Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-23

preciate the blessings that are gone; 1t
/ gives rs higher appreciation OF the
/ blessings that are to come.
When the Huguenots were being very
much prosecuted in France, father
and mother were obliged TO fly from the
country, leaving their child In the pos
session OF s. comparative stranger. Ihey
/ did not know whether they would ever
return, or returning, If they would be
able to recognize their child, for by that
time she might be grown. The mother
was almost frenzied at the thought OF
leaving the child, and then, even If
coming back again, not being able TO
know her. Before they left, the father
drew his sword, and he marked the
wrist Of that child with deep cut. 1t
must have been great exlgency TO
make father do that.
YEARS OF ABSENCE
passed on, and after a while the par
ents returned, and their first anxiety
was 70 find their lost child. They looked
no and down the land, examing the
wrists OF the young people, when 10! al
ter a while the father found a maiden
with a scar upon her wrist. She knew
him not, but he knew her. And o, the
low of the reunion! So il Is now.
''Whom the Lord loVeth he chasteneth. !"
lie cutteth, he marketh, and when ne
comes 10 claim his own the Lord Will
know them that are his; know them by
the scar OF their trouble, know them by
the stroke Of their desolatlon.
Richard Cameron, the Scotch cove
nanter, went into battle three times
praying: Lord spare the green and
take the ripe. This is the day l have
longed for. This is the day | shall get
nv crown. Come, let US fight to the last.
Forward" So you see there is only
short pause. a Selah of intermission, be-
tween dying consultations on the one
side and overlapping raptures on the
other.
nv flesh shall slumber in the ground
5Vil the last trumpet's joyful sound;
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise
And in my Savior's image rise.
INEXT SPEAK OF
the Selah of emphasis. Ewald, the
German orientalist and theologian, says
that this word means to ascend; ana
wherever you find it, he says, you must
look after the meditation OF the voice,
and you must put more force into your
utterance. 1t is Selah OF emphasis.
All. my friends, you and l need to cor
recS our emphasis. We put too much
emphasis on this word, and not enough
on God and the next world. People
think these things around US are so i'm
portant, the things of the next are not
worthy of our consideration.
The FIRST needs for some OF MS Is to
change our emphasis. Look at Wretch
edneSs on n throne. Napoleon, while
vet Emperor of France, sat down de-
iected, his hands over mis- face. A lad
came in with a tray Of food, and said,
Eat, it will do you good" The EN-
peror looked up and said, "Iou are
from the country" The lad replied,
''Yes." "YOur father has a cot
tage and a few acres Of groundP' eyes"
There is happiness" said the de-
iected emperor. All! Napoleon never
put the emphasis in the right place
until he was expiring at st. Helena.
On the other hand, look at Satisfaction
amid the worst earthly disadvantage.
Il never saw until was blind" said
Christian man. II never knew what
content was while had my eyesight,
as l know what content is now that l
have lost my eyesight. l affirm, though
few would credit it, that l would not
exchange my present position and cir
cumstances for my circumstances be-
fore / lost my eyesight." That man
put the emphasis in the right place.
We want to put less stress upon this
world, and more stress upon God as our
everlasting portion. David had found
out the nothingness of this world add
the ail-sufficiency OF God. Notice how
ne interjects the Selahs. "Trust in the
Lord at all times; ye people, pour out
YOUR heart before him. God is refuge
for Us. Selah." blessed be the Lord
who daily loads us with benefits, even
the God OF our salvation. Selah."
1.-THE LORD SHALL COUNT
when he writeth upon the people, that
this man was born there. Selah." Let
the world have its hOnors and its riches
and its pOmp. Let me have the Lord
for my light, my peace, my fortress,
my pardon, my hope, my Heaven"
What sinners value l resign;
Lord us enough that thou art mine.
shall behold thy blisSful face,
And stand complete in righteousness.
This world is ell an empty show,
But the bright world to which 90
Hath Joys substantial and sincere;
When shall I wake and find me therel
o glorious hour o blest abode
! shall be near and like my God,
And sin and sense no more control
The endless measures OF my soul.
But when I speak OF the Selah of en-
dramatic emphasis. 1t has in it the
Hark, the Hist of the drama. That
Weakening, and arousing emphasis we
who preach or instruct need to use
more frequently. The sleepiest audi
enceS in the world are religious audi
enceS.
Oh, we want in all our different de-
partmentS Of uSeiulnesS-and / address
hundreds OF people who are trying to do
goOd-we want more of the dramatic
element and less of the didactic. The
tendency in this day is TO drOne re-
ligiOn, TO whine religion, to cant re-
ligiOn, to moan religion, 10 croak re-
lgion, TO sepulchrize religion, when we
ought to present it in animated and
spectacular manner.
Sabbath morning by Sabbath morn
Ing / address many theological students
who are preparing for the ministry.
They come in here from the different
institutions. say to them this morn
ing: II you will go home and look over
the history Of the church you will find
that those men have brought most souls
TO Christ who have been dramatic.
Rowland Hill, dramatic; Thomas Chal-
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