Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-15

efforts OF these Mediterranean oarsmen
have q counterpart 10 the efforts some
of US are making to bring our children
10 the shore OF safety. There never
were so many temptations for young
people as there are now. The literary
and the social influences seem 10 %
against their spiritual interests. Christ
seems 20 be driven almost entirely from
the school and tae pleasuraole con-
course, yet
GOD KNOWS HOW ANXIOUS
we are for our children. We cannot
think OF going into heaven without
them. We do not want TO leave tnlS
life while they are tossing 90 the waves
OF temptation and away from Gou'
From which of them could we consent
10 be eterna'ly separated? Would IL De
the son? Would il be the daughterF
Would il be the eldest? Would 1t be the
Youngest? Would IL be the one that IS
well and stout, or the one that is sick'
Oh. I hear some parent saying tonight
II have tried my best TO bring my
children 10 Christ. ! have laid hold
of the oars until they bent In my
grasp. and have braced myself against
the ribs OF the boat, and l have pulled
for their eternal rescue; but cant get
them 10 Christ" Then l ask you 10
initiate the men OF the text, aud cry
mighty unto God. We want more I'M
Fortunate praying for children, such as
the father INDUCED ia when be had
tried 20 bring his SIX sons TO Chrlst,and
thew had wandered of into dissipation.
Then ha got down in his prayers, and
said. 20. God, take away my life, II
through that means my sons may re-
DeDt and brought 70 Christi" and the
Lord startlingIy answered the prayer,
and in a few weeks the father was
taken away, and through the solemnlty
the six sons fed unto God. Oh, that
father could afford to die for the eter-
nal welfare OF his children. He rowed
hard TO bring them to the land, but
could not, and then he cried unto the
LORD.
There are parents who are almost dis
couraced about their children. Where
is YOUR son tonight? he has wandered
of. perhaps, 70 the ends Of the earth
It seems as If he cannot get far enough
ayay from your Christian counsel.
What does he care about the burrows
that come 20 your brow; about the
quick whitening OF toe hair; ABOUT toe
fact that your back begins to stoop
with the burdens? Why, no would not
care much if he heard you were dead.
The black edged letter that brought tue
tidingS he would put 10 the same pack
age with other letters
TELLING THE STORY OF HIS SHAME.
What are you going to do? Both pad
dies broken at ne middle OF the blade,
how can you pull him ashore? l tnro"
YOU one oar now with which | believe
YOU can bring him into harbor. IL Is
the glorious promise: Il will be- God
TO thee, aud % thy seed after thee. "
Oh. broken hearted father aud mother,
you have tried everything else, now
make an appeal for the help and ON
impotence OF the covenant keeping God!
and perhaps at your next family gather
ing-Derhaps on Thanksgiving day, per-
bsps next Christmas day-the prOdigal
may be- home; and if you crowd on bis
plate more Injuries than on any other
plate at the table, l AN sure the
brothers will not ba jealous, but they
will wake up all the music In the house,
,sbeCause the dead - -t'~- - o~d
because the lost IS touhu' 81 maps
vour Dravers have been answered. al
raedv The vessel may os coH''uH
bo,,svord. and by the light OF thIS
-s-aG-s stars tnat absent son may be
pacing the deck of the ship, anxious for
the time 70 come when be can throw his
arm around your neck aud ask tor for
giveneSs for that ne has been wr!Dglng
your your old heart so long. Glorious
reunion. that will bs 10 sacred for out
SIders TO look upon; but l would just
like % look through the window when
you have all got together again, and
are seated 81 the banquet.
Though parents may in cOvenent be,
And have their heaven in viewi
They are not happy till they see
Their children happy TOO.
Again, the unavailiug efforts of those
Mediterranean OarSmen has counter
part in every man that is trying to row
his own soul into safety. Wnen the
Eternal Spirit flashes upon US our con-
dltiou, We try to save ourselves. We
say, Give me q stout oar for my right
hand, aud l will pull myself into
safety" No.
WAVE OF SIN COMES
aud dashes you one way, and a wave OF
temptation comes and dashes you In an
other way. and there are plenty Of rocks
on which TO founder, but seemingly no
harbOr into which 10 sail. Sin must be
thrown overheard, or we must perish
There are men who have tried for years
to become Christians. They believe all
l say In regard TO future world. Ihay
believe that religion is the hrst, the
asst the Infinite necessity. They do
everything but trust 10 Christ. They
make sixty strokes In a minute. They
bend forward VITA ALI earuestness, ana
they lie back until tie muscles are dis
tended, aud yet they have not made one
inch ia ten years toward heaven. What
is the reason. That is not the way 10
90 10 work. You might as we'll take a
fraii skif, and put IL down at the foot
OF Niagara, and then head 10 up toward
the churning thunderbOlt OF waters,
and expect 20 work your way up through
the lightning OF the foam into calm
Lake Erie, as for you 10 try to pull
yourself through the surf Of yo6r sin
into the hope, pardon, and placidity OF
the Gospel. You can not do ii in that
Wav. Sin Is q rough sea, and long
boat, yawl, plnnace and gondola go
down unless the Lord deliver; but il
YOU will cry te Christ and lay hold Of
divine mercy, YOU are as safe from
eternal condemnation as though you
had been twenty years in heaven.
/ wish I could put before my uupar-
doned readers, their own helpIeSsness.
No human arm was ever strong enough
TO unlock the door of heaven. No foot