Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-21

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coming into the companionship of our
loved ones who are departed there is an
Austerlitz, there is Gettysburg, there is
Waterloo. War with the world, war
with the flesh, war with the devil. We
have either TO conquer our troubles, or our
troubles will conquer us. David will
either slsy the Amslekites, or the Amale-
kites will slsy David. And yet ia not the
fort to be taken worth all the pain, all
the peril, all the besiegement? Look
who are they on the bright hills of heaven
yondel? There they a.e, those who cat
at your own table. the chair now vacant.
There they are, those whom you rocked in
infancy in the cradle, or hushed to sleep
in your arms. There they are, those in
whose life your life wss bound up. There
they are, their brow more radiant than
ever before you saw il, their lips waiting
for the kss Of heavenly greet.
ing, their cheek Toseate with
the health Of eternal GUNNER, their
hands beckoning you up the
steep, their fest bounding with the mirth
of heaven. The pslior of their last sick
ness gone ont of their face, never more to
be sick, never more TO cough, never more
to limp, never more to be old, never more
to weep. They are watching from those
heights TO gee if through Christ you can
take that fort, and whether you will rus h
in upon them victors. They know that
upon this battle depends whether you will
ever join their tociety Up! strike harder!
Charge more bravery! Remember that
every inch you gain puts you go much
farther on toward that heavenly reunion.
Bat | must not forget those two hun
dred men who fsinted by the brock Besor.
They could not take another step farther.
Their feet were sore; their head sched;
their entire nature was exhausted.
Besides that, they were broken
hearted because their homes were gone.
Ziklag in ashesl And yet David,
when be comes up to them, divides
the spOils among them. He says they
shsll have some OF the jewels, some of the
rObSs, some Of the treasures. l look over
this audience this morning, and find at
least two hundred who have tainted by
the brook Besor-
THE BROOK OF TEARS.
You feel as if you could not take another
step farther, ss though you never could
look up again. But / am going to initiate
David, and divide among you some glori-
Qua trophies. Here is rohe: "All things
work together for good, TO these who love
God" Wrap yourself in that glorious
promise. Here il for your neck string of
pearls, msde out of crystallized
tears: Weeping may endure fer
night bat joy cometh in the
morning" Here is corone; 'Be thou
faithful unto death, ard will give tnee a
crown of life" Dye faintiDg ores by tie
brook BesOr, dip your bisier5d feet in the
running stream Of Gods mercy. Battle
your brow at the wells of salvation. SoOthe
your wounds With the bslsam that exudes
from trees Of life God will not utterly
cast you of, o broken-hesTted man, o
broken hearted woman, fainting by the
brook Besor.
A shepherd finds that his musical pipe
is bruised He esys: 81 can't get any
more music out Of this instrument; go l
will Just break it, and will throw this
reed away. Then l will get another reed,
and l will pay music on that" But God
says he
WILL NOT CAST YOU OFF.
because all the music has gone out Of your
soul. "The bruised reed he will not
break" As far as can TIL the diagnosis
Of your disease, you want Divine nursing,
and it IS promised you: "As one whom
his mother comtorieih, 30 will comfort
you" God will see you all the way
through, o troubled soul, and when you
come down to the Jordan Of death, you
will hnd il TO be as thin brook as Besnr
fUr Dr N9Di"rUu Soy 'nau, III npiiii DoSv'
dries up, and there is no brook at all
Aud in yonr last moment yOu will be ss
placid as the Kentucky minister who went
np to God, saying, in the dying hour:
write to my sister Kate, and tell her not
TO be worried a1d frightened about
the story OF The horrors around
the death bsd. Tell her there is not q
word of truth in it, for am there nov,
and Jesus is with me ard | find it very
happy way; not because am good msn,
for am not; l am nothing but a poor,
miserable sinner; but bage an Almighty
Saviour, and both Ct his arms are around
me.n
May God Almighty, through the blood
OF the everlasting covenant. bring Us into
the cOmpaDiOnsbip of our loved ones who
have already entered the heavenly land
and entered the presence of Christ, whom,
not having seen, we love, aud so David
shall recover ali, 'snd aI his part il that
eosth down 20 the battle, sn shall his part
be- tEst tarrieth By the stuff"