Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-07-23

BEooKLYN, July 29.-Rsv. Or. Tai
mage, who is now touring in the Aus
tralian cities. has chosen as the subject
or 10 days sermon through the press:
"Worth Living, " ths text being taken
from Lamentations .3:39 Wherefore
doth living man complaint"
II we leave 10 the evoIutionlsts to
guess where we came from and to the
theologi aus TO prophecy where we are
going 10 we still have left for considera-
ton the Important fact that we are here.
There may DO some doubt about where
the river rises and some doubt about
where the river empties, but there can
be no doubt about the fact that we are
sailing on it. So 1 am not surprised that
everybody asks the question, us life
worth ,iv.ng?"
Solomon In his unhappy moments says
70 is not. Vanity" ''yexatIon Of
spirit. mo good, are his estimate.
TIE fact is that Solomon was 81 one
time pOlygamiSt, aud that soured his
disposition. Oue wife makes mau
happy; mors than Que makes him
VIZ b I'D. But Solomon was converted
lrom po.ysamy 10 mOA0gsmy, aud the
last words he ever wrote, as TAR as We
can read them, were the words ''mOun-
taius OF spices" But jeremiah says In
M text me Is worth living.
10 book supposed TO be doletul, and
lugu5rious, and sepu.chral, and entitled
lamentations, he plainly intlmateS
that the blessing Of merely living Is so
great aud graad q blessing that though
q man have piled on him all misfortunes
and disasters be has 10 right 10 COM
plain. The author OF my text cries out
90 startling attenuation 10 all lands and
90 ail centuries, Wherefore doth a liy-
iug man complain" A diversity OF
opinion 10 our time as well as In Olden
time. Here Is y0ung man OF light
hair. aud blue eyes, aud sound digeS-
tion, aud generous salary, aud happily
alliance, aud on the way 10 become a
partner In a commercial rrm Of which
he Is an important clerk. ASK him
whether life Is worth living. he will
LAUGH IN YOUR FACE
snd say: Yes, yes, Yes.' Hero is a
man VINO has come 10 the fortieS. lie
is ~ tue tip-top OF the hill OF life.
Every step has been stumble and
bruiSe. The people be trusted have
turned out deserterS, and the money he
has honestly made ne has been cheated
out Of HIS nerves are out OF tune. He
N
does eat does not assimildte. Forty
miles climbing up the bill OF life have
been 20 him ike climbing the Matter
horn, aud there are forty miles yet 20
10 down, aud descent is always more
dangerous than ascent. ASK him
whether life Is worth living, and he Will
draw out in shiverlug and lugubriouS
and appalling negative, mo, 10, no,'
How are we 20 decide this matter
righteously aud inteiiigently2 You will
ind the same man vacillating. Osci.l1t-
ing 10 his opinion FROM detection or ak
uberance, AID II he be very mercgri4I
IN his temperament 10 will depend very
much upon which way the wind blows
II the wind blow from the northwest
and you ask him be will say, Yes
and 10 il blow from the northeast aud
you ask him he will say, "NO " How
are we, then, 70 get the question right
eousiy answered. Suppose we call all
nations together IN 4 great convention
on E8Sterern or Western hemisphere,
and let all those who are in the aflirma-
tive say AYE" and all those who are
10 the negative say No While there
would be hundreds Of thousands who
would answer in the Affirmative, there
would be more millions who would an
swer Ia the negative, aud because OF the
greater number who have sorrow anu
misfortune aud trouble the Noes
would have 10. The answer / shall give
will be different from either, aud yet il
will commend Itself 70 all who hear me
this day as the right answer. IL you
ask me, Us life worth living?' l an
swsr, 10 all depends upon the kind Of
life you lead.
10 the first place I remark that life
OF mere money making is always fail
ure, because you will never get as much
As you want. The poorest people In
this country are the richest, aud next
90 them those who are halt as rich.
There is not scissors grinder on the
streets of New York or Brooklyn who
is so anxious TO make money Is these
men who have piled up fortunes year
after year 10 StOrehOuseS, in government
securities, IN tenement houses, 10 whole
city blocks. A man who spends his life |
with the one dominant idea Of financial |
accumulation spends a life not worth |
living
So the idea OF worldly approval II |
that be dominant in mans life be is |
miserable The two most unfortunate |
men Ia this country for the six months |
o. the next Presidential ca mpaiEn will |
De the TWO men nominated
FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
The reservoirs OF abuse, aud diatribe, |
aud malediction will gradually 6ll up, |
gallon above gallon, hogShead above /
hOgShead, aud about autumn these two 4
reservoirs VIII De trimming full. and a .
hose Will be attached 70 each one, and /
% will play away on these nominees, and /
they vii, have 20 stand IL, and take the /
abuse, and the ia.SehoOd, and the Carl
c2ture, and the anathsma, and the cater
Waulug, Snd the nth, and they will be
rolled 10 10 and rolled over aud over IN
10 until they are ChO6ed. and submerged
and Straugu'a,ed, and at every sign OF
returning consciousness they will be
bac6ed at bY al, The hounds Of political
parties trou ocean % ocean. And yet,
there are 3 hundred men to-day Strug-
Cling FOR that privilege. and there are
thousands of men who are helping them
10 the struggle. Now, that is not life
worth living. You can get slaudered
aud abused cheaper than that. Take it