Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-18


mage who is now on his round-the-
world journey, has selected as the sub
ject for his sermon through the press
to-day, Another Chance" the text
being taken from Eccles, lis; III the
tree fall toward the south or toward
the north, in the place where the tree
falleth there it shall be-"
There is a lowering hope In the
minds Of vast multitude that there
will be al opportunity in the next
world to correct the mistakes Of this;
that II we do make complete shipwreck
Of our earthly life, it will be on a shore
I'D which we may walk to palace;
that, as a defendant may lose his case
in the Circuit Court, and carry it up 10
The Supreme Court or Court OF Chan
Gerry and get reversal OF Judgment in
his behalf, all the costs being thrown
over on the other party, so, If We fail 10
the earthly trial, we may In the higher
jurisdiction OF eternity have the judg
ment OF the lower court set aside, all
the costs repitted, and we may be vic
hOrious defendants forever My object
IN this sermon is 10 show that common
. sense, - tSen - ny text, declares that
such an expectation is Chimerical. You
say that the impenitent man, having
got into the next world aud seeing the
disaster, will, as j result of that dsast-
e., turn, the pain the cause OF
his reformation. But you can find ten
thousand instances in this world OF men
who have done wrong aud distress
overlook them suddenly. Did the dis
tress heal them? No; they went right
on.
That man was flung OF designations
you must stop drinking" said the
doctor, and quit the fast life you are
leading, or il will destroy YOU" The
patient suffers paro1ysm after paroXysm;
but, under skiIiul treatment, he begins
TO sit up, begins 10 walk about the
room, begins TO 90 10 business. And,
10! be goes back 70 the same grog-
shops for
HIS MORNING DRAM,
and his evening dram, and the drains
between. Flat down again. Same
doctor. Same physical anguish. Same
medical warning. Now, the illness
is more protracted; the liver is
more stubborn, the stomach more irri-
table, and the digestive organs are more
rebeliouS, But after awhile be is out
again, goes back 10 10 ssame dram-shOpS
and goes the sam9 round Of saCrilege
against his physical health.
He sees that bis downward course Is
running his hOusehod, that his life is a
perpetual perjury against his marriage
vow, that that broken hearted woman
is so Unfke the rOSeate young wife
whom h9 married, that her old school
mates do not recognize her; that his
sc g TO be tainted tor lifetime by
the -ther's drunkenness, that the
daughters are 20 pass into life under
the scarifcation OF q disreputabls an
cestor. He is drinking up their happt-
ness, their prospects for this life, and,
perhaps, for the life 70 come. Some
times an appreciation OF what be is
comes 10 him. His nervous system is
all a-tangle. From crown Of head 20
sole OF foot he Is one aching raSping,
crucifying. damning torture. Where is |
he? 10 hell on earth. Does itrafOrm him2 /
with a whole Jungle OF kissing reptiles /
let out on his pillow, aud his screams |
hOrriiy the neighDOrs as be daShes out /
Of his bed, crying: Take these things I
of me.' As be sits pale and Gonzales /
cent, the doctor says. wow ] want % I
have a plain talk with you, my dear /
fellow. The next attack OF this kind !
you have, you will CO beyond all med |
ical skill, ADD you will die He gets /
better and goes forth into the same (
round again. This time medicine takes /
no effect Consultation Of physicians /
agree 10 saying there IS no hope. Death /
ends the scene.
That process Of inebriation, warning |
and dissolution Is going on within a /
stones throw Of you, going on iu all /
the ghborhoods VI Christendom. |
Pain does lot correct Suffering doe /
not reform. What Is true in one sense |
is true 10 all senses, aud will forever be /
so, aud yet men are expecting In the |
next world
.PUBGAToBIAL REJSNENArIoN.
Take I'D the printed reports OF the
wilson's OF the United States, and you
will 6nd that the vast majority Of the J
lnN4A Gel 9hNN nave NNNA NANAN ANANANf
some OF them four, five, six times.
With a million Illustrations all working |
the other way in this world, people are
expecting that distress In the next state |
will be salvatory. You cannot imagine |
any worse torture To any other world
than that which some men have suffered
here, aud without any salutsry con-
So Quence.
Furthermore, the prospect Of retOr-
nation 10 the next world is more i'm
probable than reformation here. In
this world the life started with innO-
eence OF infancy. In the case supposed,
the other life will open with all the &C
eumulated bad habits OF many years
upon him. Surely, il is easier To build
a strong ship out OF new timber than
out OF an old bulk that has been ground
up in the breakers.
But" says some one, 81 think we
ought to have a chance 10 the next life,
because this life is so short il allowSJI
orly small opportunity. We hardly
have time TO turn around between the
cradle and tomb. the wood OF the cue
almost touching the marble OF the 9TH (
err" But do you know what made the
ancient deluge a necessity? IL was the
longevity Of THE antediluvjanS. They
were worse 10 the second century OF
their life time than iu the hrSt hundred