Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-17


Element, eliminated during the past
week in the action Of the Wheeling
Presbytery which metdn st. ClairsTille,
requiring the pastor, the Rev. j. H.
Ltteil, TO resign.
Yesterday morning at the close of a
short sermon the Rev. Mr.. Littell re
quested the congregation to arise, and
then announced TO themsthat by the au-
thorlty OF the Wheeling Presbytery he
declared the pulpit vacant
The services We're opened and con-
Quoted by the Rev. Mr. Ltttell in the
usual manner. AT theSclose of his SER
mon he urged. all the members of the
church TO attend all meetings and SER
vices heldfin the church and TO observe
Christian foreboarance towards all SO
long as they remained in that commun-
ion. His sermon was brief and in sub
stance as follows:
Matt. 10:24-"The Servant is Not
Above His Lord"
we stand in strange relations to-
day. We know not whittier to turn TO
the right hand or to the left Gods
way is not our way. His way Is in
the sea; his path in the great waters:
and his footsteps are not known"
Gods way is secret, silent, trackless.
We read in that 10th chapter of Mat
thew, the account OF Christ sending
forth His twelve disciples.
The Lord knew that they would meet
with trials and sufferings. He knew
that in the midst of these sufferings. II
WOJllH 10 nply e.
search for that which would afford
comfort and relief. The human heart
In the midst OF trouble Graves for that
which is comforting We see this in
the case of Him who suffered most of
all men. On that night In the garden
of Gethsemane. He said TO the three
disciples, What, could you not watch
with Me one hour?"
And SO in this chapter He tells His
disciples some things which will be for
their comfort
The text is one Of His comforting ut
terances: "The servant is not above
his Lord"
What did He mean?
We have here a great contrast. The
Lord and the Servant. BY the Lord
is meant Christ, our Savior. BY the
servant is meant His disciples, His
ministers.
Christ is ruler of the universe. He
made the heavens and the earth. lie
says to his servants, Come" and they
come; to his servants, Go" and they
go; DO this and they do it. The
servant is not above his Lord
Christ Himself was sent into the
world by God. the Father, to preach
as we find in the Gospel of Luke, chap,
| ter AIS: THE spirit of the Lord is
upon me. because He hath annointed
| me to preach the Gospel to the poor;
He hath sent me to heal the broken
hearted; to preach deliverance to the
| captives, and recovering of sight to thj
blind. to set at liberty them that are
| bruised, to preach the acceptable year
| of the Lord"
But how did he fare while He ac-
complished His commission. He wa;
prosecuted in the synagogues. They
| took up stones to stone Him. He was
brought before the Sanhedrim, false
ly accused and condemned. He wa;
brought before Governor Pilot, who
| questioned Him. investigated the trjub-
| lie concerning Him, and, VINO. although
| he said, Il find no fault in Him." de-
| livered Him up to His enemies.
,He was taken by the mob out beyond
| the walls of the city, up the slopes oil
| Calvary, and there he was crucified
| They drove the nails in his hands;
they drove them through his feet They
| suspended him between heaven and
earth. For six hours He suffered, then
| bowed His head and said: 1T is fin
| ished," and gave up the ghost. He was
| crucified, and the world laughed. The
| world went on it's course. Men feasted
| They bought and sold. But where was
| '"The Lord?"
| Who lis this we see walking with
| His disciples to the village of Emmaus
| expounding unto them the Scriptures
| beginning with Moses and all the
| prophets?
Who is this we see going through the
| streets of Jerusaleum and out TO Mt
Oliyet, who raises His hands and causes
| His benedicAQn to rest upon the heads
| of His followers Who was 1t that the
| clouds received out of their sight?
Who is it that exhalted far above
all principality, and power, and might
and domain. and every name that is
Ddutu, not Ouly al ILLS HSAlu, nut dl6U
| in that which is to come?
And now the day Of coronation Is
come, when the angels of Heaven sur
| round, and the redeemed gather, and
all with loud voice, sing Worthy is
the Lamb that was slain to receive
power, and riches and wisdom, and
strength, and honor. and glory. and
blessing"
And every creature which is in
Heaven, and on the earth, and under
the earth, heard l, saying, blessing and
honor. and glory, and power be unto
Him that sitteta upon the throne, and
unto the Lamb forever and ever.
The servant Is not greater than his
Lord. It is enough tnat the servant
be as his Lord. The redeemed shall be
kings and priests unto God. They shall
be crowned, and reign with him for
ever and ever!
1t is the servants duty to reveal
faithfully Christ's truth; and then leave
1t to Him. in due time, 20 reveal their
integrity.
Our trials come to us In no figura-
tive, but in very real, sense, and may
be of exceptional severity. Even the
piercing iron may enter our soul. For
the servant is not above his Lord. God S
way is not our way.
His dealings, the acutist and most
mysterious, are not arbitrary. They