Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-28

pearls. Like unto a net that was east
into the sea. Like unto householder.
CIWIST'S NATURAL SMILE.
Would Christ teach the precision with
which He looks after You, He says He
counts the hairs of your head. Wen,
that is a long and tedious count if the
head have the average endowment. II
has been found that If the hairs of the
head be black there are about 10000.
or If they be flaNen there are about
100000. But God knows the exact
number: The hairs of your head are
all numbered Would Christ impress
us with the divine watchfulneSS
and care. lie speaks Of the spar
rows that were a nuisance i'm
those times. They We're caught
by the thousands In thcnet. They were
thin and scrawny. and had compare
lively mo- meat ON their bones They
seemed almost valueleSS, whether living
or dead. Now, argues Christ, my Faith
cr takes care of them will He not take
care of YOU? Christ would have the
Christian respondent over his SlowneSS
of religious development 90 to his corn
field for lesson. He watches first the
green shoot pressing mp through the
ciodS. gradually strengthening into a
stalk, and last OF all the huSk swelling
ont with the pressure of the corn:
First the blade, then the ear. after
that the full corn i'm the ear"
Would David set forth the freshness
and beauty of genuine Christian charac-
ter-he sees am eagle starting from its
nest just after the moulting season, Us
old feathers shed. and its wings and
breast dccked with new down and
pumcS. its body as finely fcathered as
that of her Young ones just beginning TO
try the speed of their wings Thus re-
iuyeuatcd and rcplumcd is the Chris
tiau'S faith and hope, by every season
OF communion with God. Thy youth
is renewed like the eagles Would
Solomon represent the annoyance of a
contentious wOman'S tongue, he points
Co a leakage m the top of his house or
tent, where. throughout the stormy day,
the water comes through, falling upon
the noor-drip, drip, drip. And he
SAYS. ~ continual dripping i'm very
rainy day and contentious woman are
alike" Would Christ set forth the
character of those who make great pro-
fcsSion of picty. but have no fruit. He
compares them 20 barren tig trees, which
have very large and snowy leaves. and
nothing but leaves. Would job illus
trate dcccitful friendships. he speaks of
brooks I'm those climcS. that wind about
iu different directions. and dry up when
YOU want 90 drink out of them: My
brethren have dealt deceitfully as a
brook. and as tine stream of brooks they
pass away" David when hc would inn
press MS with the dependency into
which hc had sunk. compares it TO a
Quagmire of those regions, through
which he had doubtless sometimes tried
t0 walk. but sunk in up TO his neck and
hc cried, Il sink i'm deep mire where
there is mo- standing. Would Habak-
kuk set forth the capacity which God
gives the good man TO walk safely amid
the widest pcrilS he points To the wild
animal called the hind walking over
slippery rocks. and leaping from wild
crag 10 wild crag, by the peculiar make
OF it's hoofs able calmly TO sustain itself
I'm the most dangerous places: The
Lord God is my strength. and He Will
make my feet like kinds feet
JOB MAKES ALL NATURAL OBJECTS
pay tribute TO the ROYALTY Of his book.
As YOU 20 through some OF the chapters
of Job You feel as If it were bright
spring morning, and, as you see the
glitteriug drops from the grass under
your feet. Won say with that patriarch.
..Who hath bcgotten the drops of the
dew" And now. as yOu read ON, You
seem I'm the silent midnight to behold
the waving of a great light upon your
path. and YOU look up TO find IL the
aurora borcaliS. which job described so
long ago as .the bright light in the
clouds and the SplcndOr that cOmeth out
OF the north As YOU read on, there Is
darkness hurting i'm the heavens, and
the showers break loose till the birds fly
from hiding-placc and the mountain tor
rents in red fury foam over the rocky
shelving: and with the same poet.
Won eyclaim: "WhO can number the
clouds I'm wisdom. or who can stay the
battles of hcayen?" As Won read on.
YOU feel yourself coming in frosty climeS
and. iu fancy, wading through the
snow. Won say. with that same inspired
writer. Hast thou entered into the
treasures of the snow?" And while the
sharp Slect drives i'm your face, and the
hail stingS your cheek, you quote INN
again: Hast thou seen the treasures
of the halle" In the PSalmistS writ
iugs hear the voices of the sea: Deep
calleth unto deep:" and the roar of the
forests: The Lord Shaketh the wilder
ness of Nadcsh:" and the loud peal OF
the black tempest: The God of glory
thupdercth." and the rustic of the long
silk ON the well filled huskS: The val
levs are covered with corn and the cry
of wild beasts: The young lions roar
after their prey" the hum of palm trees
and cedarS. The righteous Shall uour-
ism like palm tree. he shall grow like
Ia cedar i'm Lebanon. the Sough Oh
wings and the swirl of fins: dominion
over the fowl of the air and the nSh oil
the sea"
The truths of the Gospel might have
been presented i'm technical terms ana
by the means of dry definitions, out uh-
der these the world would not have lis
tened or felt. How could the safety OF
trusting upon Christ have been present
cd. were il not for the figure OF rock
How could the gladdening effect OF the
Gospel have been set forth, had not
Zacharias thought of the dawn OF
the morning, eXclaiming, The
day-Spring from on high hath visited us
20 give light 10 them that sit in dark
ness" How could the souls intense
longing for Christ have been presented
SO well as by the emblem of natural
hunger and natural thirst? As the lake
gathers into its bosom the shadows OF
hills around, and the CLEAN OF stars
above. So. i'm these great deepS of divine
truth. an objects i'm nature are grandly
reflected We walk forth in
the Spriug-timc, and everything
brcathcs of the Resurrection. Bright
blossom and Springing grass speak TO us
of the coming mp of those whom we
have loved, when i'm the white robes of
their 10Y and coronation they shall APP
pear. And when i'm the autumn OF the
wear Nature breaches thousands OF
imeral sermons from the text, 1--WE all
do fade as leaf, and Scatters her
elcgies I'm our path. we cannot help ouI
think of sickness and the tomb. Even
winter. :being dead, yet Speaketh.
The world will not be argued into the