Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-06

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commanded. put ring on his hand. IS
On. it is a merry time when Christ
and The soul are united, joy of for
Eivenessi What a splendid thing it is
t0 feel that al is right between God
and myself. What a glorious ohirg it
is 10 have God just take up all the sins
OF my life and put them in one bun-
dle and then fling them into the DEP his
of The sea, never TO rise again, never
TO be -alked of again Pollution all
gone. Darkness all illumined. God
reconciled. The prodigal home. Put
o. ring on his hand
Why, religion
LIGHTENS ALL OUR BURDENS.
Tt smooths all our way. 1t interprets
an our sorrows. liz changes the jar Of
earthly discord for the peal Of festal
bells. Tn front of the flaming furnace
of trial it sets the forge on which
SCeDtres are hammered out. Would
YOU nor like this hour TO come mp from
the swine-feeding and try This religion?
AN the joys of heaven would come out
and meet YOU and God would cry from
the throne. Put a ring on his hand
You are not happy. I see il. There
is no peace. and sometimes YOU laugh
when YOU feel a great deal more like
crying. The world is a cheat 1t first
wears YOU down with it's folles, then it
kicks YOU out into darkness. 1t comes
back from the massacre Of
A MILLION SOULS
to attempt the destruction Of your soul
to-day. No peace out Of God. but here
is the fountain that can Stake The thirst
Here is the harbor where you can drop
safe anchorage.
Would you not like, I ask yOu-not
perfUnctOrily, but as one brother might
talk 20 anCther-would YOU not like
to- have a pillow Of rest 10 put your
head on? And would You not like,
when YOU retire at night. to feel that all
is Wen. whether YOU wake up tO-mOr-
row morning at six o'clock. or sleep The
sleep that knows no waking? Would
YOU not like 20 exchange this awful un-
certainty about the future for @ glorious
assurance Of heaven? Accept of the
Lord Jesus to-day. and all is we'll If
on your way home some peril should
cross the street and
DASH YOUR LIFE OUT.
&c would not hurt YOU You would rise
up Immediately. You would stand in
the celestial streets. You would be
amid the great thrOng that forever
worship and are forever happy If this
night some sudden disease should come
upon YOU. it would not brighten You.
II YOU knew YOU were going YOU could
e. 'rr
home on earth. and know that YOU are
going right into the companionShip Of
those who have already got beyond The
tOtling and the weeping
You feel on Saturday night different
from the way YOU feel on any ether
night of the week. You come home
from the bank. or the store, or the
Office and You say: well. now my
weeks work is done. and tomorrow is
sunday It is a pleasant thought
There is refreshment and reconSruc-
ton I'm the very idea. Oh, how pleas
ant Be- viii be if. when we get through
the day Of our life, and we go and lie
down in our bed Of dust, We can realize:
"Wel. now
THE WORK is ALL DONE.
and tomorrow is Sunday-an everlast-
ing sunday
Some Of YOU have been thinking on
this subject year after year. You have
found out This world is q poor portion.
Y0u want to De Christians. You have
come almost into the kingdom Of God:
but there YOU stop, fcre-ful Of the fact
that TO be almost saved is not to be
saved at all Oh. my brother. after
having come so near to the door of
mercy, if YOU turn back, you viii never
come at ALL After an YOU have heard
OF The goodness Of God if you turn away
and die, il viii not be because you did
not have q good offer
Gods spirit will not always strive
With hardened self-descrOying man;
We who persist his love TO grieve
May never hear his voice again.
May God almighty this hour move
upon your soul and bring you back
from the husks Of the wilderness TO the
Fathers house. and set YOU at the ban
Que-, and put q ring on Your hand