Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-25

GLc Row mUcl or l4e "Ci iN 49,
sorb?" are the chief questions. IAey
feeI about the common people as IAs
Turks fslt towards the Asapi, or com
mon soldiers. considering them o. no
use EXCEPT TO MI up the bitches Vi1A
their dead bodies While the other troops
rzlked over them 10 take the Tort. Al
ter awhile this prince OF worldly sue
cess f. sick. The only iDteTest society
has in his liness is tde effect that MS
possible Cecease may have on the money
markets. After awhile he dies. Great
ne FspaDcr capitals announce no" ne
starred with nothing and ended Win
everything. Although for sake OF ap-
1oarauce some people put h2nCAer-
chiefs to the eye, there is
NOT ONE GENUINE TEAR
shed. The heirs sit up all night when
he lies in state, discussing what the
cid fellow he's probably done with his
money. Ii takes all the livery stables
within two miles to furnish funeral
eauiDagas. and all the mourning stores
are keps busy in selling weeds o. griei.
The stOnc-cu- tiers send in proposals Tor
monument. The minister at the CO.
scouics reads OF the 81 direction. when
makes the hearers fear that II the I'M
scruDul0us inGncier does come I'D IN
the general rising. ne viii try 10 set
corner" on tom bSJOCes and graveyard
fences. All good men are glad that the
moral nuisance has been removed. The
Wall street spectators are glad because
there is more room for themselves. The
heirs are glad because they set posses
sion Cf tlo long-jelayod inheritance.
Dropping every feather Of all his
Dlumes. every certificate of all his stock,
every bond of all his investments, every
dollar Of all his fortune. he departs,
and all he rolling of Dead March in
Saul and al the p2geantry OF his IN
termelt. and al the exQuisiteness Of
. sarc5nlagus. and al the extravaganza
Of eD.t3phology cannot hide the fact
that my text has come again 10 trC-
melJ0us fulflneat: Men shall clap
their hands al him and shall hiss him
on Of his place"
You see the clapping comes before the
hiss The world
CHEERS BEFORE IT DAMNS.
So it is said the deadly asp t;ckles be-
fore il stiugs. Going up, is he? Hur-
ran, Stand back and let his gall0ping
horses dash by. q whirlwird of plated
harness and tinkling head gear and
arched neck. Drink deep of his Ma
deira and cOgn3c Boast Of how well
YOU know him. All hats of as ne passes
Bask FOR days and years in the sunlight
o. his prosperity. Goirg down. is he?
Pretend TO We near-sighted so that YOU
cannot see him as he walks past. When
men ask yOu II YOU know him, halt and
hesitate. as though you We're trying "a
call up O dim memory. and say: Well
YES. yes: ! believe | once did know
him. but have not seen him for lona
lille" Crcss Q different ferry from
the one where YOU used TO meet him lest
ne ask for financial help. When you
started life he spoke a good word for
you at the bank. Talk down his credit
now that his fortunes ere c0il2psing.
He pat his name on two Of your notes
tell him that YOU have changed yCur
mind about such things. and that You
never indOrse. After 2 while his mat
tiers come to a deed halt end an as
signmcnt or suspension or sheriff's sale
takes place. You say: Tie ought to
have stopped sooner. Just as I eN-
pected.
He MADE TOO BIG A SPLASH
in the world. Glad the balloon has
burst. Ia, har' Applause when he
went up. sibilant derisiou when he came
down. Men shall clap their hands at
him and hiss him ont of his place So
high up amid the crass. the eagle fut-
tiers dust into the eyes Of the roe6uck
which then. with eyes blinded, goes
Un bling over the pgeCipice. the great
antlers crashing on the rocks.
NOW. compare some OF these gOiugs
out of life with the departure Of men
and women who. in the drama Of life
take the part that God assigned them
and then went away hOnored of men
and 2Dpi3Uded OF the Lord Almighty
Il is about fifty years ago taat in a COM
paratively small apartment Of the city
newly married pair set mp home
The first guest invited TO that residence
was the Lord Jesus Christ and the Bible
given the bride Oh the day Of her eSp5us-
al was the guide of that household
DAYS Of sunshine were followed by DAYS
Of shadow. Did You ever know a home
that for fifty years had no vicissiiuda
The young woman who left her fathers
house for her young husbands home
started CGt with parental benediCtiOn
and good advice she viii never forget
Her mother said 10 her the day before
#r~
are going away from us. Of course rs
long as your father and I live you viii
feel that YOU can come TO us any time.
But your home will be elsewhere. From
long experience find it is
BEST TO SERVE GOD.
II is very bright with you now. my
child. ard You may think YOU can get
along without religion, but the day will
come when you viii want God and my
advice is. establish a family altar. and.
II need be. conduct the worship your
self" The counsel was taken. and that
Young wife COnSecrated every room in
the house TO God.
Years passed on and there were in
that home hi.lrities. bU- they we're good
and hsalthtul; ard sorrows, but they
we're conferred. Marriages as bright
as Oranse blossoms CONT make them.
sud tu-iais IN when au hearts were
rirea. They have a family lot in the
cemetery. but al the place is ;lluminat-
ed with stories o. resurrection and re-
union. The children Of the household
Cha, lived have grown up and they are
all Christians. the father and mother
leading the way and the children fol-
loving. WHAT care the mother took of
wardrobe and education. character and
manners, How hard she some times