Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-26

through man poor pllotage, that 1t IS magnl-
fcent still and good angels and good men
are at work trying to get the old ship of
the rocks. And it will not be long before
the wreckers with their pulleys and tugs
will have done their work, and heaven and
earth will hear the cry: "She floats! she
floats" | am glad that in such pleasant
world the heavenly shepherd makes his
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Rest at Noon.
But having told you how life seems TO me
as | stand on the hilltop Of my journey,
you want TO know how it seems to me
when ] lock back snd when look for
ward. The first thing traveller
does after getting to hill top and having
recovered his breath, is to look all around
about him and he says: There is the wind
ing road by which | came mp, and Wonder is
the winding road by which shall 90 down. W
So put my outspread hand to my fore
head 10 shade my eyes from the MONDAY
sun and to. concentrate ny vision and look
toward the road have already travelled,
and see way down in the dim distance at
the start of the Journey something quite
small and it trembles and vibrates and
rocks. Oh, yes, guess what it is. !
know what it is. A cradle Then torn
and look at the road descending the hill
still keeping my outspFead hand su.my fore.
head so as to see something at the foot OF
the road | am set to travel. That some
thing neither trcmblcs nor vibrates nor
rocks. 1t is perfectly still 1t is white.
And Tie ground abou. it is little raised.
Oh, yesl guess what it is. | know what
it is. \ grave! What have | learned BY
the.
Journey Up Hiir'
First, that nothing is accomplished with
out hard work Ny life has been prosper
ous TO the last degree but | have not had
anv good luck | have heard people talk
about streak OF good luck | never in
my lie had one streak Of good luck. But
! have had a good God watching me and
helping and guiding me, and correcting my
mistakes and when | worked hard He
blessed me, and when | was lazy He did
not bless me. Whether my work has
amounted TO anything or not ! must leave
others 10 Judge, but for the last thirty years
! have worked up TO my full capacity Of en-
durarcc and if have gone away TO rest it
was merely to get ready to work, and this
vUrh al accomplished against the full pro-
uSt Of my nature for am naturally the
Ia2ic-t man that was ever born. But ! am
as afraid ofindolcnce as any reformed inc
I riatc was ever afraid Of the wine cup. He
Lnops that one glass would fling him back
nlo inep,iacv. and if ! should take one
good eng pull nj nothing to do fear
would stop forever. Young men just start
e ifs, give you my solemn testimony
hat nothing is accomplished without hard
work, continuous work, everlasting work.
Ihave also learned in my journey up the
hill that all the events OF ones life are
linked together The chair Of life is made
up Of a great variety OF links, long links and
small Links, iron links, gold links, beautiful
iinhs. ugly links, solemn links and mirthin!
links, bnl tRey are all part of one chain of
destiny The minute made up Of sixty
links. The day made up Of twenty'tour
links The year of $50 links. And all
these are fastened in an endless chain which
works and slips through the hand of en- all.
governing God. No one event set apart
nom Other events. People say: ut is my
day off You never have day of. Moth
ing is Of In the last century shoemaker s
son puts down bundle Of shoes by the
roadside to study jIownr of the field and
nuts in his hat for preservation moth that
he wants m0re deliberately to study. You
say. "Who cares for anything rs mimport-
ant AS that You will care for i when |
tell lou that that was the dawn Of a life
Which Was aftcrward to translate the Bible
into thirty versions and occomc the greatest
OF oriental linguistS the governments OF the
earth compelled TO reverence the name OF
William Carey. A straight line Of events
from the shoemaker S boy examining weed
by the roadside to She worldrcnowncd
Christian scholar.
IN American clergyman had a son, n,Adon-
iIsnr, Of wonderful brightness. The father
used to pat him on the head and say:
"Aduniram, you will be a great man yet,
and the bOy was spurred on in his ambl.
ton and staded Latin until he was called
Old \ irgil dug up The brightest worldly
progrcctS opened before him, but one day
the bay came across book entitled I'm
bassv to Aba and il rcvolutionizcd all hiS
thoughts, and he resolved TO become mis-
sopnr, TO Burmah. After awhile the fam
lly we're discussing the worldly prospects OF
his sGu IN his presence The father said
Adpnilam. lIr. Griffin has been here TO-
cav wanting vou to become his colleague
in loston. and the mother and sister were
concentrating themselves that they would
have Atonirum so near home. Then he
told them OF the book he had read aud OF
;nr lact that he Was going to spend his life
m n,cachng Christ in dark and cruel Bur
mah. Tie boys picking up that one book
seemed to be an insignificant event, but II
| hegam he glorious career OF
AdOniram Judson.
So in all your lives, the insignit cant is
| the momcntous and matters that seemed OF
10 account decide for all Of US our temporal
and eternal destiny and YOUR coming here
his morning which was perhaps not long
| prcrncditatcd and accidentally ms you
think. is of more Importance TO you than
any event in the last ten centuries or the
| innl destruction Of the world because II Is
rorr to decide where van will, De after all
the world g shall be demolished, some by
collision and some by explosion, some by
| nactrrc and some bv c,ClcE, s0I:.e by frost
and some by conNagraioni nj! gone but
TWO and those two rolling OF, the one
through cyclones immcnsiteS OF rapture
and the other rolling on throagh cycles
OF pangs; rolling up rolling up rolling up;
rolling down, ralling down; two world s.
the one charr.d and ;Ea Cthc: an lrradla:
ed srhcriCi!N
!i,ou couti2aa 10 aa.t ne Aow the past
appears to me / reply it apPHars like tou,I
or i've picture galleries ruHaIng .nio aacl
other, a Dusseldorf, Louvre, = l.uTem
bourg, their corridors adjo;ning. Iic.hoo(
gallery church gallery.
Home Gallery.
In tho boyhooi gallery are the. faces
schoolnates and co!lsg9 mates shut m,
eyes and nv memory walks thTaGGh tha
gallery. see tksm now, flying kites play
Ing ball, truYdIag the hoop, ;anging "a
woods for nuts, coasting the hillside, oi
later with ne bending over hXicons an
alycb1as sad tgigouometrics. The most O
these companions are departed. !GFg
Yumber Of those who were not poalt7et
Christian. died dssipated snd persisted i
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