Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-20

which TO start. Suppose you do believe
it? Then 1 can demonstrate that lie
was divine. can prove He was Crea-
tor, John 1:3, "All things were made by
Him; and without Him was not any
thing made" He was eternal, Rev.
22:13. II am Alpha and Omega, the be-
ginning and the end, the first and the
last" / can prove that He was omnipo-
tent, Heb. l:lO, THE heavens are the
work OF Thine hands" l can prove
lie WAS ONiNIsCIENT.
John Q; %, "He knew what was in
man" On yes, he is God. he cleIt
the sea. BE upheaved the crystalline
walls along which the lsraellses
marched. he planted the mountains.
lie raises up governments and casts
down thrones, and marches across ma
lions aud across worlds Bnd across the
universe, eternal, Omnipotent, unhln-
dersd and unabashed. The hand that
was nailed 10 the cross holds the stars
in a leash OF love. That head that
dropped on the bosom in fainting and
denth shall make the world quake at It's
nod. That voice that grOaned Ia the
last pang shall swear before the trem-
bling world that time shall be no longer.
Oh, DO not insult the common sense OF
the race by telling US that this person
was onlv man, In whose presence the
Daralytic arm was thrust out well, ana
the devils crouched, and the lepers
dropped their scales, aud the tempests
folded their wings, and the boys shat
chel of few loaves maze banquet Tor
five thousand, and the sad procession OF
my text broke up in congrGtuIatlon ana
hOsauna!
Again, l learn from this subject that
Christ was sympathiZer. In this CITY
Of Main, it was common thing TO nave
trouble and bereavement and DEATH
Christ saw it every day there. Perhaps
that very hour there were others oelLg
carried out; but the frequency OF trouble
did not harden Christ's heart at all. de
stepped right out, and saw this mourner,
and he had compassion on her,
and be said, Weep not.
Now, l have TO tell you, o bruised
souls, add there are many everywhere
Chave you ever looked over any great
audience and noticed how many shad-
ows OF sorrow there are?) come to al!
such and say, Christ meets you, aud
He has compassion on you, and He
SAYS, Weep not" Perhaps with some
it is financial trouble. Christ comes
and meets all such to-day. lie sees all
the straits ia which you have been
thrust. He observes the sheer OF that
man who once was proud 10 walk 10
your shadow, aud glad 10 get your help
lie sees the protested note, the uncan-
celled Judgment, the foreclosed mort
gage, the heart. breaking evaporation,
and He says, Weep not. l own the
cattle on thousand hills. l will never
let you starve. From my hand the
fowls OF heaven peck all their food.
And will l let you starve? Neyer-no,
my child, never"
Or perhaps this tramp at the gate OF
Main has an echo in your own oereit
spirit You went out TO the grave, ana
YOU felt you never could come back
again. You left your heart there. You
have been out carrying your loved one
- 49,. y~s--s. SOtnOOuO S-ssHss
watching. lie seems waiting for you.
AS you come up BE stretches out his
hand OF help. His voice is full OF ten
derness, yet thrills with eternal
strength. Who is 1t? The very one
who accosted the mourner az the gate
Of Main, aud he says, Weep not"
Perhaps ii is a worse grief than that.
II may be living home trouble that
you cannot speak about TO your best
friend 1t may be some domestic I'M
happiness. Ii may be an evil suspicion.
Ii may be the disgrace following in the
footsteps Of a son that is hayward, or
companion who is cruel, or father
that will not do right; and for years
there may have been q yulture striking
its Oeak into the vitals Of your soul,
and you sit there to-day feeling ii is
worse than death. II is. Ii is worse
than death. Aud yet
THERE Is RELIEF.
Though the night may be the blacklist,
though the voices of hell may tell you
10 curse God aud die, look up and hear
the voice that accosted the woman of
text as IL says, "Weep not.
Earth hath no sorrow
That heaven cannot cure.
Ilearn, again, from all this that
Christ Is the master Of the grave. Just
outside the gate Of the city, Death and
Christ measured lances; and when the
young man rose, Death dropped. Now,
we are sure OF our resurrection. On
what a scene il was when that young
man came back, The mother never ex-
Dected to hear him speak again. She
never thought that he would kiss her
again. How the tears started, and how
ler heart throbbed, as she said, "Oh,
my son, my son, my SON." Aud that
scene is going TO be repeated. 1t is go
ing 10 be repeated ten thousand times.
These broken family circles have
got 10 come together. These
household lights
nave got 10 be rekindled. There will
be a stir 10 the family lot IN the GENE.
.ery, a1d there will be a rush into life
It the command, "Youug man, say
lnto thee, Arise." As the child shakes
III the dust OF the tomb and comes forth
resh and fair aud beautiful, and YOU
throw your arms around Il and press Ii
10 your heart, angel 10 angel will repeat
he story OF Main, HE delivered him to
IFS mother" Did you notice the pass
.ge 10 the text as read il? "He deiv-
red him to his mother" o Ye troubled
ouls. Oye who have lived TO see every
respect blasted, peeled, scattered, con-
umed. wait q little. The seed time OF
ears will become the wheat harvest.
. a cline cut OF no wintry blast, under
sky palled by no hurtling tempest,
nd amidst redeemed ones that weep
OF, that part not, that die not. friend