Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-30

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the wind was so sharp that she said: John
ny, come under my Goa" He said: 'It is
too short "0h," she said, ''it will
stretch" But the coat would not
stretch enough, so she took it
OF and put it upon the boy. That was
Self Sacrificed.
That was Christ taking off his robe for
you and me, beggared for eternity without
him. When the plague was raging in Mar
seilles, and they were dying by scores Of
hundreds from it. the college of surgeons
decided that there must be post mortem
examination, in order that they might know
how to meet and arrest that awful disease,
and there was silence in the college OF sur
geons till Dr. Guton rose and said: 81
know it is certain death to dissect one Of
those bodies; but somebody must do it, and
| shall In the name of God and humanity
1 viii do the work" He went home, made
out his will, then went to the dissection, ac-
complished it, and in twelve days be died.
That was selfsasri6ee that theworld under
stands Oh, the more wonderful sacrifice Of
the Son of'God He: walked to Emmaus
He walked from Csrernaun to Bethany.
He walked from. Jerusalem to Calvary
How far have y0n and walked for Christ?
His head ached, his heart ached, his back
ached for Us, How much have we ached
for him, Let us this morning look over all
the years of our life and see the paltry list
of our selfsacrifces. Not one deed in my
life or in your life,
Worthy the Name.
Still further! the spirit of Christ was q
spirit Of humility. The Lord of heaven and
earth in the garb of rustic. He who
poured all the waters Of the earth out of
his hand-the Amazon, the Eupurates, the
Mississippi, the Ohio the ST. Lawrence
bending over well to beg Of Samaritan
woman q drink. He who spread ont the
canopy of the heavens and SCI the earth for
his footstool, lodging with one Simon, a
tanner He whose chariots the winds are
walking with sore feet, jostled as though he
were a nobody, pursued as though he were
a criminal outlaw, nicknamed, struck at
spit on hushing the tempests and YET setting
down without any assumption in the cabin
If the disciples as though he had done no
more than wipe the sweat from his brow in
his fathers carpenter shop. Taking the
foot of death off the heart of Lazarus and
ireaking the shackles against the grave
mouth, and yet walking home with Mary
and Martha as though he were only plain
citizen Of Jerusalem going out to stay the
night in the suburban village of Bethany,
omnipotence under q countryman's garb,
walking in common sandals, seated with
pubicanS and sinners. Oh, the humility OF
the Son Of God How little you and have
fit. We gather few more dollars than
other pee pie have, or we get little higher
social position than some one else has, and
how we strut and want people to know their
places, and cry OUT Is not this great,
Babylon, that have built for the might Of
my majesty and for the honor of my king
dom ?" Would to God that he might get
something of the
Humility of Christ.
Still further: the spirit of Christ was a
spirit of prayer. Prayer on the mountain;
PRAYER in Gethsemaue; prayer on the lake;
prayer among the sick; prayer on the cross.
Why, you cannot mention the name Of
Jesus without being obliged to think o.
prayer Prayer for little children 81
thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and
earth. that thou hast hid these things from
the wise ard prudent, and hast revealed
them unto babes" Prayer for His friends
81 will that they be with me where am.
Prayer for His enemies: Father 70 give
them, they know not what they do. y Payer
for all nations: "My kingdom come" How
little of that spirit yon and | have. How
soon our knees are tired. Who is there
that for ten minutes can keep his miad
away from the store, and the Office, a1d the
shop-eoncentrate it in supple lt'on?
Where are the phials full Of odors which
are the prayers of the saints? oh, we wanl
more prayer in the house, more prayer in
the nursery, more prayer in the parlor, more
PRAYER in the social circle, more prayer in
the church, more prayer in the legislative
hall, more prayer among the young, more
PRAYER among the old. Lord teach US ho"
to pray. We have not tested its power yet
The very moment when the Diet of Nurem
berg were Signisg the edIet that gave de-
liverance to Protestants that very moment
Martin Luther was kneeling down in his
private room, praying for the accomplish
mems of the object, Without any commu-
nication between the Diet Of Nuremberg
and she room where Martin Luther was
praviny for that grand accomplishment, Mar
tin I.uthcr rose from his KEGS with shout,
rushed out into the street. and cried: I'VE
have got the victory! the Protestants are
iree!" That was prayer getting theanswer
straight
From the Throne.
We need not pray like Daniel, with our
face toward the Holy Gty We need to
-ray like the publican, smiling on our heart;
We need to pray like Paul "Oh wretched
man that I am, who shall deliver meI
We need to pray like Christ who first
emptied all the life blood out Of his heart
and then filed that heart with che sighs and
the groans, and the wants and the agonieS
of all generations.
"Cold mountains and the midnight air,
Witnessed the fervor OF his prayer"
Sill further: The spirit of Christ was
the spirit of work There was not lazy
moment in all his life. Whether he was
talking 10 the fishermen on the beach, or
preaching to the sailors on the deck, or ad-
dressing the rustirs amid the mountains, or
spending the summer evenings in the vii
lage, be was always busy. Hewing in the
carpenters shop. Helping the lame man
TO walk without crutch. Curing the child
fits. Providing rations for hungry host.
Always busy he wss. The hardy men that
pulled out the net from Genesaret full Of
foundering treasures; the shepherds who
hunted up the grassy plot for their focks to
nibbie at; the shipw1ght thumPtag away in
the dock yard; ne wine-makers of Engedi
Dipping up the juice from the vat and pour
ing it into the goat-skins-none. Of these
were half so bssy as he whose hands and
heart were az falI of the worlds work
From the day on which he stepped ont from
the carayaasasy of Bethlehem to
the day when he set his cross
in the socket on The bloody mount it was
work, work, work all the way. IL is not 50
with us. net so with you, not so with me.
We want the burden to be light il we are to