Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-02

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The young man Of the text was
splendid nature. We tall in love with
him at the first glance. lie was ami
able, and earnest, aud educated, and re-
fined, and respectable and moral, and
yet he was not Christian. And 50
Christ addresses him in the words that
| have read 10 you: "One thing thou
lackeSt." l suppose that that text was
no more appropriate To the young man
of whom have spoken than it is appro-
pirate 70 great multitude of people in
this audience. There are many things
iu which you are not lacking. For in
stance, YOU are not lacking in a good
home. IL Is, perhaps. no more than an
hour ago that you closed the door, re-
turning 10 see whether il is well faS-
tened, of one of the best homes in the
city. The Younger children of the house |
already asleep, aud the older ones, hear |
ing Your returning footsteps, will |
rush 10 the door 10 meet
you. And in these winter even
iugS the children at the stand with |
their lessons, the wife plying the needle, |
and you reading the book or the paper.
YOU feel that you have a good home. |
Neither are you lacking in the refine
mentS and courteSieS of life. You un-
derStand the polite phraSeOlogy OF inyi- |
tation, regard, and apology. You have |
an appropriate apparel. | shall wear no |
better dress as.the wedding than when /
l come TO the marriage OF the Kings |
Son. II ! am well clothed on other 0c-
caSiOns, l will be in religious audi |
ence. However reckless | may be about |
my personal appearance NJ other times, |
when come into consecrated assem- !
blage. shall have on the best dress | /
have. We all understand the proprie-
ties OF everyday life and the proprietieS
Of sabbath life.
Neither are you lacking in worldly
success. You have not made Is much
money as You would like To make, but
you have an income. While others are
false when they say they have no in
come or are making no money, you have
never tod that falSehoOd. You have
had livelihood or you have fallen upon
old resources, which is just the same
thing. for God is Just aS good To us
when he takes care of us by surplus
of the past rs by present sue
sands of men with hunger
tearing at the throat with the strength
of tigers paw, not one OF you Is
hungry. Neither are you lacking in
pleasant friendship. You have real
good friends. II the scarlet fever should
come tonight 10 your house, you know
/ very well who would come in and sit up
with the sick one: or. If death should
come. Won know who would come in
and take Your hand tight in theirs with
that peculiar grip which means, III
stand by you," and after the life has
/ fed from the loved one, take you by the
arm and lead YOU into the next room,
/ and while you are gone TO GREENWOOD
hey would stay in the house and put
aside the garments and the playthinSs
/ that might bring 10 your mind TOO
severely your great loss. Friends? You
Iall have friends.
LACKING IN ONE THING.
Neither are YOU lacking in your ad-
miration OF the Christian religion.
There is nothing that makes you so an
gry as to have a man malign Christ.
Vou oct red i'm the face. and you say:
.,Sir | want YOU TO understand that
though lam not myself Christian, l
don't like such things said as that in
INV store" and the man goes off. giving
vou a parting SalutatiOn, but you hardly
answer him. You are provoked beyond
Ian hounds. Many of yOu have been
supporters of religion and have given
more 10 the cause OF Christ than
some who profess his faith. There is
nothing that would please you more
tban To see YOUR son or daughter stand
ing at the altar OF Christ taking the
vows of the Christian. IL might be
little hard on you ana might make you
nervous aud agitated for little whlie'
nm. Won would be man enough to say
"Nv child. that is right. Go on. am
gIaj Won haven't been kept back by my
example. hope some day TO join you.
Sou believe all the doctrines OF religion,
4 man out Wonder says: Il am sin
ner " You respond: 80 am l. Some
one SAYS. Il believe that Christ came to
sa,e the world" You say: 80 do /.
T.ooking at your character, at your sur
soundinrs. / find thousand things
about which TO congratulate you; ana
and vet must tell you in the love aud
fear of God, and with reference TO my
Isst account: "One thing thou lackest.
You need. my friends, in the hrSI
,l,.e the element Of happiness. Some
day YOU feel wretched. lou no no'
know what is the matter with you. ou
saw. Il did not sleep last night, tnlhN
tbat must be the reason oil my reSIieSS'
ness.'' ar II have eaten something that
did NOT agree with me, and | think that
r,ust h, the reason And yoNare uu-
h,,,rv q my friends, happiness does
not depend upon physical condition.
Some NJ tho happieSt people l nave
.,,ar known have been those VINO nave
hoo, wranped i'm consumption. or Stung
,,.;,h neuralgia. or burning with the
,i,,,, fire of some fever. ! shall never
forqet one man in my first parish. VINO
4, evcruciatiOn of body, cried out; MI
Tslmore. | forget all my pain IN the
-, ond low of Jesus Christ. l can
tbink OF my SutTeringS when 1 thinh
- Christ Why his face was IL
I,,,,ired There are young men III
,Ijs bonse who would give testimony to
show that there is no happiness outS,ue
lof Christ. while there Is great JOY IN ms
service. There are young men VINO
have not been Christians more thah SiN
months. who would stand up tonight II
sbould ask them. aud say in those SIN
in,onths they have had more joy and sat
Iisfartion than in all the years OF their
frivolity and dissipation, Go to the
door Of that gin-Shop tonight ana
wben the gang Of young men come out
ask them whether they are happy.
They laugh along the street, and they
ieer and they shout; but nobody has
srv idea that they are happy.
LOOMING To THE FUTURE.
Again. you lack the element Of per
sorsl safety. Where are those people
Who associated with you twenty years
asop Where are those people that, nj