Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-26

because i want you W unue
ali the difficulties in the way; but am
now to tell you how Hannibal may sesie
the Ans. and how the shackles may DC
unriyeted. and how the paths oil virtue
forsaken may be regsined. First OF all,
nv brother, throw yourself on God. 20
to Him frankly, and earnestly, ana zen
Him these habits you have, and ask MN
II there be sny help in all the resources OF
Omnipotent love, to give 1t TO yon. 10
not 70 with long rigmarole people csl
prayer, made up Of "ohs, )" ana ana
and s'forever and ever, amensH Go 10
God and cry for help! help! help! snd II
Won cannot cry for help, just look and hve'
/ remember. in the late war, was ~ An
tietsm. and / went into the hospitals alter
the hattie and said to man: Where are
Won hurtPu He made no answer, but held
up his arm, swollen and splintered. 81"
where he was hurt. The simple TACT Is
when a man has O wounded soul, all ne
has TO do ia 10 hold il up before syiapa-
thetic Lord and get it healed. IL does NOT
take any long prayer.
Just HOLD UP THE WOUND.
Oh, it is no small thing when man Is
nervous and weak and exhausted, comm 9
from his evil ways, to feel that God Puts
two omnipotent arms around nun ana
says: Young man i will stand by yon.
The mountains may depart, and the hills
be removed, but | will never fail you.
And then as the soul thinks the news Is
too good to be true, and cannot be-
Iisve II and looks MP in Gods face, God
lifts His right hand and takes an oath, an
sffidayit. saving: Gas l live, sayeth the
Lord God, have no pleasure in the death
of him that dieth." Blessed be God for
such a Gospel a. this. Cut the slices
thin" said the wife to the husband, "or
ther will not be enough to 60 oil around
for the children; cut the slices thin'
Blessed be God there il a full loaf for every
one that wants it! Bread enough and to
snare. No thin slices at the Lords table.
remember when the Master Street Hospi-
tai, in Philadelphia. was opened during the
war, a telegram came, saying: There
will be three hundred wounded men to-
night; be ready to take care Of them;' and
from my church there went in some twen-
ty or thirty men and women to look after
these poor wounded fellows. As they
came, some from one part OF the land,
some from another, no one asked whether
this man was from Oregon, or from Massa-
chusetts, or from Minnesota, or from New
York. There was wounded soldier, and
the only question was how to take off the
rags the most gently, and put on the
bandape, and administer the cordial. And
when a soul comes to God, He does not
AJAX where you came from or what your
ancestry WAS. Healing for all your
wounds. Pardon for all your guilt Com
fort for all your troubles.
Then, also, counsel you, if you want
to get back, TO quit all your bad associa-
tions. Oae unholy intimacy
WILL FILL YOUR SOUL
with moral distemper In all the ages Of
the church there has not been IN instance
where man kept one evil associate and
was reformed. Go home to-day, open your
desk, take ont letter paper, stamp and en-
yelope, and then write letter something
like this:
"My Old Companions: start this day
for heaven. Until / am persuaded you
will Join me in this, farewell"
Then sign your name, and send the letter
by the first post. Give up your bad com
panions or give up heaven. II is net ten
bad companions that destroy o man, nor
Eve bad companions, nor three bad CON-
panions, nor two bad companions, but one.
What chance Is there for that young man
saw alsng the street, four or five young
men with him, halting in front Of q grog-
shop, urging him TO 20 10, he resisting,
violently resisting, until after while they
forced him to 20 in? II was summer
night and the door was left epen, and /
saw the process. They held him fast, and
they put the cup TO his lips, and they
forced down the strong drink. What
chance In there for such young man?
/ counsel you also, seek Christian ad-
vice. Every Christian man is bound to
help you. II you find no othei human ear
wiling t5iSten to your story Of struggle,
come 10 me and will by every sympathy
OF nv heart, and every prayer, and every
toll Of my hand, stand beside ryou IN the
struggle for reformation; and as rSiape 10
have my own Gins forgiven and hope 70 be
ACQUITTED at the Judgment feat Of Christ,
will not betray you. First Of all, seek
God, then seek Christian counsel. Gather
up all the energies Of body, mind and
soul, and, appealing TO God for success. de-
clit = this day everlasting war against all
d ing habits, all gaming practices, all
bos,.es of sin. Half.and-half work will
amount 10 nothing;
1T MUST BE A WATERLOO.
Shrink back now and You are lost. Push
- - ,,o,, ara aaynd A Gno ara
fell at the very moment Of vectory, but be
dipped his fingers in his own blood and
wrote on rock near which he was dying
Sparta has conquered" Though your
struggle TO get rid Of sin may seem TO be
almost death struggle, you can dip your
| finger in your own blood and write
on the Rock of Ages: VICTORY through
our Lord Jesus Christ" Obi what glor.
ious news it would be for some oi
these Young men to send home to their pa
rents in the country. They 20 70 the post.
Office every day or two 10 zee II there are
any letters from you. How anxious they
are to hear! Nothing would please them
half so much as the news you might send
home tomorrow that you had given your
heart TO God. I know bow il is in tho
country. The night comes on. The cat
tie stand under the rack through which
bursts the trusses Of hay. The horses Just
having frisked up through the meadow Al
the night fall, stand knee-deep in thu
bright straw that invites them TO lie dowr
and rest. The perch Of the hovel Is ful
of fowl, their feet warm under the feath
eIs 10 the old farmhouse at night pt
candle is lighted, for the flames clap thei
hands about the great backlog. and shak'
the shadow of the group up and down th'
wall. Father and mother sit there for hsl
an hour, saying nothing. wonder wha
they are thinking Of. After while tn
father breaks the silence and says: "Well
| wonder where our boy is in town TO
! night" and the mother answers: "In D,
bad place, warrant you; we always coul'
trust him when he was home, and sine
he has been away there have been % man.
prayers oferered for him
WE CAN TRUST HIM STILL.
Then at o'clock-for they retire yer.
early In the country-at o'clock The.
: kneel down and commend you to that Co
who watches in country and in town, q
the land and on the sea.
Some one said 10 Grecian general
"what was the proudest moment Of you
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