Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-03-03
THE FUTURE CHURCH
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GAME OF CARDS

GAME OF CARDS
and do Dot drive fast horse, although
would II owned one, But DO not substi-
tats tests which the Bible does not estab-
lish. There is ems passage Of Scripture
wide enough let eli in who ought to en-
ter and to keep out all who ought to be
kept out: "B lieve in the Lord Jesus
Christ AID thou shalt be saved" Get q
mans heart right and his life will bs right
But now that ,hs old creeds have been put
under public scrutiny, something radical
must be done. Some would split them,
some would carve them, some would
elongate them, some would abbreviate
them. AZ the present moment and in the
present shape they are hindrance. Laza.
1 us is alive, but hampered with old grave
clothes. II you want one glorious church
free and unepcumbered take off tie cere-
msnts. OF old ecclesiastical Vocabulary
Loose her and let her 60
Woas many OF you Christians most need
ia TO get your grave clothes eff ! rejoice
that you have been brought from the
death Of sin to the life of the Gospel, but
you reed to get your hand loose and your
feet icOse and your tongue loose and your
soul loose. There ID 70 sin that the Bibls
so srrsigns end pnDc,ures and Aagellates
as the Elm Of unbelief, and that is what is
the matter with YOU. on" you say, 'if
you knew what once wac snd
HOW MANY TIMES
have grievOuSly straytd, you would UNI
dsrstand why l do not come out brighter.
Then l think You would call yourself the
chief OF sinners. j am glad you hit upon
tha, term, for have promise that fits
into your case as the cogs of one wheel be.
tween The cogs of another wheel, or az the
key fits into the lsbyrinths Of a lock. A
man who was once called Saul but after.
wards Paul declared: This is faith
fnl saying and worthy Of all &C
csptation that Christ Jesus came into
the world 10 save sinners, of whom /
am chief" Mark that-''of whom |
am chef.n "Pat down your overcoats
aud hats and l will take care of them
while you kill Stephen"-so Saul said to
the stoners OF the fret msrtyr-'I do not
care to exert myself much, bat / will
guard your surplus apparel while you do
the murder" The New Testament account
says: THE witnesses laid down their
clothes at young mans feet whose nnme
was Saul" No wonder he said SINNERS,
of whom I am the chief" Christ ia psed
to climbing He climbed TO the top OF
the temple. He climbed to the top of
Mount Oiivst. He climbed to the top OF
the cliffs ebOva Nazareth He climbed TO
the top OF GOlgoths. And climbed to the
top Of the hills and mountains of your
trausgression he is ready to climb with
pardon for every ore OF you. The
grOsn of Calvary is mightier than
the thunder OF Sinai. Full re-
eeipt ia offered for all yonr indebt.
edness. II one throw some at midnight
into bush where the hedgebird roots, il
immediately begins to sing; and into the
midnight hedges of your dependency
these words hurl, hoping to awaken you
to anthem. Drop the tunes in the minor
key and take the major. Do you think it
peases the Lord for you to be carrying
arouti with you tbe.dehris and carcasses
Of old'TarsgTessions? You mske me-
THINK OF SOME SHIP
that has had a tempsstuoas time ut sea,
and now that il proposes another voysgs,
keeps on it's dayits the dsmsQed life boats,
and the splinters of shiversd mast, ard
the broken glass Of smashed skylight.
Ny advice is: clear the decks, overheard
With all the damaged rigging, brighten mp
the ealted smoke stacks, open new log
book. haul in the pisnks, lay ont new
course and set sail for Heaven. You have
had the spiritual dumps long enough.
You will please the Lard more by being
happy than by being miserable. Have you
not sometimes started out in the rain
With your umbrella and you were very
busy thinking and you did not notice
that the rain bad stopped, and though it
mad cleared of you still bad your umbrel
Ia up, and when you discovered what
you were doing you felt silly enough?
That is what some otyOu are doing in
religious things. You have got 80 use to
sadness that though the rain has stopped
you still have your umbrella up. Come
DOT Of the shsdow. Ascend the stairs
of your sepulchsr. Step out into the
broad light OF MONDAY. We come around
you to help remove yOur grave clothes,
and