Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-14

willing now Tor the love OF God to let dieH
She put her arms around him ard said:
THE Lord gave and the Lord hath taken
away. Blessed be the name of the Lord =
Stop that snivelliug," said Claverhouse
IL have had enough OF it. Soldiers do
your work. Take aim Fire" and the
head Of John Brown was scattered on the
ground. While the wife was gather
ing up in her apron the frsg.
ments OF her husbands hesdxSgatheriDg
them up for burial, ClaverhoGse looked
into her face and said: Nov, my good
woman how do you feel now about your
bonnie mann "Oh," she said, 81 always
thought well of him; he has been very
good to me. had no reason for thinking
anything but we'll OF him, and think bet.
ter of him now
o, what grand thing il will be in the
last day TO see God pick out his heroes
and heroines. Who are those psupers of
eternity trndaing nff f-n.- III ss,.s VI
7hesvenH VINO are theyy- The Lord CLAW
erbouses and the Herods, and those who
had sceptres and crowns and thrones, but
they lived for their own aggrandizement
and they broke the heart of nations
Heroes OF earth, but psuperS in eternity
beat the drums of their eternal despair
Woel Woe Woe
REWARDED.
But there ,s great excitement III heaven
Why those long professions? Why the
booming OF that great bell in the tower?
1t ID coronation day i'll heaven. Who are
those rising on the thrones with crowns Of
eternal royalty They must have been
great people on earth world-renowned
people. No, they taught in ragged school.
Taught in a ragged school? Taught in a
ragged school Is that all That is all
Who are those souls waving sceptres Of
eternal dominion? Why, they were little
children who waited on invalid mothers
That sl' That's all She was called
Little Mary" on earth she is an empress
NOW. Who are that great multitude on
the highest thrones OF heaven Who are
they Why, they fed the hungry, they
clothed the naked, they healed the sick,
they comtorted the heart.broken.
They never found any rest until
they put their head down on the
sepulchre. God watched them. God
laughed defiance at the enemies who put
their heels hard down on these, His dear
Children and one day the Lord struck his
hand 80 hard on his thigh that the omnip.
otent sword ratified in the scabbsrd as
He said: Il an their God, and no weap.
ON formed against them shall prosper"
What harm can the world do you when
the Lord Almighty, with unsheathed sword,
fights for you2
| preach this sermon this morning in
comfort Go home to the place where
God has put you TO play the hero Of the
heroine. Do not envy any man his money
or his social position. Do not envy any
woman her wardrobe or her exquisite ap
pearance. Be the hero or heroine. If
there be no -four in the house and you
don't know where your children are to get
bread listen and you will hear something
tapping against the window pane. Go to
the window and you will find it in the beak
of raven, and open the window and there
will fly in the messenger
that fed Elijah. Do you think that
the God who grows the cotton Of the South
will let you freeze for lack Of cloihes' Do
you think that the God who allowed the
disciples, on Sunday morning, to 60 into
the grainfeld, and then take the grain and
rub it in thheir hands and eat-do you
think God will let you starve2 Did you
ever hear the experience Of that old mani
81 have been young and now am old; yet
have | not seen the righteous torsaken,
nor his seed begging bread" Get up out
of your encouragement, o troubled soul l,
o sewing women o men kicked and
cufed by unjust employers! q ye who
are hard beset in the battle OF life, and
know not which way 10 turn q you be-
reit one o you sick one with complaints
you have told to no one come and get
the comfort OF this subject. Listen 10 our
great captains cheers To him that
evercometh will | give to eat Of the tree
Of life which is in the midst OF tie psradies
OF God ~