Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-25

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There is an instance where prayer made
the waves Of Gennesaret solid as granite
pavement 0 how many wonderful
things prayer has accomplished! Have
YOU ever tried il? In the days when
the Scotch COvenanters were prosecuted
and the enemies were after them, one Of
the head men among the CovenanterS
prayed: 20 Lord, we be as dead men
unless thou shalt help us. o Lord,
throw the lap Of thy cloak over these
DOOR things" And instantly a Scotch
mist enveloped aud hid the prosecuted
from their persecutOrS-the promise
literally fulfilled: "While they are yet
speaking, I will hear"
o! uNPENITENT SOUL,
have you ever tried the power Of prayer?
God says: "He is loving, and faithful,
and patient" Do you believe that?
You are told that Christ came to save
sinners. Do you believe that? You are
told that all you have to do to get the
pardon OF the Gospel, is to ask for it.
DO YOU believe that? Then come to
him aud say: 30 Lord, l know thou
canst not lie. Thou hast told me TO come
for pardon, and l could get it. / come,
Lord. Keep thy promise, and Hibernate
my Dtiye soul.
o that you might have an altar in
the parlor, In the kitchen, in the store,
in the barn, for Christ will be willing
TO come again 20 the manger 10 hear
prayer He would come in your place
of business as he confronted Matthew,
the Tax Commissioner. II a measure
should come before Congress that you
thought would ruin the nation, how you
would send In petitions and remon-
stranceS. And yet there has been
enough sin In your heart TO ruin 1t for
ever, and you have never demonstrated
or Detitioned against il. II your physl-
cal health failed, and you had the
means, you would go aud spend the
summer In Germany and the winter 10
Italy, and you would think il very
cheap outlay III you had TO 90 all around
the earth TO get back your physical
health. Have you made any effort, any
expenditure, any eXertiOn for your i'm
mortal and spiritual health? No, you
have not taken one step.
The Bible is the very book you need,
anxious and inquiring soul! A dying
soldier said 10 his mate: "Comrade, give
me a drop" The cOmrade shook up the
canteon, and said: There isn't drop
of water I'm the canteen." "Oh," said
the dying soldier, that's not what l
want; feel in my knspsack for my
Bible" and hiscomrade found the Bible
and read him a few Of the gracious
promises, and the dying soldier said;
"Ah, that's what 1 want.
THERE ISN'T ANYTHING LIKE
the Bible for a dying soldier, is there,
my cOmrade?" 0 blessed book while
we live. Blessed book when we die.
I remark, again, we must seek God
through church ordinances. What
say YOU, cant man be saved without
going TO church?n Ireply, there are
men, suppose, in glory who have never
seen a church; but the church is the or
dained means by which we are TO be
brought 10 God; and if truth affects us
when we are alone, 10 affects us more
nightly when we are in the assembly
the feelings of others emphasizing our
own feelings. The great law of sympa-
would take hold only with the grasp OF
a sick man, beats nightly against the
soul with a thousand heart-throbs.
When you come into the religious cir
Gle come only with one notion and only
for one purpOse-tO find the way TO
Christ. When / see people critical about
sermons, and critical about tones OF
voice, and critical about sermOnic de-
livery, they make me think of man in
prison. He is condemned TO death, but
an officer of the government brings
pardon and puts il through the wicket
of the prison and says: Here is your
pardon. Come and get it," what.
Do you expect me to take that pardon
offered with such a voice as you have,
with such an awkward manner as you
have? l would rather die than so com
promise my rhetorical notions" All,
the man does not say that; he talks it!
IL is his life. He does not care how il
is handed TO him. And If, this morning,
that pardon from the throne OF God is
offered 20 our souls. should we not seize
10, regardless Of all criticism, feeling
that is q matter Of
HEAVEN OR HE'LL?
Why should I stand here and plead,
and YOU sit there? Ii is your immortal
soul. It's a soul that shall never die
10 is a soul that must soon appear before
God for RENEWAL, Why throw away
your chance for heaven? Why plunge
of into darkness when all the gates Of
glory are open? Why become casta-
way from God when you can sit upon
the throne? Why will ye die miserably
when eternal life is offered you, and it
will cost you nothing but just willing
ness TO accept it? "Come, for all
things are now ready" Come, Christ
is ready, pardon is ready! The Church
is ready. Heaven is ready. You will
never ind more convenient season, il
you should live ffty years more, than
this very one. Reject this, and you
may die in your sins.
Why do I say this? Is II to frighten
your soul? On, no. Ii is TO persuade
you. I show you the peril. / show
You the escape. Would l not be a cow
ard beyond all excuse, II, believing
that this great audience must soon be
launched into the eternal world, and
that all who believe in Christ shall b.
saved, and that all who reject Christ
will be lOSt-would I not be the verieSt
coward on earth to hide that truth or
TO stand before you with cold, or even
a placid manner? Ny dear brethren,
now is the
DAY OF YOUR REDEMPTION