Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-14

one of the text, is very apt to be made
out of borrowed gold. The Israei6eS
of the text borrowed the earrings of
the Egyptians and then melted them
into god. That is the way the golden
calf is made nowadays, not paying for
the articles they get, borrow Of the
grocer and the baker and the butcher
aud the dry-goods seller. Then the re-
taller borrows OF the wholesale dealer.
Then the wholesale dealer bOrrows OF
the capitalist, and we borrow, and Dor
row, and borrow until the community is
divided into two classes, those who
borrow and those who are borrow
ed of; and after while the capitalist
wants his money and he rushes upon the
Wholesale dealer, and the wholesale
dealer wants his money and he Tushes
upon the retailer, and the retailer wants
his money and he ruSheS upon the con-
sumer, and we all 60 down together.
There is many man in this day who
rides in a carriage and owes the black
smith for the tire, and the wheelwright
for the wheel, aud the trimmer for the
curtain, aud the driver for unpaid wages,
and the harness mixer for the bride,
and the furrler for the robe, while from
the tip of the carriage tongue clear
back to the tip OF the shawl futtering
out of the back of the vehicle, every
things is paid for by notes that have
been
THREE TIMES RENEWED.
1t is the temptation TO borrow, and
borrow, aud borrow, that keeps the
people everlaStingly praying to the
golden calf for help, and just at the
| minute they expect the help the golden
calf treads on them. The judgments
of God, like Moses in the test, will rush
in and break up this worship, and I say,
| let the work 90 on until every man
shall learn TO speak truth with his
! neighbor, and those who make engage
mentS shall feel themselves bound TO
keep them, and when n man who will
not repent of his business iniQuitY, bat
goes on wishing to Satiate his canni6al
appetite by devOuring widows houses,
shall, by the law of the land, be COM
pelled to exchange his mansion for
Sing-Sing. Let the golden calf perish!
But, my friends, if we have made this
world our god, when we come to die we
will see our idol demolished. How
much of this world are you going to
take with you in the neXt? Will you
have two pocketS-One in each side Of
your shrOud? viii you cushion your
coffin with bonds and mortgages and
certificates of stocks? Al! no. The
ferry-boat that crosses this Jordan takes
no baggage-nothing heavier than a
spirit. You may, perhaps, take five hun
dred dollars with you two or three miles,
in the shape of funeral trappingS, to
Greenwood, but you will have TO leave
them there. 1t would not be safe for
you TO lie down there with a gold watch
or diamond ring; it would be temp
tation to the pillagers. All, my friends |!
| if we have made this world our god,
when we die we will see our idol
ground to pieces by our pillow, and we
| will have 10 drink IL in bitter regrets
for the wasted opportunities OF life
time. Soon we will be gone. o this
is a leeting world, it is a dying world.
A man who had worshipped it all his
days, in his dying moment described
himself when be said:
"FooL FcoLl FOOL"
want you to change temples, and to
give up the worship of this unsatisfying
and cruel god for the service OF the
Lord Jesus Christ. Here is the gold
that will never crumble. Here are Sc
curities that will never fail. Here are
banks that will never break. Here is
an altar oG which there has been one
sacrifice one for all. Here is a God
who will comfort you when you are in
trouble, and soOthe you when you are
sick, and save you when you die. When
your parents have breatAed their last,
and the old, wrinkled and trembling
hands can no more be PUT upon your
head for blessing, he will be TO you
father and mother both, giving you the
defense Of the one and the comfort Of
the other; and when your children go
away from you, the sweet darlingS, you
will not kiss them good-by forever He
only wants to hold them for you a lit
tie while. He will give them back 10
you again, and he will have them all
waiting for yod at the gates Of eternal
welcome. Oh! what God he Is. He
will allow you 10 come so close this
morning that you can put your arms
around His neck, while He In response
will put His arms around your neck,
and all the windows Of heaven will be
hoiSted to let the redeemed look out
aud see the spectacle Of a rejoicing
father and a returned pyodigal locked
ia glorious embrace. Quit worship
ping the golden calf, aud bow this day
before him In whose presence we must
all appear when the world has turned
to ashes and the scorched parched OF
the sky shall be rolled together Ike an
historic scroll.