Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-27

inc Of a great gloom all around the
heavens. God hung it. As when there
is a dead one in the house you know you
bow the shutters or turn the lattlce' 50
God in the afternoon shut the windows
of the world. As it is appropriate 10
throw black pail upon the coffin as 10
masses along, so it was appropriate that
everything should be sombre that day
as the great hearse Of the earth rolled
on. bearing the corpse of the King. A
mans last hours are ordinarily kept
sacred. However you may have hated
or carlcatured man, when you hear
he is dying, silence puts It's hands on
YOUR lips, and you would have
loathing for the man who could stand
by a deathbed making faces and
soothing. But Christ in his last hour
cannot be left alone. What, pursuing
him yet after so long pursuit? You
have been drinking his tears. Do you
want TO drink his blood? They come
I'D closely, so that Notwithstanding the
darkness they can glut their revenge
with the contortions of his countenance.
They examine his feet. They want 10
feel for themselves whether those feet
are really spiked. They put out their
hands and touch the spikes, and bring
them back wet with blood and wipe
them on their garments. Women stand
there aud weep but can do no good. 1t
is no place for the tender-hearted
women. Ii wants a heart that crime
has turned into granite. The waves OF
mans hatred and OF hell's vengeance
dash up against the mangled feet, and
the hands of sin and pain and torture
clutch for his holy heart Had he not
been thoroughly fastened to the cross
thew would have torn him down and
tramped him with both feet. How the
cavalry horses arched their necks ana
champed their bits, and reared and
Snuffed at the blood.
HAD A ROMAN OFFICER
called out for light, his voice would
have been heard in the tumult; but
louder than the clash of spears and the
wailing of womanhood, and the neigh
ing OF the chargers, and the believing
OF the crucifyers there comes voice
crashing through-ioud, clear over
whelming, terrific. 1t is the grooming
of the dying son of God Look. what a
scene Look, world, at what you have
done.
T lift the covering from the NAL
treated Christ to let you count the
wounds and estimate the cost. On.
when the nails went through ChriSts
right hand and through Christ'S left
hand, that bought both your hands
with all their power TO work, and lift,
and write; when the nails went through
Christ's right foot and ChriSJ'S left foot,
that bought your feet, with all their
power TO walk or run or climb. When
the thorn went into ChriSt'S temple,
that bought your brain, with all its
power to think and plan. When the
spear cleft Christ'S side, that bought
your heart, with all It's power to love
and repent and pray.
0 sinner, come, come back. If man
is in no pain, if he is prospered, If ne Is
well, aud he asks you TO come, you take
your time and you say, II can't come
now III come after while. There is
no haste" But if he is In want and
trouble you say: Il must go right
away. / must 90 now" To-day Jesus
stretches out before you two wounded
hands, aud he begs you to come.
GO AND YOU LIVE.
Stay away and you die. Oh, that to him
who bought US we might give all our
time and all our prayers and all our sue
ceSseS. I would we could think Of moth
ing else, but come TO Christ. He is 50
fair. lie is so loving. He is so Sympa-
thizing. lie is so good. l wish we could
put our arms around his neck and say;
Thine, Lord, will be forever" Oh
that you would begin to love him.
Would that l could take this audience
and wreathe 10 around the heart OF my
Lord Jesus Christ.
When the Atlantic cable was lost in
'65, do you remember that the Great
Eastern and the Medway and the Alba
ny went out TO find it? Thirty times
they sank the grapuel two and hall
miles deep in water. After awhile they
found the cable and brought it to the
surface than they lifted u shout OF eXul-
tatiOn, but the cable slipped into the
water and was lost. Then for two
weeks more they swept the sea with the
graphing hooks, and at last they found
the cable and they brought it up in ST.
lence. They fastened it this time.
Then with great excitement they took
one end Of the cable TO the electricians
room to see if there were really any life
in it, and when they saw spark and
knew that a message could be sent, then
every hat was lifted aud the rockets
flew and the guns sounded, until all the
vessels on the expedition knew the work
was done and the continents were dashed
together.
WELL, MY FRIENDS,
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