Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-30

in the ewes. moral character eighty-hve
rer rent. off. YOn will come with prin-
etDie settled. countenance frank; habits
800 sonl saved, and all the inhabit-
ents NJ heaven, from the lowest angel
IN N the arch-angel and clear past him
no the Lord God Almighty, your coad-
mis- is not the advice Of a nissan
throne. There is no man in the house
10 whom the world is brighter than 1t Is
| m me-. IL is not the advice OF dyspep-
tic-my digestion is perfect; II IS not
the advice OF a man who cannot under
stand a Joke, or who prefers funeral;
I it IS not the advice Of a WORKOUT man,
but the advice of a man who can see this
world in all its brightness; and consid-
ering myself competent in judging what
/ i cood-cheer, l tell the multitudes OF
vonng men in this house this morning
/ that there is nothing in worldly assoel-
\ alton so grand and so beautiful ana SO
1 exhilarant
As IN CHRISTIAN SOCIETY.
know there Is a great deal OF talk
about the self-deuiGls OF the Christian.
/ / have 10 tell you that where the Chris
/ tian has one seli-denial the man OF the
world has a thousand self-denials. The
| Christian is not commanded to surren-
der anything that is worth keeping.
I But what does a man derry himself who
denies himself the religion OF Christ.
He denies himself pardon for sin; he
denies himself peace OF conscience; be
denies himself the JOY the Holy Ghost;
he denies himself comfortable death
pillow; he denies himself the glories Of
heaven. Do not talk to me about the
self-denials OF the Christian life. Where
there is one in the Christian lie there
are a thousand in the life Of the world.
Her ways are ways Of p,easantnesS."
Again: find great deal Of religions
sunshine in Christian and divine eXDia-
nation. To great many people life Is
an inexpicable tangle. Things :urn
out differently from what was supposed.
There is useless woman in perfect
health. There Is an industrious and
consecrated woman a complete invalid.
Explain that. There is bad man with
thirty thousand dollars Of income.
There is a good man with eight hun
dred dollars OF income. Why is that?
I IUeFH is u lug Va cONANAy " IL nv - NAi
doing all the damage be can, to seven
ty-6ve years Of age; and here Is Chris
tian father, faithful In every depart
ment OF life, at thirty-fye years Of age
taken away by death, his family left
HELPLESS. Explain that. Oh! there Is
no sentence that Oftener drops from
your lips than this: Il cannot under
stand it,"
WE'LL, NOW RELIGION COMES
in lust at that point with Its illumina-
ton and its explanation. There IS
business man who has lost his entire
fortune. The week before he lost his
fortune there were twenty carriages
that stopped at the door of mis- mansion.
The week after he lost his fortune
an the carriages you could count on
one finger. The week before financial
trouble began people all took OIL their
hats 10 him as be passed down the
street. The week his financial pros
meets were under discussion, people just
touched their hats without anywlse
bending the rim. The week that he
was pronounced insolvent, people just
iolted their heads as they passed, not
tipDing their hats as all; and the week
the sheriff sold him out all his friends
were looking iu the store windows as
they went down past him.
Now, while the world goes away from
man when he is in financial distress,
the religion of Christ comes TO him and
saws, you are sick. and your sickness
is to be moral publication; you are be-
reaved: God wanted In some way to
take YOUR family 10 heaven, and he must
begin somewhere, and so he took the
one that was most beautiful and was
most ready TO 60" do not say that
religion explains everything in this
life. but l do say that it lays down
certain principles which are grandly
ccnsolotory. You know business men
often telegraph in cipherS. The mer-
chant in San Francisco telegraphs to
the merchant in New York certain in
formation in ciphers which no other man
in that line Of business can understand;
/ but the merchant In San Francisco has
the key to the cipher, and the merchant
in Eew York has the key 10 the cipher,
and on that information transmitted
there are enterprises involving hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars. Now the
proyidences of life sometimes seem to be
a senseless rigmarole, a mysterious
ciuher; but God has key 10 that
cipher, and the Christian key to that
cipher, and though he may hardly be
able 20 spell out the meaning, he gets
enough of the meaning to understand
that il is for the best. Now is there not
sunshine In that? Is there not pleasure
in that? Far beyond laughter, il is
nearer the fountain Of tears than 6Ols-
ferrous demonstration. Have you ever
cried for Joy? There are tears which
are eternal rapture in distillation.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS or PEOPLE
in this house who are walking day by
day i'm the sublime satisfaction that IL is
All for the best, all things working
together for good for their soul. How
man can get along through this life
without the explanation is 70 me mys-
terry. What! is that child gone forever?
Are YOU never 20 get il back? Is your
property gone forever? Is your soul to
be- bruised and TO be tried forever?
Have YOU no explanation, no Christian
explanation, and yet not maniac?
But when you have the religion OF Jesus
Christ in your soul, it explains every
thing so far as il is best for you TO
understand. You look of in life, and
your soul is full OF thanksgiving TO God
that you are so much better off than
you might be. A man passed down the
street without any shoes, and said: ~
have no shoes; isn't it hardship that l
have no shoes? Other people have
shoes; no shoes, no Shoes" until he saw
a man who had not feet. Then he learn
ed a lesson. You ought TO thank God for