Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-02

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ter Of the Gospel one Sabbath night at the |
close of the service: Where are you
preaching nowY' "0h," he SAYS, Il I'm
not preaching. ! am suffering from the
| physical effects of early sin. can't preach |
now; am sick" A consecrated man he
now is and he mourns bitterly over early
sins, but that does not arrest |
| their bodily effects. The simple fact !
is that men and women often take twenty
years of their life to build up influences that
REQUIRE all the rest of their life to break
down. Talk about a man beginning life
when he is u years of age; talk about a
woman beginning life when she is Is years
ofagel All, no! In many respects that is
the time they close life. In nine cases out
| of ten all the questions of eternity are de-
cided before that. Talk about majority
of men getting their fortunes between thirty
and forty! They get or lose their fortunes
between ten and twenty. When you tell me
that man is Just beginning life | tell you
that he is Just closing it. The next fifty
years viii not be Of as much importance TO
| him as the first twenty. Now, why do | say
this2 lit for the annoyance of those who
have only baleful retrospection? You
know that is not my way. say 1t tor the
benefit of these young men and women. |
want them to understand that eternity is
wrapped up in this hour; that
The Sins of Youth
we never get over that you are now fash
ioning the mould in which your great future
is to run; that minute instead of being
sixty seconds long is made up Of everlasting
ages. You see what dignity and import
ance this gives to the life of all our young
folks. Why, in the light of this subject life
is not something to be frittered away, not
something to be smirked about, not some
thing to be danced out, but something to be
weighed in the balances of eternity. o
young man, the sin Of yesterday, the sin of
today, the sin of tomorrow will reach over
ten thousand vears-aye over the great and
uncrding eternity. You may after awhile
say: Il am very sorry. Now have got to
be over 30 or 10 years ofage and do wish ]
had never committed those sins What
does that amount to? God may pardon
you; but undo those things you never will,
YOU never can.
IN this category Of irrcvocabic mistakes
lace the unkindnesS done to the depart
ed. When was boy my mother used to
say 10 me sometimes: DE Witt, YOU will |
he sorry for that when am gone And !
remember Just how she looked. sitting there !
with cap and spcctacles and tn" old Bible in |
her lap: and she never said n truer thing |
han that. for have often been sorry since. |
While we have our friends with us We say |
unguardcl things that wound the feelings OF |
those to whom we sought to give NJ ching |
Jut kindness. Perhaps the parent, without |
inquiring into the matter, boxes the chids |
cars. The little one who has fallen into |
the street, comes in covered with dust and |
rs though the first disaster was not enough, |
he whips it. After awlHlc the child is
taken or the parent is taken or the compan- |
ION is taken and those who are letl say
oh if we could only get back those unkind |
words those unkind deeds; if We could only |
recall them" But you cannot get them
back You might bow down over the grave |
of that loved one and cry and cry and cry. |
The white lips would make no answer. The |
stars slal be pluckcd ont of their sockets, |
but these influences shall not be torn away. !
The world shall die but there are some !
wrongs immortal.
Another Sin.
class OF irrcvohaLlc mistakes and that is lost
opportunities of getting good. never |
come TO n Saturday night but ] can see |
during that week that have missed Oppor- |
Mite, Of getting good. never come to my |
birthday but see that have wasted many |
chances of getting better. | never go home
On Sabbath from the discussion of n re
ligious theme without feeling that ] might
have done it in more successful way |
How is it with vou? II you take n certain
number of bushels Of wheat and scatter
them over a certain number of acres Of land
YOU expect a harvest in proportion to the
amount of seed scattered. And ! ask you
now, have the sheaves of moral and spirit
ual harvest cOrresponded with the advan-
'tagcs given? How has it been with YOU?
You may make resolutions for the future,
but past opportunities are gone. In the
long procession OF future years all those
past moments will march; but the arch.
angels trumpet that wakes the dead will
not wake up for you one Of those privileges,
Esau has sold his birthright and there is
not wealth enough in the treasure houses Of
heaven to buy it back again. What does
that mean? Ii means that if yon are going
to get anv advantage out of this Sabbath
dav YOU will have to get it before the hand
wheels around on the clock to IL tonight.
Ii means that every moment Of our life has
two wings and that it does not fly like a
hawk, in circles but in straight liuc from
eternity 10 eternity 1t means that though |
other chariots NAV break down or drag
heavily. this one never drops the brake and
never ceases to run. 1t means that while
at other feas,s the cup may be passed to MS
and we NAV reject it, and vet after awhile,
take il. the ctp-bearers of this feast never
give as but one chance nj the chalice, and
rejecting that we shall find no place for re-
pentancr. though We seek il carefully with
tears
There i one more class Of sins that put
in th;, category Of irrevocable offences, and
that is lost opportunities Of usefulness.
There comes a time when you can do a
good thing for Chist. Ii comes only once.
-FOUR business partner is a proud man. In
ordinary circumstances say TO him: Be
Geve in Christ and he will say: "IOu
mind your business and I'll mind mine.
But there has been affection in the house
hold. His heart is tender. He Is. looking
around for sympathy and solacc. Now Is
YOUR time. Speak, or forever bold your
place. There is a time in farm life when
vou plant the corn and when vow low the
seed. Let thai 90 BY and the farmer viii
wring his hands while other hn,bandmen
are gathering in the sheayes. lun are in a
religious meeting and there is an opportunity
for yeu 70
speak Out for GOdi
You say. Il must DO il" I0ur cheek
flushed with embarrassment ioU rise
half wav but you cover before men whnoe
breath i. in their nOstrils, and yon shiink
back, and the opportunity Is gone and all
eternity will feel the effect of yoHr silence.
Trv TO get-fack that opportunity, you can
not find il. You might az vel Try 70 find
the fleece that Gideon watched or takr in
vour hand the dew that carae down upon
the lock- Of tie Bethlehem shffher'is or 10
find the plume of the frst robin that Wens