Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-02
SERMON
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10 suppose them both in the same place
II the miSer had harp, what tune did
he play on il? o, my friends, com
mend to You this religion as the only
personal safety. When you die, where
are you going TO? When we leave all
these scenes, upon what scenes VIII we
enter? When we were on Shlp0Oard,
and we all felt that we must 90 TO the
bottom, was right in saying to one
next me: 81 wonder if we will reach
Heaven if we do 20 down tonight
Was | wise or unwise in asking that
question? / tell you that man is FOOL
who never thinks of the great future.
II YOU pay money, you take a receipt.
II you buy land, you record the deed.
WhyP Because everything is so uncer-
tain, you want II down In black and
white you say. For house and lot
twenty-five feet front by one hundred
feet deep, all security; but for soul,
vast as eternity, nothing, nothing. III
some man or woman, standing in some
OF these aisles, Should drop down, whore
would YOU 20 70? Which is your deS-
tiny? Suppose man is prepared Tor
the future world, what difference does
il make to him whether he goes TO his
home to-day or goes into glory? Only
this difference: If he dies he Is better
of. Where he had one JOY on earth, he
will have million in heaven. When
he has a small sphere here he will have
a grand sphere there. Perhaps ii would
cost YOU pity, or one hundred, or one
hundred and fifty dollars to have your
physical life insured, and yet free Of
charge. | offer you insurance on your
immortal life payable, not al your de-
cease, but now, and tomorrow and
every day, and always.
Nv hope in Christ is not 50 bright as
many Christians, | know; but l would
not give il up for the whole universe, in
one cash payment, If it were offered me.
Ii has been so much comfort to me In
time OF trouble, il has been so much
strength To me when have been as
sailed. il has been 50 much rest to me
when | have been perpleXed, and IL Is
around my heart such an encaSement
Of satisfaction and bleSSedneSS that | can
stand here before God, aad say: Take
away my health, take away my life,
take everything rather than rob me OF
this hope, this plain, simple hope which
have in Jesus Christ my Lord. must
have this robe when the last chill strikes
through me. | must have this light
when all other lights go out in
the blast that comes up from the cold
Jordan, | must have this sword with
which TO fight my way through all
those foes on my way heavenward.
When was in London | saw there the
wonderful armor Of Henry VIII. and
Edward III. And yet l have to tell
YOU that there is nothing in chain mail
or brass plate. or gauntlet, or halberd,
that makes 4 man so safe as the armor
in which the Lord God clothes his dear
children. O, there is a safety in re-
Hgion. You will ride down all your
foes. Look out for that man who has
the strength of the Lord God with him.
In olden times the horSemen used to
ride into battle with lifted lanceS, aud
the enemy fed the field. The Lord on
the white horse Of victory, and with
lifted lanceS OF Divine strength, rides
into the battle and down goes the Splr-
itual foe; while the victor shouts the
triumph through the Lord Jesus Christ.
As matter OF personal safety, my dear
friends. you must have this religion.
HELP N CHRIST.
apply my subject TO several classes
Of people before me. First, to thsi
great multitude Of young people In TINS
house. Some of these young people are
i'm boarding-houses. They have but ie"
social advantages. They think that nc
one cares for their souls. Many oil
them are on small salaries, ana they are
cramped and bothered perpetualiy, ana
sometimes their heart fails them. Young
man. tonight. at your bedroom door, on
the third floor, you will hear a
knocking. It will be the hand
Of Jesus Christ, the young
mans friend, saying: 20, young
man. let me come In; will help thee,
will comfort thee, l will deliver thee
Take the Bible out Of the trunk, II II
has been hidden away. II you have not
the courage to lay it on the shell OF
table. take that Bible that was given l,
YOU by some loved one, take II out OF
the trunk and lay it down on the Dot
tom of the chair, then kneel down be-
side il. and read and pray, and pray
and read. until all your disturbance Is
gone. and you feel that peace whlcI
neither earth nor hell eau rob you oil
Thy fathers God, thy mothers Gou
waits for thee. o young man. "EScap'
for thy life" Escape now "On'
thing thou lackeSt!"
But apply this subject TO the ase'
not many here-nOt many in any as
semblage. People do not live to ge
old That is the general rule. Her
and there an aged man in the house.
tell YOU the truth. You have live'
long enough in this world To know tina
IL cannot satisfy an immortal nature
must talk 10 you more reverentiali !.
than | do TO these other people, whll
lar the same time | speak with grea
lplainuess. o father OF the wear
stem. O mother, bent down unde
The ailments Of life, has Tn
cod ever forsaken thee? Through al
these wears. who has been your oeS
friend9 Seventy years OF mercles
seventy years OF food and clothing.
how many bright mornings. How man
glorious evening hours you have seen
o. father. mother, God, has oeeh yer
GOOD to you. Do you feel 1t? some O
Won have children and grandchildren
the former cheered your young HE, IN
latter Irvine your gray locks In thel
tiny fingers. Has all the goodness Una
3. God has been making pass before yo
nroduced no change in your feelings
and must il bee said OF you, notwith
standing all this: Zone thing lho
= lackeSt?'
TIL. EcH AND THE POOR.
must make application OF this sui
iect also. to those who are proSpereo
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