Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-16

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drcds of garments. hundreds of tons Of
coal. hundreds Of glaciers az broken
w.ulcv-sashes. hundreds OF whole
sCuied men and women. are necessary
20 warm the winjry weather What
are We doing
To ALLEVIATE THE CONDITION
OF those not so fortunate my friends;
there are hundreds OF thousands Of peo-
pie who cannot stand before his cold?
. IL is useless TO preach to bare feet and
to empty stomachs, and TO gaunt Wis
ages Christ gave the world q lesson
I'm common sense when, before preach
ing the Gospel TO the multitude in the
wilderness, ue gave them good dim
ner When l was q lad remember see
iug .TO rough wOOd-cuts, but they
made more impression on me than any
pictures Z have ever seen. They We're
en- opposite pages. The one wOO0-cut
represented the coming Of the snow in
Winter. and q lad looking ont at the
door or @ great mansion, and he was
an wrapped III furs and his cheeks were
ruddy, and with glowing countenance
he shouted. ut SHOWS. IL SHOWS, On
the next page there was a miserable
tenement. and the door was open, and
cbiiQ. wan and sick. and ragged and
wreJched was looking out. ana he said:
"Oh. my God. il SHOWS The winter
Of Sadness or of grief. according to
our circumstances. But. nv friends.
there is more than ono way of warmina
up this cold world, for it is a cold
Wor'' in more respects than one. and I
as here 10 consult with YOU as to the
best way of
WARNING Up THE WORLD.
] want TO have a great heater introduced
into all your churches and all )ur
homes throughout the world. ?, g q
heater OF divine patent 1t has many
pipes with which 10 conduct heat; and
it has q door i'm which TO throw the
fuel Once get This heater introduced.
and it viii turn the Archie zone into the
TEMPERATE. and tha Temperate into the
Tropics. It is The powerful heater il
is the glorious furnace of Christian
~mpathy. The question ought to be.
stead OF nov much heat can We alb
sOrb? how much heat can we throw
out2 There are men who so through
Jctl world floating ice-bergs. They
freeze everything with their fCroiddiug
look. The hand with which they shake
yours is as cold as the paw Of q polar
bear If they float into a religious
meeting. the temperature drops from
eighty above 20 ten degrees below zero.
There are icicles hanging from their
eyebrows. They feat into a religions
ueetirE and they chill everything with
their loremiads Cold PRAYERS. cold
songs. cold greetings, cold sermons.
Christianity on ice. The Church q
great refrigerator. Christians gone in
to Winter quarters. Hibrenation, On
The other hand. there are people who 90
through rhe world like the
BREATH OF A SPRING MORNING
Warm greetings. warm prayers. warm
smiles warm Christian influence.
There are such persons. We bless God
for them. We rejoice in their COM
partnership.
A general In the English army. the
army having halted for the night. hay
Ing lost his baggage lay down tired and
sick without any blanket An officer
came up and said. "Whv. you have no
blanket. TIN so and get you a
blanket. He departed for a few mo-
m5nts and then came back and COW
cred the general MP with a very warm
blanket. The general said. Whose
blanket Is this2' The officer replied.
'l got that from a private soldier in the
Scotch regiment. Ralph Mcdonald. o"
Now the general you take this
blanket right back 10 that soldier. He
can no more DO without Fl than I can
DO without it, Never bring % me the
blanket OF a private soldier" How
many men like that general would it
take 90 warm The world up? The vast
majority Of MS are
ANXIOUS TO GET MORE BLANKETS
. whether anybody else is blanketed or
not
Recently an engineer i'm the South
west. on @ locomotive, saw a train COM
lns with which he must collide. He
resolved TO stand at his post and slow
up Che train until the last minute. for
there were passengers behind. The
engineer said 70 the fireman, Jump,
one man is enough on this engine,
jump. The fireman jumped and was
saved. The crash came. The engin-
Ger
plED AT HIS POST.
HowUaHymen r5 ethat engineer would
It take TO warm this cold world up? A.
vessel struck on a rocky island The
passengers and The crew were without
food. and q sailor had q shell-fsh under
his coat. He was saving it for inf last
morsel lie heard a little child cry 10
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