Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-15

lot to-day heN. Dr. I0lmage, Who Is
s,in in the Yves, on his annual sum-
mer tour. chose q subject which has
been a fruitful theme Of theological
desputation for centuries past, viz: The
objectionable Sin" The texts selected
were: All manner Of sin and plas-
phemy shall De forgiven unto men: but
the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost
shall not be forgiven unto men. And
whosoever speaketh a word against the
Son Of man. il shall De forgiven him:
but whosoever speaketh against the
Holy Ghost. it shall not be forgiven
him, neither in this world, neither in
the world TO come Matthew 12.31-32.
HE found no place Of repentance,
though ne sought it carefully with
tears" Heb. 1917.
AS sometimes you gather the whole
family around the evening stand TO
hear some book read, so now we gathca
"a great Christian family group-to
study this text; and ROW may one and
the same Lamp cast its glow on all tho
circle.
You see from the passage that I
read that there is q sin against The Holy
Ghost for which q man is never par
doned Once having committed il, he
is bound hand and foot for the dungeons
Of despair. Sermons may be preached
20 him. songs may be sung TO him,
prayers may be offered i'm his behalf;
but all TO no purpose. IIe is o captive
for this world, and q captive for the
world that is TO come. Do you sup
pose that there is anyone here who
has committed that sin? All sins are
against
THE HOLY GHOST;
but my text speaks of one especially.
III is very clear 10 my own mind that
the sin against the Holy Ghost was tho
2scribing of the works Of the Spirit 10
the agency of the devil In the time OF
the apostles Indeed. the Bible dis
tinctly tells us that In other words.
il a man had sight given to him, or if
another was raised from the dead, and
someone standing there should say
"This man got his sight by Satanic
power. the Holy Spirit did not 90 this;
Beclzebub accomplished it, or. This
man raised from the dead was raised
by Satanic influence" the man who
said that dropped down under the CURSE
Of the text, end had committed the Ia
tai sin against the Holy Ghost
Now, 7 do not think it is possible in
this day 10 commit that sin. I think
il was possible only in apostolic times
But IL is q very terrible thing ever 10
say anything against the Holy Ghost
and il is a marked fact that our race
has been marvelously kept back from
that profanity. You hear q man swear
by the name of the Eternal God. and
by the name of Jesus Christ. bur YOU
never heard a man swear by the name
of the Holy Ghost There are those
here to-day who fear they are guilty of
objectionable sin. Have YOU such anX-
iety? Then I have % tell You positive
ly that YOU nave not committed that
sin. because the very anxiety is The
result of the movement Of the gracious
Spirit. and your anxiety is proof posi-
tive. as certainly as anything that can
be demonstrated in mathematics, that
you have not
COMMITTED THE SIN
that have been speaking Of. I can
look of upon this audience and feel
that there is salvation for all II is
not like when they put out with those
hfe-bOatS frOm the Loeb Earn for
N1s nrrrarr- Hherse
was not room for all the passengers,
but they were going TO do as we'll as
they could. But to-day we man the
life-bOat of the Gospel, and we cry out
over the sea, Room for allH' Oh that
the Lord Jesus Christ would, this hour
bring YOU an out OF the flood of sin, ana
plant YOU on the deck of the glorious
old Gospel craft!
But while 1 have said do not think
It is possible for us TO commit the par
ticular sin spoken OF in the first text,
have by reason Of the second text TO
call your attention 20 the fact that there
are sins which. though they may be
pardoned are, in some respects,
irrevoEablo, and YOU can find
no place for repentance, though
You seek it carefully with
tears Esau had q birthright given
him I'm Olden times IL meant not only
temporal but spiritual blessing. One
day Esau took this birthright ana
traded it or for something TO eat Oh
the folly, But lct us not be too severe
upon him. for some OF as have commits
ted the same folly. After he had mazda
the trade. he wanted 90 get it back
Just as though YOU tomorrow morning
should take AN your notes and bonds
and government securities. and should
20 into a restaurant. and in q tt or
recklessness and hunger throw an
those securities ON the counter and ask
for q plate OF food making that cN-
change. This w0s the one ESou made
He sold his birthright for a mess Of
nottage. and ne was very sorry about q
afterward; but DE found no place Of re-
pentauce. though ne sought 10 carefully
with tears.
THERE is AN IMPRESSION
I'm almost every mans mind that somc>
where In the future there will DE q
chance where DE can correct all his
mistakes.
belonging to this class of ireyocable
mistakes is Jho folly of mlSspeut
youth. & man wakes up &c forty years
of axe and finds char bis youth has
been wasted and he strives to get hac5
his early advantages. Does ne get
them back-the days of boyhooi, The
DAYS in college. tbe days under his
fathers roof1
A consecratej m9n DE now Is. and "a
mourus bitterly over early sims. but
that does not arrest their bodily effects
The simple fact chat men and women