Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-19

L nen' a fraudulent man there says: "
i mean to have my million" He gees tc
e work reckless Of honesty and
: he gets bis frat one HUNDRED
2 thousand dollars. he gets after
: awhile his two hundred thousand dollars.
t After awhile he gets his FIVE hundred dol
J lars. Nov" he says, II have only one
+ more move to make and l shall have my
million" he gathers up all his resources;
J be makes that one last grsnd move, be
; fails and loses all and he has not enough
} money left TO pay the cost Of the car to his
! home. People cannot understand this
spssmodic revulsion. Some said it was q
sudden turn in Erie railway stock or in
Western Union or in Illinois Central: some
said it was Jay Gould; some said it wss
one speculator, some said it was another.
They all guessed wrong. will tell you
what it was: He that sitteth in the
heavens" laughed.
MAN IN NEW YORK
said he would be the richest man
in the city. BE left his honest
work of chair-msking and got into the
city councils some way, and in ten years
stole fifteen million dollars from the city
government. Fifteen million dollars he
held the Legislature of the State
bis right tight hand. M sSS Suspicious s"p we're re-
aroused The grand jury presented indict.
ments. The whole land stood aghsst.
The man who expected to put half the
city in his vestpocket goes to Black wells
Island, goes to Ludlow Street Jail, breaks
prison, and goes across the sea- is rear
rested and brought back and again re-
manded 10 jail and died there. Why2
he that sitteth in the heavens" lsua he'd
Rome was great empire; she had
Horace and Virgil among her poets she
had Augustus and Constantine among her
emperors. But what mean the detsced
Pantheon aud the Forum turned into a
cattle market and the broken walled
Coliseum snd the architectural skeleton OF
her great aqueduc!2 Whist was that
thunder "Oh," you say, that was the
roar of the hAtteripg rama against her
walls" No. What WAS that quiver2
"Oh," you say, that was the
tramp Of hostile legions. No. The quiver
aud the roar were the outburst OF Omnipo.
tent laughter from the deGed and iusulted
heavens. Rome detied God and He laughed
her down. Thebes defed God and He
laughed her down. Babylon defed God
and He laughed her down.
There is great difference between
GODS LAUGH AND HIS SMILE.
His smile ia eternal beatitude. he smiled
when David sang and Miriam cspped the
cymbals and Hannah made garments for
her son, and Paul preached and John kin.
died with Apocalyp,ic vision, and when
any man has anything to do and does it
well. His smile Why. it is tbs fifteenth
of May, the apple orchards in full bloom;
it is heaven at high noon, oil the hells BEAT.
ing the marriage peal. But His laughter
may it never fall on US! 1t is con.
demnation for our sin it is q wasting
away. We may let the sstirist laugh at
US and all our companions nsy laugh at
U.s. and We may be the target for
the merriment Of earth and hell
but I'D forbid that we should ever come
to the fulGllment Of the prophecy against
the rejectors Of the truth II will laugh
at your calsmsty." But my friends, all OF
US who reject Christ and the pardon OF the
Gospel, must come under that tremendous
bombardment. God wants us all to repent
He counsels, He coaxes. He impos,unes
and He dies for us. He comes down out
of Heaven. Ae puts all the worlds sins
on one shoulder, de puts all the worlds
sorrow on the other shoulder and then,
with that Alp on one side and that Hims-
lsya on the other, He starts up the hill
back of Jerusalem TO achieve our salvation
he puts the palm of His right foot on one
long spike, and He puts the palm OF His
left foot on another loug spike, and then,
with hsnds spotted with His own blood, He
gesticulates saying: Look look and
live; with the crimson veil OF my sacrifice
| will cover Up sli yosr sins; with my
dying groan ! will swallow up all your
gFoans. Look, live" But some OF you
this morning turn your back on that, aud
then this voice OF invitation turns to tone
iivinely ominous that sobs Ike c simeon
through the GrE. chapter Of Proverbs:
because have called and ye refused, /
have stretched out my hand and no man
regarded; bat ye have set al nouQht oil my
counsel and would none OF my reproo.;
also will laugh at your calamity" Oh, !
whs, laugh that is deep laugh; long
reverosrsting laugh; an overwhelming
laugh. God grant We may never hear it
but in this day of mercitul visitation yield
your heart TO Chris; inst sou may spend all
yOqr life on earth under his smile and
escape forever the thunder Of the laugh OF
& DDS Indignation. i
The other Laughter mentioned in the
Bible, the oulY one shall speak Of ia
HEAVEN's LAUGHTER
or the expression OF eternal triumph. C.,
Christ said to his discples blessed are ,
ye that weep nov, for ye shall laugh
That makes me knos positively tina, we ,
are not to spend our days 10 hpaVen sing :
ing long metre Psslms. The formslistic ;
and stiff notions Of heaven that some peo-
pie have would make me miserable. l
am glad 10 know that the heaven Of the
Bible is net only place Of holy Worship :
but of Iasguiicen; socis6ilty. What"
say you, will the ringing laugh 20 around
the circles of the ssved2 | say yes; pure
laughter; cheering laughter; holy laugh.
ter. IL will De laugh Of congrstulation.
When We meet friend who has suddenly ,
come 10 fortune, or who hes Got over
some dire sickness. 20 We not shake handsH
DO We not laugh with hin2 And when
We get to heaven and zee our
frields there, some ai ;hsm have
ing come up Out Of great tribula-
lions, why, we will say to one Of
them: The last time ssz you,
Jou hsd been suffering for SIX weeks under
q low in'ermit,ebt lever" or, to another
we will say: You f97 tea yesss we're
linpipg With tie rheumstisu and you
we're fall o! complaints when We saw you
last congratulate you on this eternal
recovery" We shall laugh; yes We shall
congratulate ell those who have come up
ou, Of great financial enbsrassments in
this world because they have become mill
ioneirss in heaven.
Ye shsll laugh. 1t chs 7 be 3 laugh Of
reconciliation. AZ ia lust as natural for us