Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-05


had wronged the weak and hurt the
dumb animals who couldn't speak, ana
yet who were so loyal. And some
claimed that they only had little SINS
THE LITTLE SINS COLLECTED
together seemed to make huge black
ball ready to strike them and send
them into darkness. Another woman
know went by me and caught my skirt,
saying she was so afraid. And the
Voice said to her, You thought OF noun
ing while living but that which
made you more attractive in the
eyes OF the world. Here your
jewels and your velvets and your
silks do not hide the black heart
that they cover. The little pink tongue
that shows between. those deceitful
lips has liar written upon it, and the
white hands are marked dishonest, for
instead of using your beauty for some
great purpose, you made fools OF men /
with it. You stole away their brains,
and made them misuse the talents that
came to them from heaven. And as she
vent away, something awesome came
about Cnder her beautiful clothes
could be seen her body, and on it burns
ed in letters of fire the sins OF which
she had been rightfully accused.
All at once everyone disappeared.
Bat where men and women had been
I saw troops and troops of little chill
dren hurrying as fast as they could,
the tinieSt ones tumbling over each
other in their eagerness TO get ahead.
And l stopped one and asked her what
il all meant; and in the voice OF a child
that l knew. of a child who had gone
to sleep long ago, she answered, 1--WE
are the little children going to plead
for our mothers" And the Voice said,
There are women wicked enough 20
kill their unborn babes, and yet these
children are, so many times their sal
walton"
MAGIC OF BABY HANDS.
Baby hands have led many a woman
in the way she should go, and to a wo-
man whose heart is loving, even dead
baby means much, for it is one who
kneels at the throne and never ceases
to pray.
Then I gained courage and asked:
"Will there always be prayer?'
And the answer came, Forever and
forever. And whether you kneel down
to say your prayer or whether you think
it out with great intensity in your own
heart be sure that it is pleasing TO
Him who can grant you what you wish.
What is the matter with the world that
it prays so little? Prayers go up from
the churches but many of them are
meaningless. Men and women should
never be afraid to pray. No matter
how slight thing that which you long
for may seem, ask God for it. If sorrow
comes and You need sympathy, and the
words die on your lips, these words
asking for help, remember there is One
VINO can read the heart as an open page,
and answer without the spoken ques-
ton. What is the matter with the
world? 1t is a beautiful world. The
sun shines over it, and the skies, in
their many colorings. picture the Sky
which hangs over the Eternal City.
But men look down and grovel rather
than stand erect Wickedness, if it be
richly gowned, if it be framed in gold.
and thievery with gems set about il.
and unbelief in a clatter of tongues are
all thought much of by those who look
, down and who are blind And yet
there are pure souls, great souls and
loving souls in this old world of yours.
There are men and women who deny
themselves for the sake OF some one
else, men and women to whom truth is
known, and men and women who are
rich in goodness and loving kindness.
THE HYPOCRITES DOOM.
TIT slss.s q
time comes, Will YOU go with me?"
And the Voice answered. mo. You
must stand before God alone. If YOU
have any support, it will come from any
good that YOU have done. and if YOU
| are afraid and ashamed be sure that
| that will not be counted against you.
because what God most hates is hypoc-
IlSy, and his judgment is more severe
on that sinner who, even before Him.
pretends TO believe that his life was
free from sin"
Then l asked again: What are the
small faults?' And the voice explain
ed, There are none. That which would
seem a small fault in one life becomes a
CRIME in another, is not a fault in an
otner since consideration is given 10
temptation, and to the heart of the sim
ner. As He looks down from Heaven
God sees two of His children. One bred
OF love and honor, taught TO live a life
or virtue, surrounded by innocent pleas
ure and given all the sympathy and
love 1t may ask. 1t never knows hun
ger or cold, or physical misery CT anv
kind. The ether child is bred only of
passion. 1t almost tumbles its way up
IN lie, and is never taught the differ
ence between right and wrong. 1t is
hungry and it steals. 1t is cold. and it
fails TO see why the rich man should
have warmth, and it suffer, so it COM
mBs murder. Love and consideration
are unknown to it. II is Ishmael. When
these two stand before God, how shall
He Judge? So | tell you there are no
small faults. The sin of one differs
from another, but a sin is always a sin.
Yet, as mercy is triumphant, each sin
IS weighed in the balance before the
verdict is passed, and with God injustice
is unknown
There was sound of chimes. and | |
started. The clock was striking twelve.
the fire had burned out, and l was alone.
The church bells were just beginning to
ring. and l FASTENED,
WAITING TO BE LED TO JUDO
MENT,
for | could not believe that the lifetime
l had lived among the dead had been in
a dream and in only one hour. But
bent forward, and with a little care
made the fire blaze again. Then, with
wide open eyes, read: For since by