Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01

over hlmI III, Wntie tnlngS were cOupdfd-
lively smooth, he was disquieted, what will
be do in the agoaies OF dissolution? III,
in the land Of peace in which he trusted,
they wearied hiyu, what will he do amid
the swelling of Jordan"
oh, rejoice to know that so many Of
Gods children have gone through that pass
without Q shadderl Some one said to q
diving Christian: "Isn't il hard for you to
| get out of this world?" "0h, no." he says
Tit is easy dying, il is blessed dying, it Is
glorious dyingrr and then he pointed to 8
clock on the wall and he said: "The last
two hours in which l have been dying l
have bad more comfort than all the years
OF my life."
came into the hospital after the battle and
there were many seriously wounded, and
there was one man dying, and the General
said: "Ah, my dear fellow, you seem
very much wounded. am afraid you are
not going to get we'll" "Oh," said the SOL
dier 'I am not going to get well, but l
feel very happy" And then he looked
into the General face and said: II am
going 10 the front" Oh, have seen men,
and so have you, go out of this life with
out 8 tear on their cheek. There was
weeping all around the room, but no
weeping in bed; the cheeks were dry; they
were lifted up. We saw the tides rising
around them and the swellingof the wave,
II washed them off from the
Cares and Tolls Of Life;
it washed them on towards the bench Of
heaven. They waved to US farewell kiss
as they stood on deck and toatad down
further and further, waited by gales from
heaven, until they were lost to our sight
mortality having become immortality.
'Life'sduty done, as sinks the clay,
Light from its load the spirit flies,
While heaven and earth continue TO say,
How blest the righteous when he dies"
But there is one step still in advance sug.
gested by this subject. II this religion of
Christ Is so important in life and so i'm.
portsnt in the last hours of life, how much
more important it will be in the great eter-
nifty. | need not stand here and argue 1t.
There is something within your soul that
says now, while | speak. III am immortal;
stars shall die, but / am immortal" You
feel that your
Existence on Earth
is only small piece Of your being. 1t is
only a mile up to the grave; but il is l0,-
eco miles beyond. The slab of the tomb is
only the milestone on which we read of
infinite distance yet to be travelled. The
world itself will grow old and die. The
stars will burn down in their sockets and
expire. The sun. like spark struck from
an anvil, will flash and go out. The winds
will utter their last whisper, and the ocean
heave its last grown; but you and will
live forever. Gigantic-immortal. Mighty
to suffer or enjoy. Mighty to love or
hate. Mighty TO soar or sink. Then
what will be to Us the store the
the scorn of our enemies, the things that
lifted US up and the things that pressed us
down? What to John Wesley are all the
mObs that h0wled after him? What to
Voltaire are all the nations that applauded
him? What to Paul now the dungeons
that chilled him. What to Latimer now
the flames that consumed him? All those
who through
The Grace OF Christ
preach that land will never be disturbed.
None to dispute their throne they shall
reign forever and ever. But, alas, for
those who have made no preparation for
the future; whom the sharpshod hoofs Of
of eternal disaster come up painting and
swift to go over them, how will they con-
tend with horses? And when the waves of
their wretchedness rise up, white and
foaming, under the swooping OF eternal
storms, and the bi.lows become more and
more wrathful and dash higher, oh, what
will they DO amid the swelling of Jor
dan
If could come into your heart would
see that many OF you, my dear friends,
had vowed to be the Lords. | know not
what sickness it was, or what trial; but
verify believe there IS not man III the
lrouco but has SUleJIuIes yUwcu ~ -.~-iI
be the Lords. 1t might have been at the
time when your
Child Lay Sick
YOU said: o Lord, il you will let this
child get well, | will be q christian, Or 1t
might have been in some business trouble,
when you have said: 30 Lord, il you will
let me keep my property will be chris,
tian.' You kept your property, your child
got we'll. the peril passed. Are you
christian? History said that long ago 1t
had been announced that the world was
coming 10 an end and there was great ex-
element in London. 1t Was said that the
world would perish on a certain Friday
On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday the people were in the Cathedral,
praying ana weeping. 1t seemed as II the
whole
English Nation
was being converted to God, for 1t vas ans
gered as certain by philosophers on that
coming Friday the world would perish.
Friday came and there were no portents,
no fires in the air, no earthquakes. The
dsy passed along Just Ike every other day
and when it was past, and the night came
iris said that in London there was 3 scene
Of riot, ard waSsail and drunkenness and
debauchery such as had never been wit
messed. They forgot their VOWS, they forgot
their repentance, they forget their Goa,
resolutions. oh, how much human nature
in that. While trials and mlsfortUnes
come to us, and We are down deep in dark
ness and trouble we make vows. We say:
80 Lord, do so and | will do So The
darkness passed, the peril goes away. We
were same before, or worse; for oh, how
often have seen men start for the
Kingdom Of God.
come up 10 within arms reach OF It anu
then 90 back further from God tIan they
ever were before dropping from the very
moment Of their privilege into darkness
forever. Oh how ungrateful we have been !.
Do YOU know how much God has done for
YOU and for me? Have you never felt 1t?
How much he did for you to-day? Who
spread the table for you? Who watched
you last night Who has been kind and
good TO you all your life long Oh, how
ungrateful we have been Methinks the
goodness Of God ought to lead this whole
audience to repentance. | know not your
individual history. Some Of you | never
saw before; some OF you l will never see
again, but know that God has been good
to you. What return have you made?
There was steamer on one OF the Western
lakes
Heavily Laden with Passengers
and there wks little child who stood on
the side OF the tafrail, leaning over and
watching the water when she lost her bal
zee and dropped into the waves. The lake
was very rough. The mother cried: Save
my.chiId save my child" There seemed
none disposed to leap into the water. There
was q Newfoundland dog on deck. He look
| ed up in his masters face as If for orders
| His master said: Tray, overheard; catch
EN-" The dog splang into the water,
| caught the child by the garments and swan
back to the steamer. The child was picked
up by loving hands, the deg was lifted on
deck, and the mother ere size tainted away
| in utter thanksgiving to that dog, threw
| her arms around its neck and kissed 1t
| but the dog shook himself from her EN-
| brace aud went snd laid down rs though he
had accomplished nothing, Shall mother
| be
Grateful 20 q Dog
thai saves her child and be uugrateful to
| the son of God, who from the heights oi
heaven plunged into the depths Of dark
ness and suffering and woe, that He might
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