Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-05
Special 7eleram 10 he R.n.....

for heart properly aituncd ia the Slyour.
There is something in the morning light to
sugges! him, and something in the evening
shadow to 5pral, his praise The hower
breathes him, the star shines him. the cas-
clde proclaims him. all the voices Ofnature
chant him. Whatever is grand, bright and
beautiful, if you only listen to IT, will
speak his praise When | come in the
summer time and pluck flower, think
OF him who il the Rose OF Sharon and the
Lily OF the Valley When see in the
fields lamb say, "Behold the Lamb Of
God that takcthaway the sin Of the world. "
When, in verg ho' weather, come under
tt projecting clit' | say,
Rock Of Age. cleft iurmr
Let me hide myself IA thee
Over the old d.iashionei pulpits there Was
3 sounding-b)aId. The voice Of the minis
ter rose to the sounding board, and then
was struck bacl, again upon the ears of the
people. And 20 the ten thousald voices
OF earth rising up find the heavens sound
ing board which strikes book TO the eur OF
all the nations the praises OF ChLst. The
heavens tell his glory and the earth shows
his handiwork. The Bible thrills with
one great story Of redemption. UpOn a
blasted and faded paradise it poured the
light OF glorious restoration. 1t looked
upon Abraham from the ram caught in the
thicket. 1t spoke in the bleating Of the
herds driven down TO jerusalem for sacri
flee. 1t put infinite pathOs into the speech
of uncouth fishermen. 1t lifted Paul into
the seventh heaven and it broke upon the
ear of St. John with the brazeu trumpets
and the doXology of the elders and the
rushing wings Of the ssraphim.
INSTEAD or WAITING
nutil you get sick and worn out before
you speak the praise of Christ while your
heart is happiest, and your step is light
est, and your fortunes smile, and your
pathway blossoms, ami the oveTarcAing
..,,.r.as drop upon y,L Their henedIctIOn,
speak the praises Of Jesus.
The old Greek orators, when they saw
their audiences inatteutiye and slumbai-
ing, had one word with which they would
rouse them up to the greatest enthusiasm.
!u the midst OF their oTatiOns they would
stop and cry out Marathon" and the
people enthusiasm would he uuhOnndeG
My hearers, though You may have been
borne down with sin, and though trouble,
aud trials, and temptation may have come
upon you, and you feel hardly like looking
up, methinks there is one grand, royal.
imperial word that ought to route your
soul to infinite rejoicing, aud that word is
Jesus
Taking the suggestion OF the text,
shall speak to sou of Christ our song
/ remark, in the first place, that Christ
ought to be the cradesOng What our
mothers sang to us when they put Us to
sleep is singing yet We may have forgot
ten the words; but they went into the
fibre of our soul, and will forever be 4 part
of it. II Is not 30 much what you tor
mally teach your children ~ what yOu
sing to them. 4 hymn has wings and can
fly everywmther. OGc hundred and fifty
years after you are dead, aud 'Old
Mortality has worn out his chisel in e
cutting your name on the tombstone, your
great grandchildren will be singing In"
song which this afternoon you sing to your
little ones gathered abOuL your knee
There is a place in Switzerland where If
ynu distinctly utter your voice, there
come hacl, ten or fifteen distinct echoes,
and every Christian song sung by a mother
in the ear Of her child shall have ten thou
sand echoes coming back from all the
gates of heaven. Oh, if mothers only
knew the power of this sacred spell how
much Cltencr the little one7 would he
gathered, and all our home would chime
with the songs ct Jesus
We want some
rOUNTERACrING INrluEN'E
upon our children. The very moment
your child steps into the street he steps
into the path OF temptation. There are
foul-mauthei children who would like TO
besoil your LITTLE ones. 1t will not do to
keen your boys and girls in the house and
make them house-p!ants; they must have
fresh mir and recreation. God save your
children from the scathing, blasting,
damuing influence OF the streets know
of no countetacting influence but the pow
cr of Christian culture and example. Hold
before vour little ones the pure life of
.Tesus. le, that name be the word that shall |
exercise evil from their hclrts. Give |
TO your instruction all the tdscina
tion of music, morning, noon and night; |
let it he Jesus, the crailJ-sOug. This Is |
impOrtaut If your children grow up, but |
perhaps they may not. Their pathway |
NAV be short Jesus may be wanting that |
child. Then there will he sOundloss /
step in the dwelling, and the youthful |
pulse will begin TO tlutter, and little hands
will be lifted fol help. Tou can not help. |
And a great agony will pinch AT your !
heart, and the cradle will be empty, and |
the nursery will be empty and the world |
will be empty, and your soul will be
empty. No little feet standing on the |
stairs No toys scattered on the carpet |
No quick following from room to room. |
No strange and wondering questions. No |
upturned face. with laughing blue eyes, /
come for hiss: out only a grave, and a .
wreath of white blossoms on the top OF 1t; /
aud bitter desolation. and a sighing at |
with no one to put to he'd, and a
wet pillow, ani q grave, and a wreath OF
white blossoms on the top OF It,
THE HEAVENLY SHEPHERD
will take that lamb safely anyhow, whether
vou have been faithful or uutaithinl; but
would it not have be.n pleasanter II you
could have heard from those lips the
praises of Christ | never read anything
more beautiful than this about chlId
departure. The account said, she folded
her hands kissed her mother goodbye
sang her hymn turned her face To the
wall, said her little prayers, and then
lied. "
oh. If could gather up in one para
.raph the last words OF the little ones who
have gone out from all these Christian
,ircles. and could picture the calm looks,
md the folded hands, and sweet departure,
nethinks it wonld be grand and beautiful
AZ one of heavens great doAologie-
next speak Of Christ Is the old man
song. Quick music loses its charm for the
aged ear. The school girl asks for a schot-
Iis,h ar ylee. but her grandmother asks