Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-09

dark night of your earthly troubles you
may behold the glorious constellation o.
Saviour's mercy and Saviour's Iowa v,
my friends, do not Try 10 carry
ALL YOUR ILLS ALONE.
Do not put your poor shoulder under The
Apenines when the Almighty Christ Il
ready to lift up all your burdens. Whom
you have trouble Of any kind yca rush
this way and that way; and you wondez
what this man will say about ID, and what
that man will Ay about ii; and You Try
this prescription, and that prescription, and
the other prescription. o, Why do you
not 70 straight to the heart Of Christ,
Knowing that for our own shining and suf-
fering race He took the vinegar!
There was q vessel that had been tossed
on the seas for . great many weeks, and
been disabled, and the supply Of watsr
gave ont, and the crew were dying Of
thirst. Alter many days they saw sail
against the sky. They signaled 1t. When
the vessel came nearer the people on the
suffering ship cried to the captain Of the
other vessel: ''Send MS some water. We
are dying for lack Of water" And the
captain on the vessel that was hailed re-
sponded: "Dip your buckets where you
are. You are in the mouth of the ANA
zon, and there are scores of miles Of fresh
water all around about you, and hum
dreds Of feet deep" And thsn thsy dropped
their buckets over the side of tho vessel,
and brought up the clear, bright, fresh
water, and put out the fire of their thirst
So hail you to-day, after long and
perilous voyage, thirsting as you are for
pardon, and thirsting for comfort, and
thirsting for eternal life, and I ask you
what is the use Of your going in that death
struck state, while all around you Ia the
deep, clear, wide. sparkling flood Of Gods
sympathetic mercy. o, dip your buckets,
and drink and live forever. "Whosoever
will, let him come, and take Of the water
Of life freely"
REFUSING GODS HELP.
Yet, my utterance is almost choked at
the thought that there are people here who
will refuse this Divine sympathy; and
they will try to fight their own battles,
and drink their own vinegar, and carry
their own burdens; and their life, instead
Of being triumphal march from victory
to victory, will be hobbling-on from de-
feat to defeat, until they make final sur.
render to retributive disaster. o, wish
I could to-day gather up in mine arms all
the woes of men and women-ali their
heart-aches-all their disappointments-
all their chagrins-and just take them
right to the feet of sympathizing Jesus.
Ha took the yinepar.
Mana Sahib, after he had lost his last
battle in India, fell back into the jungles
of the Iheri-iungles 30 full Of malaria that
no mortal can live there. He carried with
him also ruby of great lustre and Of great
value. He died in those jungles; his body
was never found, and the ruby has never
yet been recovered. And fear that to.
day there are some who will fall back from
this subject into the sickenipg, killing jun.
giles Of their sin, carrying Q gem Of infinite
vslue-s priceless soul-to be lost forever.
o, that that ruby might flash in the eternal
coronation. But no. There are some, ]
fear, in this audience who turn away from
this offered mercy, and comfort, and Di.
vine sympathy; notwithstanding that
Christ, for all who would accept His grace,
trudged the long way. and suffered the
lacerating thongs, and received In His face
the expectorations of the filthy mob, and
for the guilty, and the discouraged, and
the discomforfed of the race, took the vim
egar. May God Almighty break the infat'
uation, and lead you out into the strong
hope, and the good cheer, and the glorious
sunshine of this triumphant Gospel.