Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-25

s,,1Dorr ON small income-three trou-
bIss' could march right risAl on
These seats. and across this platform IL
fbqr would come at my CALL I'VE nun
lr.al ra3Dia with three troubles.
T,rr Wesley had three troubles;
Defamation by mObs, domestic lhleill-
itv. fatigue from more sell-ol'1
rraacred and more miles Travelled ,-l,.u
almost any man of his time. " llat
docs ho saw The best or all is Oo'
is with U.S. ....,.,,
GEORGE WHITEFIELD
had three troubles: Rejection from the
..,.f7its of ENGLAND because he was TOO
frametfc-tnat was one trouble; stia-
hismus or the crossing OF ms eyes
rhat subjected him TO The caricature OF
au The small wits of the day; vermla
and dead animals thrown aJ MN WINE
he nraachod on the C0mmons-thaI
made three troubles.
Notice in my text victory over VA"
weather. IT was a. snowy day WIeu
ones vitality is at a low eOD, ana l"G
s1i-fts are naturally depressed, ana
One does not feel like undertaking q
GREAT enterprise. when be1alah fuDs
hi. hands together I'd warm lleM hE
avfra friction or threstes ns arms
around him 10 revive circulation or lhe
blood. and then goes at the non. NAi~N
was am the more fierce and ra'e42ls
because of the sharp weather. lnspli-
alton here admits atmospheric NM
draucc The snowy day a- N"'iel
Forge wen nigh put an end 10 I'e
struggle for American lnaenelOeuce
THE snowy dav demolished Napoleon
army ON the way from Moscow. Ihe
f7rraweucv of january and February
weather. has some wears b&uErupted
thousands of merchants. Long snc-
.es.iou of stormy SabnaJhs has GRIP
pIed mnumerabIe churches. IiSAJ-
houses yelled by the snow ON many 81
coast have failed TO warm of from the
rocks the doomed frisate. TENS OF
thousands of Christians OF nervous
teuDerameut by the depression OF d
snowy day almost despair OF reachlhS
heaven. Yet. i'm that style OF weather
PeraIsb of the text achieved his most
celebrated victory, and let us by the
rra.. of God become victor over lnlu-
ences atmospheric.
Notice everything down i'm the pit
that snowy day depended upon beudl-
ans weapon There was rs much
strength i'm one muscle of that lion as
i'm AN the muscles of both arms of Be
uai3b. It is the strongest OF beas1s'
and has been known 10 carry or an OK
It's tongue is so rough that 1T acts as a
raso tearing Off the flesh it leEs. me
TWO great CANNES AT each side of the
mouth make ESCAPE impossible for any
thing it has once seized. Yet Benaiah
puts his heel on the neck of this king
of beasts" Was it a dagger? Was it
q iave.ao Was IL q knife? I cannot
tell. bat everyt thing depended upon IL.
ALL MY HEARERS AND READERS
have a big fight of some sort on hand,
but the biggest and the wrathlest ion
which YOU have To- fight is what the
Bible calls THE roaring lion, who
vaIke.h about. seeking whom he may
Geyour' Now. YOU have never seen
a real lion unless YOU have seen him lis
India or Africa, just after capture.
Long cagiug breaks his spirit. and the
constant presence OF human beings
tames him. But YOU ought to see HIM
-D,ug against the iron bars I'm the ZOO
logical Garden of Calcutta. and hear
him roar for the prey. liz makes ones
blood CurdIe. and YOU shrink back, all
thoueh YOU know there is no peril
Plenty Of lions I'm Olden time. SIX
hundred of them were slaughtered on
one occasion i'm the Nesence of Pom
pev in the Roman Amphithcare. LII
ons came ont and destroyed the c3meis
which carried the baggage Of NerNes
army. In Bible times there We're so
many lions that they are frequently
alluded 20 i'm the Scriptures. joel the
Dronher. describes the Cheek teeth OF
p great lion: and Isaiah mentions
among Ahe attractions Of heaven that
no Hon shall be there's. and Amos
soeaks of q shepherd taking q lamb is
ear ont of the mouth of lion; and
Solomon describes the righteous as
"boll as q liOu.' and Daniel was great
lion-tamer: and David and Jeremiah,
and ST. John often speak OF this Great
We.
A word to- an who are i'm a snowy
day. Oh. fathers and mothers who
have lost children. that is the weather
that cuts through the body and soul.
But drive back the lion of bereavement
with tine thought which David Rae. a
Edinburgh. got from the Scotch grave
digger. who was always planting white
clover and the sweetest flowers
on TIE CHILDBEN'S GRAVES
i'm tine cemetery. and when asked why
ne did So. replied. surely. sir. ] cam
ma make over fine tho bed cOverin' Z.
"a little innocent sleeper that's waitin'
there tll it's Gods time 20 Vaken it.
and cover 10 with the white robe, and
watt 10 away to glory. When sic
grandeur is Waitin iJ yOndcr. its INT ut
should be- decked DOT here. Z think the
Savior that counts its bust sac precious
will like 90 see the white clover sheet
spread over it. DO ye no think so too.
eir2" Cheer up all discOnsOlates. The
best work for God and humanity has
been done ON the snowy day. AT
gloomy Marine Terrace Island Of
Jersey. the exile Victor Hugo wrought
the mightiest achievements Of his pen.
Ezekiel bduishej and berC-t and am
invalid at COruhiiL on the banks of
the Chebar. had his moment0us vision
OF the Cherubim. and wheels within
wheels. BY Che dim light of a dungeon
window &c Bedford. John Bunyon
sketches the "D5iectable Mountains
Milton writes The greatest poem of an
time without eyes. Michael Angelo
carved a statue ont Of snow AMI am
Florence eazej in raptures ut its eX-
uusitcuess. and many OF Gods SER
wants have ONT of the cold cut their i'm
mortality. Prosecutions were the dark
Background that made more impress
i've the courage and conservation of