Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-19

Shall such worthless worm as l,
Who sometimes am afraid to die,
/ Be found At Thy right hand?
The subject of the sermon was: Shall
we have another chance in the next
Sor,dY The text was ftom Ecclesiastes
xi, 3: If the tree fall toward the South
or toward the North, in the place where
the t,ee faliesh the;e it shall be. % Follow
ing is the sermon:
There il
HOyEEING HOPE
; in the middle of q vast multitude that
there will be an opportunity in the next
wtrld to correct the mistakes Of this; that,
if We do make complete shipwreck OF cur
earthly life it will be on a shore up which
we may walk to a palace that as de-
fendant may lose bis case in the Circuit
Court and Garry it up to the Supreme
Cour, or Court Of ChAncery, and get re-
versal of judgment in his behalf,
all the costs being thrown
over on the other party, so if we fail in the
earthly trial, we may in the higher JnrlsdIc-
ton Of eternity have the Judgment OF the
lower court set aside, all the costs remitted,
and we be victorious defendants forever.
Nv object in this sermon is TO show that
common sense, as well as my text declares
that such an expectation Is
CHIMERICAL.
You say that the impeuitent man having
got into the next world and seeing the
disaster, will, as q resulr OF that disaster,
turn, the pain the cause of his reformation.
But YOU can find ten thousand instances in
this world Of men who have dore wrong
and distress overlook them suddenly. Dil
the distress heal them2 No; they went
right on.
That man was flung Of
DIssIPATIoNs.
You must stop driSking," taid the dec
tor, "snd quit the fast life you are leAiirg
or il will destroy you" The patient sut-
fers paroxysu after psroxysu, but uGder
skiIlful medical treatment he begins 10 sit
up, begins 70 walk about the room, bee'Es
. TO goto business. And be goes back to
the same grog shops for his morring dram,
and his evening dram, and ihe draps BE-
tween. Flat down again. Same doctor,
Same physical anguish Same medical
warning. Now the illness is more pro-
tracsed, the liver is more stubborn, the
stomach is more irritable and the digestive
organs more rebelllous. But after while
be is out again, goes back TO the same
dram shops, and goes the same round OF
sscrilese ssa;Gst bis physical health. He
sees that his downwGId course ID rO,niaR
his household, that bis hfe is u perpetual
perjury against his msrrisge vow, that that
broken-hcarted woman is unlike tie rot este
yoru- wife that ne married, thst her old
schoolmstes d. n: recognize her, that
his sons are TO be tsuatsd Tor
a lifetime BY the fathers Drunkenness, that
the daughters a.e to pass into lie u der
the scari6cslion Of reputable ancestor.
Ee y drinking up their happiness their
prospects, rof tSiS H., and perhaps for the
lie to come. SomtIiues Sa spPre 6iat,3n
of what he is doing comes upon him His
nervous system is oil jaCgle. From
grown of bead 10 cole OF foot he ia one
acbicg Essuirg. crucifying, damning tor
tare. Tbete e he l. he'll on ealtb.
DOES IT RvFoRH HIM
After awhile he hss delrium treneus With
whole Jungle Of hissing reptiles let out on
his pillow, and his screams horrify the
peiyhbors as be dashes out Of bis bed, crJ
ins: Take these things of Of MT" A.
he sits, pale and conyalsscent, the d,ctor
ssys. "EaE, | want 20 have plain ta'k
With you, nv GesS fellow. Tae DtTt a'tscE
Of this Eud you will have, yOl will BE be,
yord all medical skill, and yeu viii die.
BE gets better and gOts forth into the
sauS round again. This time ne5icine
takes no effect Lonsa!taion OF physicians
agree in anything there lie no hcPe. Death
ebds:theSscere.
That process OF inebris,ior, warning and
dissolution is going within stones throw o.
, this csascS, S2!ng % in al the neighbor
hoods Of ChIisteEdoD.
PAIS DJIs NOT CORRECT.
SuEsIiug does not reform. What is true
! IN one sense = :;pe IN sll senses, and vii
forever be so, and yet mtE Ese expecting
in The next world pOrgatorial re!avenauon
Tale no the printed report Of the prisons
of the United States, and yoG will and thA
, The vast amount Of the incsrcerated hAvt
, S,sn there before, scme of them four five
= s;y times. With million illustrations 81
, rorkipg the other way in this world, peo
ME are expecsirg that distress IN tie mex
2 sarE S:ll hs soIysble You csrEot i'm
sViue suy worse toTlUrs N eny ether Wori'
! r6an uhich some men hsve snaeted DER
and without any sslutsry consequence.
Furthermore: The prospect Of retor
mstion IN the next world s
e MORE INPRoBABLE
s .bG, . reformation here. In this wotl
the hfe stsrtsS Eila iDnSceuce Of infancy
In tie case supposed the other hIe va
open with all the accumulated bad haoi!
Of many years upon him. Sureiy II
y easier to build a strong ship out Of LEI
;. t;mbs- thaa out Of an old nulk that rs
y been Ground % in the breakers If WIT
D. innocence to START with In this hie, ma
E. does not become cody, What prospect
z thsre that in the next world, starting VII
y nm. q sersph should be evcluted. surel
le tbe sculptor has more prospect OF makio
as : 6ne stssps out Of block Of pure whit
Parian marble, tb6n 0ut o. ~ old hlse
rock scanned and cracked with ths storm
Of a half century. Surely upon eies
White sheet of paper It Is easier TO write
:. 5aed or a viii than upon q sheet OF pap'
- ali aeribbIed and bl0tted, and torn fro'
- Isn 20 bottom. Yet men seem 70 thin
= = "a, thougb the Eis .hsi began here cor
psrsiiyely peteet turned oct tsdlJ, 4
rext lie vii sGccssd thcDgh It starts va
q dad taiiurs-
- LJFK yOE TOO saoAF.
4 aBut" says some one. II shink gssagi
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