Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-27

BRooKLYN, August 26.-Rev. DR..
Talmage, who is now In Australia on
his globe-girdl!ng tour, has selected
rs the subject of his sermon for to-day,
through the press, the words, Ever
lasting Life" the text being from Micah
2:1O: ARISE ye and depart, for this is
not your rest"
This was the drum-5eat Of prophet
who wanted 10 arouse his people from
their oppressed and sinful conditions;
but it may just as properly be uttered
now as then. Bells, by much exposure
and muca ringing. lose their clearness
of tone; but this rousing bell OF the
Gospel strikes in as clear tone as
whea il first rang on the air.
As far as can see, your great want
and nine is rest. From the time we
enter life, great many vexations and
annoyanceslake after US. We NAV have
our holidays, and our seasons OF recrea-
sion and qukt but where is the man
come to midrife who has found entire
rest? The fact is that God did not
make this world 10 rest in. A ship
might as well go down of Cape Hatteras
70 lind smooth water as man In this
world 10 find quiet. From the way that
God has s:rewn the thOrns, and hung
the clouds, ADD sharpened the tusks:
from the colds that distress Us, and the
heats that smite US, and the pleurisies
that stab Us, and the fevers that con-
sumo US, / know that He did not make
this world as a place TO loiter in.
You and / have seen men who tried
20 rest here. They bulIded themselves
great stores. They gathered around
them the patronage OF merchant princes.
The voice Of their bid shook the money
markets. They had stock 10 the most
successful railroads, and 10 safety de-
posits" great rolls Of government secur-
tiles. TheYghad emblazoned carriages,
high mettled steedS, iOotmen, plate
that COMPOUNDED lords and senators who
sat at their table tapestry on which
fOatsd the richest designs OF foreign
looms, splendor Of canvas on the wall,
exquisite Of music rising among pedes-
tails Of bronze, aud dropping, soft as
light, on snow Of sculpture. Here let
them rest Put back the embroidered
curtain, and shake up the pillow of
down. Turn out the lights! 1t Is
eleven o'clock at night Let slumber
70 upon Geids and the air float
SSfoaah the 6SRpened lattice drowsy
with midsummer p&tume. Stand back,
all care. anxiety, and trouble! But no!
they will not stand back. They rattle
the lattice. They look under the can
Opy. With rough touch they startle
his pulses. They cry out At twelve
o'clock AZ night, Awake, man!
HOW CAN YOU SLEEP
when things are so uncertain? What
about those stocks? Hark TO the tap
of the fire bell; IL is your district How
If you should die soon? Awake, man!
Think Of il! Who will get your prop
ertY when you are gone? What will
they do with IL? Wake up! Riches
sometimes take wings. How If you
should die poor? Wake upl" Rising
on one elbow, the man of fortune looks
out into the darkness Of the room and
wipes the dnmpneSs from his forehead
and says, "AlaS! For all this scene Of
wealth and msgnificence-no rest!"
passed down 4 street OF a city with
q merchant. He knew all the finest
houses on the street. lie said, There
IS something the matter ia all these
houses. Ia that one IL is cOnjugal in
felicity. 10 that one, dissipated son.
IN that one, dissOlute father.
In that, an idiot child In that. the
prospect Of bankruptcy" This worlds
wealth can give no permanent satisiae-
tion. This Is not your rest.
The very world that now applauds
will soon hiss. That world said OF the
great Webster: "What q shatssmanl
What wonderful exposition OF the Con-
stitutionl A man ft for siay position"
That same world said after a while:
down with hin! Hgis an ofice-seek
ler He IS a Sot! BE is a lioertinei
Away with him. Aud there is no
peace for the nan until he lays down
broken keart in the grave az Marsh
Ma. JefreY thought that II he could
only De Judge that would be the max
ing Of him; got 10 be judge, and cursed
the day in which be was born. Alex
ander wanted 70 submerge the world
with his greatness; submerged II, and
then drank himself 20 death because be
could not stand the trouble. Burns
thought be would give everything II be
could win the favor OF courts and
princes; won 10, and amid the shouts Of
i great entertainment, when poets and
orators and ducheSses were adoring his
genius, wished that he could creep back
into the obscurity In which be dwelt
when be wrote OF the
Daisy, wee modest, crimson-tipped flower.
Napoleon wanted to make all Europe
Jrembls at his power; made it tremble,
then died, his entire military achieve
ments dwindling down 20 = pair OF mill
tary boots which be insisted on having
on his feet when dying. At Versailles |
saw q picture OF Napoleon in his tri-
umphs. went into another room and
saw bust OF Napoleon as he appeared
Gt 81. Helena; but, oh, what grief and
anguish 10 the face OF the latter! The
trSt was Napoleon Ia his triumph, the
last was Napoleon with his heart bro
ken. How they laughed md cried when
slver-tOulged Sheridan, 10 the midday
Of bis prosperity, harangued the people
Of Britain, and how they howled AZ aud
eXecrated him when, outside OF the
room where his corpse lay, his creditors
tried to get his miserable bones ana sell
Iheml
Now, for what have l said al this?
Just to prepare you for the\ text;
'Arise ye. and depart; for thiSis not
your rest" l am going TO make you