Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-22

and he selected just tn3J one mouse ds
better for you than any of the ten thou
sand habitations III the city. Our
house. however humble the roof and
however lCwly the portals, is as near
Gods heart as an Alhambra or Krem-
lin. Prove it, YOU say. Proverbs 1888,
He blesseth the habitation of the
just"
j remark further that God
ARRAN.GES ALL OUR FRIENDSHIPS
You were driven to the wall. You found
man just at that crisis who sympa-
thized with you and helped you. You
say. How lucky I wasw There was no
luck about il. God sent that friend just
rs certainly as he sent the angel 10
strengthen Christ. Your domestic
friends. your business friends, your
Christian friends, God sent them to
bless you, and if any Of them have
proved traitorOus, it is only to bring
out the value of those who remain. II
some die, it is only that they may stand
a the outpostS of heaven TO greet You
at your coming.
You always Will have friends, warm
hearted friends, magnanimous friends;
and when sickness comes to your dwell
ling. there will be watchers; when trou-
ble comes 10 your heart, there will be
sympathizers; when death comes, there
viii be gentle fingers to close the eyes
and fold the hands. and gentle lips TO
tell of a resurrection. Oh, We are COM
passed 10y a bOdy-guard Of friends!
Every man. if he has behaved himself
well. is surrounded by three circles OF
friends-those of the outer circle wish
ing him well; those in the next circle
willing to help him; while close up to
his heart are a few who would die for
him. God pity the wretch who has not
any friends.
l remark again, that God puts down
the limit 10
OUR TEMPORAL PROSPERITY.
The world of finance seems to have no
God in it. You cannot tell where
man will land The aflluent fall; the
poor rise. The ingenious fail; the ig-
norant succeed. An enterprise open
il grandly. shuts in bankruptcy, While
out Of the peat dug up from some New
England marsh the millionaire builds
his fortune. The poor man thinks 1t
is chance that keeps him down; the
rich man thinhs IL is chance which
HOSTS him; and they are both wrong.
Il is so hard TO realize that God rules
the money market, and has hook in
the nose Of the stOck-gambler, and that
all the commercial revolutions OF the
world shall result in the very best for
Gods dear children.
Ny brethren. DO not kick against the
Divine allotments. God knows just
how much money it is best for you to
lose. You never gain unless it is best
for you TO gain. You go up when it is
best for you TO go up, and go down
when il is best for you to go down.
Prove it. YOU say. will, Rom. S:2S,
"All things work together for good 10
them that love God
Now YOU know that a second mort
gage. and a third and fourth mortgage,
are often worth nothing. 1t is the first
mortgage that is
4 GOOD INVESTMENT
I have TO tell you that every Christian
man has a first mortgage on every trial,
and on every disaster, and it must make
a pavement Of eternal advantages to
mis- soul. How many worriments 1t
would take out of your heart, if you
believed that fully. You buy goods
and hope the price will 90 up, but you
are in a fret and a frown for fear the
price will go down. You do not buy
the goods using your best discretion IN
the matter. and then say, 80, Lord, l
have done the best 1 could; l commit
this whole transaction into thy hands:
That is what religion is good for or 1t
is good for nothing.
There are two things, says an olo
proverb. YOU ought not to fret ABOUT:
First. things that you can help; ana
second. things which you cannot help.
If YOU can help them, why do you not
applv the remedy? If YOU cannot help
them. you might as well
SURRENDER FIRST AS LAST.
Nv dear brethren, do not sit any long
or morning about your ledger. Do not
sit looking so responding upon your
stock o. unstable goods. Do you
think that God is going 10 allow You, a
Christian man, to do business alone?
God is the controlling partner in every
firm: and. although your debtors may
abscond. although your securities may
fail. although your store may burn,
God will. out OF an infinity Of results,
choose for you the very best results.
Do not have any idea that you can
oversteD the limit that God has laid
down for your prosperity you can stand
down for your prosperity. Tou will
never get one inch beyond it. God has
decided how much property YOU can
stand honorably and employ usefully,
andcOntrol righteously and at the enc
Of the year you VII have just so many
dollars and cents. just so much ward
robe, just so much furniture, just so
many bonds ard mortgages. and moth
ing more. will give YOU one hundred
dollars for every penny you get beyond
that. Cod has looked over your life.
He knows what is best for you. and re
is going TO bless you in time. and bless
YOU for eternity; and he will do it in
the best way.
l remark. again. that all those things
that seem to be but accidents in our
life are under
THE DIVINE SUPERVISION.
We sometimes seem to be going home
less and anchorless. You say, IF I
had some other trade; if I had not gone
there this summer; if I had lived in
some other house" You have no right
TO say that. Every tear you wept.
every step you have taken, every bur-
den you have carried, is under Divine
inspection, and that event which start.