Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-15

sorb what has been revealed, so that
| have no time TO upturn and root out
and drag forth what has not been re-
yealed. The most of the effort to solve
mysteries and explore the inexplicable
and harmonic things, is an attempt to
help the Lord out of theological Difficult
ties. Good enough intention, my
brother, no doubt; but the Lord is not
anxious to have you help Him. He will
keep His throne without your assist
ance. Don't be afraid that the Bible
will fall apart with Inconsistencies. 1t
hung together many centuries before
you were born; and your funeral sermon
will be preached from text from it's
undisturbed authenticity.
THE ONLY QUESTION.
Do you know that l think that if all
ministers in all denominations would
stop this nonsense Of ecclesiastical
strife and take hold the word of God,
the only question with each OF US being
how many souls we can bring to Christ
and in how short time, the Lord
would soon appear for the salvation of
all nations? When the young Queen,
of England visited Scotland many years
ago, great preparations were made for
her reception. The vessel il which she
sailed was far out at sea, but every hill
in Scotland was illumined with bonfires
and torches. The night was set on fire
with artificial illumination. The Queen,
standing on the ships deck, knew from
that that Scotland was full of heartiest
welcome, ard the thunder Of the great
guns at Glasgow and Edinburgh castle
woke up all the echoes. BOOM they
sounded out over the sea. BOOM
they sounded up among the hills.
Do you know that l think
that our King would land if we were
only ready to receive lin? Why not
call to him from all our churches, from
all our hospitals, from all our homes?
Why not all at once light all the torches
of Gospel invitation? Why not ring
all the bells OF welcome? Why not
light up the long night of the
Of victory? Why not unlimber all the
Gospel batteries, and let them boom
across the earth, and boom into the
parting heavens? The King is ready to
land if we are ready to receive him.
Why cannot We who are now living see
his descent? Must it be postponed to
later ages? Has not our poor world
groaned long enough in mortal agonieS?
Have there not been martyrs enough,
and have not the lakes of tears and the
rivers of blood been deep enough?
Why cannot the final glory roll in
now? Why cannot this dying century
feel the incoming tides Of the oceans of
heavenly mercy? Must our eyes close
in death and our ears take on the deaf
ness of the tomb, and these hearts beat
their last throb before the day comes
in? o, Christ. Why Earliest thou?
Wilt thou not, before we go the way of
all the earth, let us see thy SCARED feet
under some MONDAY cloud coming this
way? Before we die let us behold thy
hands that were spiked, spread out in
benediction for lost race. And why
not let us, with our mortal ears, hear
that voice which spoke peace as thou
didSt go up, speak pardon and enamel
patton and love and holiness and JOY to
all nations as thou contest down?
But the skies do not part. hear no
rumbling of chariot wheels coming
down over the sapphire. There is no
swoop of wings. ! see no flash of angelic
appearances. All is still. | hear moth
ing but the tramp Of my own heart as |
pause between these utteranceS The
King does not land because the world
is not ready. To clear the way for the
Lords coming let us devote all our ener-
gieS Of body, mind and soul. A Russian
General riding over the battlefield, his
horse treading amid the dying and
dead, wounded soldier asked him for
water, but the officer did not under
stand his language and knew not what
the poor fellow wanted. Then the sol
der cried out: "ChriStos,' and that
word meant sympathy and help, and
the Russian officer dismounted and
put to the lips of the sufferer a
cooling draught. Be that the charmed
word with which we go forth to do our
whole duty. In many languages it has
only a little difference Of termination.
ChriStos. 1t stands for sympathy. 1t
stands for help. 1t stands for pardon.
1t stands for hope. 1t stands for heav-
en-. Christ0s, In that name we were
bapti-'" !" that name we took our
first - That will be the bat
tle-sL. Cd. o. win the whole world,
for God Christos! Put it on our ban-i
ners when we march, Put 1t on our
lips when we die, Put it in the funeral
psalm at our obseQuieS! Put it on the
plain slab ovel our grave. ChriStos.
Blessed be his glorious name forever!
Amen