Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-26

they came. Opportunities fly in a
straight line. and just touch MS they
pass from eternity to eternity, but the
wrongs we do others fly in circle, and
however the circle may widen out, they
are sure TO come back to the point from
which they started. There are guns
that kick,
FIcKLE FORTUNES FAVoIS.
Furthermore, let the story of Haman
teach us how quickly turns the wheel of
fortune. One day, excepting the king,
Hannah was the mightiest man in Persia;
but the next day. lackey. So we go
up: and so we go down. You seldom
find any man twenty years in the same
circumstances. OF those who, in pOlit-
ical life twenty years ago, were the
most prominent, how few remain in con-
Spicuity. Political parties make certain
men do their hard work, and then, after
using them as hacks, turn them out on
the commons to die. Every four years
there is complete revolution, and
about five thousand men who ought
certainly 10 be the next President are
shamefully disappointed, while some,
who are this day obscure and poverty
stricken, will ride upon the shoulders of
the people, and take their turn at adj
miration and the spells OF office.
Oh, how quickly the wheel
turns! Ballot boxes are the
steps on which men come down rs often
as they go up. OF those who were long
ago successful in the accumulation OF
property, how few have not met with
reverSeS. while many of those who then
were straitened in circumstances now
hold bonds and the bank-keyS of the ma
ton. OF all tickle things in the world,
fortune is the most tickle. Every day she
changes her mind, and woe TO the man
who puts any confidence in what she
promises or proposes. She cheers when
you go up, and she laughs when you
come down. Oh, trust not Il moment
your hearts affections to this changeful
world! Anchor your soul in God. From
ChriSt'S companionship gather your sat
iSfaction. Then, come sorrow or glad
ness. success or defeat, riches or poverty,
honor or disgrace, health or sickness,
life or death, time or eternity, all are
yours. and We are ChriSt's, and Christ Is
Gods.
Again: this Humans history shows us
that outward possessions and circum-
stances cannot make a man happy.
While yet fully vested in authority and
the chief adviser of the Persian mon
arch. and everything that equipage and
pomp and SplcndOr OF residence could do
were his, he is an obiect-lesson OF
wretchedneSS. There are to-day more
aching SORROWS under crowns OF royalty
than under the ragged caps OF the
houseleSS. Much of the worlds ailu-
ence and gaiety is only misery in colorS.
Many woman seated in the street at
her apple stand is happier than the
great bankers. The mountains OF
worldly honor are covered with perpet-
ual snow. Tamcrlanc conquered nail
the world. but could not Subdue his own
fears. Ahab goes to bed sick because
Naboth will not sell him his vineyard.
Hcrod is i'm agony because a little child
is born down in Bethlehem. Great
Felix trcmblcS because a poor minister
will preach Righteousness, temperance
and Judgment to come. From the time
of Louis MI TO Louis NVllI was there
a -bottomcd chair in France that
did not set more solidly than the great
throne on which the French kings
reigned?
WHAT MAKES wRETCHEDNES>.
Were called to sketch misery in its
worst form, would not go up the dark
alley of the poor, but up the highway
over which prancing Bucephali strike
the sparks with their hOofS and between
Statuary and parks of stalking deer.
WrctchcdneSs is more bitter when Swal-
lowed from gemmcd goblctS than from
carthcn pitcher or pewter mug. II
there are Young people here who are
looking for this position and that cir
cumStance. thinking that worldly sue
cess will bring peace OF the soul, let
them Shattcr il. 1t is not what we get,
il is what we are. Daniel among the
IONS is happier thon Ncbuchadnczzar
ON his throne. And when life is closing,
brilliancy of worldly surroundings will
be- no Solacc. Death Is blind, and sees
no difference between Il king and his
clown, between the NaZarcnc and the
Athenlan, between Il bookleSS hut
and national library. The
frivoltieS of life cannot, with
their giddy laugh, echoing from heart
TO heart. entirely down the voice OF a
tremendous conscience which says: Il
am immortal. The stars shall die, brt
| am immortal. One wave OF eternity
shall drown time in its depths, but am
immortal. The earth shall have a
I-F Tho hnaVnne foe al
the glance OF the Lord. but am immor-
tai. From all the heights and depths
of nature rings down, and rings up, and
rings out the word immortal. A
good conscience and assurance of life
eternal through the Lord Jesus Christ
are the only securities.
The souls happiness is too large
craft to sail up the stream OF worldly
pleasure. As Ship-carpcntcrS say, 1t
draws too much water. This earth Is
a bubble. and it will burst. This life is
a vision. and it will soon pass away.
Time. 1t is only ripple, and it break
eth against the throne of Judgment.
Our days, They fly swfter than a
shuttle, weaving for MS a robe of tri-
umph or 4 garment of shame. Begin
your life with religion and for It's great
est trial you will be ready. Every day
will be triumph, and death will be
only Kings servant calling you to a
royal banquet.
TIE CHRISTIANS VIGIL.
In olden time the man who was to re-
ceive the honors of knighthood was re-
Quired to spend the previous night fully
armed, and with shield and lance to
walk up and down among the tombS OF
the dead Through all the hours of that
night his steady step was heard, and,
when morning dawned, amid grand par
AIDE and the sound of comets, the hon
ors of knighthood were bestowed. Thus
il shall be with the good mans soul in
the night before heaven. Fully armed
with shield and sword and helmet, he
shall watch and wait till the darkness
ly and the morning break, and amid the
sound Of celestial harpings the soul shall
take the honors of heaven amid the in
throng with robes snowy
white streaming over seas OF sapphire.
Mordecai will only have to wait for
his day of triumph. 1t took all the pre-
ccding trials to make proper back
ground for his after-succoSS, The seal