di,consolate
Where Ger We anguish
Mr.. Talmage chose for his subject
struggle and Victory"
r.Yt-Geresi,. xxi, &c: Let me go ipr the
ebay hrtUkcth.
The dust arose from a travelling
herd OF cattle, and sheep and goats ami
rsmels They are the present that
Jacob sends to gain the good will OF his
offended uro:her. That night Jacob
b,Its bv the brook JabbOk. But there
is no rest for the weary man-no SHIN
inc ladder TO let the angels down into
his dream; but a fierce combat that lasts
untiI morning, with an unknown visitor.
They each try to throw the other. The
unknown visitor, 10 reveal ms superior
now,r bv a touch Wronchts JaCou
tti,b hone from its socket, perhaps
r,aiTipg him for life. As on the morn
ip,, sky the clusters OF purple cloud be-
,,in t1 brighten, Jacob sees It as an angel
with whom he has been cOntendng and
not one Of his brothers Coadjutators.
'Let me 20" cries the angel, lifting
himself up into the Increasing hight,
tsfua lay brpak eth ~
You see, in the first place, that God
allows his people some times TO get into
Terrible Struggle.
Jacob was a good man; but hero he is
LETT alone in the midnight to wrestle 10y
tine brook JObbok. For Joseph, u pit;
i,r Daniel, a Wild beast den; Tor David,
ia,Nronrmcnt and exile; for John the
PartiSt. a wilderness diet ami the exc
cutiouer's axe; for Peter, a prison; lor
Jobn. desolate PamOS; iOr Nashu, most
insulting cruelty: for Josephine, banlsh.
ment, for Mrs Siguurury, the agony oil
a drunkard's wIlv; Tor John Wesley,
tones hurled by an iuiuriated mob, Tor
| Catherine. the scotch girl, the drowning
| surgrs of the sea; Tor Mr. Brown, the
| JpHe,Iugoi the Montreal poputace; lor
/ John Brown OF Edinburgh, the pistls
shot of Lord Cloyerhouse; Tor Hugh VI.
Karl. the scatl,.d; Tor Llt.mer, the
/ stake: tor Christ, the CrOs, For whom
/ the racks, the gibJels, the guuotlut,
The tuumbscTews2 For the sOnS AMI
daughters Of the Lord Almighty Some
one said 10 a Christian relormer, The
world is az ,inst YOU "ruen,' he re.
piled, II ann against the world"
will rs further and say that every
Christian has his struggle. This man
had his combat in Wall street; this one
IN Broad str, ct: this one in Fulton
street; this one i'm Chestnut street; this
our .u State street. With financial mis-
fortunes YOU have had the midnight
wrrSt.c. Rsd-hOt disasters Lave dropped
into YOUR store from loft 10 cellar.
What YOU bought YOU could not sell.
Wrpu yOu trusted He'd. The help YOU
expected would not come. Some giant
pau.r, with long arms and grip IKE
death. took hold Of YOU IN an aWin.
Urrstle from which YOU have not yet es-
capped; and ii is uncertain whether Il
will throw YOU or you will turO" Il.
HIRE is another soul in struggle with
some bad appetite. lie knew not how
stea,thi.y il was growing upon him. One
hour he woke up; he said: For the
sake of nv soul, of my family, ol my
children and cf my God | must stop
this." And behold, he 70 md himself
alone hv the brook JJbbok, and It was
midnight That
Evil Appetite Seized Upon Him
and he seized upon it; and oh, the hor.
r,r of the conflict, When once bad
habit hath r1usad itself mp 20 destroy a
man. and tia man has sworn thar 10y
the helm oi the eternal Gnd
he will destroy it,, all heaven
draws itsril out in long line Of
I'ght To lock from above and all hell
.,retc les itself ia myrmitOis OF spite TO
lpuN up from beneath. have seen men
rally themselves ioy such a struggle; and
they Eav. bitten their lip, and clenched
their list. aud cried, with b,OOd-red earn
estueSs and a rain Of scalding tears,
"tind help me
FROM a wrrst'e with habit ] have seen
men Ia. back defeated calling for no
help. but relying upon their own reso-
luton. thtv have come into the strug-
ole. fur a time IL seemed as II they w, r.
getting the upper hand ut their habit.
Eu, tlJ, habit rallied again las Internal
power aud lifted Tt spIi l'om H. and
mo and with a iurcr borrowed II "a the
rif hurled II into utter dlTkLr7s First.
I saw the aut.oueerS Waltet tai or the
pir,urrs. and musical instruments, and
tle rich upholstery ul h's family pdr,0r.
After awhile saw ldM TAI INTO the
ditch. Th,n. ia the midU gh' when
the children were dreaming tHer sweet
est dreau-. ami Christian households
were silent Wi;G s.unher, angels wdtcn'
ed. hearl him give the sharp shrek
that ful.uNrd the s.a1 ti his ONn
ppniarl. Hr EEL, irpm an hOnortd social
petition; ue tel from a family circle Ct
which .Hce he WAS the graulest attrTc-
trion: Ac Eel, from the house Of God, at
whose a.tars hc had h,ta con CCTtCd ;
he fell forever, But thank God
have often seen better termination
. than that. have seen men prepare
/ themselves TO- such reStlr. They
\ laid hold of Gul's help as they went in.
10 the cOmba'. The giant, Eari, rtgI,ed
b. the cup Of maj Y jjsSrpUti5us, came
+ ont S,ruu, and d,iitut. They clenChed.
There were the
WItairg gs and Distortions
Of fearful struggle. Eut the old giant
began % way,r, aud at last, ia the mil.
night alone with none hut God u wit
ness. bv the brook JahluN, the giant
Tell. and the triumphant wrestler broke
the darkness with the cry, Thanks be
unto God, who giveth us the victory
through our l. ri Jesus Christ Their,
ia widows heart that first was d,so
lated hy bereavement, and since by the
anx.etirs and trials that came in th,
support Of family. Ii is a sal thin.
Z, see man Conten .iny for live
. Ijhooi under disadvantages; hnt 10 see ,
delicate woman. with he. p,esS little one,
M her hack. fighting the giants OF pow
evfv and sorrow Is more affecting II
was an humble home, and passers by
knew not that within those four wallS
Scre displays ui courage more admjra
! be than tia, of Hannibal crossing the
/ Alps. 90 in the pass OF rhermOpClr, Ol
a, BalaNlava, where into the jaws o
death rode the six hundred These
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