Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-07


Astronomers have swept their telescopes
through the sky, and have found out that
there have been thirteen worlds, in the
last two centuries, that have disappeared
At first they looked inst like other worlds
Then they got deeply red-they were on
fire. Then they got ashen, showing they
were burned down. Then they dissp-
peared, showing that the ashes were seat,
tered. As if the geOlOgist he right in his
prophecy, then our world IL to 20 in the
same way. And yet you want me to
EXCHANGE MY SUUL FOR ~.
All, no; 1t il world that IL burning
now. Suppose you brought an insurance
agent to look at your property for the pur-
pose OF giving you a policy upon it, aud
while he stood in front of the house he
should say That house il ON fire now in
the basement, yOu could not get any in
surauce upon it. Yet you talk about this
world as though it were n safe investment,
as though yOu could get some insurance
upon it, when down in the basement il is
on tire.
| remark, also, that tins world is pro-
perty, with which everybody who has
taken it as Il possession has had trouble
Now, | know large reach of land that is
not built ON. ask whas il the matter,
and they reply that everybody who hna
anything to do with that property gst into
trouble about it. 1t is iu,t 20 with this
world; everybody that has had anything
To do with it. AZ a possession, has been in
perpleNlty. How WIS 1t with Lord Byron?
Did he not sell his immortal soul for the
purpose Of getting the world, Was he
satisfied with the possession? Alas. alas
the poem graphically Describes hls cast
when IT says.
"prluk every cup oripy.
Heard every Trump ul fame
Drank early deeply duVk
Drank Irugrs WHish common million, might
have Vururhvi
Thcu died of thirst because there was no more
Oh, yes, he had trouble with it, and so
did Napoleon. After Conquering nations
by the force of the sword, he lies down to
die his entire possession the military boots
that he insisted upon having upon having
upon his feet while he was dying. 81 it
has been with men who had better amhi-
tton. Thackeray, one OF the most
GENIAL AND LoyATLE SOULS,
after he had won the applause of all intel
hgcnt lands through hiH wonderful genius,
sits down IN a restaurant in Pans looks to
the other end of the room and wonders
whose that iOrlOTn and wrclched face is;
rising mp after n while, hc finds that il il
Thlrkeray IN the mirror. Oh, yes, this
world is cheat Talk about man gain
Iug the world, Who ever gained halt OF
the world Who ever owned hcmis
phcrc' Who ever gained continent?
Who ever owned A9ia? Wao ever gained u
city Who ever owned Brooklyn Talk
about a mau gaining the world. No man
ever gained il, or the hundred thOusandth
part Of 1t. You are demanding that sell
my soul. not lor the world, but for frag-
neut OF it. Here is a man who has had Il
large estate for forty or fifty years. He
lie, down - die. You say. That
man il worth millions and millions
Of dOllarsr j. hc, lOu call mp sur.
veyor, with his compass and chains, and
you ray: There iS a property extending
three miles in one direction, and tlnce
miles in another direction l. that the
way t. measure that mans property? No!
luu do not want any Surveyor with hI1
Con.pas aud chains That il not the way
you want TO measure tha; maA's property
now. IL is an undertaken that y0u need,
who will come and put his finger in his
yrsi-pOrkrt, and take out a tape ne and
he Will mclaurr live feet nine ~, he'd one
way, aud two feet and hall the other
way. That Is the mans property. Oh,
no, ! forgot; not ~ murh az that, for he
a., tlt.t ,,l4T.t 1tt ,ult,..l. Ia.
lies in the Cemetcrys The deed 10 that he
longs TO the executors and the heirs. Oh,
what u property you propose 10 give me
for my soul II you sell hill Of good,
You - into the counting room, and sny 10
your partner: DO you think that man
Ia good tor this bill? Can he give proper
s,rurIty: Will he meet this payment
Now, when you are offered tins world ~ a
possession, want you 10 tctt the matter.
Il, not want you to.
go INTO THIS BARGAIN u.INnIY.
want you to ask about the title, about
the insurance, about whether men have
ever had any trouble with il, about whrth-
cr you can keep it, about whether you can
get all, or the ten thouIandth, or one
huUlltt lANiNtllNu INNl I ~ II.
There Is the world now. | shall say no
more about it. Make up your mind Tor
yourself, ~ | shall, before God, have to
make mp my mind lor myself, about the
value oi this world. | cannot AFFORD to
make mistake for my soul, and You can
not afford to make u mistake Tor your
soul
Now, let us look at tie 0ther prop.
erty-thc soul. We can not make
a bargain without seeing the com
paratlye value. The soul. How shall !
o9timate the value OF it. We'll, ny its cX-
qul,ite organization. II is the most won
drrlul piece q: mechanism ever put to
g-ther Machinery is OF value IN proper
tion ~ it is mighty and silent at the same.
Yuu look at the engine and machinery III
the Philadelphia MINT, and, az You see it
prrlorminp its wonderful work, you will
be surprised to tiuh how silently il goes
Machinery that rOars aud tears soon de-
s,uys itseli; but silent machinery il often
most effective. Now, 80 IT Is with the
soul Of man, with all it, Tremendous fac
ultlcs-it moves in silence. Judgment,
without any racket lifting its scales;
lllFlllDl y Nllu'NA NNf i''''''H '''''-s''-rN
down all it1 treasures conscience taking
n, Judgment seat without any excitement;
the understanding and the will all doing
their work. Velurity majesty, might
hut silence silence. Iou lIsten At the
door Of your heart. You can hear no
sound.
ruE SOUL Is ALI. uyIEr
II is 40 delicate an instrument that no
human hani can touch 1t. You break n
hnnc. and with spluters and hIndag.s the
surgeon sets it, the eve becomes iuilAmed,
th, nupth.cIry's wash cools it, hut soul
eff the track, unhtlonced, no human power
r,n rralirst it, With ore sweep Of its
wing il circles the universe, and Ovcryaults
IN, throne of God. Why, in the hour ut
death the soul is 81 mighty 1t throws aside
the body rs though il were 81 toy. 1t
drives back medical skill as impotent 1t
breaks through the circle OF loved ones
who -taud arlund the dying couch With
one leap it springs beyond star and moon
and sun, and chasms of immrnsity. on,
II IS a soul superior In all material thing.
No fire can consume il; M floods can
drown il; no time can exhaust 1t. Ii
wants no bridge on which to cross
chasm. II wants no plummet with
which to sound depth. 4 soul 81 mighty,
so swift. go silent must he q price ess