Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-16


n,nt and recognized. Then the world
will get tired OF the republican form OF
government, and il will have an an
archy, which is no government at all.
And then, all nations finding out that
man is not capable of righteously gov
erning man, will cry out again for
theocracy, and say, LET God come
back and conduct the affairs OF the
world" Every step-monarehy, linz
tied monarchy, republicanism, anarchy,
only different steps between the hrst
theocracy and the last theocracy, or
segments OF the great circle OF
THE EARTH on WHICH GOD SITS
But do not become impatient because
YOU cannot see the curve OF events, ana
therefore conclude that Gods govern
ment is going TO break down. History
tells US that in the making Of the PYra-
mids IL took two thousand men two
years TO drag one great stone from the
quarry and put it into the Pyramids.
Well now, il men short-liyed can afford
10 work so slowly as that, cannot GOO
in the bnilding OF eternities abort 10
waite What though God should take
ten thousand years to draw a circleY
Snail we take our little watch, whlcn
we have to wind up every night lest IL
run down, aud hold IL up beside the
clock OF eternal ages? II, according 10
the Bible, a thousand years are In 6od
sight as one day, then according to tnat
calculation the six thousand years OF
the worlds existence have been only to
God as from Monday to Sunday.
But il is often the case that the re-
bound is quicker, and the circle Is
sooner completed. You resolve that
YOU will do what good you can. In one
week YOU put a word Of counsel into
the heart of a Sabbath school child.
During that same week you give let
ter OF introduction to young man
struggling in business. During the
same week you make an exhortstion In
q prayer meeting. 1t is all gone; you
will never hear OF 10 perhaps, you
think. A few years after a man comes
up TO you, and says: "You don't know
me, do you?" You say, mo, l don't
remember ever TO have seen you"
"Why," he says, II was in the Sabbath
school class over which you were the
teacher: one Sunday you invited me to
Christ: / accepted the offer; you see
that church with two towers yonder?"
YES" you say. He says, That Is
where I preach" or, do You see that
governors house?
THAT Is WHERE LIVE.
One dav a man comes to you and says,
GOOD morning." You look at him and
say: "Why, you have the advantage or
me: | cannot place YOU" He says,
Don't YOU remember thirty years ago
giving a letter Of introduction to q
Young mana letter of introduction to
Moses II. Grinnell?" ayes, yes, do. ="
He SAYS, Il am that nan; that was my
first step toward fortune; but / have
retired from business now, and am CIV
ing my time to philanthropic and public
interests. Come up and see me-" Or
man comes To you and says, II want 10
introduce myself to you. went into
a prayer-meeting in Atlanta some years
ago; I sat back by the door; you arose
to make an exhortation; that talk
changed the course of my life, and If
I ever get to heaven, under God l will
owe my salvation TO you" In only ten,
twenty; or thirty years, the circle
swept out and swept back again to your
own grateful heart.
But some times it is a wider circle,
and does not return for great while. L
saw . bill Of expenses for burning Lati-
mer and Ridley. The bill Of expenses
says:
One load or frs fAgots 4d
Cartaye for four loads OF wood ..............-Ss
ltpU1 most ID III
Itcm .''os. ~
item, two o.
Item four gu
This was cheap fire, considering ali the
circumstances; but it kindled a light
that shown all around the world and
aroused the martyr spirit, and out from
that burning Of Latimer and Ridley
rolled the circle wider and wider, start
ing other circles, convoluting overrun-
ming, cireumscribing, overarching all
heaven--a circle.
But what is true of the good is just
as true of the bad. You utter SANDER
against your neighbor. 1t has gone
forth from your teeth; 1t will never
come back, you think. You have done
the man all the mischief you can. You
rejoice 10 see him vince. You say,
"Didn't 1 give it to himw That word
has gone out, that Slanderous word, on
its poisonous and blasted way. You
thiak it will never do you any harm,
BUT I AM WATCHING
that word, and l see it beginning to
curve, aud it curves around, and 1t Is
aiming at your heart. You had better
dodge it. You cannot dodge it. 1t
rolls into your bosom, and after it. rolls
| i'm a word OF an old book which says:
"With what measure We mete, it shall
/ be measured 10 you again"
You maltreat an aged parent. You
| begrudged hin the room in your house.
| You are impatient Of his whimsicalities
/ and garrulity. 1t makes you mad to
hear hin tell the same story twice. You
give him food he cannot maSticate. You
wish he was away. You wonder II he is
going 10 live forever. He will be gone
very soon. His steps are shorter aud
shorter He is going TO stop. But God
/ has an account TO settle with you on
that subject. After while, your eye
will be dim, and your gait will halt, and
the sound of the grinding will be low,
and you will tell the same story twice,
aud your children will wonder ifyou are
going to live forever, and wonder If You
will never be taken away, They called
YOU "father" once; now they
call you the "Old man." If you
/ live few hours longer, they will
/ call you the "old chap" What are
/ those rough words with which your
/ children are accosting you? They are
the echo Of the very words you used in
the ear of your old father forty years