Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-10-21

To 70 luA pOoclulu " rlt Agi JcoAo htpuuN tuo
same church fresde end not have SYM
pathies in common. Somehow you feel
that you would like those people on the
other side of the aisle, about whom you
know but little, prOepered aud psTdOned
and blessed and saved. You feel as If you
are IN the same boat, and you want to
glide up the same hsrbOr ard want 10 dis
embark a, the same wharf.
IfyOu put gold and iron and lead aud
zirc in sufficient heat, they Will melt into
a couglomerate MSS; aud really feel that
last Sabbath's fire has fused us all, grosser
and finer natures, into one. 1t seems as
If We al had our hands on wire con-
necled with an electric battery; and when
this church sorrow started it thrilled
through the whole circle, a1d we all felt
the shock. The oldest uan and the
youngest child could join hands in this
misfortune. Grandfather said, II tx
pecled from those affairs 10 be buried"
and one of the children LAST Sabbath cried,
Grandpa, that plsce was next to our own
house Yea, we are supported and con-
ident in this time By the cross of Christ.
We are also re-enfoIced by the catholic
ity that have already referred to We
srein the Academy to-day, not because We
have no other place 10 20. Laet Sabbath
morning 81 9 o'clock We had hut one church;
now Nc have about thirty, ell at our dis
pOsal Their pastors aud their trus ees
say: "You may take our main audience
sooms, you may take our lecture rooms,
sou may take our church psrlors, yon may
baptiz9 in our babtisteries, and sit on our
anxious seais.n Oh If there be Any
larger hearted ministers or larger hesyted
chnrche6 anywhere than in Brooklyn, tell
nee where they are, that may 90 and see
them before I die. The millennium has
come. People keep wondering when it is
coming. Il hiss come. The lion and the
lamb lie down tlgether, and the tiger eats
straw like an OK. I should like TO have
seen two Of the old time bieos, with their
swords, fighting through that great ti5e on
SchermerhOrn street last Sabbath. l am
sure the swords would have melted, aud
they who welded them would have learned
TO war 70 more.
BOUND FOR THE KINGDOM.
And during this last week, when I saw
the rushing 10 and fro and the excitement,
1 said to myself, 81 90 not know Just
where we shall start again, bot 1 sm
bound for the kingdom anyhow" | do
not want to 90 inst yet. l want to be
pastor Of this people until am about
eigbty-Dine years Of age, but have some
times thought that there are such glories
ahead that ] may be persuaded to 90 lit
tie ea1lier-for instance, at eighty-twO or
ei2hty-th,ee; bu. really think that, if
we couid have an appreciation Of what
God has IN reserve for us, we would want
TO 90 stepping right out Of the Academy
Of Music into the glories Of the skies.
Alb that is a good land. Why, they
they tell me that in that land they never
have a heart ache They tell me that
mau might walk five hundred years 10
that land and never see a tear or hear
sigh. They tell me that our friends who
have LETT us and gone there, their feet ore
radiant as the sun, and that they take
hold Of the hand of Jesus familiarity, and
thai they open that hand and see in the
palm oft a healed wound that must have
been very cruel before it was healed. And
thew tell me that there is no winter there,
and thst they never get hungry or cold,
sud that the sewing girl never wades
through the snow bank to her daily toll,
aud that the clock never strikes twelve for
the night, but only twelve for the day.
SEE that light 10 the window. / won
der who set il thsre "OhW you say,
my f,ther that went into glory mu7t
hsvs set that light in the window No;
guess Bgain. my mother, who died ht-
teen wears ego in Jesus, l think must
have let that light there No guess
again. You say, my darling little child,
that Last summer put away for the rsspr-
rection, I think che must have set that
light there in the window" No; Ruess
again. Jesus set il there; and he will keep
il burning until the day pat our finger
on the latch Of the door and 20 10 to Re at
home forever. Oh! when my sight gets
black in death, put on my eyelids that
sweet ointment. When in the last wesrl-
ness I cannot take another step, just help
me mt nv foot on that doorsil. When
nv ear catches no more the voices Of wife
and child, let me 20 right in, to have my
deafness cured by the stroke OF the narpers
whose fingers fly over the strings with the
anthems of the free.
HEAVEN NEVER BURNS DOWN.
The fires of the last day, that are already
kindled in the heart of the earth, but are
hidden because God keeps down the
hatches-those internal 6res will after
while break through the crust, and the
plains and the mountains, and the seas
will be consumed, and the flames will
fling their long arma into the skies; but
an The terrors Of a burning world will do
no more harm to that heavenly temple
than the fires of the setting sun which
kindled up the window glass of the house
on wonder hill top. Oh, blessed land. Bat
I do not wsnt to 90 there until l see the
BROOKLYN Tabernacle rebuilt. You say,
"Will IL b,2p You might as well ask me
If the sun will rise tomorrow morning, or
if the next spring will put garlsnds on its
head. You and mag not do it-you and
7 NAV not live 10 see it; but the Church OF
God does not stand on two legs nor on a
thousand legs. -,
How did the Israelites get through the
Red Sea? I suppose somebody msy have
c,r,e and said: There IL no need Of try
inc YOU will get your feet wei; You will
snoil vo1r clothes; you will drown your
selves Whoever heard OF getting through
sue5 a SEA as thsl?n How did they get
through it? Did they go back? No.
ID thew turn 10 the right? No. Did
tbav "a 70 the LEFT? No.
They went forward in the strength OF
the Lord Almighty; and that is the way
ne mean to get Though the Red SEA. By
ro;rq forward. Bat says some one: II!
we should build a larger church, would
Won be able with your voice to I'll 1t?
WHY. I have been wearing myself out Tor
the last sixteen yesIs in trying to keep my
voice in. Give me room where 1 can
preach the glories Of Christ and the gran
deurs OF Heaven.
Forward We have TO march on,
breaking down al bridges behind US,
making retreat impossible. Throw away
your knspsack if il impede your march.
Keep your sword arm free. Strike for
| Christ and HIS Kingdom while you may.
/ No people ever had better mission than
ven are sent on. Prove yourselves
worthy. Ill am not At to be your leader,
set me aside. The brightest goal on earth
that can think Of is a country parsonage