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

elites of death can that substance ever
fall victim of death? Ny friends. I
am nearly afraid to express the idea
that comes across my mind, this very
moment Yet will speak it: The ON
nipOtent power of Almighty God proves
itself unable TO conquer the disobedi-
ent will of the fallen angels and of the
human reprobate who join them; and
the eternal chastisement which His JUS
tice inhicts on their stubbornness is
only re-echOing their. eternal mon ser
yiam'-I will not submit How could
a human soul ever die, which has such
a power of resistance?
'Hearken to the loud
VOICE OF THE HUMAN HEART
crying for the immortality Of the soul
as the only possible goal of its immeas-
ureable aspirations and desires. The
human heart Graves for happiness.
This craving is its very existence, the
motor of every one of its beats. It's
thirst for happiness is wider than the
ocean. wider than the earth. wider than
the whole creation. 1t is unquenchable
down here. Riches, pleasures. fame,
glory, all the goods of the world united
In bunch. would only serve to increase
it. The millionaire burns for more
millions. of which he has no need the
libertine dashes away with disgust the
bitter cup of disappointment: the am
bilious breaks his energy on the rock
of dissolution. When Caesar was tho
lord of half the world. he said bitterly:
rs this alp" Alexander shed tears
because he could find no more nations
to conquer. Solomon standing on the
pinnacle of human happiness, having
exhausted all the pleasure that riches.
glory, honor and the full qualifications
of his good and evil passions can give
a human being, expressed his disap-
pOintment by his solemn Vanity Of
Vanities. Perfect happiness is not TO
be found on earth for man, although
it is within the reach for lower animals.
"When the horse has eaten all the hay
and oats he wants, it is conrented TO
the full extent of the demand of its ma
ture. When the tiger has quenched its
thirst in the blood of its prey, 1t is
happy to the full measure of its capac-
ity for happiness. The little bird sings
its cOntentment on the branch OF the
tree. when it has picked the grains it
needs The human heart alone fails
to find provision for his desires Why?
Because, while the lower animals, ere
ated fOrthis world only. find their des-
tiny in this world with which they
perish, man is not created only for this
world. and his destiny is not on earth
The aspirations of his soul embrace
more than tn, whole creation and all
times; their goal is the eternal possess
sion of the Creator.
Such is also the teaching of the
VOICE OF GOD
revealing to man that he was created
in the image and likeness Of God. That
image of divinity is not in the human
body, for God is not matter IL is in
his immortal soul. How precious.
therefore, is that immortal soul OF
yours, my dear Christian friends. 1t is
more valuable than all the treasures
that are contained in the bowels of the
earth. more valuable than all the I'M
known riches that exist in the stars
and the planets: more valuable than the
immense bulk of the whole visible
world. No arithmetical figures could
express the value of your immortal
soul; no human tongue could tell its
worth; no angelic language could set its
price God alone can value it, He did
value it. How much? The blood and
the life of His incarnate son. And that
precious soul is yours, my friends Ii
is under your own control; it is left TO
living a few years on earth is 10 secure
its eternal salvation How do you
stand to-day with your charge