Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-27

days can't sail away from thatl A sailor
finds them on the lookout rs he takes bis
place, and finds them on the mast % be
climbs the ratlines to disentapgle rope
in the tempest and finds them swinging
on the hammock when he turns in. Why
not Be frank and acknowledge its The
most Of Ms would long ago have been
dashed to pieces had not gracious and low
ing hands steadily and lovingly and might
lily held the rope.
But there must come o time when We
shall find out who these DamAscenes were
who lowered Paul in the basket, and greet
them and all those who have rendered to
GOO and the world unrecognised and un-
recorded services. That Is going 10 be one
of the glad excitements Of heaven-the
hunting up and picking ont Of those who
did good on earth and got no credit for il.
Here the Church has been going on nine
teen centuries, and this Is probably. the
first sermon ever recognising the services
Of the people in that Damascus balcony.
Charles G. Finney said to . dying Chris
tian: 'Give my love to St. Paul when
yUu meet him." When You and / meet
him, "a we will, shall ask him to intro
duce me to those people who got him ont
of the Damascene peril.
OUR FRIENDS IN HEAVEN.
We 20 into long sermon to prove that
we will be able to recognize people in
heaven, when there Is one reason We fail TO
present, and that is better than all-God
will introduce us. We shall have them
all pointed out. You would not be guilty
of the impoliteness of having friends in
your parlor not introduced, and celestial
politeness will demand that we be made
acquainted with all the heavenly house.
hold. What rehearsal Of old times and
recital of stirring "reminiscences. II others
fail to give introduction, God will take rs
through, and before our first twenty-four
hours in heaven-if it were calculated by
earthly e-pieces-have passed, we shall
meet and talk with more heavenly cele-
brities than in our entire mortal state we
met with earthly celebrities. Many who
made great noise of usefulness will sit on
the last seat by the front door of the
heavenly temple, while right up within
arms reach of the heavenly throne will be
many who, though they could not preach
themselves or do great exploits for God,
nevertheless held the rope.
Come, let us 60 right up and accost
those on this circle of heavenly thrones.
Surely, they must have killed in battle .
million men. Surely, they must have
been buried with all the cathedrals sound.
ing dirge and all the towers Of all the
cities tolling the national grief Who art
thou, mighty one of heaven? 81 lived by
choice the unmarried daughter in an hum
BILE home that might take care of my pa
rents in their old age, and endured with
ont complaints their querulousnsss, and
administered to all their wants for twenty
years."
Let us pass on round the circle of
thrones. Who art thou, mighty one Of
heavy? 81 was for thirty years Christ
ian invalid, and suffered all the while, oc-
casionally writing note Of sympathy for
those worse than /, and was general conf
dant Of all those who had trouble. and
once in while l was strong enough, to
make garment for that poor family in
the back lane" Pass on to another throne.
Who art thou, mighty one Of heaven
81 WAS THE MOTHER
who raised whole family Of children for
God, and they are out in the world Chris |
tian merchants, Christisn mechancics, |
Christian wives, and I have had full re-
ward Of sll my toll" Let IA psss en- 10 |
the circle of thrones. 81 had Sabbath
school class, and they were always on my
heart, and they all entered the kingdom of
God, and am waiting for their arrival" 1"
Bot who art thou, the mighty one Of
heaven, on this throne2 In time of bitter
persecution / owned house in Damascus,
q house on the wall. A man who preached |
Christ was bounded from street to street, |
and hid him from the assassins and when |
found them breaking in my house and |
hath God chosen, yea, and things which |
are not to bring to nsught things which |
are, that no flesh should glory in His
presence" Aud I looked TO see from |
whence the voice came, end 10 il was the |
very one who said: Thorough window,
in basket, was let down by the wall"
Henceforth think Of
NOTHING AS INSIGNIFICANT.
A little thing may decide your all. A |
Cunarder put out from England for New |
York. It WAS we'll equipped, but in put |
ting up q stove In the pilot box nail was |
driven too near the compass. You know
how that nail would affect the compass |
The ships officers deceived by that dis |
tracted compass, put the ship two hund. |
red miles off her right course, and sudden.
ly the man on the lookout cried, LAND |
no and the ship was halted within Q few
yards Of her demoliation on Nantucket |
shoals. A sixpennY nail came near wreck
ing Cunarder. Small ropes hold mighty
destinies.
could no logger keep him safely, advised
him TO fee for bis life, and Q basket was
let down over the wall with the maltreated
man in il, and / was one who helped 10
hold the rope." And said: 'Is that
alp" And he answered, That 10 all"
And while I was lost In smazement, I
heard o strong voice, that sounded o.
though 1t might once have been hoarss
from many exposures, and triumphant, ~
though 1t might have belonged 70 one Of
the martyrs, and IL said: ,"Not many
mighty, not many noble arc called, but
God hath chosen the weak things of
the world to confound the things which
are mighty and base things of the
world, and things which are despised
A minister seated In Boston at his table,
lacking word pus his hand behind his
head and tilts back his chair TO think, and
the ceiling falls and crushes tho table and
would have crushed him. A minister in
Jamaica at night by the light Of an insect,
called the candle-ay, Is kept from stepping
over precipice Q hundred feet. F. W.
Robertson, the celebrated English Clergy
man, said that he entered the ministry
from train of circumstances started BY
the barking Of . dog. Had the wind
blown one way on certain day, the Span
ish Inqusition would have bssn establish.
cd in Eagland; but Il blew the other wsy,
and that dropped the accursed institution
with seventy-fv thousand tons Of ship-
ping to the bottom of the So, or flung tie
splintered logs on the rocks.
Nothing unimportant in your life OF
mine. Three noughts placed on the right
side Of the figure one makes . thousand,
and Gx noughts on the right side Of the
figure one, . million, and our nothingnea
placed on the right side may Be sugmsnta-
ton illimitsble. All the ages Of time and
eternity affected by the basket let down
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