Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-30

anything but veal of him, and I think
better of him now" o what . grand
thing it will be in the last day to ses God
pick out his heroes Ind heroinee Who
are those paupers Of eternity trudging Of
from the gates Of heavenp Who arc they ?
The Lord Claverhouses and the Herods
and those who had sceptres, and
crowns, and thrones, but they lived for
THEIR OWN AaaRAHpIsKMKNr,
and they broke the heart of nations.
Heroes of earth, but paupen in eternity.
l beat the drums Of their eternal despair.
Woe! woe! woe!
Bot there is great excitement in heaven.
Why those long PROFESSIONS? Why the
booming Of that great bell in the tower?
1t is coronation day in heaven.
Who are those rising on the thrones,
with crowns of eternal royaltyP They
must have been great people on the earth,
world-renowned people. No. They
taught in q ragged school. Taught in .
rsgsed school! Is that alp That 10 all.
Who are those souls waving sceptres Of
eternal dominion? Why, they are little
children who waited on invalid mothsrs
That allr That is oil. She was called
Little Mary" on earth. She il IN en-
press now. Who are that great multitude
on the highest thrones Of heavenP
Who are they9 Why they fed the
hungry, they clothed the naked, they
healed the sick, they comforted the heart
broken. They never found any rest un-
til they put their head down on the pill
low Of the sepulchre. God watched them.
God laughed defiance at the enemies who
put their heels hard down on these His
dear children; and one day the Lord struck
His hand 90 hard on HIS thigh that the
omnipotent sword ratified in the buckler,
as He said: ~ am their God, and no
weapon formed against them shall pros
per-" What harm can the world do you
when the Lord Almighty with unsheathed
sword fights for your
preached this sermon for comfort Go
home to the place where God has put You,
to play the hero OF the heroine. Do not
envy any man his money. or his applause,
or his social position. Do not envy any
woman her wardrobe, or her exquisite ap-
pearance. Be the hero of the heroine. II
there is no flour in the hou4e, and you do
not know where your children are 10 get
bread, listen, and you will hear some
thing tapping against the window.pan
Go to the window and you will find II IL
the beak Of raven, and open the window,
and there will fly in the messenger that
fed Elijah. Do you think the God that
grows the Gotten Of the South
will let you freeze for lack Of
clothes? Do you think that
the God who allowed the disciples on Sun
day morning to 20 into the grain-6eld, and
then take the grain and rub 1t in their
hands and eat-do you think God will let
you starve2 Did you ever hear the expert
ence of that old man: 81 have been young.
and now am / old, yet have never seen
the righteous forssken, or his seed begging
bresd" Get up out of your discourage
msnt, o! troubled soul, O! sewing woman,
o! man kicked and cuffed by unjust en-
ployers, o! ye who are hard beset in the
battle of life and know not which way to
turn, D! you bereft one, o! you sick one
with complaints you have told to no one,
come and get the comfort of this subject.
Listen to our great Captains cheer: ITO
him that overcometh will ] give to eat Of
the fruit of the tree of life which Ia the
midst Of the Paradise Of God"