Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-22


then. with the foam on his lip and his
hands tossing wildly in the AR, Ac
cried out. "Blacl,ness Of darkness. on,
my God. too .ate,' And the spirit OF
darkness whisued mp from the depth,
and wheeled around and around him.
stripping the slain.
Sin is q luxury now; it is eNhllara-
ton now, it is victory now. But amer
a while It is collision it is defeat; it IS
determination; it is jackaiism; IT Is
robJing the dead; it is stripping the
slain.
Many are crying out: 81 admit / an
slain. I admit it, On what battle
field. my brothers? BY what weapon.
Polluted Imagination, says one man,
intoxicating liquor says another
man, "Av own hard heart, says an
other man. Do YOU realize this.
Then I come to tell you chat the ON
nip0tent Chris, is ready to walk across
this battlefield and revive. and rcsus-
citcte. and resurrCcc your dead soul
Let him take your hand and rub away
the uumbuess. your head. and bathe
off The aching y3uc heart, and stop us
Wild thro5. lie brought Lazarus 20
life. he brought JairUS' daughter %
life, bo brought the young man OF
Main TO life. and these are three proofs
anyhow Jhat ne can bring you 10 IRE.
When the PhiistEcs came down or
the field. they stepped between the
corpscs and they rolled over the dead
and they took away everything mat
was valuable: and so ir was with the
people that followed after the armies az
Chaucell0rsyilie and at FI,'5o.us
Landing ard at Stone River and at
Atlanta. stripping the slain, out The
Northern and Southern "0mcn-C Goo
bless tlem,-cauc ON the field with
basins. and pads. and towels, and iinJ
and corl.ais. and
CHRISTIAN ENCOURAGEMENT;
and the poor fellows that lay there
lifted mp their arms and sad: On
how good that does feel since YOU
dressed it," and others Looked zap ana
said. "Tcl the FOLKS aJ nome / died
thinking about them: and another
looked uD and said. "lIiss, won -oC
sing me verse of Homo, sweet
Home before Z die2' And then the
tattoo was sounded, and the hats were
Off and tine service was read. "I am ma
resurrection and the liie, and IN honor
of the departed the mUs5els were load
cl. and the command given. Present
fire" And there WAS shiugle set
mp no the head of the grave, with the
ep.taph of Lieutenant - I'M lac
Fourteenth Massachusetts Regulars,
or "CaD.cin -- Fin The Fifteenth Reg
fmant of South Carolina Volunteers.
And so now. across this great field of
moral and spiritual battle, the angels
of God come walking among the slain,
and there are voices of comfort, and
voices Of hope. and voices OF resurrec-
ton. and voices oil heaven.
one night I saw q tragedy on the cor
ner Of Broadway and Houston street.
A young man, doubling as to which diN
r1eti0n me had better take. There
was gO0d angel and q pad angel
struggling with that young mans soul
at the corner OF Broadway and Houston
street Come with me- said the good
angel. 81 viii take you home; l VIII
sreld my wings over your pillow, /
viii lovingly escort you all through life
under supernatural protection; / viii
bless every cup You drink out Of, every
couch YOU rest on, every doorway You
enter: I will consecrate your tears
when you weep, your sweat when You
toll" NO. no." said the bad angel,
come with me; I have something bet
ter to- offer; the wines pour are from
cLalices Of
REWITCHING CAROUSAL;
the dance 1 lead is over floor tassel-
lated with uuresrained indulgonces;
there is no God to frOwn on the temples
of sim where 1 worship The young
man hcsitated at q time when hesiJa-
tion was Cuin. He started on q path
way which is beautiful at the opening,
but blasted at the last. The bad angel,
leading the way, opened gate after
gate. and at each gate the road beCama
rou-her and the sky more lurid, and
what was peculiar, as the gate slammed
shut. iJ came 10 with jar that indi-
Gated that it would never open.
Oh. Young man. viii The good angel
sent forth by Christ, or the bad angel
sent forth by sin, get the victory over
Your s0ll2 Their wings are nter>
locked this moment above You. con-
tending for your destiny. as above the
Aoeuuiues. eagle and cardor fight iu
m..-slv . This hour may DECIDE your
destiny.