Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-08

YOU have fought against, aud the more
trial the more help. After all, there are
no orphans in the world, for the great
God is the father OF US ALL
Again, our subject Is an illustration
OF what religion may be under the
pressure OF poverty. The captivity and
LcruShed condition Of this orphan girl,
aud of the kind man who adopted her,
/ suggest q condition of poverty. Yet,
/ from the very first acquaintance we
had with HadasSah we find her the
/ same happy aud contented Christian.
/ 10 was only by compulsiOn she was
afterwards taken into sphere OF honor
and aliluence. In the humble home OF
/ Mordecai, her adopted father, she was
| q light that illumined every prlvatlOn.
/ In some period In almost every man
/ life there comes 3 season Of straitened
circumstances when the severest cal
culation AID most scraDing economy
are necessary 10 order 20 subsistence
! and responsibility. At the commence
ment Of business, At the entrance upon
a profession, when friends are few aud
the world is afraid Of you because there
is a possibility OF failure, many OF the
noDlest hearts have struggled against
poverty, aud are now struggling. 10
such bear a message OF good cheer.
You say il is q hard thing for you 10
be a Christian. THIS constant anxiety,
this unresting calculation,
WEAR OUT THE BUOYANCY
Of YOUR spirit. and although you have
told perhaps no one about 10, cannot /
tell that this is the very trouble which
keeps you from being what you ought
20 be? You have no time 20 thl06 about
LAYING up treasures To Heaven when 10
is matter OF great doubt whether you
will DO enabled to pay your next quar-
tcr's rent. NOu cannot think OF striving
after a rOGe OF righteousness until you
can get means enough 20 buy an over
coat 10 keep out tho cold. You want
the Bread OF Life, bat you thinS you
must get along without that until you
can buy another barrel of flour for your
wife and children. Sometimes Won sit
down discouraged aud almost wish You
we're dead. Christians In satin slippers,
with their feet on damaSE ottoman, may
scout az such a class Of temptations
but those who themselves have oeen 10
the struggle and grip Of hard fortune
can appreciate the power or those eyliS
to diSsuade the soul away from religious
duties. We admit the strength OF the
temptation, but then we point 90 HadaS-
sab, her poverty eQualIad by her pinty.
Courage dOwa there ia the bGtt'e. Huri
away your disappointment. Men OF
half your heart have, through Christ
been more than cOnquere-s. 10 the
name Of God, come OUT Of that. The
religion OF Christ is iusj what y0U want
out there among the empty Hour barrels
and beside the cold haar.hs. You have
never told anyone or what a hard time
you have had, but God knows 10 as wei
as YOU know 10. Your easy times Will
come after awhile.
DO NOT LET YOUR SPIRITS BREAK
down mfi-liie What if your coat is
thin? Run fast enough 70 keep warm.
What If you have no Injuries on your
table? High expectations will make
YOUR blood tjngle better than the best
MADEIRA II y0U cannot afford 70
smoke, you can afford to whistle. But
merely animal spirits are not sufficient;
the power of the Gospel-that is what
you want to wrench despair out OF tae
soul aud put you forward into the front
of the hosts, encased in impenotra6,e
armOr. IL does not require eNtraya-
CANT wardrobe, and palatial residence,
and dashiug eQuipage TO make man
rich. The heart right the estate -
right. A new heart is worth the worlds
wealth iu one roll Of bank bills; worth
all the sceptreS OF earthly power bound
in one sheaf; worth all the crowns cX-
pressed in ono coronet. Many a man
without a farthiug Ia his pocket has
been rich enough to buy the world out
aud have stock LETT Tor investment. IL
is not often that men OF good habits
come 20 positive bsggarY, but among
those who live In comfortable houses all
about you, among honest mechanics,
and professional men who never say
word about 10, there are exhibitions OF
heroism and endurance such as YOU may
never have imagined. These men who
ask no aid; who demand no sympathy;
who with strong arm and SSi,itu. brain
push their own way through, are Hanai-
balls scaling the Alps; are Hercules
Staying the lion; are Moses In Coos
name driving back the seas. HadaSSah
with her needle has done Drawer things
than Cesar with q sword.
Our subject illustrates what religion
may be 10 high worldly position. The
last we sec in the Bible OF HadaSsah Is
that she has become the Queen OF Per
sia Prepare now 10 see the departure
of her humility, aud selt-Sacritce, and
religious principle. AS she goes uD you
may expect Grace 20 20 down.
IT Is EASIER TO BE HUMBLE
in the obscure house of her adopted
father than on throne OF dominion.
But YOU miSudEe this noble woman
What she was before. she is UOw-the
myrtle. Applauded for her beauty and
her crown, she forgets not the cause OF
her suffering people, and with all SIM
plicity OF heart, still. remains wOr-
shipper of the God of heaven.
Noble example followed only by
very few. address some who, through
the goodness of God, have risen to po-
sitions OF influence 10 the community
where you live, in law, in merchandise,
in medicine, in mechanics, aud 10 other
useful occupations and professions you
hold an influence for good or for evil.
Let US see whether, like HadasSah, you
can stand elevation. Have you as much
simplicity of character as once You evil
denced? Do you feel as much depend
ence upon God; as much your own
weakness; as much your Accountability
for talents entrusted? Or are you
proud and over-demanding, and IN
grateful, and unsympathetic, aud
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