Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-20
=WHEEIINc w. va MONDAY MORNING, JULY 20. 1885.

himself, pmlo60phleed epout TINS wosu,
piiosophised about everything, then in his
diving moment asked that only one word
might be cut upon his tombstone, and that
word
sTnfenicimus,"
most unhappy, descriptive Of the state OF
the lives and of the deaths Of those who
take their case out Of the hand OF God.
The only appropriate inscription for their
banouetting hall and their equipage and
their grave and the wall of their eternal
prison house-"Infehcimus" In droop-
'ng,lmoral idiocy. they are scribbliDg at
the door Of their happiness which never
opens, miserably playing the fool. Again,
Iremark that all those persons play the
fool, as certainly did this man of the text,
who allow the technicslities of religion to
stop their salvation. David was wise about
q great many things, but his cuttings up
in the text for little while eclipsed his
character. And know wise men and
great men, competent for all other stations,
who are acting silly and foolish part in
regard to
The Technicalities Of Religion.
They ask us some questions which we can
not answer categorically and so they burst
into broad guffaw. as though it is OF any
more interest to Us than it ought to be to
them, about the atonefnent, about Gods de-
crees, about mans destiny. they ask great
many questions which we cannot answer,
and SO they deride us, as though we could
not ask them thousand questions that they
cannot answer, about their eyes, about their
ears, about their finger nails, about every
thing. A fool can ask question that
wise man cannot answer. D you cavilling
men! o you profound men! o you learned
men, do please admit something. You have
sIsoul2 Yes. Will it live toreverf Yes.
Where? You say that Jesus Christ is not q
divine Savior2 Who is he2 Where will
YOU 90 after you leave your lsw-books, and
your medical prescriptions and your club.
room and your newspaper officer
Where will You Go To:
Your body will be six feet under ground.
Where will your soul be? The black ceat
will be left off, the shroud on. Those spec
racles will be removed from your vision ter
the sod will press your eyelids Have you
any idea that an earthly almanac describes
the years of your Gfetime2 OF what stuff
shall l gather the material for the letters Of
that word which describes your eternal
home? Shall it be mon chain or amoran-
thiLe earland3 The air that stirs the be
saested locks of your dying pillow, will it
come eff q garden or . desert? Oh, quit
he puzzing questions and try these momen-
ious out stions. Quit the small questions
nd try these great questions. Instead OF
,.iscussing whether the serpent in Eden was
curative or literal whether the Medherra-
uean fsh did CT did not swallow the recre-
mt prophet, whether this and that and the
other thing is right or wrong, come and dis.
cuss one question. How shall get rid OF
nv sins and win hesvenT That is
The ouestioa for You.
Yea, there have been men who have actu-
ally lost their souls because they thought
there was discrepancy between Moses and
Professor Silliman-beeause they could not
understand how there could be light before
the sun rose-the light appearing in verse ;
Of Genesis and the sun not appearing until
verse lG-snd because they do not know
how the moon could stsne still without up
setting the universe, and because they had
decided upon the theory Of natural selection.
A German philosopher, in dying, had for
mis- chief sorrow, that he had not devoted
MS whole life to the study Of the dative case.
Oh, when your Immortality is in peril, why
bubble? Quit these non-essentials, my
dear brother. In the name Of God, ask
you in regard to these matters OF the i'm
mortal soul, that you do not play the fool.
What is that man doing in Bowling Green,
New York; Well, he is going in for q
ticket for transatlantic voyage. He Is
qparrelipg with the clerk about the spots.
the red spots on the ticket, and he is
uuarreling about the peculiar signature Of
the president of the steamship company,
and he is quarreling about the manner
of the clerk who hands him the ticket.
How long has be been standing there2
Three W. eLs. Meanwhile, perhaps twenty
steamers have gone out Of port and | hear
the shrek Of the steam tug that could take
him TO the last vessel that could bear him
to his engagement in London. Still he
stands in Bowling Green discussing the
ticket. What do you say in regard to that
man2 You say he is q fool. Well, IN that
very way are many men acting in regard
TO matters OF the soul. 1hey are
Cayiiing About the Atonement,
the red spots on the ticket, about the char.
Seter of The minister who hands them the
icket-about whether il has divine or
human signature, and meanwhile all their
opportunities for heaven are sailing out OF
he hsrbor, and l hear the last tap Of The
bell announcing their last chance for heav-
en-. Go aboard Do not waste any more
time in biggling and carping, excriticising
and wondering and in the presence Of an
as,ounded heaven playing the fool
20 further and say TO you that those
men play the fool who undertake TO pay out
eternity for time. How little care do We
bestow upon the railroad depot where we
stop twenty minutes to dine. We dash in
and we dash out again. We do not ex-
anime the architecture OF the building nor
the face Of the caterer. We supply our
hunger, we pay our money and We put on
opr hat and take our place in the train.
What ia that depot as compared with the
place for which we are bound3 Now, my
friends, this world is
Only a stopping Place
on the way to q momentous destination aud
vet how many Of US set down as though we
had consummated our journey, ~ though
we had come to the final Depot, when our
stopping here is as compared with our stop
ping there as is twenty minutes to twelve
hours-yea, as the one-hundredth part OF
a second compared with ten thousand mil
lion years Would Spain sell as Cuba for
a bushel Of vhestf Would England sell rs
India for o ton Of coal1 Would Venice
sell us all her pictures for an American
sehoolboy's sketeh1 Oh, that would be
better bargain for England, Spain and
Venice than that man makes who gives his
eternity for time. Ye. how many there
are who are saying "Give me the worlds
dollars and you may have the eternal re.
wards. Give me tho worlds applause and
you may have the gsrlands Of God. Give
me 20 or 40 or so years OF WORLDLY successes
and I don't care Via. becomes ofths future.
/ am going into that world uninsured /
take the responsibility. Don't bother me