Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-22

land and John Knox into Scotland and
Jehudi Ashmum into Africa.
The Scoffer.
Regone ye scoffers! Down to the lowest
pit ye emissaries of darknessl for by the
throne of an 0mnipotent Judgment de
clare It that all iniquity shall fall and all
bondse be broken and ali wounds be healed
and all darkness be dispelled when Gods
truth shall 90 forth 'as lamp that
burneth." We want no sappers or miners
10 level the wall; we want no ax-men or
engineers to prepare the way; We want no
glitiering steel or booming gun or howling
Hotchkiss shell to get Us the victory, for
the mountains are full of horses and char
lots of FIRE. Hallelujah! for the KINGDOMS Of
this world are become the Kingdoms Of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
The Grave.
Still further, the Bible is a sepulchral
lamp. You know tha: the ancient Egyp-
tians used to keep lights burning in the
tombs of their dead. These lights were
kept up for scores, even hundreds of years.
Friends would come from generation to gen.
Grafton and put oil in the lamps, and it was
considered disaster if those lamps went
out. You and will some day 60 down into
the house of the dead. Some have looked
upon it as an unknown land and when they
hi We thought of it their knees have knocked
together and their hearts tainted. There
were whole generations of men that had
no comfort about death, no view Of
the eternal world; and whenever they
brought their friends and put them away
into the dust they died without any
alleyiation. This is horrid This is
horrid;" and it was. The grave is the
deepest, ghas.liest pit that man ever looks
into, until the lamp of Gods word flashes
into it. For whole ages men thought that
The sepulchre was Q den where a great mon
ster gorged himself on human carcasses. 81
will put an end to that" said Jesus Of MAJ
areth. 81 will with mine own voice 60
down and make darkness flee" And as he
stepped out from the gate of heaven all the
efsps.yards Of earth cried: Come come"
and he came down, bringing great many
beautiful lights, and above this babe 5
grave he hung light and over this moth
ers tomb he hung light and over this vile S
grave he hung light. Then he altered his
voice, and it ran along under the ground
from city to city aud along under the sea
from continent TO continent until
Il nausoleum and sarcophagus and sepulchre
llrobbed with the joy. Il am the resurrec-
u n and the lite; he that believeth IN me,
II ugh he were dead, yet shall he live v
Al d Low if Greenwood and laurel Hill and
Mount Auburn could break their beautiful
81 nee and should speak, their lips Of bronze
a d granite would break forth in the strains
OF my text: "Thy Word is Lamp"
Oh, We bruised souls! Oh, ye who have
u en- cutting yourselves among the tombs!
Or, We who have been sowing seed for the
resurrection day! Oh, ye of the broken
heart, / come out tonight and put in your
band this glorious gospel lamp. 1t will
throw q glow of consolation over your berett
So rit. Weeping may endure for a night,
hut Joy cometh in the morning. They
that SOW in tears shall reap in joy"
Rabbi Mier went off from home to be
&C ne few days and left two beautiful boys.
Nhile he was gone the two lads died.
Rabbi Mier returned not knowing that any.
hing had happened His Christian wife
k, ew he would be overcome with grief and
size met him at the door and said to him ::
Ny husband, | once had two beautiful
Jewels loaned to me; had them for a little
willie. And do you know, while you were
&c ne the owner came for them. Ought !
10 have given them up?' "Of course
sid Rabbi Mier, you ought to have given
lem up; you say they were only loaned;
Then she called her husband to the side
room and removed the cloth that covered
lie dead children. After Rabbi Mier had
tor few moments, given way to his grief,
he rose up and said Now ! know what
ycu meant by the borrowed jewels. The
Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away:
Blessed be the name of the Lord y And
so Rabbi Mier was comiorted.
Let this supulchral light gih all the
graves OF your dead. May this lamp OF
Il g text be set in all your parlors, in all
your streets, in all your stores, in all your
cl lurches in all your sepulchres. Amen!