Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-18

! do not be discouraged. I am thy LORD
merciful and gracious"
/ Nevertheless, when clouds do gather
| above US and JOY is far removed, let us
/ not be unmindful OF the fact that we have
then an opportunity to show TO other-
, the integrity of our purpose, the loyalty
| of our souls to Him VINO is seeking our
spiritual development more than our
present experience of JOY. If we are seen
| to be watchful and faithful to duty under
/ such circumstances of trial, we may be
| able TO accomplish much while passing
| through the characterization Advocate.
John Quincy Adams was asked TO give
to a collection for ministers, he said: I'VE
| have in our village four churches. Sec
tartan feeling is very strong between the
pastors. and these churches will not ex-
change pulpits. I will give as much as,
and more than any other man to civilize
and Christianize these ministers and peo-
pie so that we may have Christian fellow
ship in our village"
The man who is never tried never knows
himself. 1t is only in the furnace heat
that the soul learns It's own strength and
weakness.
Thy will be done" is the keynote to
which every prayer must be tuned.-A. j.
Gordon, D. d.
Weigh your own faults with the scales
Of justice. but when you consider the
shortcomings of your neighbor borrow
the balances of charity.
And they that be wise shall shine as the
brightness of the armament; and they
that turn to righteousness, as the stars
forever and ever"
The truest help we can render an afiiict-
ed man is not to take his burden from
him. but to call out his best energy
that he may be able TO bear the burden.
Phillips Brooks.
a great character, founded on the rock
Of principle. is. in fact. not a solitary
phenomenon, to be at once perceived.
limited and described It is a dispensa-
ton of Providence. designed to have not
merely an immediate, but a continuous,
progressive and nevcr-ending agency. It
survives the man who possessed it; sur
wives his age-perhaps his country, his
language.
COMFORT IN GODS NEARNESS.
Thou art near, o Lord" BE it under
stood. then. that this must be the doc
trinal teaching Of the whole Bible. We
might as we'll decide in one supreme
I'LL h1T-a
done with our thinking so bashfully of
ourselves and so reluctantly of our Re
deeemer.
II is fair to add that this little frag-
ment of verse which has just been
ouoted was designed to bring comfort
10 people who have many misjudgments
and are often exposed to misconstruc-
ton. 1t makes plain allusion TO the az
tacl5s of enemies and the spite Of de-
ramers. In the phraseolosy OF the psalm
+bere Is = fine answering Of word TO word
The lines of the Hebrew poetry COM
rerce with the same tone: Near are
+ho,. that follow after mischief, near
.rt +bou. O Lord" 1t may not seem
like good manners to suppose that any
ono has foes. but in this world 1t IS not
sofo for o. christian to consider himself
f,irlv nonular. The friendship of the
r,.,cl,ed e ermity with God. But Wheh
ones motives are impeached, Wheh MS
actions are maliciously tradrced' we"
he finds himself ATTACKED by men VINO
arc his EQUALS in nothing but industry
ond his slperiors in nothing but lmpu-
deroa when his character is DETAINED
and his way is hedgod UP with striIe %
tongues how sweet is the thought OF the
nearness of an Almighty Friend! what
time am afraid. I will trust in thee
trou, ineffably welcome, then is tho
nraver RE not thou far from me, o
7. ord. n nv strength. haste thou TO heip
ne"-a prayer the more aIectins because
II was that which our dying Savior en-
Moved at the moment when he telt the
birterest pain Of the cross. We say II Is
the worst thing in this world that men,
even orr friends. will not stand by US.
Cod ALWAYS stands by those whom he has
chosen. there is a Friend that sticketh
closer than a brother, and he is never
out Of reach.
DO we need to specify in addition to
this our times OF peIedN cl44'''' " -
one finds ties are breaking rapidly, that
affections only serve to give more pain
and that insecurity seems the Ia" Oh
this wrecked universe. then he IS ready
to receive deepest joy from the mere
repe,ition of these simple words: Thou
art near. O Lord When a young child
is going to submit to a fierce surgical
operation. YOU know how unbrokenly he
insists upon it that beloved parent
shall be near him through it all. Mys-
terious comfort but the truest there is.
And. as if understanding all this, our
heavenly Parent promises his personal
presence. THE Lord IS nigh unto all
that are Of broken heart" When the
children of his love are thrown into a
fiery furnace. there is seen the form of
one like unto the Son Of man in the
midst Of the flames.
God is near thee. therefore cheer thee,
Sad soul!
He'll defend thee when around thee
Billows rol,'
C. S. Robinson. D. D., in Christian
Work.
PRAYERS OF CHILDHOOD.
Lines Never Forgotten.