Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-21


ne becomes Ike bank in a panic, and all
the Impuhtions rush on him and break
down III day that character which in due
time w.,lG have had strength to defend
Itself There are regulations that have
been hall i century in building, which GO
down under some
MORAL ENruSTRE,
as n vast temple is consumed hy the touch
OF sulphurous match. A hog can uprOot
century plant.
In this world, 50 full Of heartlessnesa
and hypocrisy, how thrilling it is to lind
some trend as faithful in days of adversely
rs IN days Of prosperity David had such
iuend IN Hushai; the Jews had such a
friend in MOTdecai, who never forgot their
cause; Paul had such friend in Onesiph-
oius, Who visited hm in jail; Christ had
such IN the Marys, who adhered to Him
ON the cross; Naomi hld such one IN
Ruth, who Cried out 'Entreat me not to
leave thee, or to return from following
after thee; for whittier thou go5st, | will
20; AMI where thou lOdgt-i, ! will lodge;
thy people shall be my people, aud thg
God Ia God; where thou dlcat will die.
and there will be- buried the Lord do 50
to me, lni more also, if aught but death
part thee and me -
III. Again: learn from this subject
that ..dths which open in hardship and
darkness often come out in places OF JOY
When Ruth started from Moab toward
Jerusalem to 20 along with her mother-iu
law, | suppose the people said: "Oh, what
a foolish creature to 20 away from her
lathe house, to 20 OF with poor old
woman toward the land OF Judah! They
will De drowned in the sea or the iackuls
OF the wilderness will destroy them II
was very dark morning when R1th
started OIL with Naomi; hut behold her in
my text in the harveal-iicld of Boa tu he
ailianced 10 one OF the lords Of the land
aud become one Of the granimothers Of
Jesus Christ,
THE LORD UT GLORY.
And 50 it often is that a path which starts
very darkly ends very brightly.
When yOu started out for heaven, oh.
how dark was the hour OF conviction
Sinai thick enedl All the SINS Of yourfite
pounced upon you, and it wAs the darkest
hour you ever saw when you first found
out your sins. After awhile you went in
to the harvest field OF Gods mercy; you
began 10 CLEAN in the fields of divine
promise, and You had more heavens than
you cOuld carry, ~ the voice OF God al-
dresses you, saying. Blessed is tine man
whose trdnsgresslons are forgiven, and
whose sins are covered 4 very dark
starting in conviction, very bright end
ing in the pardon and the hope and the
triumph Of the Gospel
So, very often in our worldly business
Or in our spiritual career, we start OH on a
very dark path. We mus, -. The hp,h
may shrink back, but there is a voice
within, or a voice from above,
saying "You must 90" aui we have to
drink the gall, and We have to carry the
cross and We have to traverse the desert,
and We are pounded aud iIr,lrd Of misrep-
restuta,lOn and abuse, and We have to
urge our way through ten thousand Obsla-
cie4 that must be slain by our Owa right
arm We have to tord the river. We have
to climb the mountain, we have to storm
the castle, hat, blessed be- God the dlg OF
rest and reward will come. Ca the tip
top OF the captured hattlcmcu's We will
shout the victory; If not IN this world,
then in that world where there il no gil
To drink, no burdens to carry, no BATTLES
TO ii ,ht How do know IL * now it,
! know 1t because tod says 80. "Ihry
shall hunger no more, neither thirst any
more, neither shall the sun Light on them.
nor any heat, Tor the Lamb which ia in the
midst Oi the throne
SHALL LEAD THEN
to living fountains OF water, and God shall
wipe all tears irum their eyes
II was very hard ior Noah to endure the
-ro.iug ut the people in hi day, while G
wa trying to huIli the ark. ant wls every
morning gu'zlrd ahuut his old boat that
would never be OF any practical use. bur
when the deluge came, Hnd the tops cI the
disappeared like the backs ol
aud the elements, la. he'd up
in fury, ciapped their hands Ovcra drowned
world, then Noah in the ark n, iOiyrd i'm hls
own safety and in the safety OF his IImIly,
lud looked ont on the wreck OF a ruined
Earth.
Christ, bounded of prosecutor, denied a
pillow, worse matTealrd than the thieves
Du either side OF the cross, human hate
,mHcEIug it's lips IN satisfaction after It
lli been draining Ills last drop d
blood, the sheetei dead burt
NJ from the sepulchrc at His
'rucii>ion. Tell me, o Gethse-
name and Golgotha were there ever darker
ines than those? Like the booming OF the
sea against the rock, the -urges
VI ChrIsCs anguish beat against the gates,
Il eternity, to he echoed by all the gates Off
lcayen aud all the dungeons of hell But
he day of reward comes for Chi-t; all the
,omp and dominion of this world are to be
Iung on His throne, uncrOwurd heads are
q be bowed before Him on whose head are
many crowns, and all the celestial worship
4 to come mp at His feet, Ike the hum
ling Al the forests, like the rushing OF the
waters, like the thundrrlug Of the sca-,
while all heaven, rising on their thrones,
eat time with their scrpires. "IIl,-
.luiah, for the Lord God OmnipOt-nt
rigurth, lIhlIrlujnh, the kingdoms or this
,or.d have become the kingdoms OF our
ord Jesus Christ"
wIua' -rug u' love. now low uuI har.
Fry long shall swell. from star iI >ur
Tlgr I-0,. lHr breaking day which Ups
The golden -rirrd }pOnaEpsy
IMPORTANCE OF LITTLE THINGS