West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-01

NNAhANH HhOhAA HtNtI flHAn.
out IN all the centuries OF the Christian
Cnurcn some or these stars nave been hunt
ing an Edward Irving OF a Horace Bush.
nen OF an Albert Barnes; and tho stars
tnat were In pursuit of tho other
stars lost their own orbit and
some OF them could never again find IL Alas
Tor the heresy hunters, The best way 20 de-
stroy error is TO preach the truth. The best
way 10 scatter darkness Is 20 strike q light.
There rs I'm immensity room enough for ali
the stars, ana IN the church room enough for
All the ministers The ministers who give
UP Righteousness AMI tho truth will get
punishment enough anyhow, for they are
the wandering stars for whom Is reserved
the blackneSs OF darkness forever But /
should like as n minister when l am dying 10
100 aDle truthtully TO say what n captain Of
tho English army. fallen at the head of his col
unln. ant dying on the Egyptian battlefield,
said to Gen. Wellesley, who came TO condole
with him: II lei them straight: didn't Head
them straight, Generalf' God has put us
minister's as captains in this battlefield OF
truth against error. Great at last will be our
chagr1n IL we fall leading the people the
wrong way; but great will be our eladness
u when tho battle is over we can haud
our sword back TO our great Commander
saying: Lord Jesnsi We led the people
straight: didn't we lead them s~traiQhtfi
Those ministers who go Off at a tangent and
preach some other gospel are not stars but
comets, and they flash across the heavens a
sttle while and make people stare, and throw
oowna rev meteoric stones, and then 60 out
OF sight II not out OF existence. Oh, brethren in
the ministry, let us remember that God calls
US stars. and our business is 10 shine and TO
keep our own sphere, and then when we get
done trying TO light up the darkness OF this
world, we will wheel into higher spheres.
and In us shall be fulfilled the promise
they that turn many 20 Righteousness
snail shine as the stars forever and
ever Ali the ministers are not all Peck
shifts and canting hypocrities, as some
would have you think Forgive mo IL. hay-
Ing in your presence at other times glorifed
the medical profession and the legal profess
SION ana the literary profeSsion-I glorify
my own. have seen them i'm their homes
and heard them in their pulpits, and a
grander array of men never breathed. and
the Bible figure Is not strained when it calls
tnem stars and whole consultations of
glorious ministers nave already taken their
places on high where they shine even brighter
than they snone on earth; Edward N. Kirk,
OF the Congregational Church,; Stephen III.
lying, OF the Episcopal Church; Matthew
simpson, OF the Methodist Church; John
BOWLING, Of the Baptist Church; Samuel X.
Ialmage, OF the Presbyterian Church. DIR
Dewitt, OF the Reformed Church; John
Chambers, or the Independent Church,: and
there stop, for 1t SO happens that / have
mentioned the seven stars of the seven
churches
l pass on to another mighty Bible seven, and
they are the seven seals. st. John in vision
saw a scroll with seven seals. and he heard
an angel cry: WHO is worthy co loose the
seals thereoffn Take eight or ten sheets
OF foolscap paper, paste them together and
roll them into a scroll, and nave the scroll
at seven different places sealed with
sealing wax. You unroll the scroll till Won
come to one OF these seals, and then you can
70 no further until you break that seal; then
unrol again until you come 10 another seal
anu you can go no further until you break
tnat seat then You go on until all the
seven seals are broken, and tho contents
OF the entire scroll are revealed.
NOW, that scroll with seven seals held bv the
anger was the prophecy of what was to come
on the earth; 1t meant that the knowledge OF
the future was with God, and no man and no
angel was worthy to open it: but the Bible
says Christ opened it and broke all the seven
seals; He broke the first seal and nm.
rolled the scroll, and there was a
painting of q white horse, and that meant
prosperity and triumph for the Roman
empire, ana so II really came 70 pass that for
ninety years virtuous emperors succeeded
each other, Nerya, Trajan and Antoninus.
Christ in the vision broke the Iecond seal and
unrolled again and there was a painting of 4
red morse, and that meant bloodshed. and
SO IL really came to pass, and the next ninety
years We're red with assassinations and wars.
AIen Shrlst broke the third seal and un-
,oned III ana there was a painting of a black
horse, which in all literature means fam
me; oppression and taxation and so II
really came TO pass. Christ went ON
uhtl he broke all tho seven seals and
oAACA H0ls Iu6 llINI0 OF ALI
OF US Is a sealed scroll, and / am glad that no
one but Christ can open it Do not let ma
Join that class Of Christians in our day who
are trying to break the seven seals Of the
things they have no business with Tbev
try TO foretell what is going to coma
TO them and what Is going 20 come on the
earth. They know nothing about it. Christ
future. Bible prophecy was NOT written 20
help US TO tell things in the future, but to
nave as, when the things actually do
TO pass, compare them with prophecy
anu % learn Hods foreknowledge and the in
Of the Scriptures. But Vou 90
into the study OF the prophecies in order
70 md out what IS going to happen n wear
from now, or twenty years from now, or one
thousand years from now, and 1 will
is that you viii have your
brain added, il Won do not
positively get into a public or private insane
asylum, where the greatest Of expounders
and preachers OF prophecy ended BIS life n
years since, and where you may Fsgale tba
visitors ofthe Institution by incohersnt mum
biings over something from Daniel or Revela-
tons about the leopard which means Greece,
and the bear which means Persia,
and the image with the great toes. What a
mental wreck did the persistent attempt TO
forestall events make Of that miracle Of
preachers Edward Irving. Of London. IL
would take several mad houses to ho.d the
HNIhNea fiIbhm- "a Ahe AhpIoEtI use VI
the PROPHECIES Of Daniel and Revelation.
Via are not those looks 20
DO studied Yes No part Of the
Bible is more important Neither Is there
any more important shelf In that apOthecar,'s
store than the shelf on which are the bella.
donna and the morphine, hut be more care
m using them than In the uss Of pepper
mint and ginger. Keep your haGds of OF the
seven seals. Christ viii break them soon
enough. Don't 20 TO some or
~spTitualist or sOOtEsayer or fortune teller 20
hnG out what IS going 70 happen to yourself,
OF your family, or your friends. Wait tin
Christ breaks the seal TO find out whether i'm
your own pergonal life or tho life Of
the nation or the life OF tho world,
u is going 70 bo the white horse Of
property or tho rel horse Of war or
the black horse Of famine. You will soon
enough see him paw and hear him neigh.
Take care Of the present and the future will
taxo care Of itselL n n man live seventy
years ms biography Is in q scroll havingat
least seven seals, and lot him not during tho
ttfst ten years ~ life try TO look into the
tWeutie, nor the twentics into the
thirties. nor the thirtieg iniothe fortieq. nor
tne lortes into the Elites, TOR the hities into
the sixties. nor The sixties into the seventies
IRON The way the years have got the habit
on racing along, ! guess you VIII not have
10 wait o great whilo before aIl tbs
seals OF Che future arc lroken.
would not give two cents 90 know
how long / arm going ~ 1--we, OF iu what day
OF what year the world g. going 10 be De.
molishod. ] would rather give q thousand
dollars not TO know. suppose some ono could
break The next seal in the scroll Of your per-
e1nnl history. and should Cell you that on the
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