Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-24

mon sounds theGote Of triumph. note
that an viii be glad to hear in these
times when so many are uttering and
writing jeremiads Of disbursement
Dr. TaImage took as his text, Genesis
1910, Unto him shall the gathering Of
the people be-"
Through a supernatural lens, or what
might call a prophescope, dying Jacob
looks down through the corridors Of
the centuries until he sees Christ the
center of an popular attraction and
the greatest being in all the world, so
everywhere acknowledged. 1t was not
always so. The world tried hard TO
put him down and to put him out.
In the year 1900. while eXcayating Tor
antiquities ffty-three miles northeast
OF Rome. a copper-pI5te tablet was
found containing
THE DEATH-WARRANT
of the Lord Jesus Christ, reading in
this wise:
In the year II OF the empire Of
Tiberius Caesar. and on the 25th Of
March. I. Ponuus PLATE. Governor OF
Praetore. condemn Jesus of Nazareth
TO die between two thieves. Quintius
Cornelius to lead him forth to the
place OF execution.
The death-Wayrant was signed by
several names. First, by Daniel. rabbi
Pharisee. secondly. by Johannes,
rabbi: thirdly. by Raphael; fourthly,
by Capet. a private citizen This capt
tai punishment was executed accord
inE 10 law. The name of the thief
oruc,fed on the right hand side Of
Christ was Dismas; the name OF the
thief crUcifed on the left hand side of
Christ was Gestus POutius PLATE, de-
scribiug the tragedy says the whole
world lighted candles from noon until
n.ebt Thirty-three years Of mall
treatment They ascribe his birth 70
bastardy and his death 20 eXcruciarOn.
A wall of the city, built about those
times and recently exposed by archae-
Cl0gis-s. shows a caric3ture Of Jesus
Christ evidencing the contempt in
which he was held by many in his day
that cariCature ON the wall repre-
senrug @ cross and a donkey nailed
90 it. and under it the inscription: "This
is the Christ whom the people wor-
ship But 7 rejoice that that day is
some bv.
OUR CHRIST is COMING OUT
from under the worlds abuse. The
most popular name on earth to-day is
the name of Christ. Where he had
ono friend Christ has q thousand
friends. The scOners have become the
worshippers. OF the twenty most Gel
ehrated infdels i'm Great Britain in our
day rs have come back to Christ trying
20 undo the blatant mischief of their
liyes-sixteen ont of the twenty
Every man who writes q letter or signs
q document. Willingly or unwittingly.
hOnOrs Jesus Christ We date every
thing as p. c.. or a. D.-B. c.. before
Christ: A. d.. Ammo Domino. i'm the
year of our Lord. All the ages Of
history on the pivot Of the upright
beam of the Cross of the Son of God.
r.. c.. s. ID. do not care what YOU
caN him; whether COnQuerOr. or King.
or Morning Star. or sun of Righteous
ness. or Balm Of Gilead. or Lebanon
Cedar. or Brother, or Friend. or take
the name used i'm the verse from which
7 take my text. and call him Shiloh.
which means his son. or the Tranquil
ctor. or the Peacemaker. Shiloh. 7
only want to tell YOU that 'unto him
shall the gathering of the people be 90
Tn the first place. the people are
gathering around Christ for pardon. No
sensible man or healthrully ambitious
man IS
SATISFIED WITH HIS PAST LIFE.
A fool may think he is an right. A
sensible man knows he is not. I do
not care who the thoughtful man is,
the review Of mis- lifetime behavior be-
fore God and man gives TO him no
especial satisfaction. oh he says,
"there have been so many things 7
have done 7 ought not 90 have done,
there have been so many things I have
said I ought never co have said. there
have been so many ,hings 7 have writ
ten I ought never TO have written,
there have been so many things I have
thought 7 ought never to have thought.
7 must somehow get things readjUsted,
I must somehow have the past recon-
s,ructed; there are days and months
and years which cry out against me
ip horrible voCiferation. All my
brother. Christ adjusts the past by oh
literating if. He does not erase the
record of our uisd0iug with q dash
Of ink from q registers pen. but lifting
his right hand. crushed red at the
palm. he puts it ac3inst the bleeding
brow. and then against his pierced side
and with the crimson accumulation Of
al those wounds Do rUhS oUl Tie ac-
cusatOrv chapter Tie hlots out ovr
iuiQuities. Oh. never De anxious about
tho future. better be anxious about the
past I nut It not at the end of my
sermon: put TT at the front; Mercy
and pardon through Shiloh. the sin
pcrd0ning Christ. Unto him shall
the gathering of the people be-" "Oh. -
Saws some man. Ell have for forty years
been rs bad as 7 could be and is there
any mercy for me9" Mercy for YOU.
cob" SAYS someone here. ct had .
crand ancestry. the hottest of fathers.
and the fondest of mothers. and for
nv rerfdy there is no excuse. DO Won
think there IS any mercy for meH''
Mercy for vou ~BUt." S7vs another
man. ct fear I have committed what
they call
THE UNPABDONABLE SIN.
and the Bible saws that if q man COM
INIT that sin ne is neither 10 he forgiven
m This wnrll nor lie would m cnrro