Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-07-29

ulalct NAlcd Tue u p-hla. OONu WIN
the lifebOats." People rush into them.
The boats are about full. Room only for
one more man. You are standing on the
deck beside the captain. Who shall it be?
You or the captsln? Tie captain says,
YOU" You jump and are saved. He
stands there aud dies. Now, you believe
that Capt Braveheart sacrificed himself
for his passengers, but you believe it with
love, with tears, with hot and
long continued ordinations, with
grief at his loss, and joy at your
deliverance. This is ssviug faith. In
other words, what you believe with all
your heart, and believe in regard to your
self. GA this hinge turns my sermon; aye,
the salvation of your immortal soul. You
often 90 across bridge you know nothing
at all about. You do not know who built
the bridge, you do not know what material
il Is made Of; but you come to it and walk
over it and ask no questions. Aud here ia
an arched bridge blasted from the ''R0ck of
Ages" Aud built by the architect of the
whole universe, spanning the dark gulf be-
tween sin and righteousness, and all God
asks you is to walk across it; and you start,
and you come to it, and you 20 little
way on and you stop, and you fall back,
aud you experiment. You say, How do
kuOg that bridge will hold me?" instead
of marching on with firm step. asking no
questions, but feeling that the strength OF
the eternal God is under you. Oh, was
there ever a prize prOfered so
CHEAP as PARDON AND HEAVEN
are offered to you? For how much? A
million dollars? 1t is certainly worth
more than that. But cheaper than that
you can have it. Ten thousand dollars
Less than that Five thousand dollars
Less than that. One dollar? Lsss than
that. Ooe farthinR? Less than that.
without money and without price" No
money to pay. No journey to take. No
penance to suffer Only Just one decisive
action Of the soul believe in the Lord
Jesus Chris. and thou shalt be saved. "
Shall try to tell you what it is TO be
saved? I cannot tell you. No man, no
angel car tell you. But can hint at it.
For my text brings me up to this point
Thou shalt be saved" 1t means hap
py lie here, and 3 peaceful death and a
blissful eternity. 1t is o grand thing TO 90
10 sleep at night and to get up in
the morning, and 20 do business all day
feeling that sll is right between my heart
and God. No accident no sickness, no
persecution, no peril, no sword can do me
any permanent damage. l am forgiven
child Of G d, and he is bound to sea nae
through. Tue mountains may depart, the
earlh may burn, the light Of the stars msy
be blown out By the blast of the judgment
hurricane; but lie aud death, things
present and things to come, are mine. Yea
further than that-it means a peaceful
death. Mrs. Hsmans, Mrs. Sjgournsy,
Dr.. Young, and almost all the poets have
said handsome things about death. There
ia nothing beautiful about it. When We
stand by The white and rigid features Of
those whom we love, aud they give no an
sweIine pressure of the haad and no re-
turning kiss OF the lip, we do not want
ans body to do any poetizing around about
us.
DEATH IS LoATHsOMENEss
aud midnight, and the wringing of the
heart until the tendrils snap and curl 10
the torture, unless Chris. shall be with US.
[ confess to you an indefinite fear, con.
sumiug horror of death, unless Christ shall
be with me. l would rather 90 down into
cave OF wild beasts or jungle Ofreptiles
than into the grave, unless Christ shall be
with me. Will you tell me that | am TO
he carried out from my bright home and
put away in the darkness? l cannot bear
darkness. At the first coming of the eve
ming must have the gas lighted, ana the
further ou in life get the more Ike to
have my friends round abOu. me.
To be saved is to wake up in the pres
ence OF Christ. You know when Jesus
was upon earth how happy he made every
house he went into, and when He brings
az to His house in heaven how great shall
be our glee. His voice has more music in
il than is to be heard in oil the Oratorios
of eternity.
Talk not abOat banks dashed with tfllor-
escence. Jesus is
THE CHIEF BLOOM
of heaven. We shall see the very face that
beamed sympathy in Bethany, and fake
the very hand thst dropped its blood from
the short beam Of the cross. Oh, I want
TO stand ia eternity with Him. Toward
that hsrbOr l steer. Toward that goal
run. / shall be satisfied when / awake in
His Likeness.
Oh, broken-hearted men and women,
how sweet it Will be in that good land to
pour al Of your hardships and bereaye-
ments and losses into the loving ear OF
Christ, and then have Him explain why il
was best for you to be sick, and why it was
best for you to be widowed, and why il
was beat for you to be persecuted, and why
il was best for you to be uisd, and have
Him point to an elevation proportion
ate to your disquietude here, saying: "You
suffered with me on earth, come up now
and be glorifed with me in heaven. -
Some one went into a house where there
had been q good deal of trouble aud said to
the woman there: 'YOu seem to be lone
"" yes" she said, TT am lonely"
'How many in the family?" "Only my
self" Have you had any childrenP'
II had seven children" "Where are
thevYj Gone" "All gomez" "All. "
"Ail dead?" "An." Then she bresthed
a long sigh into the loneliness, and said,
s'Oh. sir, I have been a good mother to the
grave " And so there are hearts here that
sre utterly broken down by the bereave-
ments Of life. point you to-day to the
ETERNAL BALX OF HEAVEN.
Are there any here that l am missing
this morning? On, you are waiting maid
vour hsart's sorrow poured in no human
ear lonely and sad how glad you will be
when Christ shall disband all Jour sor-
rows and crown You queen unto God and
the Lamb forever Aged men and women,
fed by His love and warmed by His grace
for three score years and ten! will not your
decrepitude change for the leap OF heart
when you come to look face to face upon
Him whom having not seen you lovef
That will be the Good Shepherd, not out
in the night and watching TO keep of the
wolves, but with the lamp reclining on the
sunlit hill. That will be the captain OF
our salvation, and amid the roar and crash
and boom Of battle, but amid His disband-
ed troops keeping victorious festivitiy.
That will be the Bridegroom Of the Church
coming from afar, the bride leaning upon
his arm, while be looks down into her face,
snd says. behold, thou srt fair, my
love! Behold, thou art faiI!'
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