Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-01
life IS A JEST"
And All Things Show II, !
Thought So Once, But
Now | Know t."
Or. Talmsge's Discourse on the
Race Of Life and Mans
Eternal Home.
Trivial Matters That lrritats Hu-
manity and Unfit Men for
the Great Trials.
Specidl % ths ReoiSser.


preach the following sermon Sunday even
ing Julyl:
subject: "Footmen and Horses"
Text jeremiah xii, 3: "If thou hast run
with the footmen and they have wearied
thee, then how canst thou contend with
horses? And if in the land Of peace, in
which thou trustedst, they weary thee,
then how wilt thou do in the swelling Of
Jordaas'
jeremiah had become impatient with his
troubles. God says to him: IF you can
not stand these small trials and persecu-
tions. what are ye going to do when the
greater trials and prosecutions come? Ii
YOU have run arace with footmen and they
have beaten you what chance is there that
Won will win if you run with horses"
And then the figure is changed. You
know that in April and May the Jordan
oyerlows its banks and the waters rush vi
olently on sweeping everything before
them. and God says TO the prophet: IF
YOU are overcome with the smaller trials
and vexatiCns which have assaulted you,
what will you do when the trials and an
nOyaICeS OF
Prosecutions Of Life
come in 4 freshet" IF in the land of the
pesce, wherein thou trusteth they wearied
thee. then how wilt thou DO in the swelling
OF jordan
propose. if God will help me, in a very
practical way 10 ask ifit is such difficult
thing to get along without the religion of
Jesus Christ when things are comparative
~ smooth what will We do without Christ
suOBc theilOyerpowering misfortunes and
DISASTERS Of life that may come upon us2
Ii troubles, slow as footmen, surpass u.s.
what will We do when they take the feet of
horses And il now in our lifetime we
a-e beaten back and submerged OF sorrows
because we have not the religion of Jesus
to COuiCgt Us, what will We do when
We stand In Death,
and We feel all around about US the swell
ing Of Jordan" The fact that you have
come here, my brother, ny sister, shows
that you have some things you believe in
common with myself You believe that
there is God. There is not an atheist in
all this house. do not believe there ever
was 8 real atheist in all the world. Napo.
leon was on q ships deck bound for Egypt.
IL was a bright starry night, and as he
paced the deck thinking OF the great affairs
of the state and of battle, he heard two men
on the deck in
Conversation About God;
one saying there was God and the other
saying there was none. Napoleon stopped
and looked up at the starry heavens and
then he turned to these men in converse.
tion and said: Gentlemen, heard one OF
you say there is no God; if there is no God
Will you please TO tell me who made all
that Aye, if you had not been persuaded
OF il before, you are persuaded of il now;
for the shining heavens declare the glory
J 81 God and the earth shows his handy work y
But you believe more than that, you be-
lieve that there was Jesus; YOU believe
that
There Was across.
You believe thae you have an immortal
soul. You believe that it must be regener-
ared by the spirit Of God or you can never
dwell in bliss eternal | think a great
many OF you will say that you believe II is
important to have, the religion OF Jesus
Christ every day OF our life. to smooth our
tempers and purify our minds and hold rs
imperturbable amid all the annoyance
and YexationS OF life. You and have seen
so many men trampled down by miSfor'
tune because they had no faith in Jesus,
and you say TO yourself: III they were so
easily overcome by the
Trials Of Life,
what will il be when greater misiOr.unes
come upon them-heart-br breaking calami-
ties tremendous misfortunes griefs' On,
IL we have no God to comfort US when our
fortune goeth, and We look upon the grave
OF our children and our houses are desolate
what will become of US? What sad thing
il is to see men all unhelped Of God going
out 10 fight giants of trouble; no closet OF
PRAYER IN which 10 retreat, no promise OF
mercy to sCOthe the soul, no rock OF refuge
III which TO hide from the blast. oh, when
the swift courses of love are brought Up
Chsmpirg and
Painting for the Race
and the reins are thrown upon their
neCks, and the lathered hanKs at every
sptipg feel the stroke of the lash, That>Cau
sc 90 on foot with them? How can We
comDete with them? IT, having run with
the foo;men ;hey wearied US, how can We
contend with horses?
But nv text suggests something in ad-
vance OF ANYTHING I have said. We must
sl Quit this life. However sound our
health may be, it must break down; how
ever good our title may be to houses, land
ard estates We must surrender them. We
will hear voice bidding us away from all
these p aces. We will have 10
start on n Pilgrimage
from which we can never come back. We
will have seen for the last time the even-
ing star and watched the last summer
Cloud and felt the breath of the spring
wind for the last time. Hands of loved
ones may be stretched out to hold us back,
but they caDnot-go We must. About sll
other exits and changes We may trite, but
not about this. Stupendous moment OF
Hfe-ouitting. oh, when the great tides OF
eternity arise about rs and ill the soul
and surround il and sweep il out towards
ranture or wee, ah, that will be the swell.
ing OF Jordan l know people sometimes
talk very merrily about the departure
from this life. am sorry to hssr IT, But
men do make fun of the passage from one
world to another. Byron ioked great
deal about it, but when it came he
shiversd With Horror.
Many an infidel has scotfed at the idea OF
fearing future world, but lying upon his
inflow in the last hour his teeth have chat
tered with terror. | saw saw one summer
in Westminster AbOey, an ePitaph which
4 a poet ordered to be put upon his tomb
Life Is a Jest,
Aud all things show IL.
thought so once,
But now 1 know IT.
Itborrht how inapt that, in place oi
ssnu!ture men skould try their witticisms
grest German, having rejected Christ IN
6;s last moment, said, Give me light, give
ne Hgbtr' oh, we may be smart With oul
criticism about the last hour; but when II
comes, and the tides ere rising and the surI
ia beating and the winds are bowling we
giII sch one, my brethren. find for him
orr natural courage won't hold rs out then
However familiar We may have been With
scenes of mortality, however much We may
have screwed our courage up
We Want Something More
.ha, natural resources. When the north
east wind blows Oft from the sea OF death
~ will put out all earthly lights. Iht
ismp Of The Gospel God lighted IS the only
lamp that can stand in that blast. The
xesksst arm holding that shall not be con
tonnded: the strongest one neglscting that
sbsll stumble and die. When the Jordan
r;.es in It's wrath the frst dash o. its wave
wiIl swamp them forever. We feel how
I'D /, Is for a man 10 attempt this life with
ont ysjisiCn. We see what doleful thins
!, ;s fors msn 20 go down into the mis-
fortunes of life without Christian soiace
hnt n that be 50, how much more terrioi'
- ibst man comes face 10 face with thu
soIsmnities OF the last hour. Oh, itin tha
Knight sunshine OF Health