Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-03

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shall see the Lord and if YOU have any
idea thar YOU can carry along your sins,
your luss, your wOrldliness, and yet
get at the end Of the Christian race.
YOU are so awfully mistaken, that, in
the name Of God, / shatter the delu-
sion.
Still further: the road spoken Of il g
plain road The wayfaring men,
though fools. shall not err therein
That is. il q man is three-four-hs an
idiot he can find this road just as well
as If ne were philosopher. The i'm
beetle boy. the laughing-sJOck OF the
street. and followed by a mob hooting
ar him. has only just TO knock once at
the gate of heaven. and it swings open;
while there has been many man who
can lecture about pneumaics, and
chemistry. and tell the story o. Fara-
days heory of electrical polarization,
and yet has been shut out Of heaven.
There has been many q man who stood
I'm an observatory and swept the heav-
ems With his telescope, and yet has not
been able 10 see
THE MORNING STAR
Many a man has been familiar with all
the higher branches of mathematics,
and yet could not do the simple sum;
"What shall il profit a man il he gain
tile whole world and lose his own sOul?'
Many man has been a fine reader Of
tragedies and poems, and yet could not
"read his title clear to mansions i'm the
skies Many a man has bOtanized
across the continent, and yet not known
the Rose of Sharon, and the Lily o. the
Valley But if one shall come in the
rigfr spirit, asking the way to heaven,
he viii find it plain way The pardon
is plain. The peace is plain Every
thing is plain. lie who tries to get on
the road of heaven through the New
Testament teaching Will get ON beauti-
fully. He who goes through philoso-
phical discussion will not get on at all.
Christ says. Come TO me- and l viii
take an your sins away, and I viii take
an your troubles away" Now. what is
the use of my discussing il any more?
is not that plain? If YOU wanted 10 go
TO some city and I pointed YOU out a
highway thoroughly laid cut. would I
Dee wise I'm OBTAINING You by q geological
discussion about the gravel YOU viii
pass over. or O physiological discussion
AboUJ the muscles You viii have to
bring into play? No. After this Bible
has
POINTED YOU THE WAY
10 heaven. is it wise for me to detain
YOU with any discussion about the ma
rure OF the human viii or whether the
a-0uement is limited or unlimited?
There is the road-go on it, Ii is a
plain way-"This is q faithful saying.
and worthy OF an occupation, that
Christ Jesus came into the world 10
save sinners" And that is YOU and
that is me. ANY little child here can
understand this as we'll as I can, I'm
less YOU become as little child. YOU
cannot see the kingdom of God" If
YOU are saved it viii not be as phil
Csopher, it viii he as a little child.
"Cf such is the kingdom Of heaven"
Unless YOU get the spirit of little chill
dren, You viii never come out at their
glorious destiny.
Still further: this road to heaven is a
safe road. Sometimes the traveller i'm
those ancient highways would think
himself perfectly secure. not knowing
there was q lion by the way. burying
his head d8ep between his paws. and
then. when the right moment came. un-
der the fearful spring. the mans life
was gone. and there was q mauled car
cass by the roadside. But says my text.
No lion shall be there" / wish
could make YOU feel
YOUR ENTIRE SECURITY.
tell you plainly that one minute after
q man has become q child of God. he is
q ssafe as though he had been ten thou-
sand years i'm heaven. He may sliD.
me may slide. he may stumble: but he
cannot DE destroyed Kept by the
power of God. through faith. unto com
plete salvation. Everlastingly safe.
The severest trial 90 which YOU can
subject O. Christian man is to kin him.
and that is glory. I'm other words. the
worst thing that can happen a child
OF God is heaven. The body is only
the old slippers that he throws aside
just before putting on the sandals %
lSlt. His soul, yau cannot hurt il.
no irc7 can consume 10. No floods can
drown it. No devils can capture il.
Sill. further. the road spoken of is
A PLEASANT ROAD.
God gives q bond of indemnity against
all evil 20 every man that rreads H.
All things work together for good 10
those who love Cod No weapon
formed agains, them can prosper. That
is the bond, signed, sealed. and deliv-
cred by The President Of the whole uni
verse. What is The use of your fret
ting. Oh child of God. about food9
Behold the fowls of the air: for thew
SOW not neither do they reap. nor
gather into barns; yet your heavenly
Father teedeth them" And will he
take care Of the sparrow. viii he take
care of The raven, viii ne take care Of
the hawk. and let You die? What is
me use OF your fretdng about clothes2
consider the lilies Of The field Shall
he not much more cl0tbe YOU. Oh We Of
little fairh?' What is the use worry
ing for fear something will happen 10
your hOme2 'IIe blesseth the habit9-
ti0n of the just" What is the use of
your frc,ting lest YOU win be overcome
of temptations? God is faithful. who
viii not suffer YOU TO be tempted above
that ye are able; but viii with the
tempt2tiOn also make a way to escape.
that ye may De able to bear it," Oh
this Kings highway Trees of life on
either side, bending over until their
BRANCHES interlock and drop midway
their fruit and shade. Houses Of en-
ter-ainment on either side the road for