The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-29


do not fear. They do not even tremble
"a the ocean Of flame surges around them,
for over tho place where they stand the
fire hsa already passed, and there ia no
danger There Is nothing for the fire to
burn. Aud there is one SPOT on earth
that God has swept over, Eighteen hun
bred years ago the storm burst on CAL
vary, and the Son oil God took 1t into His
Own bosom, and now, IL we take our
stand by the Gross, we are safe for tins
and eternity,
MOTHERS LOVE.
There was an Engllshnsn who had an
only son; and only sons are often pstted,
aud humored, and ruined, This boy be-
came very headstrong, aud very often be
and his father had trouble. one day they
had q quarrel, and the father was very
angry, and SO was the son; and the father
said be wished the boy wonld leave and
never come back, The boy said he would
70, and would not come into his fathers
honae sRain till he sent for him, The
father said no would never send, for him,
Well, away went the boy, But when q
father gives up boy, mother does not.
You mothers will understand that, but
this fathers may not, You know there Is
no Iowa on earth so strong as mothers
love, A great many things may separate
q man from his wife; great many things
may separate father from q son; but
there Is nothing in the world that can
separate q trus mother from her child,
10 hs sEre, there arc mothers that have
drunk 20 much liquor, and they have
dunk up all their affection. But am
talking about @ true mother; and she
would never cast of her boy.
We'll, the mother began to write, aud
plead with the boy TO write to his father
tlrst, and hs would forgive him; but the
by said, ~ will never go homs till father
asks me-" Then she plead with the father,
but the father said, mo, Twill never ask
him Az Inst the mother came down to
hsr sICk.bsd, brokeR.heartgd, and when
she was given up by tho physicians to die,
the husband, anxious to gra!ify her last
wish, wanted to know II there was moth.
ing he could do for her before she died.
The mother gave him look; h9 vel!
knew what 1t meant. Then she said,
"Ysa, thtre Is one thing you can do. You
can seud for my boy. rant Is the only
wish on earth you can crafty. II you do
not pity him aud love him when am
dead and gone, who will?" swell" said
the father, ~ will send word to him that
you want 10 zee him." NO" Bhe says,
hyou know he will not come for me, II
ever ! see him you must Rsnd for him. "
At last the father went to his oiliCs and
wrots . dispatch In hia own name, asking
the boy to come As soon "a he got the
invitation from his father no started OF
to SEQ his dying mother. When heopansd
the door TO 20 iu he found his mlther d y.
iDg, and .hia father by the bedside. The
father heard the doot open, and saw the boy
but instead Of going to meet him he went
TO another part OF tho room and refused
to speak to him. His mothsr seized his
hRnd-hOw che had longed TO press i'll
She kiuesd him, and then said, snow, my
SOD, iuat speak to your father You
speak first, ana 1t will all be over" Bat
the hoy said, mo, mother, will moi
speak 10 him until he speaks TO me-" She
took her husbands hand in ono hand and
the boys in the other, aud spent her dy.
Ing moments 10 toying TO bring about u
reconciliation. Then jnst IS she was ex.
piriny-shc could not speak--Bo she put
the hand Of tho hayward boy into the
hand Of the father, and passed away
The boy looked OF the mother, and the
father ut the vile, and ut last the fathers
heart broke, and he opened his arms, and
took that boy to his boEomi and by that
body they we're reConCiled. Sinner, that
Ia only q faint type, a poor illustration, be.
cause God isnot angry with you.
A FRRE GOSPEL.
And Then 1t is free gOspsii any one
may have 1t. You need not ask, "For
whom ia this good news" 1t is for your.
self II you would like Ohrist's own word
for 1t, come with me to that uCeno in Jeru.
Balem where the dlsCiples are bidding Him
farewell. Calvary with oil it'd horrors is
behind him; Gethselnans Is over, and
Pilates judgment hall. He has passed
the grave, aud is about to take his place
at tho right hand OF tho Father. Around
Him stRnds his little baud Of Disciples,
the little church He was 10 leave behind
Him 10 DO his witnesses. The hour oil
parting has come, and He has some "last
words" for them. 10 He thinking about
Himself in these closlng momentsY Is He
thtnking about the throne that Is waiting
Him, and the Father's smile that will
welcome Him to HoavenP Is Ho
going over in memory the scenes
Of the past; or Is He thinking OF the
friends who have followed Him go far.
who will Mig Him so much when Ha Ia
gomez No, He il thinking about you,
You imagined lie would think OF thoae
who loved Him7 No, sinner, He thought
Of yOu then. He thought OF His enemies,
those who Stunned Him, those who de.
spised Him, thoae who killed Him-He
Thought what more He could do
for them. He thought OF those who
yovld hate Him, Of those who would
hayO none Of His gosnol, OF those who
would say II WaB loo good to be true, Of
those who would make excuse that de
never died Tor them. And then turning
to his daCiples, his heart Just bursting
with compassion, He gives them his lare.
well charge, "Go 80 into all the world and
PREACH thp gospel to every creature"
They arc almost his last words, "to eYcry
creature"
TuR GOSPEL OF PARDON.
was in Ohio n few years ago, and was
inyited to preNCh in the State prison.
Eleven hundred OonYlcts we're brought
into tho chapel and all sat in front Of me.
After l had got through the preaching the
chaplain said to me: "Mr, Moody, i want
to tell you Of EeenO which occurred in
this room. A few years ago our Commits.
sioners went to the Governor Of the State
and got him TO promise that he would
pardon I've men for good behavior The
Governor consented, with this under.
Slauding-that tho record was to DO kept
secret, aud that at tue end Of ak months
tho Ave men highest on the roll should re.
Cslye a pardon, regardlo5e Of who 6p what
they we're. At the end Of siE months The
prlSonOrS wore all broughtlnto tho chapel
the Commissioners came up, aud the
President stood up on the platform, and
putting hi1 hand In his pocket, brought