Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-21
THE CHURCH OF GOD
Glorious, Everlasting, Triumphant
Over All
VII o AsSSiL AND BESIEGE IT
The Sun Which Has Sfone through al
Ages and Which viii Shine Un-
I'll the Last Trumpet
Shall Sound.
SoecIIl 10 the Reoister.

S;,ecIi TO the Reoiar.
BRooKLYN, January ,2O-To-dsy was a
great day in the Bro klyn tibernscle. The
names OF 20 new members were read and
some were bsptised by immersion. The
services were Of a joyous character. The
opening hymn was:
"Blow ye the trumpet, blow,
The g adly solemn sound.
Let all the nations know
To eaIths remotest beund
The year Of jubilee Is come.
Return ye ransomed sinners home"
The subject of DR.. Tsimags's sermon
YVES: "The Glorious March" and his text
wss taken from solomon's Sings vi.l0:
Fair as the moon, clear as the sun and
terrible as an army with banners"
Ny text is jubilsnt, said Or. Talmage.
To-day with this new roll Of names added
our membership has reached three thou
sand and forty. NY heart oyertiows with
gratitude to God and the faithful Christian
workers. When, fourteen years ago, l
came TO Brooklyn, all that could be
gathered together to make q call were nine
teen members. What hath God wrought
The audience in the old chapel cou d
nearly, if not quite, have been accom- D
GATED on this platform. Now We want
more room than this great amphitheatre
can give.
The Financial Iurome Of This Church
was s., ,O0O. Now is about So o0J and rise s
all the expense Of carrying on this work.
Not unto Us, o Lord, not unto Us, but
unto Thy name be all the glory. Ali OF us
put together could rot convert ore soul,
how much less three thousand But those
who Lave been gathered here are oG!y u
small part OF the harvest, for many VINO
we're convert ted here may be found in tn"
cities and towns and nei ighborhoods OF this
country and throughout Chr'stiandom. J
thank God that We ale only three regiments
OF a great army that Is yet TO capture the
whole earth Tor God. Who is she that
looketh forth fair as tie moon, clear a.
The sun and terrible rs an army with Dan
pers?'
The fragrance Of spikenard, the glance OF
Jewels, the fruitfulness OF orchards, tue
luxuriance OF gardens, the beauty OF Hesh.
bon fish pools, the dew OF the night anh
the splendor OF the morning, ali contribute
TO the richness OF Solomon ssty!e when h.
con es to speak of the glory of the Church
In contrast with his eulogium OF the Church
.ook at the denunciatory things that arr
said in our day in regard TO 1t. Ii on
stock holder becomes a cheat does that de
stroy the whole company: II ore soldier
be coward does that
Condemn the Whole Army:
and yet there are many in this DAY 30 un'
philosophio, so Illogical, 80 dishonest and
90 unfair as to deIounUe the entire Church
of God because there are here and there
Dad men belonging to it. There are those
who say that the church Of God is not up
TO the spirit OF the day in which we live ;
but have to tell you that, nothwithstand
ing all the swift wheels and lying shut
ties and the lightning communications, the
world has never yet been able 10 keep mp
with the Church. As high as GOD is above
man, so high is the Church OF Goi-hiGher
than ell human institutions. From her
lamp the best discoveries Of the world
have been lighted; and while iniidsIlty and
atheism have gone blindfo!d among the
most startling discoveries, the earth and
the air ard the sea have MADE quick und
magnificent responses TO tie Christian phi
losopher. The world will not be up 10 the
Church OF Christ until in the day
when all merchandise has be-
come honest merchandise ard al!
governmt pts have become free govern
ments, and all nations evangelIzed nations
and the last deaf ear OF spiritual death
shall be opened by the miliiOn.vOiced shout
of nations born in day. The Church ha,
zone on wsding the Hoods and eadnr,nr
the fire, until the deepest barbsrism, and
the iiercest cruelties, and
The Blacklist superstitions
have been compelled TO look to the East,
crying: "Who is she that looketh forth in
the II. orping. fair as the moon, clear rs thr
sun and terrible as an army with banners?
Yet there are people who are ashamed to
elong 10 the Church Of Christ, and # you
AK them whether they are in 81 n a,sD'ia
iors, they say yes, | sometimes alton
h." irstead OF realizing the T..
- ig - honor compared wiih the
.,ilg a member Of the Church OF
look hack with joy to tho most
.u.,.rI moment OF my life, VIXEN in :ht
Id country IHeeting-house the min'''r. Of
Christ announced my maine as lriI1"ef
# the Lord.
lousho are fi9atirP sa1l' in the ~"~'l
seeking for better HsSC 'Gt;J.F, ThY ID ID
not iOin yourself to sol.- 81 the rhng.I~s
An OLD sea csptaID Was Tid,Lg Ia lhe car
towards Ph:!sdclphis ert = vourg man so
down Lcside him. Ee sid, Young mia
ybrre are YOU cH4- ! am GJin, t.
PHILADELPHIA 10 liy.. TcU'!cd the young
man. Have you le-i,i U! introduction.
asked the Old captain. les sail the
young man, and
He Pulled Sore ui ihsm out
Well" said the oil SCI c.p...a, "AlTea't
ycu church certificate On, yes, re
plied the young men i didn't sUppo"
you would want 10 'Ock al that ~ 20,
said the sea captain, u Tsnt - s'e that
As soon ss you get ~ Pai!edc!phi present
that to some ChTis.iaC church. am an
old sailor and have BEEN 40 and down IN
the world, aud il's ny rule az soon es get
into port 20 fss'er ny ship fore and eft 10
the wharf, although II may cost little
wharfage, rather than have NY ship olt 10
the stream, floating hlther and thi;her with
the tide Omen women. hy the tides
Of friyolty and Torld.!aess swept this way
and swept that way. seeking for ess0c's.
tions and satisfactiOnS for the iGlm Jrti,
snul, come into the church Of Jesus Crr,st
Lssh fast TO her. She is the piIIA- and the
ground Of the truth.
propose to speak OF the glory OF the
Church. God, who has determined -
everything shall be beautiful IN Us So
son. has not left the night without a
charm. The moon rules the night. T1e
stars sre only set hs gems IN her tiara
Sometimes before ths sun has gone doEn
the moon mounts her throne, but 1t Is
after Digttfall that