Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-27

bad man by the name of Richard Baxter.
He picked up the tract and read il and Il
was The means of his salvation. In after
days that man wrote book called The
call TO the unconverted" that was the means
of bringing Q multitude to God, among
others Philip Doddridge Philip Doddridge
wrote book called THE Rise and Pro-
gress Of Religion which has brought
thousands and tens of thousands into the
kingdom Of God. among Others the great
Wilberforce. Wilberforce wrote Q book
called "A practical view Of Christianity
which was the means of bringing great
multitude to Christ among Others Leigh
Richmond. Leigh Richmond wrote tract
called "the Dairyman's Daughter" which
has been the means Of the salvation Of un.
converted multitudes, and the
Tide Of Influence
started from the fact that one christian wo-
man dropped christian tract in the way Of
Richard Baxter-the tide Of the great VIII
berforce. through Leigh Richmond, on, on,
on, forever, forever. So the insignificant
events of this world seen after all to b
most momentous. The fact that you came
up that street or this street seemed 10 be OF
10 importance to you and the fact that you
vent inside Of some church may seem to be
o matter Of very great insiRpi6cance 70 you,
but you win find Il the turning point IN your
history.
Again see in my subject an illustration
Of the
Beauty of Female Industry.
Behold Ruth toihng in the harvest fsla
under the hot sun or at noon taking ps.ip.
bread with the reapers or eating the parck. ed
corn which Bosz handed TO her. TAa Gus
toms Of society. Of course have changed,
and without the hardships aud exposure ,c
which Ruth was subjs ted, every in.slp, gent
woman viii find something to j., NOV
:nere is sickly ssptinAr...aii a his sab.
eet. In some families ;;asre are person. Of
ho practical seE;;lee to the household or
community, anu though there are 60 many
woes all around about them in the world,
ssey spend their time languishing over q
new pattern or bursting into tears at mid
night over the story Of some lover who shot
himself. They would not deign TO look at
Ruth carrying back the barley on her way
home to her mother-in law Naomi. All this
fastidiousness may seem to do very well
while they are under the shelter Of their
father house, but when the sharp winter Of
misfortune comes, what Of those butterhiesf
Persons under indulgent parentsge may
get upon themselves habits of Incidence,
but when they come out into practical life
their soul will recoil with disgust and cha
grim They will feel in their hearts what
The poet so severely satirized when he said
"Fols art so awkward, things 30 lmpoIite,
They're eleganly painsd from morning until
night"
through that
Gate of Incidence
how many men and women have m ;rched,
useless on earth 10 destroyed etcrnityi
Spinola said 10 Sir Horace Verc: "Of what
did your brother dieS' "0f having nothing
to do was the answer. "Ahw said Spinola,
that's enough TO kill any general Of US"
Oh, can it be possible in this world, where
there is 80 much suffering to be allevisted.
so much darkness 10 be enlightened aud so
many burdens TO be carried, that there is
any person who cshnot iiLd anything to do2
Madame de Stael did world OF WORK in
her time; and one day while she was seated
amid instruments Of music, all Of which she
bad mastered, and amid manuscript books
which she had written, some one said 10 her:
How do you tiud time TO attend TO all these
thipgsT "0h, she replied, there are not
the things / am proud Of; my chief boast is
in the fact that have seventeen trades, by
any one Of which / could make livelihood
If necessary" And If in secular spheres
there is so much to be done, in spiritual
work how vast the field How many dying
all around about US without one word Of
eomfortl We want more Abigails, more
Hannabs, more Rebeccas, more Marys,
more Deborahs, consecrated-body. mind,
soul-to the Lord who bought them.
Once more, learn from my subject the
Value of GIsanings.
Ruth going into that harvest field might
have said There is straw and there is q
straw; but what is straw csntgei any
barley for myself or my mother in law out
Of these separate straws Not so said
beautiful Ruth She gathered two strsws
aud she put them together and more strsws
until she got enough 10 make sheaE Pat
ting that down she went and gathered more
hIaws, until she had another sbesf, and an.
olher and another, and then she brought
lhem all together and she threshed them
cut and che had an ephsh Of barley, nigh Q
Lushei. Oh that we might ell be cleaners
II Is nll the stIaws that n axe The harvest, IL |
Is The pence that make the pound, and it 10
II he opportunities Of doing good that
make life Of usefulness IL rightly employ.
I'd Elihu Burritt learned many things while
roil Dg il ablacksmi,hs e thop. Abec 'ombis.
I world renowi sl philosopher, was q III
70. oSber in Scotland aud be got his philoso-
ply or The chief part of il, while IS phys.
clan be was waiting for Il Q door Of the sick
room 10 open. Yr. bow many there are in
this day VITO say they are so busy they have
No Time
for mental or spiritual improvement; the
great duties of life cross the field like strong
respers, and carry Of all the hours and
there 10 only here and there fragment left |
that is not worth cleaning. All, my friends,
you could 20 into the busiest day and busi.
est week Of ?, ur life and find golden oppor.
tunities, which gathered, might at last make
q whole sheaf for the Lords garner. II 10
The stray opportunities and the stray privi- |
leees which, taken up and bound together
and bes ten out, viii at last Gil you With
much Joy. Yea. more joy than Ruth felt
when she took home TO her mothef-in-lsv,
Naomi, the ephAh Of barley.
There are few moments LEFT worth TIE
cleaning. Now, RGih, 10 the field. They
each one have a measure full and running
over. Oh you cleaners, 70 the 6eldi And
II there be in Jour household an aged one
or sick relative that is not strong enough
to come forth and toll in this field, then let
Ruth take home to feeble Naomi this sheaf
Of gleaniDgs. He that goe,h forth and
veepetb, bearing precious seed, shall doubt.
lees come sgsin with rejoicing. bringing his
sbeaves with him" May the Lord God Of
Ruth spd Naomi be our portion forever!
Jewelry store Robbed.
A large jeweiry storein Boston was robbed
recently By some ingenious rzscsIs Who had
secured the combination Of the safe lock.