Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-20

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many times the word
& "Novn
occurs in the Biblei Over 200 timea One
OF the shortest words in the Bible and yet
one of the grandest in meaning and rami6.
GATORS. When does the Bible say u the
best time to repentf Now. When does the
Bible cay that God viii forgivef Nov
When does God say is the only safe time to
attend to the matters OF the soulf Nov.
But that word NOV" melts away - EASILY
as a snowflake in the evening rain. Who're
is the nov" Of the dead Of last yearf the
now" Of the dead of last month"; the
"row" of the dead Of last veekf the now
OF the dead of yesterday Time picked It
up in its besk and few away with it Swan
merdam and other naturalists tell "a there
are insects which within the space Of one
minute are born, fulfill their mission, cele-
brste their nuptials and die; but this won.
derful now" is more shor,lived than they.
Ii ia fash, strike, Q glance. Its cradle
is its grave. IL men catch 1t at all il 10 with
quick clutch. Millions Of men have lost
their soul immortal because they
Did Not Understand
the momentum and the ponderosity Of that
one world All the strategic powers Of hell
are exerted in trying to substrsct from the
energy and emphasis Of that world Thsy
say it is only word Of three letterA while
there is a better world Of eight letters-"to-
morrow" They say: Throw away that
small word and take this other grand one'i
and 90 men say: Give rs tomorrow and
take away from rs now" and between
these two words 10 the sppian way Of death
and o great multitude throng that road,
jostlipg and elboving each other, hastening
on sviftef and svifter to die. For how
much would you walk the edge OF the root
Of your house2 For how much would you
come out on the most dangerous part Of the
Matterhorn and wave your CAPT io1 say;
No money could induce me to do it And
yet you stand with one foot on Q crumbaing
moment and the other foot lifted, not know
ing where you will put it down, whiIe the
distance between you and the bottom Of the
depth beneath you no plummet can meas
ure, no arithmetic calculate, no wing Of
lightning eleave. And yet the Bible tells Us
that unless man has q new heart he can.
not get INTO Heaven, and
Many are not Seeking
for that new heart. In Mexico sometimes
the ground suddenly opens and . man
standing Desr the gap can see down an ap'
pc ling distance But oh, If now at your
ieet there should open the chssms OF the
last world, how you would fling yourself
back and CRY, God save me-now! nov!
now!
greet you, my brother. in the very gate
of eternity. Some Of us may live longer
ard rome shorter time; but at the longest
life is 30 short that feel that We all stand
on the doorsill of the great future. The
next step-all the angels OF God cannot
undo the consequences. Will your exit
from this life be rising or fallipgp The
righteous 60 up The Savior helps them.
Ministering spirits meet them. The doors
of paradise open to receive them. Upt upi
upl Oh, what grand thing it is TO die
with g strong faith in God like that which
StonewaA jackson had, when IN his expir
ing moments he said: "But to leave this
world unpreparedly is
falling from God, falling from hope, fall
ing from peace, falling from heavep-swiftly
falling, wildly falling, forever falling. So 1t
was with one who had been eminent Tor bis
intelligence, but who bad omitted oil prepa-
ration for the future world and had come
down to his last hour He said to his wife
seated by his bedside: "Oh, don't
talk to me about pain, il Is the
mind woman; il is the mind.
OF all the years Of my life never lived one
minute for heaven. II is awfully dark here"
he whispered, 1T is awfully dark seem
to stand on the slippery edge Of Q great gull
shall fall | am fslhngp And with >
shrek as when o man tumbles over preci.
pice he expired Wise for this world, about
sll the matters of his immortal soul be was
his life long playing the fool.
will take particular case and ask what
YOU think about that case. He has been
all his life amid Bibles and churches, 90
that he
Knows His Duty.
Chris. has offered to do oil for that man
that divine savior can ofer to do for
dying soul Heaven has been offered him,
yea, been pushed upon him aud ye. he has
not accepted it, and now he Is deliberately
allowing his chances of life to 20 away from
him. What do you say Of that onsi Hal
lucinated," says one. "Monomanical," says
another. Playing the fool, says another.
Oh, how many there are taking Just that
positionl There is such thing al pyro-
mania, an insanity which disposes one TO
destroy buildings by FIRE; bat who would
have thought that there was pyromania OF
The immortal nature and that any one could
he 20 struck through with that insanity as
10 have desire and disposition to consume
the souli
mani awake. woman from the phantasis,
real or affected. Take Christ Escape for
eternity. Just zee vhs. has been done for
YOU. Lift the thorny cap from the brow Of
Jesus and zee the price that was paid for
your liberation. Look at the side and zee
where the spear went In and moved round
and round, amid broken arteries, the blood
rushing forth in awful sacrifice for your
sins Oh, wrap those bare and mutilated
feet Of the dying Lord in your lsp for thsy
were torn in q hard tramp Tor your soul!
Oh, for tears to weep over this lacerstion of
Christ. Oh, for broken heart 10 vorship
him. Oh, for an ompipotsnt impalse strong
enough TO throw ~ Ill down at The feet Of .
crucifed and risen Jesus We must repsot
We must believe. We mast be saved.
cannot consent In Lose ny own soul; can
not consent 70 have others lose their souls.
Come with me and - in this summer time
we 20 down 70 the beach and battle IN the
waters 90 nov let us Join hands and wade
down into the summeTJ ses Of Gods forgive.
ness. Roll over us, tides Of everlasting lovel
Roll over usl Dear Lord, We knock nov st
the door Of mercy, not - the dsmsntsd
knock, not knowing what they want but
knocking ct the door OF mercy because -
want to come in, while othsss run thsis
meaningless hands up and dovE the panels
and scrabble at the gate in IL psssssss q
God and men sAl angels and dsIb. plsyiss
the fool.
The Gf.sd C7reuis naes,
CLEVELAND, July l9.-The entries fos u
grand circuit rsee meeting which begins
on the 18th inst. WIN Close tonosros even