Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-31


the plague Of the human heart. leone
10 some one whose ailments are chronic,
and say: 'sIn heaven you viii never
be sick" That does not
give you much comfort Wha'
you want Is q soothing power Tor your
present distress. Lost children, nave
you2 come to you and tell you that
In ten years perhaps you VIII meet tnose
loved ones before the throne OF Goo-
/ But there is little coincidence in that.
One day IL a year without them. and
ten years Is a small eternity. Nnat
you want is a sympathy now-present
help. / come 70 those OF you who have
lost dear friends, and say: "Try to for
get them. Do not keep the departed
always in your mind" How can you
forget them when every figure In the
carpet, and every book, and every PIC
ture, and every room calls out tnelr
name. Suppose come to you ana say ',
by way of coincidence: "God IS WISE :,
"O!" you say, ''that gives me no help.
Suppose come to you and say: 'Uoo,
from all eternity, has arranged tnis
trouble ''AhI' you say, shat does me
no good" Then / say: with the swirl
feet of prayer go direct to the corn-c[iD
for heavenly supply" You go. you
say: ''Lord, help me; Lord, comiort
me-" But no help yet. No comfort
vet. 1t is all dark. What is the mat
ter? have found it. You ought to go
to God and say: ''Here, o Lord. are the
wounds of my soul, and l bring Win
me the wounded Jesus. Let his wounds
pay for my wounds, his bereavements
| for my bereavements, his loneliness
for my loneliness, his heart-break tor
my heart-break. o, God! for the sake
of the Lord Jesus Christine God, the
man, the Benjamin, the brother-de-
liver my agonized soul. o, Jesus
of the weary foot, ease my fatigue.
O., Jesus of the aching head, heal my
aching head. o, Jesus of the Bethany
sisters, roll away the stone from the
door of our grave" That is the kind OF
prayer that brings help; and yet how
many of you are getting no help at all,
for the reason that there is in your soul,
perhaps, secret trouble. You may
never have mentioned 1t to single hu-
man ear, ryou may have mentioned IL
to some one who is now gone away, ana
that great sorrow is still In your soul.
After Washington Irving was dead, tney
found a little box that contained braid
of hair and a miniature, and the name
of Matilda Hoffman, and memorandum
of her death, and remark something
like this: "The world after that was
blank to me. | went into the country,
but found no peace IN solitude. trled
to go into society, but found no peace
in society. There has been horror
hanging over me by night and by day,
and l am afraid to be alone"
How many unuttered troubles! No
human ear has ever heard the sorrow.
o, troubled soul, want to tell you that
there is one slave that can cure the
wounds of the heart, and that is the
salve made out Of the tears OF sympa-
thetic Jesus. And yet some OF you will
not take this solace; and you try chloral,
and you try morphine, and you try
strong drink, and you try change OF
scene, and you try new business asso-
Citations, and anything and everything
rather than take the Divine companion
ship and sympathy suggested by the
words OF my text when 1t says, lyon
shall not see my face again unless your
brother be with you" o, that you
might understand something OF the
height. and depth, and length, and
breadth, and immensely, and infinity Of
Gods eternal consultations.
go further, and find in my subject a
hint as to the way heaven opens to the
departing spirit. We are told that
pie will go in without reference to their
past life; but what is the use OF having
q gate that is not sometimes to be shut?
The swinging Of gate implies that our
entrance into heaven is conditional. 1t
is not monetary condition. If we come
to the door of an exquisite concert, we
are not surprised that we must pay a
fee, for we know that fine earthly music
Is expensive; but all the oratories OF
heaven cost nothing. Heaven pays
nothing for its music. 1t is all free.
There is nothing to be paid at the door
for entrance; but the condition OF get
ting into heaven is our bringing our Dr.
vine benjamin along with US. Do You
notice how often dying people call upon
Jesus? 1t is the usual prayer
offered - the prayer offered more
than all the other prayers put together
-"Lord Jesus, receive my spirit" One
of our congregation, when asked in the
closing moments of his life, "Do you
know us?' said: "Oh, yes, 1 know you.
Good-by. lord Jesus, receive my spirits"
and he was gone. o, yes, in the closing
moments of our life we have Christ to
to call upon. II Jacobs sons had gone
toward Egypt, and had gone with the
very finest equipage, and had not taken
Benjamin along with them, and to the
question they should have been obliged
to answer: "Sir, we didn't bring him,
as father could not let him go; we
didn't want to be bothered with him, u
a voice from within would have said:
$50 away from us. You shall not have
any Of this supply. You shall not see
my face because your brother is not with
YOU" And if we come up toward
the door OF heaven at last, though
we come from all luxuriance and bril-.
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