Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-05
CELESTIAL SYMPATHY.
y, 7rqleEs SERMON IN ENGLAND YE'-
TERDAT.
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p,-,s ID Birmingham IN One Evening
4 Powerful Bible Lesson.

roxoov September THE great
--,rrtrrs 10 hear Dr.. Talmage preach
ol-t-.rrs. Probably the greatest de-
duration during the past month was
il..st tbe Town Hall, Birmingham,
80 - bs delivered three addresses the
w. evening. 70 audiences aSgregatInS
s-rr1 oersons. Al Sheffield, Derby,
Jy',.estsr. Exeter, and Bristol also,
LL.r,nepsl audiences assembled, tho
P-., cordial welcome being everywhere
"...or5sd nlm. The sermon selected for
,Lf,crrton this week Is entitled; Gel
- SymDathizers," the text being
.-ler from /. Cor. Is: 80: II have fought
..,b boasts at EOheSus,' and Hebrews
%. /: "S-eiug we also are compassed
about With 50 great cloud OF wilt
Cr9ss,ug the Alps by the Mont Cents
p.s. or through the Mont Cents tunn 81,
80, ara fn p few hours SET down az
y.-5ra. Italy. aud in a few minutes
r.,ir examining one Of the grandest
min. af the wor,d-the Amphitheatre.
~. whole building sweeps around you
ma circle. You stand in the arena
here the combat was once fought or
.t, race ruu, and on OH sides the seats
-lsa rfar above tier, until you count
t,~tv elevations, or galleries, as l shall
sss IN 90 call them, IN which sat the
ss0ators, the kings, and the 1000 eT-
r.rei spectators. Az the sides Of the
arena. aud under the galleries, are the
~oge, I'M which the lions and tigers are
tart without food, until, frenzied with
rrrrer and thifst, they are let out upon
some Door victim, who, with his sword
and alone, Is cCud mined TO meet them.
Ttbfpi that Paul himself once stood In
sreb "a place, aud thai il was not only
fgurateiy, but literally, that he had
thought with beasts az EpheSus."
TIE GALA DAY HAS COME.
From an the world the people are
r,rrinr into Verona. Men, women and
children. orators and Senator's, great
men and small, thousands upon thou
sand, come, unit, the first gallery is
frII and the second, the third, the
fourth, the iith-all the way up 70 the
twentieth, all the way uD 70 the Thrift
eth. all the way up 20 the fOrtieth.
Every place is filed ImmenSity of au-
L.HI.F Ee Atl.@ AAAN ANt+A VA We -It
Iepce. The time for the contest has
come. A roman official leads forth the
victim into the arena, Let him get mis-
sword, with firm grip, into his right
hand The twenty-five thousand sit
breathlessly Watching. / hear the door
az the side OF the arena Creak open.
Out plunges the hali-starved lion,
his tongue athirst for blood,
aud with roar that brings all
the galleries 10 their feet, he ruShes
against the sword If the cOmbataDt. Do
YOU know how strong a stroke a man
vii. strike when his life depends upon
tae first thrus, Of the blade? The wild
beast. iaue and bleeding, sinks back
toward the side OF the arena; then,
ral'y.ng his-wastlDg strength, he comes
I'D with fercer eve and more terrible
roar than ever, only 20 De driven back
with fatal wound, while the combat
ant comes IN with stroke after stroke,
until the monster Is dead 40 his feet,
and the twenty-five thousand people
cap their hands aud utter a shout that
makes the city tremble.
SOMETIMES TIE AUDIENCE
came 90 see a race; sometimes to see
gadiators fight each other, until the
people, compassionate for the fallen,
turned their their thumbs down as IN
appeal that the yanquished be spared;
and sometimes the combat was with
wild beasts.
To one of the Roman amphitheatrical
audiences OF one hundred thousand peO-
pie Paul refers when he says: 1--WE are
c1muassed ab0u, with so great a crowd
q witnesses" The direct reference in
the last passage is made 20 & race; but
elsewhere, having discussed that, l
take now PagIS fav0riJe idea % the
Christian life as combat.
The feet is, that every Christian
uau has q lion 90 fight Yours is a bad
temper. The gates OK the arena have
been opened, and this tiger has come
QUO 90 destroy your soul 10 has LAGER
a,eG you with many wound. GOu
hsvs been thrown by u time and again, |
but iu the strength Of God you have !
arisen 20 drive 10 back. Iverily believe |
you w,.. conquer. I think that the !
temptation iS getting weaker and weak /
err You have given it So many wounds |
tta, yle prospect is that % will die, and /
you shall De victor, through Christ. /
COURAGE, brother. Do not let the sands /
% the arena driuk the blood Of your /
SOUL
Your lion IS the passion for strong I
drink you may have cOutended against /
twenty wears; but "a is strong OF bO1y !
and thirsty OF tongue. You have tried /
% a-at - back with broken bottle or
e4fJy a.lt-l1sk. Nay. that is not the
we..oa. With one horrible roar ne
VII. seize thee by the throat and rend
thee .uJ .rom limb Take this weapon,
sharp -.l oeeu-reacu up and get IL
from Gods urm0ry-rEc Sword OF the
Spirit Win that thou m2yest drive
L.n 1Ita an. conquer.
BUT WHY SPECIFY,
when every man and woman hes a lion
q, -Ea. 4. taese be Que here who has
DID, ..,e"I 90. let him speak out; FOR
4.H have offended. n YOU have not
fought OIL. ...g, To is because you have
.e' --. .. ae. you up. This very mo-
Lien. '.. contest goes on. The Trojan
generation, where ten thousand Clldt-
a,o.' ..Hglt, ana eleven thousand wild
oe''.' were slain, was not 50 terrific
struggle us THAR which now goes on tn
many s.u. That combat VAS for the
"'- ID. Che cody. Ta.s IL Ter the lie OK
.-e soul. That was w .u T.'d beasts OF
'.e Jungle; .4is is VITA lie roaring lion
o. hell.
Aea ,-.is,vhea ttcy contend against
d. r', aa1.'. .lat rIey have 10 Sight II