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


Only One Whose Hear. BE Has Chssred, and
lie Will Comfort All Who Call Upon HIM
BRooxLYN, August I9.-Rev. DR..
Talmage, VINO IS now in Australia on
his rouud-the-world tour, has selected
as his subject for to-day's sermon
through the press: "An only SON." the
the text chosen being Luke 2: 1915:
Now when he came nigh to the gate
OF the city. behold, there was dead
man carried out, the only son OF his
mother, aud she was widow: and
much people Of the city were with her.
And when the Lord saw her, be had
compassion on her, and said unto her,
Weep not And he came and touched
the bier: aud they that bore him stood
stilL Aud he said, Young man, l say
unto thee, arise. Aud he that was dead
SAT up, and began 10 speak. And he
delivered him TO his mother.
The text calls US to stand ~ the gate
Of the city OF Main. The streets are a
rush OF business and gayeJy, and the
ear is deafened with the hammers OF
mechanism and the wheels Of traffic.
Work, with its thousand arms and
thousand eyes and thousand feet, nils
all the streets, when suddenly the
crowd parts, aud a funeral passes. Be-
tween the wheels of work aud pleasure
there comes q long procession of mourE-
ing people. Who is IL? A trifer says,
"On, It's nothing but funeral. 10 may
have come up from the hospital 10 the
City, or the almSbOuSe, or some low
place OF the town." but not so says the
serious observer. There are so many
evidences of sad bereavement thai we
know al the first glance some one has
been taken away greatly beloved;
and 10 our inquiry, 'Who Is
this that is carried out with so
many offices Of kindness and atfec-
tiou?" the reply comes. The only son
Of his mother, and she widow.
STAND back and let the procession pass
ont. Hush all the voices OF mirth and
pleasure. Let every head be uncovered.
Weep with the passing procession; and
let ia be told through all the market
places and bazaars of Main, that in
Galies to day The sepulchre hath gath
Grad 60 itself "tLe only son OF his
mother, and she a widow"
There are two or three things that,
in my mind, give especial pathos 20 this
scene The first Is, he was young
mau that was being carried out To
the aged, death becomes beautiful. The
old mau nalts aud pants aiong the road,
where once no
BOUNDED LIKE THE ROE.
From the midst Of immedicabls all
meuts and SORROWS, be cries out, How
long, O Lord, how long?" FOotsore aud
hardly oestead on the hot journey, he
~ "a. g., 49,,
voice, some tune ne sang forty years
agO, and longs 20 join the better assem-
b'age Of the one hundred and forty and
four thousand, and the thousands Of
thousands who have passed the food.
How sweetiy be sleeps the last sleep.
Push back the white locks from the
WriuSled temples; they will never ache
again. Fold the hands over the still
heart; they will never toll again. Close
gently the eyes; they will never weep
again.
But this mac that l am speaking OF
was young man. He was just putting
on the armOr Of life. and he was exult-
Ing TO think how his sturdy blows
would ring out above the clanEOr Of the
battle. l suppose be had a young mau's
hopes, young mans ambitions, and
young mans courage. He said, If live
many years. 1 will feed the hungry and
cl0the the naked. In this city Of Main,
where there are so many bad young
men, l will ba sober, aud honest, and
pure, and magnanimOuS, and my mother
shall never De ashamed OF me-" But
al these prospects are blasted 10 one
hour. There he passes lifeless in The
procession. Behold all that is left on
earth Of the high-hearted young man Of
the city of Main.
There is another thing that adds very
much 20 this scene, and that is, he was
an only son. However large the family
flock may be, we never could think OF
sparing one OF the lambs. Though they
may all have their faults, they all have
their eXceilences that commend them TO
the parental heart; and il IL were Pc
remptOrily demanded Of you to-day that
you should yield no one Of your chill
dren out Of a very large family, you
would be confounded, and YOU could not
make q selection. But this was an only
son, around whom gathered all the pa
rental expectations. How much care
in his education. How much caution In
watching his habits. He would carry
down the name 10 other times. He
would have entire control OF the fam
lily property long after the parents had
gone
TO THEIR LAST REWARD.
He would stand In society 4 thinker, a
worker. a philanthropist, Christian.
No, no. IL is all ended. Behold him
there, Breath is gone. Life is extinct. |
The only son OF his mother.
There was one other thing that added |
to the pathos OF this scene, and that I
was, his mother was q widow. The /
main hope Of that home had been brok- !
en-, and now he was come mp to be the /
stan. The chief light OF the household |
had been extinguished and this was the
only light left.
Now. my friends, IL was this scene
that Christ broke. He came In without
any Introduction. He stopped the pro
,ession. He had only two utterances TO
make; the one TO the mourning mother,
he other TO the dead. He cried out TO
.he mourning mother, Weep not; and