Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-01-10
THE BIBLE.
4 Sovereign Balm for All the Ills of This
life.

4 Sovereign Balm for All the Ills OF This
Life.
To all who ii mgy c~oucero-and it con-
Germs everybody.
The one who now addresses you is not O
~hydcophobist nor a homeopathic, nor an
eclectic, nor an aIpathist, nor a dealer in
patent medicines; but be is firmly con-
vincsd that there is a sovereign balm for
all the lis that assh is heir to, and that It
may BE- found in an Old, neglected book
cslled-the Bible.
To tbs great mas5 OF mankind Of the
present day, the world seems to be sadly
out Of Joint; aud so it is, and so it ever has
been since the days Of Adam. There IS
nothing new under the sun. The world Is
no worse now than it ever has been: only
the surface manifestations are dideren!.
There ore many now, especially among
sged or the disappointed, and they are not
a few, who are prone to inquire, Why
we're the former days better than these?
The answer of the wise man to such IS just
az applicable now as in bis day: Thou
dost not inquire wisely concerning this
And vet. at the present day as in former
times, there are thousands gravely asking:
What is the matter? The times seem to
be terribly out Of Joint But that ls IN g
great measure, owing TO the way they look
at it. or TO the medium through which they
look, in other words, to the state or condi.
ton OF their own minds. TO the pure all
things ore pure" aud the reverse is espec.
ially true The world is moving on after
the old fashion. If there is any change tor
the worse it is in you. You are out OF
Joint. your mind, your heart your life.
Once get those right and other things will
sooa put on Il different aspect.
what's the matter?' Why, my friends,
you have lef, your mooringS. The tide
has carried you out into the deep, deep
sea; and there you are without anchor or
rudd.r. la plain English, you have thrown
aside your Bible, and you are on the way
10 destruction. You have thrown your
chart and compass overheard, and now
you are suffering the penalty. Is it not so?
Nou know it ia, and yet you lpqulre
What's the matter Look not beyond
VOL; look within, aud you will then find
what is the matter. Get your o8n heart
rirht, and you will then have les5 o2sasion
10 Quarrel with the world and the people
in 1t.
Now, the Bible is suggested as q cover,
eipn remedy for ell the evils Of this life;
but il il O little remarkable that the very
thiny which is the greatest boon to msu'
kind, is rejected with most bitter hostility
Now, what does this prove? 1t shows tie
native depravity Of the human heart-that
yould.be wise man is only q fool at best.
We find the foregoing ideas amply Illus
trated ia the conduct OF men OF the pres
ent day. Employer and employee are at
daggsrs point-aud why? The disinter-
esied spectator q see al once that 1t IS
simply because each party has neglected
TO cultivate that sense OF truth, end justice
aud fair dealing which il enjoiaed IN the
Bible. Each one looks at things from his
own standpoint, and each one is more or
less in the wrong.
But some will say: We don't believe
the Bible Well, suppose you don't, does
this. make it untrue? Isaac Newton be
l,eved, aud you don't-what then? But
We are philosophers, scientists, nihilis,s,
socialists, communists, land graboers, LAND
~leaguers, strikers, boYcotters, dynRmiters
and what not. The Bible is opposed to US
and cur ways, and we are opposed to the
Bible Yes, the Bible is opposed to your
ways unquestionsbly. Your ways are OF
fensive to God. The Bible ia Gods Word,
and it condemns you because you are act
ing against your own b5st interests, and
the best interests Of society. He'll leaving
you 10 yourself, to work out your " de-
struction, as you certainly will do il you
psrsist in your present evil courses.
Do you ask What you shall do TO be
saved?' We give you the same old, old
answer, Believe on tho Lord Jesus Christ
aud thou shalt be saved Take the Bible
for you guide, aud not the false lights of
men, and it will lead you into the land Of
peace, safety and plenty. Read, mark,
learn, and inwardly digest, and thus your
doubts and difficulties will IN due time be
aolved.
But mark this, however, the Bible must
not only be read but studied, in o reverent,
teacha6le, prayerful spirit, and whose thus
"looketh into the perfect law Of liberty and
coutinueth therein, he being not q tOTgettul
haarer but 8 doer Of the work, this man
shall be blessed in his deed Hunt mp
the old Biola. It mag prove to you great
e. riches than all the treasures of Egypt.
1t ia not meant in the foregoing 10 de-
eide as to the relative merits OF the many
issues nov before the public; but it is
meant to say that there is more or lees OF
Sin and folly mixed up with all OF them,
aad to say as John the Baptist, and Christ,
aud the Apostles, and every true minister
fer the last eighteen hundred years have
been saying Repent, believe and obey
the gospel and be saved; saved not in
your sius, but from them"
Your fellow sinner and we'll wisher,
JAMES II. MCMECuEN.