Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-28

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y ou aIe only going up there 10 be cut tC
pieces. Yet you are willing 20 testify to
DAY that by no other mode-Certainly moi
by ordinary modes-could that temple SC
easily, so thoroughly haze been taken
Fathers aud mothers, brethren and sisters
in Jesus Christ, what the church most want:
to learn, this day, is that
Any Plan is Right,
is lawful, is best, which helps to overthrow
the temple OF sin, and capture this world ior
God. We are very apt TO stick to the old
modes of attack. We put on the old style
coat OF mail. We come up with the sharp,
keen, gllttering steel spear oil argument, ex'
peeliDg in that way to take the castle; but
ley have thousand spears where We have
ten. And so the castle of sin stands. On
my friends, We will never capture this world
fer Gcd by any keen sabre OF sarcasm, by
any glitteriIg lanCes of rhetoric, by any
ssppipg and mining OF profound DISGUST
ton, by any gunpowdery eXj jlosioIs Of in
dignstion, by shary ghootinGS Of wit, by
howitzers Of mental strength made to swing
shell five miles, by cavalry horses gorgeous
ly cSparisoned paving the sir. In vain al
tie attempts on the part of these ecclesias.
teal foot soldiers light horsemen, and
2 enadiers.
My friends, propose this morning a
Different Style OF Tactics.
Let each one 90 10 the forest OF God s
promise and invitation, and hew down a
b.arch, ard puf it on his shoulder End let
Us al come around these obstinate iniqui-
ties, and then, with this pile, kindleL by the
fires of holy zeal and the flames of a con-
sccIated life, we will burn them out What
steel canEot do, ere may. And !, this mora
i:.g, announce myself in faTor of any plan
OF religious attack, however radical, how
ever ODD, however unpopular, however hos
tile to all the conyentiOnalities OF Church
AID State. II one style Of prayer does not
do the work, let US try another style. It the
church II ,ic Of to-day does not get the VIC
tory, then let US make the assault with q
b0ckwoods chorus. If prayer meeting at
h"li.past seven in the evening does not sue.
ccsd, let us have one 80 early in the morn
irc as when the the angel found wrestling
Jacob too much for him II sermon with
tie three authorized heads does not do the
work, then let Us have sermon with twenty
h"ads or no head at all. We want more
heart in our song, more heart in our prayers,
n ore heart in our alms-gIring, more heart
il our preaching. Oh for less of Abimelecu =
sword and more of Abimelechs s conhagra-
tiol ! have often heard
There Is n Fountain Filled with Blood"
sung artis,ically by four birds perched or
Il cir Sunday rCost in the gallery, until
1 thought Of Jenny Lind, and Nlllson, and
SantRg, and all the other Warblers; but there
came not one tear 10 my cYe nor one mast
er emotion TO my heart bnt one night |
crl down to the Africnr Methodist meet.
l. g-house in Phiadelpbis and ut the close
Of the service black woman in the mids'
Of the audience joined in, ma we were loat
ed some three or four miles nearer heaven
than | have ever been since. ! saw with
ny ovn eyes thai "folntain .illei with
b9cd red, agouiZiDg, sacri'icial, redemp
tiops AZ, | heard the crimson plash Of the
For sinners plunged ber"stH tha' hooi
Lose all ther ruil'y stIins."
sob, my friends, the Gospel is not 9yE
Icgism; it is not casuistry, it is not polemi
its, or the science Of squabble 1t is blood
r, / fact il is wsrm-hearted invitation /; Is
leaplng, bounding, flying good news; 1t is
croyescen; with all light; it is rubes:ent
with oil glow; it is artorescent with all
sweet shade. / have seen the sun nse on
Mount Washington, and from the Tip-.op
Touse; but there was no beauty in that
pared with the day spring from on high
vixen Christ gives light TO = soul have
lsard Pe-cpa sing. bu. thee vas no music
" that compared with The voice OF Christ
Vhen He said: Thy sins g-s forgiven thee;
% in peace" Good news Let every one
ct down branch Of this tree Of lie and
wave it. Let him throw it down and klndIe
j.. Let all the way from Mount Ialmon to
>,Iechem be filed with the tosaiug Joy
C.Cl news
This Bonfire of the Gospel
snail consume the last temple OF sin, and
,,l .llumiue the SKY with apocalyptic JOY that
.usus Christ came into the woi Id to save s'n'
rr-s. Any new plan that makes man AZ
/. n, and that prostrates wrong, | am
8. Il. ch in favor Of as though all the dc
t..,. nd the bishops, ard The archbi'ho?s,
ard ii e synods, and academilal go|nsmen
Il c. ristianity sanctioned it. The temple
I Berth mnst come down, and d. aot
ore low soon i comes
Sill, further learn from this subject the
,nwer OF example. If A0imelech htd aa'
Iown on the grass, and told his men to 60
I'D ret the boughs and 90 out to the battle
tar, would never have at all, or if they had
!. would have been without any spirit or Ell
..c,iye result: but when Abimelech roes
with his own sx and hews down branch,
and with Abimelechs arm puts It on Abr
melschs shoulder and marches on, th2n,
NY text says, "Allthe people did the 'lna:
low natural that was. What made "ari-
bsIdi and Stonewall jackson the most mag
reric commanders OF this century
They Always Rode Ahead
Or, the overcoming power OF example.
Here is father on the wrong road All
lis bows 20 on the wrong road. Here is o
father who enlists for Christ, his children
enlist. saw in some Ci the picture s.'-
l,ries of Europe thai 5.iorc many oil me
Great works o.. he mas ers-ihe Old mas
frrs-there w5uld be sometimes four or i've
artists taking copies Of he pictures. L1eSe
ropies thry were -Oi.- 10 carry win tIrh
perhsps 10 d;s'art !-ud5, ard have
thought tha, yov. life and character, a'a a
masterpiece. aud i IS O'irg copied, md
iorr after YOU are gore il will bloom or
Hast In ,hc homes oi those who k5e" you,
sYd be a Gorgon or f. Madonna Look out
Via. YOU SAY. Look oUt what yon Do.
l,,,.r;,,- NIL baor ~. echo TIE best ser