Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-20
NEW SPRINGS OF JOY.
rHE HAPPINESS OF THR MAN WHO HAS
FOUND CHRIST.
Dr. Ialmages Eloquent Tabernacle Ssrmon-Ihs
Joys and frinmphs Of the Christians Life
Painted in OOlors Of Unsquallsd
Richness and Beauty.
Special Tsle0ram to the Register.

me also springs of water. And he gave
her the upper springs, and the neither
springs. Joshua XIV, 10.
The city of Debir was the Boston of an
tiquity-a great place for brain and books.
Caleb wanted it, and he offered his daugh-
ter Achsah as a prize to any one who
would picture that city. 1t was strange
thing for Caleb to do; and yet the man
that could take the city would have, at
any rate, two elements Of manhood-brav.
cry and patriotism. With Caleb's dauQh-
ter as a prize to fight for, Gen. Othniel
rode into the battle The gates of Debir
were thundered into the dust, and the city
Of books lay at the feet of the cOnquerors.
The work done, OShniel comes back Ia
claim his bride. Having conquered the
city, 1t is no great job for him 10 conquer
the girls heart; for however faint hearted
a woman herself may be, she always loves
courage in q man, l never saw an excep-
ton to that. The wedding festivity hsv-
ing gone by, Othniel and Achsah are
about to 90 to their new home. How
ever loudly the oymbals may clash
and the laughter ring, parents are always
sad When a fOndly cherished daughter
goes off TO stay; and Achsah, the daughter
OF Caleb, knows that now is the time to
ask almost anything she wants of her
father. Ii seems that Caleb, the good old
man, had given as a wedding present to
his daughter a piece of land that was
mountainous, and slOping southwark, to-
ward the deserts of Arabia, swept with
some very hot winds. 1t was called 80
south land" But Achsah wants an sddi-
tion Of property; she wants piece of land
that is we'll Wstered and fertile Now il
is no wonder thst Caleb standing amidst
the bridal party, his eyes so full OF tears
because she was going away that he could
hardly see her at all, gives her more than
she asks. She said to him: Thou hsst
given me south land; give me also springs
Of water. And he gave her the upper
springs, and the neither springs.
GODS GREAT GIFT.
What a suggestive passsgel The fact is,
that as Caleb, the father, gave Achsah, the
daughter, a south land, so God gives to US
his world. I am very thankful he has
given it to Us. But I am like Achsah in
the fact that 1 want larger portion.
Trees and flowers, and grass, and blue
skies are very well in their places; but he
who has nothing but this world for por-
tiOn has no portion at all. 1t is a noun
tsiuOus land, sloping off toward the desert
of sOrIOw, swept by fiery siroccOs; it is "a
south land, poor portion for any man
that tries to put his trust in it, What has
been your experience? What has been the
experience Of every man. of every woman
that has tried this world for a portion?
Queen Elizabeth, amids the surroundings
of pOmp, Is unhappy because the painter
sketches too minutely the wrinkles on her
face, and she Indignantly cries out: "You
must strike off my likeness without any
shadowsw Hogarth, at the very height
Of bis artistic triumph, is stung almost to
death with chagrin because the
painting he bad dedicated to
the king does not seem to be
acceptable; for George II cries out: "Who
is this Hogarthp Take his trumpery out
of my presence BTinsley Sheridan
thrilled the earth with his elOquence, but
had for his last words, 81 am absolutely
undonen Walter Scott, fumbling around
the inkstand trying to write, says to his
daughter: ooh, take me back to my room
there is no rest for Sir Walter but in the
grave" Stephen Girard, the wealthiest
man in his day, or, at any rate, only sec
ond in wealth, says 81 live the life of
galley slave when 1 arise in the morning
my one effort is to work so hard that l can
sleep when it gets to be night" Cherries
Lamb, spplauded of all the world in the
very midst of his literary triumph says:
do you remember, Bridget, when we used
to laugh from the shilling gallery at the
play? There are now no good plays to
laugh at from the boxes" But why 20 so
far as that? used to 90 no further than
your street to find an illustration Of what
I am saying.
MISERY WITHOUT GOD.
Pick me out ten successful worldlings-
without any religion, and you know what
mean by successful wOrldlings-pick me
out ten successful worldlings, and you
cannot fud more than one that looks
happy. Care drsgs him across the bridge:
care drags him back. Take your stand
at , O'Clock at the corner of Nassua and
Wall streets, or at the corner of Canal
street and Broadway, and see the sgonized
physiogonomies. Your bankers, your In
surance men, your importers, your whole
salers, and your retailers, as a class-ss a
class, are they happy? No. Care dogs
their steps, and, making no appeal to God
for help or comfort, they are tossed every |
whittier. How has it been with you, my |
heare1? Are you more contented IN the
house of fourteen rooms than you we're
in the two rooms you had in house
when YOU started? Have you not had
more care and wOrriment since you won
that fifty thousand dollars than you did
before? Some of the poorest men have
ever known have been those OF great for
time. A man of small means may be put
in great business straits, but the ghastliest
of All embarrassments is that of the man |
who has large estates. The men who COM
NIT suicide because of monetary losses are
those who cannot bear the burden any
more, because they have only hundred
thousand dollars left.
On Bowling Green, New York, there Is
house where Tslleyrand used to go. de
was a favorite man. All the world knew
him. and he had wealth almost unlimited;
vet at the close of his life he says: Be
hold. eighty-three years have passed with
ont any practical result, save fatigue OF
body and fatigue of mind, great discour-
a0ement for the future and great disgust
for the past" Oh, my friends, this ls "a
south land, " and it slopes of toward des-
erts of sorrows; and the prayer which
Aehsah made to her father Caleb, we make
This day to our Father God: Thou hast
oiven me a south land; give me also springs
Of water. And he gave them them the
upper springs, and the neither springs"
Blessed be God We have more ad-
vsntages given us than we can really ap-
nreciate. We have spiritual blessings Of
fered MS in this world which shall call
the neither springs, and glOries in the
world 70 come which l shall call the up
per springs.
THE JOYS OF RELIGION.
Where shall find words enough thread
al with light to set forth the pleasure Of
rsligion? David, unable to describe it IN
words PLAYED it on a harp. Mrs. Hemans,
NOT finding enough power in prose, sings
that praise in canto. Christopher Wren,
unable to describe it in language, sprung
IL into the arches of st. PauPs. Jonn
Bunvan. unable to present it in ordinary
nhraseology, takes all the fascination oi
alleeory. Handel, with ordinary music
unable 10 reach the height Of the theme,
rouses it mp into an oratoriO. On, there Is
no life on earth so happy as a really Onris-