Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-29

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been unimbered above your soul and a
times you have heard it thunder: The
wages of sin is death. "All have SinneC
and come short of the glory Of God.
by one man sin entered into the
world, and death by sin: and SO death
/ passed upon all men, for that all have
sinned." The soul that sinneth. il
/ shall die"
AN OPEN DOOR.
But the last part of my text opens a
door wide enough TO let Us all out and
10 let all heaven in. Sound 1t on the
organ with all the stops out. Thrum II
on the harpS with all the strings atune.
With all the melody possible let the
heavens sound it to the earth and let
the earth tell it TO the heavens. The
Lord hath laid on him the iniquity OF
Us ALL" | am glad the prophet did not
stop TO explain whom he meant by
him" HIM OF the manger, him of the
bloody sweat, him of the resurrection
throne, him of the cruciliXion agony.
son him the Lord hath laid the iniqulty
of us all"
or says some man, 'that is not
generous, that is not fair; let every man
carry his own burden and pay his own
debts" That sounds reasonable. If l
have an obligation and | have the
means 10 meet it, and | come TO you and
ask YOU TO settle that obligation, you
rightly say, Pay your own debts" II
you and | walking down the Streec both
hale, hearty, aud well, | ask you to car
~ me, you say and say rightly: walk
on your own feet" But suppose you
and were in regiment and | was
wounded in the battle and | fell uncon
SciouS at your feet with gunShot frac
lures aud diSlOcationS, what would you
do? You would call TO your comrades
saying, Come and help; this man
is helpless; bring the ambu-
lance; let us take him to the
hospital, and | would be a dead lift in
your arms, and you would lift me from
the ground where | had fallen and put
me in the ambulance and take me 10 the
hospital and have all kindness shown
me. Would there be anything mean in
your doing chat? Would there be any
thing bemeauing in my accepting that
kindness? o! no. You would be mean
not TO do it.. That is what Christ does.
If we could pay our debts then it would
be better TO go up and pay them, saying,
Here, Lord, here is my obligation:
here are the means with which | mean
10 settle that obligation; now give me
receipt; cross il all out" The debt is
paid. But the fact is we have fallen in
the battle, we have gone down under the
hot fire of our tranSgreSSiOnS, we have
aA hxr h.a Of
are helpless, we are undOne." Christ
comes. The loud clang heard in the
SKY on that Christmas night was only
the bell, the reSopnding bell of the am
bulance. Clear the way for the Son of
God. lie comes down TO bind up the
wounds, aud TO scatter the darkness,
and To save the lost. Clear the way for
the Son Of God Christ comes down to
rs, and we are dead lift. He does not
lift us with the tips of his fingers. He
does not lift us one with one arm. He
comes down upon His knee and then
with dead lift He raises to honor and
glory and immortality. The Lord hath
laid on Him the iniQuity of us ALL" Why
then, Will no man carry his sins?
YOu cannot carry successfully the
sniallcst sin You eyer Committed Won
might as well put the ApennlneS on one
shoulder and the Alps on the other
how much less can you carry all the
sins Of your lifetime? Christ comes and
looks down in your face and says: Il
have come through all the decorations
of these days, and through all the tenn
nests of these nights; have come to
bear your burdens and to pardon your
sins and to pay your debts. Put them
on nv shoulder; put them on my heart.
son him the Lord hath laid the iniQui-
ties of Us all.
THE POWER OF FAITH.
Wonder is a man who would say: 81
was the worst drunkard in New York;
went from bad to worse; l DESTROYED
myself, destroyed my home; my chill
dren covered when entered the house;
when they put up their lips to be kissed
| struck them; when my wife protested
against the maltreatment, | kicked her
into the street. | know all the bruises
and all the terrOrS Of Il drunkard'S woe.
I went on further and further from God
until one day got letter saying:
INV dear husband: | have tried every
way. done everything, and prayed earn
eStly and fervently for your reforma-
ton. but it seems OF no avail. Since
our little Henry died, with the exec
ton of those few happy weeks when
YOU remained sober, my life has been
one Of sorrow. Many of the nights |
have sat by the window, with
my face bathed in tears, watching
Tor your coming. am brOken-hearted,
| am sick. Mother and father have
been here frequently and begged me
to come home, but my love for you and
my hope for brighter days have always
made me refuse them. That hope seems
now beyond realization, and | have re-
turned ID them. 1t is hard, and | bat
tied long before doing it. May God
bless and preserve you, and take from
Won that accurSed appetite and hasten
the day when we shall be again living
happily together. This will be my
daily prayer, knowing that he has said:
Come unto me ali We that labor and
are heavy laden, and | will give you
rest" FROM your loving wife.
MARY"
And so | wandered on and wandered
on" saws that man, until one night
passed Mcjhrui>t meeting hou>e' ana
said TO myself, I'll 20 in aud see what
they are doing, and | got to the door,
and they were singing;
Anmay come whoever will,
This Man receives poor sinners Still
And dropped right there whore l
WAS and said. God have mercy and
lie had mercy. Ny home is restored,
nv vile sings all day long during work,
NV children come out long way to
erect me home, and my household is a
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