Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-18

AtA 80 ala@'tt-'- te
July Two hours before the time fixed for
opening tAe services. Rev. Dr.. Tai
mage took FOR his subject, tine G.ori-
Gus 0sspel;' The text chosen being,
According TO the glorious Gospel of
tes blessed God, which was committed
10 my trust" T. Thu II.
The greatest novelty OF our time Is
the Gospel lis So old thai il is new.
as potters and artists are now attempt
ing 70 fashion pitchers and cups, and
curious we're like those OF nineteen
nundfed years ago recently brought up
from buried P0mpeii, aud such cups,
Aho pitchers, and curious ware are uni
Nersaily admired, SO any one who can
unshovei the real GOSPEL from the
mountains OF stuff under which 10 has
Deen buried, will be able 90 show some
tning that will attract the gaze and ad-
nFatlon, and adoption on all the pe0-
pis' 10 is amazing what substitutes
nave been presented for what my text
calls Tue Glorious Gospel" There has
oeen an hemisphere apOstarv. There
are many people in this and en- other
large assembiages who have no more
ldea OF what the Gospel really is than
they have OF what Is contained ia the
fourteenth chapter Of Zend-Ayesta. the
Bible Of the Hiudoo, The first copy OF
which ever saw I purchased in Ca.cut-
q, india, last September.
THE OLD GOSPEL
is Fifty feet uuder, aud the work has
been done Oy the shoyels OF those VINO
have been trying 90 contrive philoso-
ply or religion, There is no ph.lOsO-
ply about TO- To is plain matter Of
Il Die statement. and OF chtdIke faith.
Some OF the theOlo ical sem i1aries have
been hotbeds OF infleIty, because they
have tried 90 teoch the philosophy Of
Religion. BY she time that many s.
young theological student gets half
through his preparatory course, he is
80 filled with doubts about Dlsnary in
SEPARATION, and the divinity OF Christ,
aud the questions of eterua. destiny,
that be is more ft for the lowest bench
ia the infant class OF a SUNDAY school
than 10 become a teacher aud leader of
the people The ab.est theological pro-
fess0r is a Christian mother, who on, of
her own experience san tell tae four
year-old how beautiful Christ was on
earth, and how beautiful be- now Is 10
heaven, and how dearly be loves little
folks, and then she knee.s d0Wn and
pats one arm around the boy, ana with
hor somewhat faded cheek against the
rOseate cheek OF the little one, cOnSe-
crates him for time and eternity 90 hin
Who said, suffer them 90 come unto
me-" What az awful work Pauls made
with the d. ID. s., and the LII. ID. $, aud
the u. =. SIS, when be cleared the
decks Of the old Gospel ship by saying:
Not many wise men, not many noble,
are called, bat God hath chosen the
weak things Of the world TO confound
the mighty"
There sits the dear Old tbeolog,an
with his table piled up with all the
great books on Inspiration, aud Exege-
sis. and Apologetics for the Almighty,
and writing our bis own elaborate work
on the Philosophy OF Religion, aud
his LITTLE GRANDCUUD
coming up 20 him for a goodnight kiss,
he accidentally knocks of the biggest |
book from The table, and lt falls oa the
head OF the child, OF whom Christ him
self said: "Out OF the mouths OF babes /
and sucklings thou hast perfected |
praise" All! my friends, the Bible /
wants no apOlogetics. The Throne OF |
the Last Judgment wants no apolOget- /
ics. Eternity wants no apo,ogetics. /
Scientists may tell as that natural .
light is the propagation of untula- /
tions ln an elastic medium, aud thus /
set in vibratory motion by tue action Of /
luminous bodies but no one /
knows what Gospel Light is
until his own biHa eyes by the /
touch OF the Divine Spirit have /
opeped 20 see the DOOn-iay Of /
pardon and peace. scientists may tell .
ne that natura. sound Is "the effect of .
an impression made on the organs Of .
hearing by an Impulse of the air, caused .
nv a collision OF bodies, or by other I.
means" but those only know wdat the /
GosDel sound is who have heard the /
voice OF Christ directly, saying: Thy I
sins are forgiven thee; 60 Ga peace. /
The Theological dude unroils upon Tue /
plush of the eXQu,sitely carved pulpit a /
learned discourse showing that the /
Garden of Eden was an aliegory, and /
Solomon's Song rather lndeiicats love |
dftty. and the Book of job drama IN /
vbfcb Satan was the star actor, aud /
tbat Renan was three-Quarters right /
o. mont tho mirac les of Jesus, and that I
,be RibIs was gradually evOIuted, ana /
tbe hest thought oi the different ages, /
Moses. and David, and Pau. doing the I
hest they could unier the circumstances, /
end therefore 90 la encouraged. Lord /
~ Heaven and Earth, get as out Of the 4
London fog OF Higher Criticism!
THE NIGHT is Mark
and the way is rough, ana we have
Lantern which God has put 10 our /
hands. but Instead of employing that /
Lantern 90 show ourselves ana others
tbe richt way, we are discussing an
t.rrs. their shape, their size, their ma
tsrisI aud which is the better light
tsrosene. lamp Oil or candlei ana
-,bire wa discuss 10, we stand all around \
tbe Lantern. so that we smut out the
ii-bt IRON, the multitudes who ara STUN
h'f.g IN tbe dark mountains OF sin and /
..o,b Twelve hundred dead OrdS
,,.srs Fourd one morning around bar
.t.-l+vs Stetue 90 New York naroor \
- ,,s dashed their life out against \
..-, ii-bfbouss tne Might before. Poor 4
-t,,osi And the great Lighthouse OF
49, Ccsne,--how many hlgh-soariug /
,.Lt,ys~s have beaten all their religious
! ' '.- o,t s-7ins, Co. while twas intended
,'. 80 me thi0c, and that 20 show all
-o 49, 80 ne way into the harbor Of /
80. -,9rcy. aud 90 the crystalline
- ~ the Heavenly CITY, where
y l-' -.,rtals are awaiting for new ar
80 Dsed skvIarks, when they /
--, ,'-. have been fying seraphS.
~ 49, Slso come. covering uD the old I
hel VINO think they can by /
krosp pes eeN .-fr,a cav, rbs