Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-28
Jay MORNING. SEPTEMBER 20, 1855.

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Advantage Of Concerted Action.
If Abimelech had merely gone out With 8
Tree branch, the work would not have been
accom- plished or if ten, twenty, or thirty
men had gone; bu' when all the axes are
lifted and sll the sharp edges fall, and all
these men carry each bis tree branch down
and throw it about the temple, the victory ls
gaineG-the temple tails. My friends s,where
there is ole nan in the Church OF God at
this dsy sbouldering his whole duty, there
t1e great many who never hit au axe or
swing a bow. 1t seems to me asit there were
| ten irores in every hive 10 one busy bee; and
| though there were twenty sailors sound
| asleep in the ships hammock to four men
on the stormy deck. 1t seems as if there
were fifty thousand men belonging to the
reserve corps, ami only one thousand active
! combatants. Oh, We all want our boat to
get over TO the golden sands, but the most
| OF us are seated either in the PROV or in the
stern, wrapped in our striped shawl, hold
biz handled sunshade, while others are bis
tered in the heat, and pull until the oar
locks groan, ard the blades bend till they
snsp. Oh,
Relir .ous Sleepy Heads,
wake up W lie We have il our church a
great many y ! are telling for God, there
| are some too aly 10 brush the flies of their
heavy cyelids. You have laid 80 long in
one place that the ants and caterpillars
have begun TO cIaw! over you! What do
you know, ny brother, about a
liyirg Gospel made 10 storm the
world? Now, my idea Of q Christian is
D an Oh fire with zeal for God; and If your
pulse ordinarily beats sixty times minute
when you think OF other themes, and talk
about other themes, if ycur pulse does not
60 up 10 seventy five or eighty when you
come to talk about Christ and heaven, it is
because you do not know the one, and have
poor chance of getting to the other.
Suppose, in military circles, on the morn
irg Of battle, the roll is called, and out OF
Il eusand men only hundred men in the
T, giment answered. What excitement
there would be in the camp What would
the colonel say? What hiGh talking there
aud the sdjutants Suppose word came TO
headuuarters that these deiinquents excused
themselves on the ground that they had
overslept themselves, or that the morning
Was damp ard they were afraid Of getting
their feet wet or that they were
busy cooking ratiops. Ny friends
4 is in the morning OF the day Of God Al
ur.hl.'s hl;le, Do you not see the
= opsi Hear you not all the trumpets 0!
~ en- ard all the drums OF hell2
which Side Are You On?
! sou ale on the right side, 10 what cavalry
,. Cp TO what artillery service, 10 what gar
p son duty 90 you belOng2 la other wo;ds
~ what cabbalh school do you teach? In
What PRAYER meeting 90 you exhOr,? 10
What peniren,iary do you declare eternal
lb rty? To what almshouse do you announce
4 riches Of heaven? What broken bone
q sorrow have you ever set? Are you do.
rg nOihirg2 ls il possible that man or
woman sworn to be q follower Of the Lord
JESUS Christ is doing nothing? Then hide
i e horrible secret from the angels. Keep
il away from the book OF Judgment. II you
are doing nothing, do no. let The world find
il out lest they charge your religion with be-
il "a false face Do not let your cowardce
ARD treason be heard aGont the MARTYRS
Of me blRc6 Mne l4s'Jb%v forget the sasctl,y
cause for which thcv acOriZ"G aud died.
Nav the eternal God rouse u9 all to &c.
ti.nl AZ for mysell ! feel would he
aehamed 10 die now and enter heaven until
have ACCOMPLISHED something more decls.
i've lor the lord that bought me. would
Ike to on with you in eu oath, with hand
gglifted 10 heaven, swearing new allegiance
I, Jesus Christ and to work more for Ills
cause and kingdom. Oh hre'hren, how
swiftly the time does go by 1t seems 10
ne never saw such swift summer-n"ver
summer that had such nimbe feet. 1t
: ems 10 me as if the years had rsined
some new power Of locomotlOn-a kind OF
specd electric.
If this afternoon, you take short sleep,
srd you are entitled to it, for God intended
the SnbjRjh not only for re5' for the soul,
tat rest for the body, you will ct least have
One or Two Hours
in which 10 lay out plan for Christian
work in this ecclesiastical year. Husband
and wife, talk with each other. Brothers
snG sisters, resolve upon some new work
for Christ. On your knees cry unto GOD:
Lord. what wilt Thou have me to d.!
I'd s.ay on your knees until you get The
,nsw,r Are YOU resGY TO i0in with me IN
some rcw work fer Chirst? leel that there
such thing as claustraI piety, tha' there
il such a ;hirg as insuar work; but !;
.cena to ne that what y" wait now ls con
r.rr.d action. The tenr. oi Berth ls v'rS
hrosG, and +, is verv high T. has been %
10 M hv tie hands Of mrn and devils, and
70 human engirerv can demOlish II; out II
, ffry thnusard r,''j-tprs OF Christ IN fH's
,funfrv should each take branch Ct the
TOO c( life and all their congregations
sbould DO the same and we should march
n and throw these branches around the
Great temples Of sin, and worldIiness, and
f,llr il would need no match, or coai, or
torch of ours TO touch cii the pile, for, a5 IN
,ne Gays of Elijah, h.r would fall from
Ia,v,n ard kinGle the bonfire OF Christian
victory over demolished sin. Il is klndIng
TOW, Hu72ahl The dSy IS ours
Still further, ! learn from this subject
The Danger of False Eefug"s.
AZ soon as those Shechemites got into The
t.mplc. they thought they we're safe. They
mid "Eeriih will take care OF us. ADim:
i.cb nav batter down everything else: be
ca9rc, Batter down this temple where we
ire now lid But very soon they heard
the iilubtrs cracking. ard they we're smo'n-
red with smoke, and 'hny uiaarH5!Y flef
hrd you and are inst ns much temple 20
t,Ise refugees The mirror this morning
nay haye persuaded you that you nav"
comeiv cheek; your best friends may nave
ersuaded vou thN' Won have elegant msA-
ners; Satan may have 'oId You that you are
all rirht, but hear Nth r'e,it t-Ii sou ma