Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-26

my lips with the potion. Let common
demons take the coarser natures give me who
am the king of all diabolism. the jolliest and
the gladdest and the rarest of all the immor-
tai sacrifice. Ha! ha"
Here also in my memory is the church
gallery Of departed ones TO whom minis
tered-Belleville gallery, Syracuse gallery
Philadelphia gallery, Brooklyn gallery.
These figures appear to me in frames Of
hoFanna and halleluah.. Sweet spirits.
Glorious spirits. Transported spirits
Spirits blest. Expiring children with the
face OF Raphaers Madonna. OCtOgenarians
with patriarchal demeanor and look that
made one think that Elijah, 'afely arrived
had sent back his fiery chariot Tor another
passenger. Fair maidens whose last hours
were a TRANSPORTATION. Young men going
out OF life with anthems on the lip and the
fash Of peSrline portals
In Their Eye.
Here, also, in my memory is the home
gallery. Oh, how dear the faces old faces
and young. Faces more and more haloed
bT tie recession of years. Faces into which
We looked when We sat on their LAP Faces
that looked up at Us while they sat in our
lap. Faces wrinkled with cd age. Faces
all aSush witA iniantile iocnndity. Faces
that wept. Faces that laughed. Face, that
disappeared. Faces gone.
But, sou ask. as | stand on top OF the
hill, how does the other road look, the one
tnat winds down 70 the white marble slab
at the foot ! answer, the road to travel
seems brighter than the one passed. |
would not want TO live life over again, as
many wish. We would do no better next
time than We did this. The fact is, the life
we have had vas lived over by five hundred
other people whom we know, and if we did
not improve Dp those five hundred expert
enccS, we would not improve BY
our own, and if we, who have come
to TIE noon.tide of life the II or
o'clock, could be put back to six clock in
the morning we would simply repeat the
previous journey. | would not want TO 90
back and pick up the old burdens and fight
the old battles and weep over the same
grave.
But, saws some one YOU don t know what
may be ahead Of you misfortune or trial or
| duty. Of course not. But if ] have n rail
road Journey OF n thousand miles to traTel
and for the irst 500 miles have found the
tracks solid and the bridges sale, and the
conductor competent. and the engineers
wide awake It increases my confidence for
the other 500 miles For this life | believe
have through ticket, and though the
track may wind this way and that and there
may be dark tunnels to traverse and we
may occasionally switch of to let some
other trains pass, and we may sometimes
have hot box and pass places where the
red flag bids us slow up, We are to come
out at the right olace. Whatever our duties
and trials are. wc shall be able to meet
item.
The late willard Parker, the renowned
.urg, on, had Il case of goitre brought to
hlm for treatment. Thcpatient was several
times millionaire A million dollars was
offered the surgeon if he would perform the
operation and warrant the safety OF the
patient. lie said: II cannot warrant any
hing. but will do the best | can. Ny
irend said to hin: How did you feel when
you undertook the surgery? lie said
NV hand tremb!ed tsarfUliS until my knife
touched the place ard then my nerves were
steel and without ircmor and without any
excitement ! went through the successful
| operation.
So we may tremihe and feel unfit 10 meet
the RESPONSIBILITIES @! this life. but when the
tinc comes
God VIII n.Ld our Hand
AID sc will come through without pertur
hatiuu. strong in the strength Of Christ our
Lord. And then. notwithstanding all the
ialdcrdash of the intdels of tree-thinkers
aud atheists and nothiugistS about thc
great future still believe that our lie here
Is Only a small fragment OF an unending
existence. The three miles that make up
this life are not an inchlong compared with
What hereafter shall open.
Tha, picture gallery ahead is bg;ghter
and more thrilling than the picture gallery
behind Indeed, We lake down tie best
rictures of the earthly gallery and coupon
sep.IaGdcg orame,hyst ana hang them on
the Furnished walls II heaven. Look There
is Christ, For earthly galleries Enbcns
painted Him and Cuyp and Correggio
,ainled Him and 1in,'an painted Him and
i'enjamin West painted Him and bore
! aiI Cd Him, but this cclipes all and is the
masterpiece Of heaven. Look, There Is
'aul the hero of Sfahcdrim. and AcNppa S
'ourl and Mars H:il and Neros infancy
aud WHO shool; his chained fist in the fall Of
rreih chattering ROYALTY. Look There is
osiua the man who pO.tpOned Sundown,
md |ashti, whose veil tho proiiigaCy OF a
'er.eu court could not lift or tear Behold
them al along the corrdors-Dayid with
his Aarp and Miriam with her cyu!bals and
Iachsrah with his scroll aud st. John with
seven gials and the resurrection aageI with
his ,rampot. c&, there are our transported
loved ones the cough gone from the throat,
he wsariness from the Limbs, Tie langn0r
rom the eve, the wannes5 from the cheek
let It's 20 up and embrace them. Let us go
IN and live with them. From his hill TOP
# my Journey catch q glimpse OF that hill
rop where all. sorrow and Sigh.aF shall b"
dora away WITH. May G0L make that place
20 rs reality.
Fall faith in it gave OIL pr. Tying th9
strength to stand by ihe CGS,se. Of his dar'
irr son. whose arm had hean torn of by o
hi, hing machiue, mGrti.:catJ0n and death
ensuing, and speak with uparnatural con,
posurc That sustained |a.ain Luther Ill
he buried his fayoriis ch,.d without & tear.
That made one Of the Old dying saints say
she saw written all over the SKY the letter
" and welcome. What g.akcS the Fiain'
est shroud the embroidery of King pal
ace Oh heaven, sTjnx open the gates
oh heaven, roll this way one Of t!y an
thcais: Oh, hs.yea, iash upon Us &. '.slon
of rhy iustuTe.
CcHsiag iEin Port.
a ship from india coming toward tAe
coast ofFrancs lad for Il crew scmc French
sailors who Lad been absent 'rcm France
for many years. As ,hcy came insight they
lcarcd and skipped the decIS with Joy
pointinr out to each other tho spires q The
churches they had attended in childhood
and the hills on which they had pla!ai, and
they became quite uncomfortable, "ad "hGr
they entered thePort and sag the wk"sye& 10; ih,
| fathers and mothers and T!ves ans amIis'
calling them by names tie saiioEs could nf
kept no longer an board. but le9red to, tbs
shore so that another crew had to De EN-
pleycd to bring the ship to h'F mooa'ngs
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