Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-10


through the SHOWS of Labrador TO the
Caribbean Sea, where the whirlwinds
are born. Let our cry be that Of Ha-
bakkuk, the blank verse poet Of the
Bible: 20 Lord, revive thy work in
the midst of the years in the midst of
! the years make known; in wrath re-
member mercy" Let the. battle cry
be. washington for God! the United
States for God! America for God! the
world for Godl We are all tired OF
diminishing. Let Us bring ON
A GENERAL ENGAGEMENT.
We are tired CT fishing with hook and
line. With enc sweep Of the Gospel net
let US take in many thousands. This
vast work must begin somewhere.
WHY not here? Some one must give
the rallving cry. why may not I, one OF
The Lords servants? BY providential
/ Advancement, am every week in SER
monte communication with every city,
town. and neighborhood Of this coun-
trv. and now give the watchword to
North and South, and East and west.
( Here and see It, all peOple-this call 10
2 forward movement. this call to re-
nentance and faith. this call to a CONT
mental awakeHingi
This generation will soon be out Q.
/ sight. Where are the mighty men OF
/ the pas. who trod your Pennsylvanla
avenue and spake in yonder National
legislature. and decided the stupen-
/ dors questions CT the supreme judica-
tory? Ask the sleepers in the Congress
sional Cemetery. Ask the m2uso.e-
INNS all over the land. Their tongues
ara sDeechless. their eyes closed, their
arms folded. their opportunities gone,
4 rheir destiny fixed. How soon Time
( rrorogues parliaments, and adjourn5
/ Sen2tes. and d.sbands cabinets, ana
/ em7ties pulpits. and dismisses genera
tionsl What we would do,
WE MUST DO QUICKLY
or not at all. I call upon people who
/ cannot come forth from their sick BEDS
/ IN imDlore the heaven in our DehalI
1 from their midnight pillows, and can
I upon the aged who cannot, even Dy
the aid of their staff, enter the churches,
10 sDend their last days on earth IN
sunnlicating the salvation OF this ma
+ ton. and I call upon all men and Wo-
men who have been in furnaces or
trouble. as was Shadrach, and among
lions as was Daniel on in dungeons OF
trouble. as was jeremiah, to JOIN III
the prayer, and let the Church OF God
everywhere lay hold Of the Almighty
Arm that moves nations. Then Sena-
tors of the United States will an
nounce TO the State legislatures that
sent them here, and members OF the
House Of Representatives will report
10 the Congressional districts that
elected them. and the many thousands
Of men and women now and here en-
gagged in the many departments OF ma
tional service will write home telling
all sections of the country that the
Lord is here. and that he is on the
march for the redemption of America.
HaHelujahl the Lord is coming. l hear
the rumbling of the chariot wheels.
feel on my cheeks the
BREATH Or THE WHITE HORSES
that draw the Victor! 7 see the flash
Of his lanterns through the long night
of the worlds sin and sorrow, We
want in this country, only on larger
scale. that which other centuries have
/ seen Of Gods workings: rs in the
Reformation Of the sixteenth century,
when Martin Luther and Philip Melanc-
thon led on: as in the awakening OF
# the seventeenth century, when Bunyan,
and Fravel and Baxter led on as lin
the awakening of the eighteenth CEN
fury. when Tenant, and Edwards. and
| Wesleys led on: as in the awakening OF
1857. led on by Matthew Simpson, the
seraphic Methodist, and Bishop Mac
+ Uvaine. the APOSTLE Episcopalian, and
/ Albert Barnes, the consecrated Presby-
terrain. and others. just as good in all
denominations. Oh. will not some of
. those glorious souls Of the past come
down and help us? Come down off your
thrones, Nettleton, and Pinney, and
Daniel Baker. and Edward PaysOn, and
Truman Osborne. and Earle. and
Knapp, and Inskip, and Archibald Al
/ exander-that Alexander the Great OF
the Christian Churches. Come down!
How can you rest up there when the
world Is dying for lack Of the Gospel?
Come down and agonize with us in
/ prayer.
COME DOWN AND HELP US
preach in our pulpits. Come down and
inspire our courage and faith. Heaven
can get along without you better than
we can. But more than all land over
whelmed with reverent emotion. we ask
F iO. come, thou Of the deeply dyed gar
ments Of Bozrah, travelling in the
greatness of thy strength, mighty 10
savei Lord God of joshua let the sun
of this century stand still above Gid
con and the moon above the valley of
Aia1on until we can whip out the five
! kings of he'll, tumbling them down the
precipices as the other FIVE kings went
over the rocks of Bethhoron. Ha, ha,
1t will so surely be done that l cannot
restrain the laugh OF triumph.
From where the sea weed tossed on
the beach by the stormy Atlantic, to
! the sands laved by the quiet Pacific
this country will be Emanuers land,
the work beginning at Washington, il
we have the faith and holy push and
the conservation requisite. First Of all,
we ministers must get right. That
was a startling utterance OF Mr.. Swim
/ mock when he said: 1T is doleful thing
/ to fall in hell from under the pulpit,
but oh, how dreadful a thing to drop
thither out of the pulpit" That was
/ an all-suggestive thing that Paul wrote
! 10 the Corinthians lest that by any