Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-28

dIence who should suddenly have come
unon him the impression that he was going
ta miss heaven, there would 60 mp O
shrek londer than that which is heard be-
J tween colliding rail trains. There ID no
man who expects to miss heaven: But
how are you going TO get over aIl these
obstacles? l ask you as reasonable men,
| If the impediments in the way ought not
, to arouse you. -,
Another awakening consideration is IN
THE VALUE CT THE SOUL.
Tbeodoric forbade the debssing of the
national coin. They say I'VE ought to
debsse il. We can mix something else In
i and it will be Just as good" mo"
said Theodore the Emperor, II will not
have nv face imprinted on debased CON-
Here we are: the image of God has been
impressed upon our SOUL ana yer
il has been debssed and has
become q counterfeit. We have all slnned,
and we are all lost, unless divine grace
rescues and redeems u.s. Now, here is the
sopl What is it worth? Is there not
something in it's value TO arouse usE l
sometimes hear people compare the soul
in value TO q mine That is very poor
comparison, for the silver and the gold IN
! the mine will melt after while and DO OF
no more value than the scoria apit out
from a cotopsxi; while these jewels OF the
soul will exist as long as there are Vsses
in eternity to hold them. Might l not
rather take o scales. They are rightly
adjusted. The two sides are just even now
[ hold up the balances On the one eide
of that scale put in simply SOUL Goth
nothing else at all, no trspPiDgs, but sim.
pIy q naked soul. That is on one eide OF
the balances. On the oiher side OF the
balances | put this world with all ito
riches and hcnors and gains, q
ponjerous world. But that world
rises, that side goes up while the
other side 10 which is the soul, comes
down with Ten thousand million tor
weight 1t is an immortal soul. 1t is a
priceless soul. 1t is Gagged now. II beats
sometimes sgainst the wires OF the cege
and tries to csc .pe, but itesnrot; but, let
once the door OF that cage be opened the
thousandth part tt an inco, as It will oe
alter while opened. let 1t be opened never
80 frle, and that eoul goes out, taking
6flv worlds OF 6 bound. . What Shal!
it profit a man if he gain the whole world
and lose his own soul?
Another arou5irg consideration | hld in
THE BREYITY OF THE TINE
ia which We have to prepare for the next
Unrld How long 1t look 10 complete the
East River Bridge Twelve or thirteen
years If it had taken twenty years from
the day the foundation stone waa lsid, i!
would not have been great while ter
20 magnificent structure How long wsa
St. Peter in buiIding2 Scores and hun
Jreds Of years. And 81. Pauis is not
done yet. II there is q vast work to be
done you expsc. It will take
a great while to do it. Now, here, they
tell us, is temple Of holiness to be bnilt
in every mau'5 soul How long are you
going to give u5 10 build that temple? A
thousand years? %, no. YOU say You
cant have as much as that" Nor seven
hundred, nor five hundred, nor three hun
dred, nor two hundred, nor one hundred,
and some Of US will not have siXty, and
some of US will not have fifty, and some OF
US will not have thirty, and some Of US
will not have twenty to build this great
temple. 0 how vast the work and
HOW SHORT TIME
there is to do il!
When will this procession thst you see
every afternoon, from . to 4 clock, stopf
This long procession gong out toward the
cemeteries. Not until all these merchants
have gone out of their stores, and all these
mechanics have gone out of their shops,
and all these artists have gone out OF
their studios, and all these mothers
have left their cradles, and all
this city shall be emptied
of this present population. The process
sion will keep going on until all those who
are here this night shall have Joined it in
silence o how brief life Isl We talk
about it until it gets stale truth, but
sometimes God strikes it on the soul with
such yehemence that We are aroused up
Ny brother, missionar, in China wal
telling me of an instrument that they had
at work in China during the iDsurrection
for the beheading Of men. He said il
worked stroke something like that (indi
cating) and at every stroke one life went
and another, and another. And thought
to myself, that is Just like the stroke Of the
minutes. In JUST that way the generation
pass of. Certainly as quickly as that
A life-snotheF, is gone, and another, snc
another, and another, and another, anC
another. The waves Of humanity dash VI
on that other beach in quick succession
Every stroke of the heart Gays: "B'
quick The revolution of the sessons
BE ouick" The coming of the morn
ing, the dropping OF the night; "B'
quickl
Another arousiug consideration l flint
in
THE GLORY TO BE- WON.
Paul was very fond of comparing tn
: Christian life to foot race. Those foo
races have gone out Of fashion But yoI
have seen racing and you know that yer.
often the speed Of the driver and his hora
, is influenced by the wager. He know
!. when it is q large wager and a smsl
{ wager. Two steamers start for Liverpoo
and it is known that the one that make
} the quickest trip gets the JOB Of carryiui
the United States mail. Will not the fac
that the contract will be given to III
. swif,est vessel somehow influence the spec
Of those ships2 Now ! cay, We are staste
in a race, and ought not the TACT there ar
vast emoluments, great gains, crown
|, glory that fadeth not away, before u
q ought not these considerations 20 inspir
US by the way? o. blessed land.
; you were offered in the Gospel mer
4 iy a buuch Of Vi!here
r dowers-if you were offered merely Ii
dregs of wine cup, would not be su
" prised if you fels uninterested in the r
suls; but when l tell you Of the Joys th'
J ore offered TO you through the Gospel,
e DO not understand WIZ you do not P'
forth redoabled strength that you ms
gain the prize. They shall hunger Z
U mnra nsithsr thirat any more. neirher sha