Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-22

very sap d our being fsil Labor %
years lost Adyersity tests integrity.
There Is danger Of sliding into chronic
unbelief.
We are all miraubers at heart, fancy
| ing that something will one day turn
up. but like Bonaparte, we end our
days on an island. 1t takes grit to face
the world. 1t is a slipping point that
has changed the destiny of many a
soul. Great men have met it and it has
been the stepping stones into a higher
life.
Has not many man been a
blessing to the world who has made no
noise in it. who has died a beggar?
Have not thousands died rich in goods
or reputation, who were intellectually
and morally bankrupt? Is it not too
true of the way of life? The higher it
ascends the more difficult it becomes
till at last it terminates in some eleva-
ton too narrow for friendship, too
steep for safety, too sharp for repose.
The dead worldly soul easily goes with
the crowd but the mind filed with
power moves up stream.
Fourth-Temporal Prosperity.
1t is much easier to slip and fall
when walking on wealth's sea of glass.
Riches are so great a temptation to
ease and self-indulgence, to which
men are by nature prone, that the
glory is all the greater of those who
are born in modern circumstances. The
greatest things which have been done
for the world have not been accom-
plished by rich men. Christianity was
propagated over half the world by men
of the poorest class, and the greatest
thinkers, discoveries, inventors, and
artists have been men of moderate
wealth. The youth who inherits
wealth is apt to have life made too easy
for him, and he soon grows stolid with
it, because he has nothing left to
desire. Many a man has lost his true
character by temporal prosperity.
There are men in society now as rich
as Croesus, who have no consideration
extended towards them and elicit no
respect. Why? They are but as money
bags-their only power is in their till.
The rich man is but a kind of head
bookkeeper to the business community.
Though rich as Rotschild he can
neither eat, drink, nor wear more than
one mans portion Of the good things
of life.
(This was illustrated on the black
board by chalk picture of vessel
at sea drifting on to a rock, a sky
is covered with heavy clouds from
which shoots forth lightning-a bag
of money in the distant is the star the
vessel is guided by.
F'ifth-Unavoidab Association with
the ungodly
Mind acts upon mind. Evil men are
constantly enticing the weak away.
Some delight to cause "a professor" to
lions in life that cause the young to
stumble. Among these we find the
cigarette, which placed in the hands of
the boy soon destroys the vital pow
ers. 1t undermines the system and
weakenS the heart; more young men
were rejected from the army by this
cause than for anything else. The
story paper and novel fills the
mind with trash, and prevents them
from understanding the true boons of
life. More minds grow up in ignor
ance by being filled with this trash,
wasted moments, opportunities, has
been their sequel. The bottle and wine
glass has caused the ruin of many
boy. Many have slipped from the
true path only to catch themselves in
He'll a drunkard The cards and dance
has caught many bright active girl.
With the Lords prayerbook in their
hand they have slipped on to the dance
of Satan, never stopping until they
have fallen over the precipice of de-
spair, ruined soul.
Sin and truth cannot dwell in the
heart together. We cannot fill our
minds with true, knowledge if it is al
ready filed with the trash of the world.
The Bible is misunderstood when the
dime novel is our constant friend. The
church is forgotten when the young
frequent the card table and the dance.
(This was illustrated by a package of
cigarettes, paper novels, cards, and a
barrel of wine, in colored chalk.
1.-THE reasons why so many slip.
First-The absence of the staff or
neglect in it's use. Foolish is the trav-
eler when he attempts to cover the
mountains without his staff. Would
captain take his vessel across the sea
without a chart? Would the architect
erect his building without a drawing?
Why, then, should the young seek 10
travel life's path without a guide?. Il
am my own pilot" has lost many
soul. Read Gods truth and the har-
Dor of rest will be reached.