Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-01

y triumph. come into the ark. Know
we'll that the door that shut Noah II
! shut others ont; and though, when the
lpitiless storm came pelting on their
heads. they beat upon the door, say
ing: Let me in, Let me inr' the
door did not open.
So men now put off going into the
ark They say they viii wait twenty
years first. They viii have little
longer time with their worldly assO-
ciates. They viii wait until they get
older They say: You cannot expect
a man Of my attainments and Of my
position to surrender myself just now.
But before the storm comes / will go
in Yes. / will know what l am
about Trust met' After while,
one night about twelve o'clock, going
home. he passes a scaholding just as
a gust of wind strikes IT, and q plank
falls Dead, and outside the ark.
Or, riding i'm the Park, a reckless We
hicle crashes into him, and his horse
/ becomes unmanageable, and he shouts,
. Whoa, Whoa and takes another
twist in the reins, and plants ms Ieet
F against tine dashboard, and pulls
back. But 10 use. VI is not so much
down The avenue that he flies as
on THE WAY TO ETERNITY.
And there ere hundreds kept out
( BY fear OF derision. The young man
asks himself: What would they say
at the store tomorrow morning II
should become a Christian? When I
so down 90 The club house they Will
I shout: Here comes that new Christ
ian. Suppose YOU VIII not have any
I thing 10 do with us now. Get down on
your knees and let us hear you pray.
/ Come. row. give Us a touch. VIII not
do il. Ell? Pretty Christian, you are.
! Is il not the fear Of being laughed at
I that keeps YOU out of the kingdom OF
God? Which of these scorners viii
/ help you at the last? When you lie
down on "a dying pillow. which OF
them will be there? In the day OF
eternity will they bail YOU out?
Ny friends and neighb0rs, come in
right away. Come in through Christ,
the wide door-the door that swings
out toward you. Come in, and be
saved. Come and be happy. The
Spirit and the Bride say. Come. Room
in the ark Room in the ark,
But do not come alone. The text
invites YOU to bring your family 1t
saws. Thou and thy sons and thy
wife" You cannot drive them in. Ii
Noah had tried to drive the pigeons
and doves into the ark, he would only
have scattered them.
Come in. and bring your wife or
your husband with you-not by fret
ting about religion, or ding-donging
them about religion, but by consist
ing life. ana by d compelling prayer
that shall bring the throne of God
down into your room. Go home and
take I'D the Bible and read it together.
and then knecl down and commend
your souls 10 Him who has watched
YOU an these years; and, before you
rise. there Will be q fluttering of wings
over your head, angel crying TO angel,
Behold, they prayr'
But this does not include all your
family. Bring the children, too. God
bless the dear children, What would
our homes be without them?
WE MAY HAVE DONE MUCH
for them. They have done more for
MS. What q salve for a wounded
heart there is i'm the soft palm Of
childs hand, Did harp or flute ever
have sucu music as there is in q
childs "gCoG-nigbt?" From our
coarse. rough life. the angels OF God
are often driven back; but who comes
into the nursery without feeling that
angels are lowering around? They
who die in infancy go straight into
glory. but you are expecting your chill
dren to crow up in this world. IS 1t
not a question, then, that rings
through all the corridors, and wind
ings. and heights, and depths OF your
soul. what is 10 become Of your sons
and daushters for time and for eter-
nity9 "Oht' you say, II mean to see
that they have good manners" Very
we'll "I mean to dress them well,
| If I myself have to so shabby" Very
good. Ell shall give them an educa-
/ ton, I shall leave them fortune.
| Very well. But is that all? Don't
you mean to take them into the ark?
Don't you know that the storm in
coming. and that out Of Christ there
is TO safety? no pardon? no hope?
no heaven?
How to get them in9 Go in your
self If Noah had staid out, do you
not suppose that his sons, Shem,
Ham and Japheth. would have staid
out? Your sons and daughters viii
be apt TO do just as YOU do. Reject
| Christ yourself and the probability
is that your children viii reject Him.
In ST.. PauTs. London, there is 9
whispering gallery. & voice uttered
most feebly at one side of the gallery
is heard distinctly at the opposite side
a great distance OF. So. every word
of earnest prayer goes all around the
earth. and makes heaven q whisper
| ing-gallery. Go into the ark-nOt to
sit down. but to stand in the door
and call unto ali the family come in.
/ Aged Noah. where is Japheth? David
where is Absalom? Hannah, where
/ is Samuel?
On one of the lake steamers there
was q father and two daughters jour
ueving. They seemed extremely
poor. A benevolent gentleman step
ped up TO the poor man to prOder
some form of relief. and said: You
seem TO be very poor. sir" Poor,
sir" replied the man, If there's a
poorer man than me a troublin' the
world. GOD pity both Of us" Il will
take
ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN
and adopt it, if you say so. l think it
would be a great relief to you" a
what9" said the poor man. "A re-
7 lief. Would it be a relief to have the
I hands chopped OF from the body? or
the heart torn from the breast? a re-
I lief. indeed, God be good 70 us,