Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-24
A TAXGATHERER.
vHE REV DR.. TALggG5'S SERMON FOR THS
PRESS.
TIE Conversion OF u, Tax J1liecoc-Tho Brooklyn
Divine Tells "a CHA Ho,l:: aal lis Sal
vaa0n Through Carts.

BRooKLYx, Ssp;enbar 23.-Rev. DR..
Ta!mage wac is now preparing to leave
Australia for IadIa. on his round.the-
world tolr, has selected as the subject
for to-day's sermon through the pres 5:
"The Tax Collectors Conversion" the
text being taken from Luke 10: 9.
"This day is salvation come TO this
house.
Zaccheus was a politician aud tax
gatherer. He had an honest calling,
bu, the opportunity for "stsaIings" was
50 large. the temptation was too much
for him. The Bible says be was
sinaer"-that Is, in tina pa0ic sense.
How many ine men have Oesn rui ned
b. ot6cla, position. Il is Al aw full
Ieing Tor any man 10 seek Office und er
government unless MS pCincl pies Of
Integrity are deeply fixed. Many
man. upright 10 al insignificant posi-
t.oa, has made shipwrscG in a great
one. As far as l eau tell, in the city
Jericho this ZlccaeuS belonged ID what
might bs called the Ring" They
bal things their own way, successfully
avoiding exDosure-lt by no other way,
perhaps by hiring somebody % break
in and steal the vouchers. NOtwith-
standing his bad reputation, there were
s,re2ks OF good about DIN, as there Is
about almost every man. Cold IS found
in quartz, aud sometimes IN a very
small percentage.
JESUS WAS COMING TO TOWN,
The people turned out en- masse 10 see
him. Here ne cOmes--tne Lord of Glory
on foot. dust-coversd and road-weary,
limDing along the way, carrying the
grlefs and woes OF the world. He looks
- bo sixty years of age when be is only
ABOUT thirty. ZlCcheus was short
man,and could not see over the peoples
heads while standing on the ground; 50
be got up into sycamore tree that
swu0g It's arm clear over the road.
Jesus advanced amid the wild excite
meut OF the surging crowd. The most
honorable and popular men OF the city
are looking on and trying 20 gain his
attention. Jesus, instead Of regarding
tlem, looks up at the little man In the
tree, and says, "Zaccheus. come down,
am going home with you" Everybody
was disguised % think that Christ
would 90 home With 50 dishOnOrable a
man.
see Christ entering the front door Of
the house of ZaccdeuS. The King OF
heaven and earth sits down; and as he
looks around on the place and the fam
lily, be pr0nOuuces the benediCLion Of
the text: "TRis day IS salvation come to
this house"
Zacchous had mounted the sycamore
tree out Of mere inquisitiveness lie
wanted TO see how this stranger looked
the color o, his eyes, the length of his
hair, the coatour Of bis features, the
height OF hls stature. "COme down,
said Christ.
And so, many people, ia this day, get
up iuto the tree OF curiosity or specua-
ton 70 see Christ. They asa
A THOUSAND QUEER QUESTIONS
about his dignity, about Gods sover-
eighty, aud the eternal DEGREES, They
Speculate and critics and haag on %
the outside limb OF a great sycamore.
But they must come down from that ii
they want % be saved. We cannot be
saved as philosophers, but as little
children. You cannot 80 10 heaven by
way Of Athens, but by way of Bethle-
hem. Why be perplexed by the way sin
came into the world, when the great
question is how we shall get sin driven
out OF orr hearts? How many spend
their time in criticism and religious
speculation! They take the Rose OF
Sharon, or the Lily Of the Valley, pull
out the anther, scatter the cOrOlla, and
say, as that the beautiful flower Of re-
NgiOn YOU are talking abOut?' No
flower is beautiful after YOU have torn
10 all 70 pieces. The path 20 heaven is
so plain a fool need not make any
mistake about H. and vet men stop
and cavi. Suppose that, going
toward the Pacific slope, / had resolved
that l would stop until l could Kill all
the grizzly bears and the pantherS on
either side Of the way. | would never
have GOT 20 the Pacific coast. When |
went out % hunt the grizzly bear, the
grizzly bear would have come out 10
hunt ne. Here is a plain road 20
heaven. Men say they will not take
step on it until they can make game Of all
the theories that bark and grow, at
1he fact that they 90 out 20 hunt the
theory, the theory comes out 10 hunt
them, and so they perish We must re-
cevs the kingdom OF heaven in sim
plicity. William Pennington was One
o. she wjsest mea this cOuDtry-a gov
sru0r OF his own State, aud afterwart
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tiyes.
YET, VIXEN GOD CALLED
him 20 be a Christian, be went in aud
sal down among some children VINO
were applying for church membership,
sud be said 20 his pastor, Talk 10 me
just as you do 10 these children, for
know nothing about it," There is no
need Of O0theriug ourselves ABOUT mys-
tericS when there are 50 many things
that are plain. Or. Ludlow, my pro-
lessor iu the Theological Seminary,
taught me lesson l have never for
gotten. While putting variety Of
questions 10 him that were perplex-
ing, ne turned upon me somewhat in
sternneSS, but more in love, aud said,
"Nlr mage, you will have 20 let
God know some things that YOU don't
We tear our hands on the SpineS OF the
cactus instead OF ieaSting our eye on
It's tropical bloom. 4 great company
Of people now sit swinging themselves
on the sycamore tree OF their pride, and
cry 10 you, ."Zaccheus, come down"
Come down OUT o. your pride. out of
your inquisitivcnesS, out Of your specu-
lation. You cannot ride into the gate
Of heaven with coach and four, position
8head, and iacSey behind. EXCEPT We
become as litJie children, ye cam o en-
ter the Kingdom of God COD has