Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-15

Jackson. and PIERCE, ana TOiA' an"
Cleveland have attended iD. DR.. Tai
mage chose for his text Rev. S;1O1l:
There fell a great star from heaven
burning as it were a lamp, and 1t fell
upon the third part Of the rivers ana
upon the fountains Of waters; and the
name of the star is called Norwood.
Many commentators, like Patrick
IOwth. Thomas Scott, Matthew Henry
and Albert Barnes agree in saying that
the star Norwood, mentioned IN Rev
elation was Attila. King Of the Huns.
He was so called because he was Drill
liant as a star. and, like NORWOOD, he
embittered everything he touched. We
have studied the Star OF Bethlehem, and
the Morning Star OF Revelation, and the
Star of Peace, but my present subject
calls US to gaze az the star Norwood,
and my theme might be called Brilliant
Bitterness.
A more
EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER
history does not furnish than this man
thus referred to. Attila, the King Of the
Huns. One day a wounded heifer came
limping along through the fields, and
a herdsman followed its bloody track
on the grass to see where the heifer
was wounded. and went on back fur
Their and further, until he came TO a
sword fast in the earth. the point down.
ward. as though it had dropped from
the heavens. and against the edges Of
this sword the heifer had been cut.
The herdSman pulled up the sword and
presented il 10 Attila. Attila said that
sword must have dropped from the
heavens from the grasp Of the god Mars,
and its being given 10 him meant that
Attila should conquer and govern the
whole earth. Other mighty men have
been delighted at being called liberia
tors. or the merciful. or the good. but
Attila called himself, and demanded
that others call him
THE SCOURGE OF GOD.
At the head of 100000 troops mounted
on CappadOcian horses. he swept every
thing from the Adriatic TO the Black
Sea. He put his mighty heel on Mace
dOnia and Greece and Thrace. He made
Milan and Pavia and Padua and Verona
beg for mercy. which he bestowed not,
The Byzantine castles. to meet his
ruinOus levy. put up at auction massive
silver tables and vases of solid gold.
A city captured by him. the inhabitants
were brought out and put into three
classes: the first class. those who could
bear arms, who must Immediately en-
list under Attila or be butchered; the
second class. the beautiful women. who
l., #t,,
third class. who were aged men and wO-
men. were robbed of everything and
le- go back TO the city TO pay heavy
taxes.
10 was a common saying that the
grass never grew again where the hOOf
Of ATLAS horse had trOd His armies
Redeemed the waters of the Seine and
the MOselle and the Rhine with car
mage. and fought on the Catalonian
Plains
THE FIERCEST BATTLE
since the world stOod-SOO.OOO dead left
on the field. On and on. until all those
who could not oppose him with arms
lay PROSTATE on their faces in prayer.
and. a cloud Of dust seen in the dis
tance. a bishop cried: 1T is the aid of
God As the cloud of dust was blown
aside the banners of reinforcing arm
les marched in to help against Attila,
the Scourge Of God. The unlmportant
occurrences he used as q supernatural
resource. and after three months Of fail
IRE 10 capture the city of AQuileia. and
his army had given up the siege. the
flight of a ,StOrk and her young from
the tower Of the city was taken by him
as a sign that he was to capture the
city. and his army. inspired by the
same occurrence. resumed the siege and
took the walls al a point from which the
stOrk had emerged So brilliant was
the cOnQuerOr in attire that his enemies
could not look at him. but shaded their
eyes or turned their heads.
Slain on the evening of his marriage
BY HIS BRIDE, ILDICO,
who was hired for the assassination.
his followers bewailed him. not with
tears, but with blood. cutting them
selves with knives and lanceS. He was
put into three cofins-the first of iron.
the second of silver. and the third of
gold. He was buried by night. and in
10 his grave We're poured the most val
liable coin and precious stones,
amounting TO the wealth Of Q kingdom.
The grave diggers and all those who
assisted at the burial were masSacred.
so that it would never be known where
50 much wealth was entOmbed. The
Roman Empire conquered the world,
but Attila conquered the Roman En-
pire. He was right in calling himself
a scoUrge. but instead of being the
ScOurge Of God. he was the sCOurge Of
he'll. Because of his brilliance and Bit
terness the commentators were right
In believing him 20 the star Worm
wood. As the regions he devastated
were parts most Opulent with foun-
tains and streams and rivers. YOU see
how graphic is this reference in Reve-
lation: "TherS fell great star from
heaven. burning as IL were a lamp. and
it fell upon the third part of the rivers
and upon the fountains of waters. and
the name OF the star is called Worm
wood"
Have you ever thought how many
E&3sTTERED LIVES
there ara all about Us. misanthropic.
morbid. scrid. saWrnine? The Euro
FN>'4A ttAAN % J-l. WHICH MotMWOOU Is
extracted. artmiSia abSinthium, is a Pc
renuial plant, and al the year round it
Is ready 20 eNhUde its Oh. And in many
human lives there is Q perennial diStil-
lation OF aCrid experiences. Yea. there
are some whose whole work is 10 shed
a balefGl influence on others. There
are A,,iias o; the home. or Attilas OF
The social circle, or Attilas of the
Church. or AtciiaS OF the State. and