Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-21
WHEEIING W. VA, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 81 1885,

the great battles OF the world WnIle yc
are looking over the map of the world
answer ,hai, will tell you that
THE GREAT CONFLICT TO-DAY
is on the Thames, on the Hudson, on Il
Mississippi, on the kennebec, on the Ssva
nah, on the Rhine, on the Nile, on Il
Gsnges, on the Hosng.Ho. 1t is bait
that has been going on for six thoussn
years. The troops engaged in it are fou
teen hundred millions, aud those who hsv
fallen are vaster in numbers than rhos
who march. 1t is battle for bread Sci
timentslists sit in o cushioned chair, i
their pictured study, with their slippere
feet on q dsmask ottoman, and say ths
this world is a great scene of favarice an
greed. 1t does not seem 30 to me. If
were not for tae absolute necessities Of th
cases, nine-tenths of the stores, factories
shops, banking houses of the land would b
closed to morrow. Who is that man del,
ing in the Colorado hills2 or toiling in
New England factory? or goin.
through q roll of bills in the bsuk2 O.
measuring fabric on the coun,er2 he
champion sent forth in behalf of som
fhome circle that has to be cared for, in be
half Of some asylum Of mercy that has t
be sustained. Who is that women bendinE
over the sewing machine, or carrying the
bundle, or sRReping the room. or mendine
the garment, or sweltering at the washtub
That is Deborah, one of the Lords hero
ines, battling against Amalekitish want
which comes down with iron chariot to
crush her and hers.
The great question with the vast major
ity Of people to-day is not II me Rule,
but
WHETHER THERE SHALL BE ANY HONE TT
RULE;
not one of tariff, but whether they shRl
have anything to tax. Ths great question
with the vast majority of people is: "HoV
shall support my family2 How shall
pay my rent2 How shall / give food
clothing and education to those who are
dependent upon me" Oh, if God would
help me to day to assist you in the solution
of that problem, the bappiest man in this
house would be your preacher | have
gone out on cold morning with expert
sportsmen 10 hant for pigeons; have gone
out on the meadows to hunt for quail;
have gone out on the marsh to hunt for
reed birds; but this morning / am out for
ravens.
Notice 10 the first place in the story OF
my text, that these wauged caterers came
to Elijah directly from God 81 have COM
msnded the ravens that they feed thee" We
God saying in an adjoining passage. They
did not como out of some other cave. They
did not Just happen to slight there. God
frightened them, God lunched them, and
God told them by what cave to swoop.
That is the same
GOD THAT is GOING TO SUPPLY YOU.
he is your Father. You would have to
make an elaborate calculation before you
could tell me how many pounds Of food
and how many yards Of clothing would be
necessary for you aud your family; but
God knows without any calculation. You
have a ylste OF his table and you are 60
ing to be waited on unless you act like O
naughty child and kick and scramble and
pound saucily the plate and try to upset
things. God has a vast family, and
everything is methodised, and you
are going to be served if you
will only wait your turn God has already
ordered all the suits Of clothes you will
ever need, down to the last suit in which
you shall be laid out. God has already
ordered all the food you will ever eat, down
10 the last crumb that will be put in your
mouth in the dying sacrament. In may
not be just the kind Of food or apparel we
would prefer. The sensible parent de.
pends on his own Judgment as to what
ought to be the apparel and the food of the
minor in the family The child would say:
Give me sugars and confections," y" "Oh,
no, says the parent" you must have
something plainer frat" The child would
say "0h, give me these great blotches OF
colcr in the garment" mo" says the
parent that wouldn't be suitable"
Now, God is our Father, and we are mi,
nors; and BE is going 10 clothe US and
feed US, although He may not always yield
to our infsntile wish for sweets and gilt
ter. These ravens of the text did not
bring pomegranates from the glitteriDg
clatter of King Ahab. They brought
bread and meat. God had all the hesvens
and the earth before Him and under Him,
and yet He sends this plain food, because
it was best for Elia ah to have it. oh, be
strong, my hearer, in the fact, thss the
same God is going to supply you 1t is
never hard times" with Him. His ships
never break on the rocks. His banks
never fail. He has the supply for you
and He has the means Of sending it, He
has not only the cargo but tine ship II it
were necessary He would swipg out from
the heavens q flock Of ravens reaching
from Els cote TO yours, until the food
would be flung down the sky froR heak to
besk and frog talon TO talon.
Notios sgatn In this story Of the text,
that the ravens did not ALLOW Elijah to
hoard up q surplus. They did not bring
enough on Monday to last all week. They
did not bring enough Que morning 10 last
until the next morning. They came twice
day and brought
JUST ENOUGH
for one time. You know as we'll as |, that
the great fret OF the world ia thst We want
a surnlus-ve want the ravens to bring
enough for fifty years You have more
confidence in the Fulton Bank or Nassau
Bank or Rank OF Enzlsnd than you nave
in the Royal Bank Of Heaven. You say:
"All that is very poetic, but you may hsv,
the black ravens; give me the gold eagles
We had better be content With just enough
If in the morning your family eat up
all the food there is in the house,
do not sit down and cry and say:
II don't know where the next meal
is to come from" About FIVE or six or
seven o'clock in the m orniug, just look up
and you will see two black spots on the
sky, and you will hear the tapping Of
winds, and instead of Edgar A. Pos's in
sane raven alighting on the chamber door
'only this and nothing more" you will
fud Elijahs two ravens, or the two ravens
of the Lord, the one bringing bread snd
the other bringing mia:-plumed butchel
aud baker.
God is infinite In resource When tbt
city Of Rochelle was bssieged anG the 10
| he h;tanta vara dvino nf the famine tht