Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-10

themDelSes: Il will seek after nigne
treasure" From that time they dLa no
care whether they walked or rode II Cnrls
walked with them; nor whether they hve
in a mansion or hut if they dWelt unde
the shadow of the Almighty; no
whether they were robbed i
French broadcloth or in q homespun
thew had the robe of the Ssviors right
eousness; nor whether they were sandslie.
in morocco or calf skin ifthey were shod witt
the preparation Of the Gospel. Now yo'
see peace on their countensnce. Now tina
man SAYS: What fool l was TO be en-
chsnted with this world Why l nav
more satisfaction in FIVE minutes IN th'
service of God than had in all the hrs
years of my life while | was gain getting
like this evening of my day great des
better than did the morning. In tht
morning greedily devoured the prey bu
now it is evening, and am gforiously di
yiding ths spoil.
Ny friends, this is
A POOR THING TO HUNT.
It is heal,bful to 90 out in the woods
and hunt. 1t rekindles the luStre of tht
eve. 1t strikes the brown of the autumns
leaf into the cheek II gives to the rheu
naticsI limbs a strength to leap like the
roe. Christopher North's pet gun
the muckle.mounted Meg, going of
in the summer in the forests had
i,s echo in the winter time IN the
eloouence that rang through the Univerdiry
halls of Edinburghn. Ii is healthy to &C
hunting in the Gslds; but / tell you it /:
beli,tEing and bedwatflpg and belamlng
for a man to hunt this world. The ham
mer down on the gun cap and the barre
explodes and kills you instead OF thai
which you are pursuing When you turI
out TO hunt the world the world, the world
turns out to hunt you, and as many q
sportsman aiming his gun at the panther
heart has gone down under the striped
claws, so whlls you have been attempting
10 devcur this world, the world has been
deyouring you. SO it was with Lord
Byron. So it was with Coleridge So il
was with Catherine of Russia. Henry IL
went out hunting for this world and lts
lances stuck through his heart. Francis
aimed at the world but the asssssius dag
ger put an end 10 his ambition and his lltr
with ore stroke Mary, Queen ct Scots,
wrote on the window OF her castle:
"From the top o. all my trut
Mishap hat laid ma IN me dust
THE QUEEN DoWAGER or NAVARRO
was offered for her wedding day g costly
and beautiful pair Of gloves aud she put
them on, but they were poisoned gloves
and they took her lie. Better a bare
hand of cold privation than warm and
poisoned glove Of ruinous success: Oh,
says some young man in the audience, i
believe what you are preaching am
going to devour the prey, and in the eveG'
ING | shall divide the spoil of Christian
character. l only want q little while to
sow nv wild oats and then will be good.
Young man, did you ever take the census
of all the old people2 How many old Peo'
pie are there in your house? Que, TWO or
none2 How many in a vast ass7mbIage
ike this? Only here and there gray
hesd, like the patches Of snow here and
there in the fields on late April day. The
fact is that the tides of years are so strong
that the men 60 down nnder them before
they get TO be sixty, before their get to be
fifty, before they get to be forty, before they
get to be thirty; and il you, my young
brother. resolve now that you will speud
the morning of the days in devouring the
prey, the probability is that you will never
divide the spoil in the evening hour. de
Who postpones until old age the religion OF
Jesus Christ, postpoues it forever. "her"
are the men who, thirty, years ego, resolved
to become Christians IN old age, putting II
of certain number of years2 They never
got 10 be old. The railroad collision or
the steambost explosion Of the slip on the
ice or the falling ladder or the sudden cold
nut On end 10 their opportunities. They
have never had an opportunity since and
never will have on opportunity again.
They locked the door OF heaven against
their soul aud they threw away the key;
and il they Gould now break Jail and come
up shrieking TO this audience do not
think they would take two minutes 10 per.
susds US all to repentance. They chased
the world and they died in the chNss. The
wounded tiger turned on them. The7
failed to take the game that they pursued
Mounted on o swift courser they lesped the
hedge but the courser fell on them nad
crushed them. Proposing to barter their
soul for the world they lost both and go'
neither.
While this is au encouragement to old
people who are yet unpardoned, 1t ia
NO ENCOURAGEMENT TO TIE YOUNG
who are putting off The day Of grace. Thia
doctrine that the old may be repentsnt /:
to be taken cautiously. Il is medicine
that kills or cures, The came medicine
given to different patients in one case
saves life aud in the other destroys it
This possibility Of repentance ct the clos'
of life may cure the old man while it kill
the Young. Be cautious in taking it
Again, my subject is descriptive Of thos
Who come to a sudden and radical change
You have noticed how short time i! i
from morning 10 night in Wiuter-eight o
ten hours. You know that winter Ia
has very brief lite, The heart Of th
longest day beats twenty four times an
then it is dead. How quick the TRANSITION
in the character of these Benz .minites I'll
the morning they shall devour the prey
and at night they shall 6ivide tie spoil
Is it possible that theYe shall be such
transformation in any CT our characters
Yes, a man may be at seven o'clock in tn
morning an all devopring worldling an
a, sevea o'clock q. night he may be
pesceful disrriou,ive Christian. Conver
sion is instaatsneo2E ! man passes int
the kingdom Of God quicker than down th
sky runs the zig-zag lightning. 4 ms
may bs srXions about his soul for q gr7s
, many yesrs. that does Rot llaSe Ceri'
tian. 4 msn mar pray q great While
, that does not make him Christian.
! man may resolve on the reformation
, his character and have that resolution q
. ing on 6 great while tlst aoa' pct Tss
him a Christian. Bl; the very instar
when be fings bis soul on the mercy
, Jesus Christ, tkst ils'sut is lustrstlor
, emancipation, resUrreeion. Up TO th'
| point he is going in the wrong direchou
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