Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-03

pened 10 the same house. The family
lad lust lost their son in the CrImean
war. aud his Bible had been sent back
home. The missionary took 1t up, and
saw that il was the very same Bible
that he had left in the house, and the
one from which the leaves had been
torn. The dying soldier had written on
one of the leaves of the Bible: IRE
iected and scoffed at, but finally be-
lleved in and saved" The Bible may
be used to light the pipe Of witticsm by
some, but for rs it is staff in life,
pillow in death, and our JOY for
eternity.
Walk all up and down this Bible do
mainl Try every path. Plunge In at the
prophecies, and come cut at the epistles.
Go with the patriarchs, until you meet
the evangelists. Rummage and ransack
as children who are not satisfied when
they come to a new house, until they
know what is in every room, and into
what every room door opens. Open
every Jewel casket. Examine the sky
lights, Forever be asking questions.
Put to higher use than was intended
the Oriental proverb: "HOld all the
skirts OF thy mantle extended when
Heaven is raining gold"
The text is appropriate to all who
are engaged in Christian work. The
Church Of God has been fishing along
the shore. We set our net in a good,
calm place, and in sight OF fine chap
ell, and we go down every Sunday TO see
II the fish have been wise enough TO
come into our net. We might learn
something from that boy with his hook
and line. He throws his line from the
bridge; no fish. He sits down on log;
no fish. He stands in the sunlight and
casts the line; but no fish. He goes up
by the mill-dam, and stands behind the
bank, where the fish cannot
see him and he has hard
ly dropped the hook before
THE CORK GOES UNDER.
The fish come to him as ast as he
can throw them ashore. In other
words, in our Christian work, why do
we not 60 where the fish are? 1t is not
so easy to catch souls in church, for
they know that we are trying to take
them. II you can throw your line out
into the world, where they are not ex-
pecting you, they will be captured. Is
il fair 10 take men by such stratagem?
Yes. l would like TO cheat five thous-
and souls into the kingdom.
The whole policy Of the Church Of
God is to be changed, instead Of chiefly
looking after the few no have become
Christians, our chief efforts will be for
those outside. II, after a man is con-
verified, he cannot take care Of himself,
I am not going to take care OF him. Ii
he thinks that l am going to stand and
pat him on the back, and watch him so
that he does not get into draught Of
worldiness, he is much mistaken. We
have i'm our churches great mass OF
helpless, insane professors, who are
doing nothing for themselves or for
others, who want US TO stop and nurse
them! They are so troubled with doubt
as to whether they are Christians or
not. The doubt is settled. They are
not Christians. The best we can do
with these fish is TO throw them back
into the stream, and go after them again
with the Gospel net.
''Go into all the world and preach the
Gospel" says Christ. Into the factory.
the engine house, the clue room, into
the houses OF the sick, into the dark
lane, into the damp cellar, into the cold
garrett, into the dismal prison. Let
every man, woman and child know that
Jesus died and that the gate Of heaven
is wide open. With the Bible in one
pocket and the hymn-book in another
pocket, and loaf of bread under your
arm, launch out into the great deep OF
this worlds wretchedness.
The text is appropriate to all the un-
forgiven. Every sinner would come to
God II he thought that he might come
Just as he is. People talk as though the
pardon OF God were narrow river, like
the Kennebec or the Thames, and that
their sin
DRAWS TOO MUCH WATER
to enter it. No; it is not a river, nor
bay, but a sea. 1 should like TO per-
suade you to launch out into the great
deep Of Gods mercy. l am merchant.
/ have bought a cargo Of spices in In
dla. l have, through bill of exchange,
paid for the whole cargo. You are a
ship captain. give you the orders and
say: Bring me those Spices" You
land in India. You go to the trader
and say: 'Here are the ORDERS" and
you find everything all right. You do
not stop to pay the money yourself. 1t
is not your business to pay It. The ar
rangements were made before you
started. So Christ purchases your par
don. He puts the papers or the prom
ises into your hands. Is it wise to stop
and say: II cannot pay for my redemp-
tion?" God does not ask you to pay.
Relying on what has been done launch
out into the deep.
The Bibles promises join hands, and
the circle they make will compass all
your sins, and all your temptations, and
all your sorrows. The round table OF
King Arthur and his knights had room
for only thirteen banqueters; but the
round table of Gods supply is large
enough for all the present inhabitants of
earth and heaven TO sit at, and for the
still mightier populations that are yet
TO be.
Do not sail coastwlse along your old
habits and old sins. Keep clear Of the
shore. Go out where the water is deep
est. Oh, for the mid-sea of Gods
mercy! "Be it known unto you, men
and brethren, that
THROUGH THIS MAN
is preached unto you forgiveness Of
sins" I preach it with as much con-
fdence to the eighty-year-old trans
Rressor as to the maiden. Though your
sins were blOod-red, they shall be snow
white. The more ragged the prOdigal,
the more compassionate the father.
Do you say that you are too bad?
The high-water mark of Gods pardon
a hfUbor than oil uOur tropspraSSiOpS