Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-12

tho cradle that she rse1 d W 20 read! So
hIess tho bible eLo useu w Tor all
ca onr Sf~oner, has patehco h.s
5rring. After eVerSOOuy 80 go
cast man off, God, our mother' Iones
m the rescue. God leaps 10 take cnai so
~ a had case. After all the otner oon
tore have got through, the heaVeniy
physIcian comes In. Human sympatuy
- ench a time does not amount 10 much'
Evan the sympathy OF the Church, am
.orry to say, often does not amount 70
mich have seen the most harsh
and bitter treatment on the part OF
those who proiessed faith In Christ to-
ward those who were waverlng and err
ing. The tried on the wanderer sar-
casm and Billingsgate, and carlcatnre,
and they tried tittle.tattle. There was
one thing they did not try, and that was
forgiveness. A soldier in England was
brought by a sergeant to the colonel
"What," says the colonel, bringing
the man here again! We have tried
everything with him." On, nc"
SAYS the sergeant, there Is
one thing you have not
tried. l would like you to try that.
"What is that?" said the colonel Said
the man, forgiveness. The case had
not gone so far but that II might take
that turn, and so the colonel said,
"Well, young man, you have done so
and so. What is your excuses" 81 nave
no excuse, but / am very sorry, SAID
the man. 1--WE have made up our minds
to forgive you" said the colonel. The
tears started. He had never been ac-
costed in that way before. His life was
reformed, and that was the starting
point for positively Christian life. On,
Church OF God, quit your sarcasm when
a man fallsl Quit your irony, quit your
tittle-tatt!e, and try forgiveness. God
YOUR Mother, tries IL all the time. A
mans sin may be like a continent, but
Gods forgiveness is like the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans, bounding II on
both sides.
THE BIBLE OFTEN TALKS
about Gods hand. / wonder how II
looks. You remember distinctly how
your mothers hand looked. though
thirty years ago IL withered away. II
was different from your fathers hand.
When you were to be chastised, you mad
rather have mother punish you than
father. IL did not hurt so much. And
fathers hand was different from moth'
er's. partly because il had out door toll
and partly because God had intended II
IN be different. The knuckles were
more firmly set, and the palm was cal
lloused. But mothers hand was more
delicate. There were blue vein run
ming through the back OF ID. Though
the fingers, some Of them were
picked with a needle, the palm OF i
was soft. Oh! IL was very soft. Wa
there ever any ,poultice like that 70 tak'
pain out of wound? So Gods hand i
a mothers hand. What il touches 1
heals. II it smite you it does not hur
az II II were another hand. On you poo
wandering soul in sin. 1t is not ball
ifs hand that scizeS you to-day. 1t I
not q hard hand. II Is not an unsyw
pathetic hand. II is not cold hand
II is not an enemJ's hand. No. II b'
gentle hand, a loving hand, syTpa
thetlc hand, soft hand, motEerl
hand. las one whom his mother CON
forted, so will comfort now"
want to say. finally, that Cog has
; mothers way Of putting child t9sleep
, You know there Is no cradle song IKE
mothers. After the excitemsrtff IN
evening IL Is almost-impossIble p &c
the child 70 sleep. II the rockit tchai
stop a moment, the eyes are WI open
: nut the mothers patience : to
3 mothers soothing manner Q