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

lieVe, or how you act -yOu eio oo"uN
FOR heaven anyhow.
THERE THEY SIT, SIDE BY SIDE,
in beavsnl Garfield, and Guiteau, who
shot him: Lincoln. aud John wilkes
Booth, who assaSsinated him; NashihS-
ton, aud ThOmls Paine, who SiauUerad
him; Mana Sanib. and the missionaries
whom he dubbed % death az Cawnpore;
Herod. and the children whom he mas
sacred. Paul, and Nero, VINO oeheaded
him. As a result OF the PRONUNCIATION
OF such monErel and conglomerate
heaven, there are millions Of people 10
ChrisJendom who expect 20 90 straight
10 heaven from their seragli0S. snd
their inebriation, and their suicides,
when among the lOutest thunderS that
break over the baSaltic island 20 Wnlch
81. john was expatriated, was the one
10 which God announced that "the
aoOminable, and the murderers, ana
whoremongers, and sorcerers, aud ldOIa-
ters, and sl liars shall have their place
ia the lake which burneth with hre
aud birthstone, which Is the second
death" correct what l said when de-
clare the Gospel was buried fifty feet
deep: 10 is buried q thousand feet deep.
Had The glorious GOspe. beer given full
opportunity, 1 think that this world
would have had no need Of pulpit, OF
sermon, or prayer, or church, out
thanksgiviug and hOsannas would have
ras8uudet 10 the temple % which the
mountains would have been pillars, aud
the blue sides the dome, aud the rivers
the 5aDtlstery. aud all nations the Wor-
shippers o the auditorium or the out
spread world. But so far from ihat As
I remarked ln the opening sentence OF
this sermon. the greatest novelty or the
time is tle Gospel. Aud let me say 10
the hundreds OF thousands of educated
aud so eudid young men about 10 enter
the Gospel ministry from the theological
seninaries of all denominations, on this
aad the other side OF the seas, that
there IS no drawing power like the glor'
tous Gospel "dim hath God lifted up
90 draw all men unto him" Get your
souls charged and
SJECHAEGED WITH THIS GOSPEL
and you Will have large audiences, and
will NOT nave 20 announce in order 20
assemble such audiences, sunday
night sacred concert. with a brief ad-
dress 0y the pastor, or the presence OF
BLACK PatjrS,' or Creole Minstrels,
or some new exposure OF Tammany, or
a sermon accom- panied by magic Ian
tern, or stereOptican views.
Toe glorious gospel Of the blessed
God as spoken OF ia my text will have
more drawing power, and when that
gospel gets iu,l swing 10 will have
momentum and power mIghtier than
thar OF the Atlantic ocean, when under
the force OF she September equinox 10
strikes the Highlands OF the Navesiak.
The meaning of the word Gospel is
''zuOI news, ' and my text saws 10 Is
glorious good fIews, and We must tell 10
iu our churches, aud over our dry goods
counters, and in our factories, and over
our threshIng machines, and behind
our plOughs, and on our ships decks,
aud 10 our parl0rs our nurse
ries, and kitchens. as though II
were glorious good news, aud a0t with
a dismal draw Ia our voice, and dis
NAL look on our faces, as though relig-
ion were a rheumatic twlnge, or dys-
attack OF nervous prOStratiln. WIKI
nine "blessed" or "hapyys,' Christ be-
gan his sermon on the Mount; Blessed
the poor; blessed the mouruer; blessed
the meek; bic sci the hungry; blessed
the mercifu.; blessed the pure; blessed
the peace-masers; blessed the perSecut-
ed; blessed The revlled; blessed blessed,
blessed; happy, happy, happy Glorious
good news for tne Young as through
Christ they may have thejr coming
years eun06'ed. and for lifetime all
the angels Of God their coadiutors aud
all The armies Of heaven their allies.
GLORIOUS GOOD NEWS
FOR the miidle-aged as through Christ
they may have their perpIexities olsen
tangled, anu their courage rallied, and
their victory over all obstacles and
hiGdrances made forever sure. Glorious
good news for the aged as they may
have the sympathy OF Him of whom
ST. John wrote: "His head and his
hairs were white like wool, as white as
suow,' and TIE defence OF the ever
lasting arms. Glorious good news for
the dying as they may have minister
ing spirits 90 escort tnem, and opening
gates 60 receive them, aud a sweep OF
eternal gIories TO enc,rcle them, and
the welcome OF loving Goa 10 eR-
bosom them.
ON, my text is right when it speaks
OF tho glorious Gospel. 10 Is au luYl-
tati0n from the most radiant Being
that ever trod the earth, or assembled
the heavens, 90 you aud me 20 come
aud be- made happy; and then take
after that ROYAL Castle for everlast-
iug residence. the angels OF God our
cup-0ea rers
Aud tleu the ROYAL Castle into which
We step outof this life, without so much
az s0iIug our foot with the upturned
earth OF the grave. They shall reign
forever and ever Does not that mean
shat you are If saved % be kings and
queens, and do NOS kings and queens
nave castles? But the one tlat YOU are
offered was for thIrcy-three years.
Though an abandoned castle while
Christ was here achieving your redemp-
ti0n is again occu pisd Jy the "Chief
among ten thousand, " and some Of your
own kindred who have gone up, aud
waiting for you, are leaning from the
balcony. The windows of that castle
.0OS or on she kings gardens where
immortals walk linked in eternal friend
snip; aad the banQustt.ng nall Of that
castle mas princes and princesSes at the
table: and the wiae is "the new wiae OF
the kingdom" and the supper is the
marriage supper Of the Lamb; aud
there are fountains into which no tear
ever teil. aud there is music tuat trem-
5les with no grief. aud the light that
falls upon the scene is never beclOuded,
ard there is the kiss of those reunited
after long separation.
MORE NERVE WILL WE HAVE
there than now, or we would swoon
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