Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-31

= tnan u!ty years 10 undo all the wor
Ie OF nifty. Iou see the sons of wealthy ps
ents going out into the world, inssn,
a ine'Veless, dyspeptic, or they are incorrig
a bic and reckless; while the on of the Dol
/ ter that kept the gate, learns bis trade
v gets robust physical constitution achieve
, high moral culture, and stands
IL THE FRONT RANK
! OF Church and State. Who are the me,
! mIghtiest in cur Legislatures, Congress
aud cabinets2 Did they walk up the stee,
? of life in silver slippers? Oh, no. Th'
mother put him down under the tree in tn,
shade while she spread the hay. MANY o
: these mighty men eat out Of an iron spoor
and draLk out OF the toughest earthen
ware-their whole life q forced march
They never had any luxuries until, sftel
awhile, God gave them aftiGeuce and use
fulness and renown as a reward ior thei,
: persistence. Remember, then, that though
: you msy have poor surroundings and
small means for the education OF YOU,
children. they are actually starting under
better advantages than though you had a
fortune to give them. Hardship and p,i
vation are not a damage to them, but an
advantage. A clipper likes a stiff breeze.
The sledge hammer doss not hurt the iron
it knocks into shape. Trouble is q hone
for sharpening very keen razors.
Akenside rose to his eminent sphere from
his fathers butcher shop Robert Burns
started as q shepherd Prdeau used to
sweep Exeter College. Clifford was shoe.
maker. aud the con OF every man OF toll
may rise 10 heights OF intellectual aud
moral power, If he will only trust God and
keep busy
Again; Ioder an encouragement that
you have so many
OPPORTUNITIES or GAINING INFORMATION.
Plato gave thirteen hundred dollsrs for
two books. The Countess OF Apjou gave
two hundred sheep for one volume. Jerome
ruined himself financially by buying one
copy Of Otigen. 0 the contrast Now
there are tens of thousands Of pens gather
ing up Information. Type settlers are call.
ing for copy" All our cities quake with
the rolling cylinders Of the IIarpers aud
the Appletons and the Lippinco,ts and the
Petersons and the Ticknors, and you now
buy more than Benjamin Franklin ever
knew fer fifty cents! A hard working man
comes along toward his home, and he looks
into the show window OF the bookstore and
sees an elegantly bound volume. He
fEys; wish mad that book; there must
be a great deal Of information in it
A few months pass along, and thou. b that
book which he looked! at costsive dolsrs,
it comes nov in pamphlet shape and costs
him fifty cents The high wall around
about the we'll Of knowledge is being
broken down, and people come, some with |
porcelain pitchers aud some with pewter
mugs, to dip up the living water for their
thirsty lips. There are people who toll |
from seven clock in the morning till six |
o'clock at night, who know mose about an.
stomy than the old psychologists, and who
know mole about astronomy than the old |
If you should tske the
learned men Of two hundred years ago and
put them on one bench, and take twenty
children from the common schools in
Brooklyn, and put them down on the other
bench, the children could examine the
and the philosophers could
not examine the children "Ahi" says
Isaac Newton, coming up and talking TO
,ome inteIlig gent lad Of seven years: What
8 that? 20! that is roll train" What
= that That is telegraph" What is
hat?' 1T is telephone" Dear me- |
hink shall go back to my bed 10 the
lust Tor ! ain beWildered and my head
oFgT ORE vou q and haf s4Aa hat Gq have all these
lome By the evening light you can look
,ver all nations and gee the descending
morn OF a universal day.
o,E MoRE ENCOURAGEMENT:
Your tolls in this world are only intended
o be Discipline Dy which you shall be
prepared for Heaven. Behold | bring ,
,ou glad tidings of great joY," and tell you
hat Christ, the carpenter, Of Nazareth, lie
he workingman's Chrlst You get His
owe onJe in your heart, 0, workngmGul
md you eau sing on the wall in the midst
If the storm, and in the chop amidst the
hoyiug OF the plaae and down in the
nine amid the plunge Of The crowbar, and
IN the sh picard while climbing .stlincg
# YOU beloug to tie Lord Jesus Christi
de will count the drops Of sweat on your I
,row. He knows every ache and every
pain you have ever suffered in your world.
Y occupations Are you weary? will I
rive you rest Are yog sickt He will {
,ive ycu health Are you cold2 He will
Rrap around you the warm mantle OF His !
eternal love. And besides that, my friends,
iou must remember, ttGt
All THs IS ONLY PREPARATORY
A predatory and introductory. | see a
great multitude before the throne Of God.
Who are they? "O!' you cay: Those are
princes: they must have always been in a
sal family; they dress like princes they I
walk like prin:es; they Gre pfinces; there
are none Of TIE eeIamon people there /
hone q! the people tina; ever toiled with
1and and foot" Ab you are mistaken. {
Who Is that bright spirit before the lhrone2
Whv, that WAS sewing girl who, work as
hard as she could, could make but two
;hillngs the day. Who is th@t other illus
Nous sogI before tho ttronet Why, that
nan tolled amid the Egyptian brick kilns.
" ho is that other illps;rlogs soul before the
hronef Why, haT druuEen tathsr drove
Der out on cold winter night, aud she
iroze uto heaven. VIA are those kings
nnd queens before the lhroue2 Ai9pJ 81
them went up from birmingham mills and
from Lowell carpet flc:ories.
And no~ bear sound Ike the rust
ling OF robes, and now see a taking up OF
harps as though they gere going 20 strike
a thsuSssiving anthem, and slI the chill
dren O.; the saw, and the disciples Of the
shuttle are in glorious array, aud they litt
a song so clear and sweet, wi,h you could
hear it, 1t would make tbe pilgrims bur
den very light, and the pilgrims jour
neY very short No: one weak voice or
hosrse throat in that great assemblsge
The accord is as perfect as though they
had seen all eternity prsoticing, and ask |
them what is the name of that song they |
sing before the throne, and they tell me IT
is the aoug OF the redeemed working. peo' |
ple. And the srgel cries out, Who are
these so near the throne?' aud the answer
comes back: These are they who came
out Of great ,ribulstion, and had their