Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-23

that it gives mp all the cardinal doctrines
OF the Bible, 90 liberal that il surrepdeS
the rectitude Of the throne Of che Almighty.
That is hberality with . vengeance. Let
rs decide upon the work which We, @
Christian msn, have to do, and, in the
strength Of God, 20 to work and do IL.
1t Is comparatively easy to keep ON .
parade amid Q shower of bouquets and
hand-clapping, and the whole street full Of
enthusiastic huzzss; bat IL Is not % easy to
stand up In the day Of battle, the face
BLAcKKNKD WITH SMOKE
the uniform covered with the earth
ploughed up BY whizzing bullets and
bursting shells, half the regiment cut to
pieces, and yet the commander c,ying
Forward, marchr Than il requires old.
fashioned valor. Ny friends, the great
trouble of the kingdom Of God in this day
is the coWards. They do splendidly on
the parade day, and at the communion,
when they have on their best clothes Of
Christian profession; but put them out in
the great battle Of life, ct the trst sharp
shooting Of skepticism they dodge, they
fall back, they break ranks. We confront
the enemy, we open the battle sgainst
fraud, and 10! we find on our side q great
many people that do not try to pay their
debts. And We open the battle against in
temperance, and we fiud on our own
side great many people that drink too
much. And we open the battle against
profanity, and we find on our own side q
great many men who make hard speeches.
And we open the hattie against infidelity,
and 10! We find on our own side great many
men who are not quite sure about the
Book Of Jonah. And while we ought to
be massing our troops, and bringing forth
more than the united courage of Austerlitz,
and Waterloo, and Gettysburg. We have to
be spending our time in hunting up am
buscades. There are q great many in the
Lords army who would like to 20 out on
a campaign with satin slippers and hold.
ing umbrellas over their heads to keep of
the heavy dew, and having rations Of can
vas-6ack ducks and lemon custards. II
they cannot have them they want to 70
home. They think is unhealthy among 30
many bullets!
believe that the next twelve months
will be the most stupendous, year that
heaven ever saw. The nations are qusk.
ing now with the coming of God. 1t will
he Q year Of successes for the men OF
Joshua, but of doom for the men Of Al.
You put your ear to the rail-track and you
can hear the train coming miles away. So
put my ear to the ground and hear the
laundering on of the lightning train Of
Gods meIcies and Judgments. The mercy
Of God is first to be tried upon this nation.
It will be preached in the pulpits, in thea
tres, on the streets, everywhere. People
will be invited to accept the mercy of the
Gospel and the story and the song and the
prayer will be mercy" But suppose
they do not accept the offer of mercy
what thenp Then God will come with His
Judgments, and the grasshoppers will eat
the crops, and the freshets will devss-
tate the valleys, and the defalcations
will swallow the money markets, and the
fires will burn the cities, and the earth
will quake from pole to pole. Year Of
mercies and Of Judgments. Year Of invi-
tation and Of warning. Year of jubilee
and and of woe. Which side are you go
ing to be on? With the men Of Al or the
men Of Joshuap Pass over this Sabbath
into the ranks of Israel. would clap my
hands at the joy Of your coming. You
will have q poor chance for this world and
the world to come without Jesus. You
cannot stand what is 10 come upon you
and upon the world unless you have the
pardon and the comfort and the help Of
Christ. Come over. On this side is your
happiness and safety, on the other side In
disquietude and despair. Eternal defeat
to the men of Al! Eternal victory to the
men of Joshua!