Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-13

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will help you What was the result ~
The Church went back and il lost lis
estate OF holiness. and 1t became IN
effective. Atother times the state said
t7-ho Church. Il VII crush YOU. What
has been the result? After the storms
have spent their fury the Church, so
far from having lost any OF It's force
has increased and IS
WORTH INFINITELY MORE
after the assault than before. Read
an history and ycu will iinG that tru-.
The Church is far more indebted TO the
opDosition of civil government than 10
its approval. The fires of the stake
havs only been the torches which
Christ held in his hand. by the light OF
which the Church has marched 10 her
present glorious position Ia Tho sound
of racks and implements Of torture l
hear the rumbling of the Gospel char
iot The scatfOlds of marttrdom have
been the stairs by which the Church
mounted.
Learn also from this subject that
there is an inseparable connection be-
tween am events. however remote. The
universe is only one thought of God
Those things which seemed fragment
any and isolated are only different
PARTS c. that great thought. How Tar
apart seemed these two events Joseph
sold t0 the Arabian merchants and his
rulership of Egypt. Vet YOU see in
what q mysterious way God connected
the Two into one plan. So the events
are linked together. You who are aged
men look back and group together a
thousand rhiuEs In YOUR life that once
seemed isolated
ONE UNDIVIDED CHAIN
of events reaches from the Garden Of
Eden 20 the Cross Of Calvary. and thus
IBID 20 the Kingdom OF Heaven. There
iSa relation between the smallest insect
that huns in the summer air and the
archaneel on his throne. God can
trace a direct ancestral line from the
blue-jay that this spring will build its
nest iu the tree behind the house 10
some on of the fOck OF birds which.
when Noah hOisted the ark's window,
with a Whirr and dash of bright wings
went out 10 sing over Mount Ararat.
TIE tulips that bloom in the garden this
spring were nUrsed bv the SnOw-hakes.
The fu-chest star on one side Of the uni
verse could not look toward the fur
rhes- star or the other side Of the uni
verse and say. You are no relation 10
me. for from that bright orb q voice
OF light would ring across the Ravens
responding Yes. yes We are sisters
Nothing in Gods universe swings at
loose ends. Accidents sre only Gods
way of turning q leaf i'm the book OF his
eternal DEGREES. From our cradle to our
grave there is a path all marked out
Each event in our life is connected with
every other event i'm our life. Our loss
cs may be
THE MOST DIRECT ROAD
20 our gain. Our defest and our victory
are twin brothers. The whole direction
oi Your life was changed by something
which 40 the time seemed TO YOU tri-
fling while some occurrence which
seemed 20 You tremendous effected YOU
lut little God plans are magnificent
beyond an comprehension He mOlds
as. and turns and directs us. and we
know it not. Thousands Of years are
TO him as the fight Of q shuttle The
most terrific occurrence does not make
cod trenble. The most triumphant
achievement does not lift him into rap
ture. That one great thought OF God
goes ont through the centuries. and ma
\ lions rise and fall and eraS pass. and
the world changes. but God still keeps
I the undivided mastery. linking event TO
event and century TO century. To God
+ they are an one event one history. one
plan. one development. one system.
Great and marvellous are thy works.
Lord God Almighty,
We also learn from this story the
. propriety OF laying ND for the future
During the seven years of plenty. JO-
seQh prepared Tor The famine. and when
it came ne had a crowded storehouse.
The life of most men in a worldly re-
! spsct is divided into Years Of plenty
7 and famine II Is seldom that any man
/ passes through life without at least
seven years OF plenty During those
T seven years. your business
BEARS A RICH HARVEST
/ You scarcely know where all the money
comes from. 10 comes 40 fast Every
! bargain YOU make seems TO turn into
+ gold. You contract few bad debts You
{ are 9s-onishei with large dividends
/ You invest more and more capital You
wonder how men can be cOnjen, with
small business gathering in only a