Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-07-15

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better give your all to God, and then get
iu yourself. "Oh," says some one, my
business is to sell silks and cloths" Well,
then, my brother, sell silks and cloths to
the glory of God. And some one says:
My business is to raise corn aud carrots"
Then, my brother, raise corn and carrots
TO the glory Of God. Aud some one says:
''My business is to manufacture horse shoe
nsils.n Then manufacture horse shoe
nails to the glory Of God. There is moth
ing for you to do that you ought to do but
for the glory Of God.
DON'T WANT WEEPING WILLOWS
Usefulness is typiiied by the palm tree
All, we don't want in the church any more
people that are merely weeping willows,
signing into the water, standing and sd-
miring their long lashes in the CLASSY
spring. No wild cherry dropping bitter
/ fruit. We want palm trees, holding some
thing for GOD, something for angels, scme-
thing for man. am tired and sick Of this
fat. tame, insipid, saiin-slippered. namby-
randy, highly tightly religion 1t is
worth nothing for this world, and it is de-
stIuction Tor eternity.
Give me five hundred men and women
| fully consecIated to Christ, and we will
take any city for God in three years. Give
me ten thousand men and women fully up
to the Christian standard; in ten years ten
thousand of them would take the whole
earth for God. But when are We going TO
begin?
Lsdyard, the great traveller, was brought
before the Geographical Society of Great
Britain, and they wanted him to make
some explorations in Africa, and they
showed him all the perils, and all the hard
work, and all the exposure, and after they
had told him what they wanted him to do
in Africa, they said to him; 'NOw, Led
yard, when are you ready to startH" He
said: Tomorrow morning." The
learned men were sstonished; they thought
he would take weeks or months to get
ready. Well, now, You tell me you want
to be earnest for Christ; you want to be
useful ia Christian service. When are you
going TO begiu? Oh, that you have the
decision to say, To-day, now" Go now
into the mount and gather the palm
brsnchts. But the palm branches also
meant victory. Ia all ages, in all lands,
/ the palm branch means victory. We are
By nature the servants of Satan. He
stole us, he has his eye on us, he wants
to keep Us The word comes from our
Father that if we will try to bresk loose
from this doing Of wrong, our Father will
help Us; and some day We rouse up and we
fy at him, and we wrestle him down, and
we put our heel on his neck, and we grind
him in the dust, and we ssy Victory, vic
tory, through our Lord Jesus Christ!
AIR AROMATIC OF HEAVEN.
i Ny text brings up one step further. 1t
says, 20 forth into the mount and fetch
olive branches, and pine branches, and
myrtle branches, aud palm branches, and
branches of thick trees. Now, you know
very veil that booth or arbor made Of
slight branches would not stand. The
first blast of the tempest would pros
trate il. So then the booth or ar
Dor must have four stout poles to hold up
the arbor OF booth; and hence for the
building of the harbOr for this world We
must have stout branohea OF thick trees,
Aud 50 it is in the gospel srbOr. Blessed
be God that we have brawny Christian
ity, not one easily upset. The storms OF
life will come upon us, and We want strong
doctrine. not only love, but justice; not
only invitation but warning. tits mighty
gospel; it is an omnipOtent gospel. There
gre the stout branches of thick trees. |
remember what Mr.. Finney sAid in school
house ia this state. The village was so
bad il was called SOdom, and it was said
TO have only one good man in all the vii
llsge, and he was called Lot; and
Mr.. Finney, preaching, described
the destruction OF Sodom, aud
the preacher declared that God would rain
destruction upon his hearers unless they,
too, repented. And the people in the
school house sat and ground their teeth in
anger, and clinched their fists in indigns'
ton; but before he was through with
his sermon they got down on their knee;
and cried for mercy while mercy could b'
found. On, il is mighty Gospel; not only
an invitation, but warning; an omnipo
tent truth, stout branches of thick trees
Well, my friends, have shown you here
is the olive branch of peace, here is
the pine branch of evergreen Cos
pei consolation, here the palm tree
branch OF usefulness and victory, and
here are the stout branches of thick trees.
The Gospel arbor is done The air is arc
matte of heaven. The leaves rustic with
the gladness Of God. Come into the arbor
went ont at different times with fowler
to the mountains to catch pigeons; and We
made our booth, and watched for the
pigeons TO come. And we found fiOcks in
the ely, and after while they dropped
into the net and We were successful. So
come uow to the door Of this Gospel booth
and look ont. see docks ofsouls flying
hitha and flying thither. Oh, that they
might come like clouds and as doves to the
window. Come into the booth. Come
into the booth.