Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-26

stronger cor ro.atl0l
.aa encourasemcnt Than those of the
seruon prepared by rev. Dr. Tamaee
for to-day. His Subject was ~surpas-
sas Splendors With nimitable
touch. lac has pictured the eloras and
attractions of the world beyond the
skies i'm way to bring JOY to believing
souls, and to fasciuate even the
thoughtless and indifferent The text
was; Eve has not seen nor ear heard.
l. Cor. 2.9.
81 am going to- Heavent 7 lam going
10 Heaven. Heaveni Heaven, Heaven
These were the last words uttered
few days ago by my precious wife as
she assembled TO- De with God for ever
and is il no, natural as wen as Chris
t.aniy appropriate, that our thoughts
be much directed towards the glorious
residence OF which ST. Paul speaks I'm
the text have chosen.
The city of Corintb has been called
the Paris OF antiquity. Indeed, for
splendor, The world holds no such won
der to-day. It stood on an isthmus
washed by two seas, the one sea bring
ing the commerce of Asia. From heg
Wharves iu the construction of which
whole kingdoms had been absorbed.
War-galleys with three banks of oars
pushed ont and COMPOUNDED the navy
yards OF an the world Huge-handod
machinery. such as modern invention
cannot eque., lifted sbius from the sea
on one side and transported them on
trucks across the isthmus and set them
down in The sea on the other side
The revenue officers of the city went
down through The olive groves that
lined the beach 90 collect a tauu from
am nations. The mirth of an people
spOred in her Isthmian games ana
the beauty OF an lands sat i0 her tnea-
tres. walked her portcoes. and threw
itse- on the altar OF her s-upend0us
sipatiOns Column. and statue and
temple bcwildered the behollor. There
were white marble fountains into
which. from auerturos at the side.
there rushed waters everywhere known
for hea.th-giving qualities. Around
these basins. twisted into wroaths of
stone. there were all the bc1tios OF
sculpture and architecture. while
standing as if To- guard tbo costly
display was statue of Hercules or
FURNISHED Corinthlan brass. Vases OF
terra Gotta adorned the cemeteries of
the deed-vases SO costly chat julius
Caesar was not satisfied until ne had
captured them for Rome. Armed olI-
Gals. Che "COriuthiaru.' paced up and
down tO see that mo- statue was dies
faced. no pedestal overtlr0wn. no bass
relief touched From the edge OF Jhe
city bin arose. with its magnificent
burden of columns and towers. and
temples Zone thousand slaves AWAITING
atone shrInel and q citaS2l SO thG,-
6usbIy @uHpregnabla ,h9t Gibraltar is
n heap o.. sand compared with &c.
Amid an that strength and magid,
cence. Corinth stood and dcfei tho
world
Oh. it was not 10 rustics who he'd
never seen anything grand that $50 Taul
uttered this toXt They had heard The
best music that had come from Tho
best Instruments in am the world. they
had heard songs floating from morn
ing pOrtic0es and melting I'm evening
groves: they had passed their whole
lives away amOrs pictures. and scu'p~
ture. and architecture. and Corinthian
BRASS which had been nodded and
shaped. Unri there was no chariot
wheel in which r. had not sped. and mo-
tower I'M which it had not e'ittored.
and no gateway that it had not adorned.
All, it was bold thing for Paul TO-
stand there amid am that and soy. can
this is nothing These sounds that
come from the temple of Neptune are
not music compared with Che harmony
OF which I speak. These waters rlsh-
ing in tho basin of Iyreno are not pure.
These statues OF BGcclus and Mercury
are not exquisite. NoD citadel of Aero
c1ruthUs is not strong compared with
that which offer 10 Che poorest slave
That puts down his burden att THAT
brazel gaze. You. Corinthians think
this @ splendid city, you think y0u
have heard all sweet sounds. and seen
an beautiful sights but ! tell you eye
hath not seen, NOR ear hoard. neither
have entered ntO The heart of man.
the things which God hath prepared
for them chat love him.
You see uy text sets forth the idea
that. however exalted our ideas may
le of heaven. they come far short OF
the reality. Some wise men have been
calculating h0w many uurloues long
and wi6c is heaven, and they have calls
culatcd how many inhabitants .lcrc
are ON earth. how long the earth win
probably stand. and then they come