Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-22

schooIs-This is not so much matter
of generation. But God intended 1t to
be coexrensiVe with his primary school.
He makes man responsible for the
teaching In this school and gives him
the high privilege of being co-worker
with God. We are not to question the
means or method. and set ourselves up
against God, but to obey the command
Go preach the gospel to every
creature. The divine light OF the
son Of righteousness shines through
both OF these schools ana
slluminates and lights them up. 1t en-
lightened Adam and Eve after the fall
aad also Abel, and under its illumination
he believed God and offered sacrifice ac-
ceptable to him whereby he received
the blessing. 1t demonstrates that the
position OF Christ is to bless the entire
race as we'll as Abel. But II this be
true where Is the trouble-for there is
trou ble-Paul says:
Because when they knew God they
glorifed him not as God" Neither were
thankful "and in failure to do the
things they knew they should DO, :"
they became vain in their imaginations
and their foolish heart was darkened.
Processing themselves to be wise they
became fools and changed the glory OF
the incorruptible God into an image
made like TO corruptible man and to
birds and four-footed beasts and creep
ing things, wherefore God gave them
over to their own hearts lusts
to work all manner OF uncleanneSs.
They became such confounded fools
that they even made a golden calf aud
worshipped and said this is the god
that brought US up out Of Egypt. This
exchange OF gods cut the JUSTIFIED rela-
tion-the source of Divine light and
grace was cut and they driited away.
The young child of tender years suS-
tains that justified relation to God, and
is taught OF the Holy Spirit. Thank
God it is so. See that mother; her babe
dies and she is bathed In sorrow and
anguish, but by and by the light from
Heaven breaks into her soul and she
realizes that her child is safe in Heaven
and she is comiorted. If the ground OF
comfort is not true take it from her;
but thank God it is true.
Now this act of substituting some
thing else for God is apostacy. Every
man fallen from grace is an apostetate
given over to the lust OF his own
heart. God is king, sovereign, a
father, and he will not compel
obedience. Loyalty to God must be
voluntary, not compulsory, else we
would be slaves and not freemen.
Men get away from God of their own
will and desire, and then the old devil
comes in and tears up the very founda-
ton Of the bridges so the sinner cannot
go back. He says God will not surely
punish, and this lie OF negation spawns
all the lies Of unbelief and scepticlsm,
and all the other issues that l would be
ashamed to preach. Think | would go
before the heather and tell them that
God had chosen some to life and some
TO death aud damnatoD? and yet some
do preach that Gospel. Think | would
go before them and tell them that be-
cause they had not received the printed
Gospel they would go to hell? Some d..
d. preach that to-day, but do not. /
preach a Gospel 1 am not ashamed Of
Paul preached a Gospel he was not
ashamed Of.
The gospel road is straight and plain,
but after a while we come TO cross
road. and the left gate is wide, but 1t
opens into dangerous way, and many
go In at this gate, but few come back.
Straight and narrow the gate to heaven.
When child comes TO this road he has
to choose which way he will 20 and II
you stand in the way and tell him he is
too Young to go 10 the narrow way, you
turn his feet into the DEVILS road. Be
fore you think they are through the
wide gate. and but few return. for be-
ceuse they did not use the knowledge
of God they had, He gives them up TO a
reprobate mind to 10 evil.
Gods people are free, not slaves. But
YOU say how shall we save our children?
Tue only thing to do is to.teach them as
the blessed Christ taught. He placed
his hands on them representing his
saving power. He prayed for them and
represented his mediations. Begin early
to instruct both eye and ear. saw a
little girl on the train and talked with
her about Jesus and she recognized me
as child OF Christ, and reclted verses
about Jesus and talked OF Him.
She said "the blood Of Jesus Christ
cleanses US from all sin" and she said
to me that means to make clean," the
dear child knew better than some ID.
DIS. No reflection on the ID. DIS.
Much learning perhaps had made them
mad.
Regard the little one as child OF
Christ and begin early If you wish to
succeed.
1 saw little girl in the front seat at
a meeting and she was ia tears and
wished to go TO the altar, but her mother
said no, you are too small.
Several DAYS afterwards she said to
the child "the other evening you were
In tears and wanted TO be saved but
have watched you for the last three
DAYS and you do not seem to be any
different than before. Mother you
said l was too little, and so thought
If you knew l would not try.
The mother was justly alarmed, and
said, the next time you feel that way
YOU 90 at once, and so when the invita-
ton was given she went aud In few
| moments she was from er knees and
with joy In her face testified TO the con-
gregation that she saved, and for three
years she has not missed meeting OF
her class, and her classmates say she Is
blooming out into beautiful Christian
character. Mother. when you tell your
child il is too little 10 DE saved, you help
the devil TO destroy. The disciples re-
buked the children, buE Christ said:
''Sufer the little children to come unto
me-" they left the mothers and came and
Christ blessed them up to their childish
capacity. While the holy spirit take:
care of the young child, there comes
time when they must decide II they vii
continue with him or 90 TO the world.
And II the preachers and parents would