Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-09

a0yInlnR on IHe wall u hldll hiu
read it as it is. Daniel did not misinter-
pret or modify the handwriting on the
wall. 1t is all foolishness to expect a min
ister of the Gospel to preach always things
that the people like or the people choose.
WHAT SHALL 1 PREACH
to you to-day? Shall tell you of the dig
nity of human nature? Shall tell you OF
the wonders that our race has accomplish
ed? "Oh, nOn' you say tell me the mes
sage that came from God" l will. II
there is any handwriting on the wall
it is this lesson: Repent, accept
Christ and be saved"
might talk of a great many other things
but that is the message, and SO declare 1t.
Jesus never fattered those to whom he
preached He said TO those who did
wrong and who were offensive in his sight:
''Ye generation Of viperS, We whited Sc
pulchres. How can We escape the damna-
ton of help" Paul the Apostle preached
before man who was not ready 10 hear
him preach What subject did he take?
Did he say: so, you are \ good man, a
very fine man, very noble man." No;
he preached OF Righteousness, TO mar
who was unrighteOus; of temperance, To a
man who was the victim Of bad appetitcS;
of the Judgment to come, TO man who
was unfit for it, So we must always de-
clare the message that happens to come to
us. Daniel must read il as il is. 4 min
ister preached before James |, of England,
who was James vi, OF Scotland
What subject did he take? The
King was noted all over the world
for being unsettled and wavering in his
ideas. What did the minister preach
about to this man who was James |. of
England and James VI. of Scotland? He
took for his text James i. g.; "llc that
wavcrcth is like wave of the SEA driven
with the wind and tossed Hugh Lati-
mer offended the King by sermon he
preached, and the King said: Hugh Lati-
mer, come and apologize" twill, said
Hugh Latimer. So the day was appointed,
and the Kings chapel was full Of lords
anG dukes, and the mighty men and wO-
men of the country, for Hugh Latimcr was
to apologize. lie began his sermon by say
ing: "Hugh Latimer, bothink thee! Thou
art in the presence of thine earthly king
who can destroy thy body! But brthnk
thee, Hugh Lltimer, that thou art i'll the
presence of the King of heaven and earth,
who can destroy both body and soul in
hell fire o, King, cursed he thy crimes
II. Another lesson that comes to us:
There is
GREAT DIFFERENCE
between the opening of the banquet of sin
and its close Young man, If you had
looked in upon the banquet the first few
hours yOn would have wished You had
been invited there and could sit ut the
feast 20. the grandeur Of Belshazzar's 5
feast" YOU would have said; but you look
in at the close of the banquet and your
blood curdleS with horror. The King Oi'
TerrorS has there ghastlicr banquet; hu-
man blood is the wine and dying grOanS
are the music. Sin has made itself a king
in the earth. 1t has crowned itself. Ii
has spread banquet 1t invites all the
world to come to it. II has hung in its
banqcting hall the spoils of all kingdoms
and the banners of all nations. 1t has
gathered from all music. 1t has atrUWn
from It's wealth the tables and floors and
arches. And vet how often is that banquet
broken up and how horrible is its
end! Ever and anon there is hand
writing on the wall. \ king falls.
4 great culprit is arrested. The knees Of
wickedneSs knOcl; together. Gods judg-
mcnt, like an armed host. breaks in upon
the banquet. and that night is liaiShaZzar,
the King of the Chalieans, slain.
Here is a young man who says: II can
not SEE why they make such fuss about
the intoxicating cup. Why, it is cNhila-
rating. 1t makes me feel well. | can
talk better. think better feel better. |
cannot see why people have such prciu-
dice against it," \ few years pass on,
and he wakes up and finds himself in the
clutches fan evil habit, which he tries to
break but cannot, and he cries out; "Oh,
Lord God help me- 1t seems aS though
God would not hear his prayer and in IN
agony of body and soul hC cries Qut: 1t
bitcth like 4 serpent and it St!nsrlh like
an adder How bright it was at the
start: how black it WAS at the last.
Here is Q man who
BEGINS 10 READ FRENCH NOVELS.
They are 50 charming hc says; Il vii!
20 out and see for myself whether all these
things are so. He opens the gate Ola sin
iul life He goes in. \ siniul Spritc meets
him with her wand. She waves her wand
and il is all enchaatmcnt. Why, it seems
aS il the angels QfGOd had poured out phi
ais OF perfume In the atmosphere. As he
walks on he finds the hills bScoming more
radiant with foliage, and the ravincS more
resonant with the falling water. O, what
u charming landscape he secs. But that
sinful spritc with her waud meets him
again: hut now she rcVcrScS the wand and
all the enchmtment is gone. The cup is
full of poison. The iruit turns to ashes.
All the leaves OF the bower are tOrkcd
tongues of kissing serpents. The tt0"Ing
fountains fall back in dead pool, stencil
ful with corruption. The Turing san@s be-
come curses and screams OF demuniaC
laughter. Lost spirits gather about him,
and feel for his heart, and
bcrkon him on with: Hail,
brother. Hail, blasted spirit, hail. He
tries to get out. lie comes 10 the front
door, where he entered, and tries to push it
hack, but the door turns against him, and
in the jar OF that shutting door he hears
these words: This night is liclShaZzar
the King of the ChaldcanS slain Sin may
open bright as tho morning; il closes dark
rs the night.
Ill. | learn further from this subject
that
DEATH SOMETIMES BREAKS IN
upon banquet Why did he not 20 down
to the prisons in Babylon: There Were
people there that would like to have died.
suppose there We're men and women in
torture in that city who would have vel
coined death. But he comes to the palace,
and Just at the time when the mirth is dash
ing to the tip-top pitch death breaks i'll at the
banquet. We have often seen the same
thing illustrated Here is young man
Just come from college. He is kind. He
is loving. He Is enthusiastic, He is Gle
qucnt. By one spring he may bound to
heights toward which many men have
been struggling for years. \ profession
opens before him. He is established in
the law. His friends cheer him. Emi-
nent men encourage him. After awhile
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