Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-24

md Disraei and ofany ten of the most pop.
tiar writer's Of the day, less in number than
the copies of the Bible going out from our
printing presses Two years ago, in ak
weeks, more t, Al two million copies Of the
lew Testament were purchased, not given
aWsy, but purchased, because the world viii
have If.
Christians In ONCE.
More christian men in high official posi-
tons In Great Britain and in the the United
States than ever before Stop that falsehood
going through the newspapers-I have seen
itin tWenty-that the Judges Of the Su
pleme Court of the United States are all
infdels except Judge Strong. By personal
acquaintance / know three of them to be
old-sshioned Evangelical Christians, sitting
at the holy sacrament of our Lord Jesus
Chist, and | suppose that the majority of
then are stsunch believers in our Christian
religion. And then hear the dying words
of Judge Black, man who had been At
to-ney General of the United States, and
wAo had been Secretary of the United
States, no stronger lawyer of the century
than Judge Black--dying, his aged wife
sublime and tender prayer, 20, Lord God,
from whom derived my existence and in
whom l have always trusted, take my spirit
to Thysef and let Thy richest blessing
come down upon my Mary" The most
popular book to day is the Bible, and the
mightiest institution is the Church, and the
greatest name among the nations, and
more honored than any other, is the name
Of Jesus.
Wonders of seif-SaCrifce:
A clergyman told me in the Northwest
that for six years he was missionary at the
extreme North, living 400 miles from a
postofice, and sometimes he slept out OF
doors in winter, the thermometer sixty and
sixty-fVe degrees below zero wrapped in
rabbit skins woven together. said, us it
possiole2 You do not mean sixty and sixty
five degrees below zeroY' He said, II do,
and / was happy All for Christ Where
is there any other being that will rally such
enthusiasm? Mothers sewing their fingers
of to educate their boys for the Gospel
ministry. For nine years no luxury on the
table until the course through grammar
school and college and theological seminary
be completed. Poor widow putting her
mite into the Lords treasury, the face Of
emperor or president impressed upon the
coin not so conspicuous as the blood with
which she earned it. Millions OF good men
end women, but more women than men, to
whom Christ is everything. Christ first aud
Christ last and Christ forever.
Why, this age is not so characterized by
invention and scientific explorations as it
is BY Gospel proclamation. You can gel
no idea Of it unless you can ring all the
church bells in one chime, aud sound all
the organs in one dispsson, and gather all
the congregations Of Christendom in one
gloria in excelsis. Mighty csmpmeetings.
Mighty ocean groves Mighty Chsutsuquss.
Mighty convention Of Christian workers.
Mighty General Assemblies of the Presby-
rerisn church. Mighty Conferences of the
Methodist church. Mighty Associations Of
the Baptist church. Mighty Conventions Of
the Episcopal church. There may be many
years Of hard work yet before the consum.
nation, but the signs are to me 80 encour-
aging that would not be unbelieving if |
saw the wing of the spocalyptic angel
spread for its last triumphsl fight in this
day sunset; or if tomorrow morning the
ocean cables should thrill US with the news
that Christ the Lord had alighted on Mount
Olivet or Mount Calvary to proclaim uni
versal dominion.