Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

have trinity all around US. Trinity in our
selves: body, mind and soul, Body BY
which We walk, mind BY which we calculate,
soul by which we love, but all three one
man. Trinity in the air: heat, light and
moisture, but one atmosphere. Trinity in
the court room: three judges on the bench,
making but one court Trinity all around
us in nature and in earthly government,
why not Trinity in Godhesd2 OF course all
illustrations are defective, because the ma
tural cannot fully illustrate the spiritual.
But suppose an ignorant man should meet
chemist and say: You tell me that the
air is composed OF different elements and
that water is composed of different elements;
| / know better, the air is one, for am con-
stantly breathing it. and the water is one,
| for every day drink it." The chemist
would say to the ignorant man: "Come into
my laboratory and viii demonstrate all
these subjects" The objector goes in and
comes forth from the laboratory convinced.
A man says: This Trinity is beyond my
comprehension" God says: Come up
into my heavens after your death and in q
second you will see for yourself and under
stand II all. As the one man could not
understand the composition Of the atmos-
phere and the water outside the chemist s
laboratory, we cannot understand the Trim
ity outside Of heaven.
by Faith.
classification by faith" they sas, is an
other inexplicable technicality. But that
means as soon as man confdes in Jesus
Christ as the Savior from sin God lets the
offender Off Anything mysterious about
that? Regeneration, they say, is another
inexpEcable word. Well, regeneration is
only being made over again. 1t is another
name for reconstruction. The ConStella.
ton, an.ofwar, lay at the Brooklyn navy
yard. Famine came in Ireland, and the
old Constellation, that formerly carried bul.
let's and canon balls and gunpowder, carried
bread to Ireland. So sinner, loaded down in
sin, is rettted and loaded up with the bread
Of life. He hauled down one flag and put
up another.
He came into this church three weeks
ago drunk and sat back by the door and re-
piled in subdued tone to the preacher, That
is a lie" But church usher heard him
and told him to be silent or go out. He
came the next night sober and was regen~
Grated. Being in the liquor trade he sent
back all the samples of rum sent him the
day before. He resigned that business and
loves the religion he once hated. baptized
him last Sunday morning. A large reward
he's been offered him if he would 60 back
20 his old business. No; he will never 60
back. Writing home the news Of
his conversion to his Christian moth
er she writes ack congratulatory
letter and says: IF Through giving up your
BUSINESS you get out of means, come home.
You will always find me ready to rescue
YOU. He told one Of his dissolute compan.
| ions the conversation" Oh, said his disso'
Lutte companions. If you have become
A Christian
you ought to 60 and speak 20 dying girl
in Wonder house about ber soul. She is dy'
ing Of quick consumption" He was led to
her bedside. She was dying in a room
where all around were dissolute. He told
! her that Christ would save her. What
makes you think thatT' said the dying girl.
The new convert took out his new Testa.
ment and said: ut is in this book. g."
Show it to me" said the dying girl. The
new convert said; II have neglected this
book IN yself until a few DAYS ago and can
not find the place, but know it IS some
where between the lids Of this book" Then
he began to leaf over the book and strange
and beautiful to say his eye fell upon the
words of Christ Neither do / condemn
thee, 60 and sin no more. She said; ut
is not possible that that is there. Let me
see it for myself The New Testament was
handed her and she said: "Yes, yes; see
it for myself and | accept the promise:
Neither do | condemn thee, 90 and
sin no more. In few
hours her spirit fled and her funeral ser.
mon was preached by the new convert who
only few days before had been bias
phemer and a drunkard, hating God and
all that is good. That was regeneration
| If You can find any dry husks Of techni-
cality in that show them TO me. Regene-
ration! BY the. pardouing grace Of God
all made over again.
A ship captain two or three years ago
came and sat in yonder gallery. he did
not believe in churches and he had special
dislike for Talmage. The gospel arrow
struck that hearer in the heart. He arose
for PRAYER over six feet in height. When
he arose there was no doubt in the faW that
he had risen Before he left this house he
was Christian. He went our among ship
/ owners and ship captains and told them
what change had been wrought. When on
| the SEA and
| on Cape Hattoras
in loug-continued fog and he and all the
crew were at their wits end, he went TO his
room and prayed for the salvation OF his
ship and all on board, and came out, say
ing: "All right, boys; at such an hour the
fog will lift God tells me so in prayer.
! A man on deck laughed to scorn such an
idea. At the time he said the fog would
lift fash Of lightning struck through the
fog, fash that sent the scofer stunned to
the deck. The Cape Haiteras lighthouse
suddenly appeared and the ship
| WAS nut on her course into
safety. On the land the captain spends
much of his time among the sick, and he
kneels By those who have by their illness
been in their beds for months, and they rise
up restored. And he kneeled by the side
Of those long decrepid, and they walk with
out crutches, and in answer to his supplica-
tons, blind eyes that for ten years have not
been able to read, read the Scriptures.
Physical agonies, the sight Of which was ap-
paiiing, have left their sufferers to speedy
conyalescence. No second hand evidence
about this. L have seen the restored pa.
tents and have heard the testimony from
their own lips. The seofing sea captain
wto came here with heart full 0i hatred and
contempt fer the gospel, now deyoting all
bis time to evangelical labors. That is re-
peneratioul No far of story about men in
some other land. They are both Of them
here this morning, subjects Of
| Regeneration.
Then the doctrine Of vicarious suffering
is said 10 be dry and absurd and useless
echnicality-Christs suffering for others.
Why, my hearers you don't scot st it when
you see Il in other directions You can see
| It's beauty when q mother suffers Tor hei
children, when patriot suffers for his eoun
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