The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-02-20

After all that God has done for the
salvation OF souls. Is It any wonder.
when the wording rushes on in his
worldliness. and people are still at ease
In Zion, Is 1t any wonder the wrath OF
God is revealed upon the children OF
disobedlence? And Is It any wonder Il
His ministers are brought to repeat and
| declare that wrath? For the time is
| come" says Apostle Peter, that judg-
ment must begin at the house Of God:
and II 1t first begin ut us. what shall the
| end be Of them that obey not the gospel
of God? And IL the righteous scarcely
be saved. where shall the ungodly and
the sinner appear?"
1t is Gods work that Is to be revived.
First. 4 work OF faith: second, OF con-
victlon, leading TO repentance; third, Of
conscience.
ask Sou to look at some of the chief
essentials In n true revival of Gods
work. And He will revive His work.
whenpeople come to believing sense Of
Els wrath.
1t Is essential to have clear concep-
tlon OF Gods wrath. Wickedness. un-
belief and Indifference to Gods love
shall not be passed over by
Him who Is ''of pnrer eyes than 10 be-
hold evil" without being severely pun
ished. Although Il guilty man may es-
cape the justice of our common law, yet
he cannot escape the justice OF God, for
God Will In no wise clear the guilty.
Justice Is His demand. Our only hope
is to fly to the City of Refuge.
What startling denunciations are held
up before us In Gods word. warning US
to flee from the wrath u come.
Our God is consuming fire."
1.-The wicked shall be driven away In
His wickedness. Driven like chaff be-
fore the wind"
There Is no peace" saith my God to
the wicked"
How shall we escape, II We neglect
so great savatIon?"
These declarations. II we come face to
face with them and discern. are enough
TO startle the savage Of the forest. Men
read them as unconcerned as story in
the boat Niagara.
Besides these direct statements OF
warning. given that we may escape the
wrath of God, the word places before us
| instance after instance of the awful de-
struction upon unbellevers and the
| wicked
| For 100 years Noah warned the peo-
| pie of his generation that the flood
would come, but they laughed at him,
and Knocked him. You know the history
| how the flood came and swept them
all away.
Lot warned the people OF Sodom. But
| fire descended from heaven and CONSUME
ed them.
The whole law of Moses, which de-
mands ian eye for an eye. and tooth
for tooth" is revelation Of the jus
tice and wrath of God, for "by the
| deeds of the law shall no flesh be justi-
| fled"
John the Baptist was 4 preacher Of
the law: his constant theme was, RE
pent; repent. and look to the Lamb of
| God: prepare We the way of the Lord"
The whole burden of the prophet Jo-
| nah's preaching was, yet forty days
and Ninevah shall be destroyed" Oh.
! that the work OF the Lord could have
Ninevah repented Il: the preaching OF
Jonah. But. behold, n greater than Jo-
| nah is here.
And what says that Greater than
JONAH" whatsoever heareth these say
inSs of mine. and doe;h them. | will
| liken him unto wise man which built
his house upon rock. Everyone that
heareth these sayings of mine,and doeth
| them not, shall be like a foolish man
| who built his house upon the sand" To
| the sheep He shall say. Come. re
| blessed Of my father. inherit the king
dom prepared 70" sou from the founda-
| ton Of the world" To the goats on his
| left hand He shall! say. Depart from
| ME. ye cursed. into everlasting fire, pre-
| pared FOR the Devil and his angels"
| And these shall so away into ererlast-
ing burnings; there shall be weeping
| and wailing and gnushing OF teeth.
And l saw an angel fly in the midst OF
heaven. having the everlasting gospel
| 10 preach unto them tina, dwell upon
the earth. And he kept crying with a
loud voice, saying. Fear God. and give
! glory TO Him. for the hour OF His judg-
ment Is come; out worship thou Him
whC made heaven and earth. and the
| sea, and the fountains Of water. And II
! any man worship any other image. re-
ceiving his mark. the same shall drink
| Of the wine of the wrath ot God. which
is poured out without mixture. into the
cup Of his Indignation; and he shall be
tormentcd with fire and birthstone In
| the presence Of the holy angels. and in
| the presence OF the Lamb. And the
| smoke Of their torment assendeth up
forcve" and ever: and they have no
rest day nor night"
| Whoever has come TO know by faith
| the revelation of Gods wrath. and Is In
his senses awakened, that person will
not rest until he shall have found the
| place of safety.
1t is essential to a true revival. that
| there be an awakening of conscience.
The prominent idea OF revival is that
by some startling method. buoyant
feeling may take hold upon the minds
Of many persons, leading them 10 dem
onstrate their feelings in some scnsa-
tional form. have nothing to say as to
that idea. l only want TO ins!s; tina,
| there must be some change back of ii.
| There must be an awakening Of the
deeper and sterner sensibiities. 1t Is not
feelings. but conscience that must be
consulted
A conscience like Adams. who. when
he had sInned. knew his traasgression.
on hearing the voice of the Lord. said,
Il was afraid. because l was naked"
When accused OF their brother JOS
| eph. whom they knew not the sons Of
Jacob said. I'VE are verify guilty con-
corning our brother. in that we saw the
anguish Of his soul"
| Conscience that IS sensitive to sin. 10
broken VOWS. to wOrldl!ncSs, to the pure
worship OF God, Is an awakened con-
science.
Men to-day are too willing to compo-
mise with their conscience. II family
worship is neglected. oh. we'll, | made
a dollar II vows are broken. 10 heal
the conscience slightly. is the effort
| Neglect Of private prayer, 30 10 bed
without praying: conscience smotc. sou
arose and prayed: next time could pray
IL bed: then not n. all. There must be
Il living up TO the light we. have; dem
onstrate in the life what Is professed
before God and His people. The thing
that can prevent 4 degcneracy OF the
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