Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-30

of all countries and ages have been 81
long exploring this castle OF me- NV
have only begun to, understand ID -
| take a step higher, and looh az
man's mental constitution. Beho.u 1no
benevolence OF God in powers OF percy
ton, or the faculty Of transporting tui'
outside world into our own MIMI
gathering into your brain the majesty Va
the storm, and the splendors OF the uay,
dawn, aud lifting into your nina tne
ocean as easily Is you might put d glass
OF water to your lips. .ha
Watch the law Of association OF Vue
mysterious linking together OF ali you
ever thought, or knew, or felt, ana enen
giving you the power to take hoiu Vi .nI
clew-line, and draw through your IaIhu
the long train with inde cfloaole Veioo,-
ty-one thought starting up hundreu'
and this again a thousands the chl[p
of one bird sometimes wakes a whoie
forest Of voices, or the thrum OF one
string will rouse an orchestra.
TAKE A STEP HIGHER,
and look at mans moral nature. Made
in the image of God. Vast capacity
for enjoyment; capable at first OF eter-
nal ioy. and, though now dlSoruereu,
still. through the recuperative force ol
heavenly grace, able to mount up 10
more than its original fehclty: ldcu'-
ties that may blossom and bear IrulI III
exhaustibly. Immortality written upon
every capacity: a soul destined TO range
in unlimited spheres of activity long
after the world has put on aSheS' anu
the solar system shall have snapped It's
axle. and the stars that, in their courses
fought against Sisera, shall have oeeh
slain, and buried amid the tolling tnuh-
derS Of the last day.
You see that God has adapted every
thing 10 our comfort and advantage
Pleasant things for the palate; music for
the ear; beauty for the eye; aroma Tor
the nostril; kindred for4our affections;
poetry for our taste; re!igin for our soul;
We are put in garden, and told thaV
from all the trees we may eat except
here and there one. He gives the sun
TO shine on US, and the waters TO refresh
rs. and food TO strengthen ms, and the
herbs yeild medicine when we are SICK,
and the forests lumber when we would
build A house, or cross the water In
ship. The rocks are transported Ter
our foundation, and metals upturned Tor
our currency; and wild beasts
must give us covering ana
the mountains must be tun-
neled to let US pass; and the fish OF
the sea come up in our net; and the
birds OF the air drop at the fash OF our
guns; and the cattle on thousand hills
come down 10 give US meat. For Us the
peach orchards bend down their fruit,
and the vineyards their purple clusters
TO feed aud refresh our intellect, ten
thousand wonders in nature and provl-
dence-w wonders of mind and body, won
ders Of earth, and air, and deep analo-
gies and antitheSes; all cOlors and
sounds; lyrics in the air; idyls in the
field; CONGREGATIONS in the sunset; robes
of mist on the mountains; and the
Grand March" of God ia the storm.
BUT FOR THE SOUL
still higher adaptation: a fountain in
which IL may wash; ladder by which
it may climb; q song OF endless triumph
that ia may sing; a crown Of unfading
light that il may wear. Christ came TO
save it-came with a cross on his back;
came with spikes in his feet; came when
no one else would come, to DO work
which no one else would do. See how
suited to mans condition is what God
has done for him! Man is sinner;
here is pardon. He has lost Gods
image: Christ retraces it. He is help
less; Almighty grace is proffered, He
is lost wanderer; Jesus brings him
home. He is blind; and at one touch
of him who cured Bartimeus, eternal
glories stream into his soul. Jesus, l
sing thy grace Cure OF worst disease!
Hammer TO smite Off heaviest chain!
Light for thickeSt darkneSs Grace di-
vine Devils SCOT at it, and men reject
it, but heaven celebrates it.
l wish you good cheer for the national
harvest. Reaping machines never
swathed thicker rye, and corn-husker's
peg never ripped out fuller ear, and
now poles never bent down under
sweeter hay, and wind-mill's hopper
never shook out larger wheat. Long
trains of white-cOyered wagons brought
the wealth down to the great thorough
fares. The gamers are full, the store
houses are overcrowded, the canals are
blocked with freightS pressing down to
the markets. The cars rumble all
the darkness, and whistle up
the lagman at dead OF night to let the
Western harvests come down to feed
the mouths of the great cities. A race
Of kings has taken possession Of this
land--King Cotton, King Corn, King
Wheat, King Rice, King Grass, King
Coal.
WISH YOU GOOD CHEER
for civil ana religious liberty. No
official spy watches our entrance here,
nor does an armed soldier interfere with
the honest utterance of truth. We
stand here to-day with our arms free TO
work, and our tongues free to speak.
This Bible-it is all unclasped. This
pul pit-there is no chain around about
It. There is no swapping of muSketry
in the street. Blessed be God that to-
day we are free men, with the prospect
aud determination Of always being free.
No established religion, jew and