Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-12
CREED MAKES CHARACTER.
A Notable Sermon Delivered in Par
kersburg Yesterday,
In the M. z. Church, South, by Rev.
John M. Grove, A. MA Dis
course OF More Than Ordinary
Interest, and which Should Have
a Wide Reading.
Special to the Register.

-e - 'N0 ''AI OI the sermon deliv-
cred this morning, at the NJ. E. church,
South. by Rev. John NJ. Grove. A NJ
with the heart man belieyeth unto
| Righteousness. Rom. lgI0
(Sermonic rendition OF Dr. Tilett,s ort,oIs
on Greed and Character
Have you not heard II said. "T, rrakos
no difference what man believes mr.
| vided his life is right" This is of,er ,,no,.
the air in this day Of thourbt-freedor
What a man does. not what be beBeve.
| Is the test OF true life. they say. Tho
day OF dogmas is dead. they say. Charac-
ter, hot creed, IS what We want tbav sav
Some errors contain just enough truth 10
make them very dangerous. Ii does mako
great difference what man believes.
The man that has no creed has no char
acter. The man whose faith is the pro-
duct of his life is wrong ninety-nine times
out of hundred; indeed, rlght-being is the
issue Of right-belleyng
The men Of great believings were NJ
great achievements The faith of Abra-
ham made him the founder Of tho greatest
nation in the civic annals Of ancient times.
Joseph's faith made him choose purity
and prison rather than quiet and freedom.
Moses faith was the secret of his M,
work. made him the liberator Of his race
and the legislator OF the nations: Daniels
faith made him the greatest prime min
lister the world ever knew: Paurs faith
made the grandest missionary In the an
nails of Christian chyalry: tho faith OF
the fishermen OF Galilee made them turn
the world upside down." Luthers faith,
Loyola's faith, Calyin's faith. and Wes-
leys faith. made them mighty men for
all time to come.
The faith of Saul OF Tarsus made havoc
of the early Christian church: OF the
French infidel, VoItaire, made his life
base and baneful TO society; Of Thomas
Paine made his Age Of Reason" an
"age' of poison 10 many an unwary
youth: Of Renan and Strauss made them
undermine the foundations Of Christian
truth; the faith OF the socialist makes
him tho worst element in society. A bad
faith makes bad man. And yet the free
thinker says: 1T makes no difference
what you believe. just 80 your life is
right" What stuff!
Just as well tell us that Il makes no diff
ference whether TIE fountain be pure or
impure, just so tie stream is pure. Faith
is the foundation. 1iia Is the stree g. fsrrrn-
the motive power Of NJ life and labor.
No man is greater. 10 man better, than
his faith. Great deeds spring from great
faith in great truths. A great faith
makes n great man or a good woman. and
every great man is an enthusiast. b'h not
q fanatic FanaticIsm burns out, form
alism freezes up, enthusiasm burns on
A fanatic may be an enthusiast over an
error. an enthusiasm may be fanatic
over n truth, but the truth VIII rise upon
the ruins of error and sing It's epic-hymn
Of triumph amid the flames OF martyrdom.
One may believe his opinion truly and his
opinion not be true, but faith does not
deal with opinions but with either known
errors or known truths
We ought to listen to the man who be-
lieves something and knows what he be-
lieves and why. Calling him hereto Or
fanatic cannot affect his cause. You
may hush the voice OF faith, YOU may
crush the truth Of grace. but faith IN me
truth will rise again IN the lives Oh love-
as sure as there Is q God In heaven. But
take the principle unto other realms.
TAKE COLUMBUS.
He believed that Continent lay ACROSS
the waters. Not supposiuon' nor su-
perstitlon. nor speculation. but a Del'l'
Others doubted and denied. Ills Ia'''
stood alone. against the world and con-
ouered all doubt. His faith kept plead
ing with king and queen until they hon'
ored his conhdeuce. By faith he set sDu
westward, and sailed on unul "' '""'.'
his craft and landed his ere" AT '''e
shores of new world. Not by accident
but as a reward OF confidence was Amer
ica discovered. All the great discoveries
and inventors have been men oi iIiln.
CREED MAKES OR MARS IHAi'A'-
TER.
The creed determine character N'1
character the creed. A. q man b''.'''
so Is he. To make NE better MAKE lN'
better. Make the tree good ana 'h' H.''
viii no good. faith right and me "'n
will be right. Be careili mere '''' -...i3
confound Christian con'lae". 49,,
ly credulity. The crefr r9u- man -,
without evidence. calls some '.''' -.
faith his. does not know "N'' ..t..,,
nor vbv ne believes g.. bl' % '"'''''I''
confidence is a belief upon ''.l''
his own thinking knows "H-' ,,en
ord wb,, be believ.. %. Som, i.'I'.
IN Cbris,ian circle. DO 30, ..e Ny" N,
80 -. -, -, 1r,. .sa consist win no
a1o.,a.e - rhri.t..r ll. 10 a.. iehoi''ii'@
tions I'm essentials, -'.' t.rft,.,
sentials. liberty. a .. .t,,-.h.s
This is the motto oi 900 -t..ig,fsn-
Faith I'm the carlire' H'.. ..retcyer
itv producing c1l.N .. .d ,r,-
the church relation. ibis nan
umnh OF the worth O- .,-,uy IN
mr. un,pH ~ W hor1 into ,a. Jones ia'nly 20
haa. hlos' ,bo ~ tones rlms. though he may -
'',,, Deal ~ ~ IN Of sam 20 es..hRusn l'n'
go 80 49, %. of ,aa family I - i'l''',D.
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Oh 'ne IN. 80 5 ct-., ,hroae '1e ofices OF
II py ial''e 60, -. .ro3rs yol r.y pear 'h'
the Holy spirl', ,'.,.l-, Tho creed that
given name Of MetAo''7'. .-4 not son
may make OF you t..ttor gap-
ia the faith that max -.., 9, Chris
Tie, or Presbyterian ,aai .., chris
tan or q truer Mt.f'' . cav no
,ian So here and a'" .tt,k as he
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honeS' none, M. l,a'. roras- ~. should please ~
wou,1 '"'u,, I'nh, gI1 and -a'', VIZ s.,,aI oy
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% cIuae !. w. Cbr,.a f-.'a 'al .,''ln ,o,'o no
truth OF the o'.''.l me- ,5 d, so by me love-
believes them; i''- ... ..a..u. md hope
lv and lofty live "" ..r rs WIS
ful deaths OF Cfr.-'..- r,.r." Listen.
dom is justified oi .t-- forever on the