Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-02-29

them, snd she says within herself: II
heard great deal about this wonoeriu III
religion OF the Hebrews, but l hnd IL
far beyond my highest anticfpations' l
must add more than fifty per cent. 10
what has been related. II exceeds
everything that I could have expected
The half-the half was not told me.
Again, my subject impresses ME Win
the fact that religion is surprise 10
any one that gets it, This story OF the
new religion in Jerusalem, ana OF
the glory of King Solomon, VINO was d
type Of ChriSt-that story rolls on ana
on, and is told by every traveller
coming back from Jerusalem. Inc
news goes on the wing OF every snip
and with every caravan, and you know
a story enlarges as il is retOld, and by
the time that story gets down into the
southern part OF Arabia, Felix, and the
Oueap of Sheba hears u, II must be
tremendous story. And yet this queen
declares ia regard 20 IL, although she
had heard so much and had her antici-
patioaS raised so high, the EalI-the
half was not told her.
So religion is always a surprise TO any
one that gets 10. The story OF grace
an old story.
APOSTLES PREACHED
10 with rattle OF chain; martyrs de-
clared 10 with arm Of fire; death-oeds
have affirmed ii with visions OF glory,
and ministers Of religion have sounded
il through the lanes, and the highways
and the chapelS, and the cathedtais'
1t has been cut into stone with chlSel'
and spread on the canvas with pencil;
and il mas been recited in the doXology
Of great congregations. And yet when
a man first comes TO look on the palace
OF Gods mercy, and 10 see the royalty
of Christ, and the wealth or this BAN
quet, and the iuxuriance of his attend
ants, and the loveliness Of his face, and
the lows OF mis- service, he eXclaimS with
PRAYERS, with tears, with signs, with
triumphS: THE half-the half was not
told metz
appeal to those in this house who
are Christians. Compare the idea you
had of the Joy Of the Christian life be-
fore you became 4 Christian with the
appreciation of that JOY you have now,
since you have become Christian, and
YOU are willing TO attest before angels
and men that you never in the days OF
your spiritual bondage had any appre-
citation of what was TO come. You are
ready to-day to answer, and II give
you an opportunity in the midst OF this
assemblage. you would speak out and
say in regard TO the discoveries you
have made Of the mercy and the grace
and the goodness of God: The hall
the half was not told me"
Well. we hear a great deal about the
good time that is coming to this world,
when IL is 10 be girded with salvation.
Holiness on the bells of the horses. The
lions name patted by the hand OF
babe. Ships Of TarShish bringing car
goes for Jesus, and the hard, dry, bar
rem, winter bleached, StOrm-Scarred,
thunder-Split rock breaking into HOODS
OF bright water. Deserts into winch
dromedaries thrust their nostrils, be-
cause they were afraid OF the simeon
deserts blooming into carnation roses
and silver-tipped lilies.
IT Is THE OLD STORY.
Everybody tells it, Isaiah told it, John
told IL, Paul told it, Ezekiel told 1t,
Luther told it, Calvin told 1t, Milton
told it-everybody tells it; and yet
and yet when the midnight shall fly the
hills, and Christ shall marshal his great
army. and China, dsShing her idols into
the dust, shall hear the voice Of God
and wheel into line, and India destroy
ing her Juggernaut and snatching up
her little children from the Gauges,
shall hear the voice OF God and wheel
into line: and vine-covered Italy, and
all the nations of the earth shall hear
the voice Of God and fall into line; then
the Church which has been toiling and
struggling through the centuries, robed
and garlanded like bride adorned Tor
her husband, shall put aside her veil
and look up into the face OF her Lord
and King, and say: The hali-the hall
was not told me?'
Well, there is coming a greater sur
prise to every Christian greater sur
prise than anything ] have depicted.
Heaven is an old story. Everybody talks
about Il. There Is hardly a hymn In the
hymn-bOOk that does not refer 20 10.
Children read about 10 IN their sabbath
School book. Aged meu put on their
Spectacles % study IT, We say 70 Is
harbor from the storm. We call DO our
home. We say 10 Is the house Of many
mansions. We weave together ail sweet,
beautiful, delicate, eyniIarnnt words
we weave them into letters, add then
we spell 90 Out ia rose and lily and
amarauth. Add yet that place IS
going % be surprise % the
most intelligent Christian. Like the
Queen OF Shcba, the report has come
90 us from the far country, and many Of
Us have started. 10 - a desert march, but
We urge on the camcls. What though
our feet BE- blistercd with the way? We
are Fastening 20 the palace. We take
an or loves aad hopes and Christian
ambitious, as frankincenSe and myrrh
and cassia 20 the great King. We must
not rest. We must not halt The night
is coming on, and it is not safe out here
In the desert. Urge on the camelS. /
see the domes against the sky, and the