Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-30

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stock Of all the other vines before the
season it over" Months go on, and
! one day the gardener comes under tAe
| trellis. where great clusters Of grapes
hang. and the grapevine says, THANK
YOU. sir; you could not have done any
thing so kind as TO have cut me with
I that knife" Whom the Lord lOveth
He chasteneth." No pruning no
} grapes; no gri1ding-miil, no flour; no
| battle, 10 victory;
40 CROSS. No CROWN!
l So G5d's way IN the redemption Of th3
world. Is different from ours II we
( bad our way. we would have had Jesus
I stand in the door Of heaven and beckon
the nations up 10 light, or we would
/ have had angels flying around the
earth proclaiming the unsearchabie
riches Of Christ. Why is it that the
cause goes on so slowly? Why is it
that the chains stay on, when God coulH
| knock them of? Why do thrones Of
deSDo-fm stand, when GCd could 50
easily demolish them? l. is His way,
in Grder that all generations may CO.
Oper2a. and that all men may know
they canno. do the work themselves.
JUS. IN proportion as these pyramids
Of sin 20 up in height VII they come
down IN ghestiiness OF ruin.
Oh. thou father of all iniquity. II
thou Canst hear my voice above the
cracking of tAe flames, drive on my
projects, dispatch thy em!ssar!es, build
! thy temples. and forge thy chains; but
know that Thy fall from heaven was n9.l
greater than thy final overthrow shall
De when thou shalt be driven d.sarmed
into thy fiery den; and for every NE
.lou hast framed upon earth thou shalt
have an additional hell of fury poured
into thine anguish by the vengeance
Of our God. and all heaven shall shout
az The overthrow. as from the ran
e9mad earth the song breaks through
the skies "Halleluj2h! HalleluJah. Tor
the lina Ions of This world have be-
come the Kingdoms Of our Lord Jesus
Christi Gods way i'm the composition
OF The Bible, Gods way in
THE CHRISTIANS LIFE,
Gods way in the redemption Of the
world. Gods way in everything d-1-
farent from mans way, but the best
I learn from This subject, that the
overthrow of Gods enemies viii be
sudden and terrific. There is the army
of the Midianites down in the valley Of
Jezreel. l suppose their mighty men
are dreaming on victory. Mount Gilb0l
never STOOD sentinel fer so large a
host The spears and the shields of the
1Ilianites CLEAN in the moonlight and
glance on The eye of the Israelites, who
hover like q battle of eagles, ready TO
swoop from the cliff. Sleep on, oh army
of the NIid:aniJes, With the night 10
hide them. and the mountain 20 guard
-hem. and strong arms TO defend them,
lea 10 siumbering f0eman dream Of dis
aster. Peace TO the captains and the
spearmen,
Crash go the pitchers, up flare the
lamps To the mountains, fly. fly.
Troops running agains, troop. thous-
anjs trampling upon thousands. Hark
To- the scream and groan of The routed
foe, with the Lord God Almighty after
them, How sudden the onset. how
wild the conservation how utter the
defeat, 1 do nCc care so much what is
against me. if God is not. You want
better sword or carbine than I have ever
seen TO 80 out and fight against the
Lord 0muip1-ent. Give me God for
my ally, and YOU may have all The bat
dement's and battaions
ISAW THE DEFRAUDER
in his splendid house. Il seemed as if
he had conquered God. as he stood
amids, the blaze eff chandeliers and pier
mirrors. In the diamonds of the ward
robe / saw the tears of the widows
whom he had robbed, and in the snowy
satin the pallCr of the white-cheeked
orphans whom be had wronged The
blood of the oppressed gloWed IN the
deep crimson of the imported chair. The
music trembled with the sorrow Of I'M
reQuite1 toll But the wave of mirth
dashed higher on reefs Of coral and
pearl The days and the nights went
merrily. No sick child dared pull that
silver do0r-bel. No beggar dared sit
on that marble step. No voice of prayer
ti0ated amidst thar tapestry. No shad-
ow of judgment day darkened that
fresc0. No tear Of human sympathy
dropped upon that upholstery. Pomp
s.rutted the hall and Dissipation filed
her cup, and all seemed safe as the
Mid.anites in the valley Of Jezreel. But
God came Calamity smote the money
market. The partridge left its eggs UNI
Matched Crash went all the porcelain
pitchers Ruin, rout, dismay, and woe
i'm the valley Of Jezreel,
Alas for those who fight against Cod
Only two sides Man immortal, which
side are yOu on? Woman immortal.
which side are Won on? DO YOU belong
to the three hundred that are going TO
win the day, or to the great host of
Nidilnites asleep in the valley. only
70 be reused up in CONSERVATION and
ruin? Suddenly the golden bowl of
life will be broken. and the trumpet
blown that Will s,artle our soul into
eternity.
THE DAY OF TIE LORD
cometh as a thief in the night, and as
the God-armed Israelites upon the
sleeping foe. Hal Canst thou pluck up
courage for the day when the trumpet
which hath never been blown shall
speak the roll-call of the dead, and the
earth, dashing against a lost meteor.
have its mountains scattered TO the
stars. and oceans emptied in the air?
Oh. then. what viii become Of you?
What will become Of me?
If those Miliani,es had only given
UP their swords the day before the dis
aster. all would have been we'll; and if
Won will now enrrendnr The sins with