Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-08

ten to the hymns OF praise tina. go up from
the countless thousands of worshipers
every Sabbath and not believe that He Is
the Son of God. the. Savior of the world.
with power TO forgive sin?
IF there is a man in this audience who
doubts, let him come forward and, kneeI-
ing at this altar. test the greatest truth
of history.
Another point in the evidence is con.
science. History and experience agree
that man was intended TO be more than
an animal. Conscience. faith and reasons
are marks of Gods likeness which distin-
guish Him from the animal creation. He
is possessed with moral sense, wtnoh has
a three-fold junction. First: There is in
every mar that which leads him to Judge
of the moral quality of actions. Second.
There is in every man that which leads
him 10 have Judgment apon those. actions.
Third: There is in every man that which
speaks or approves of the decision or the
Judgment. If the decision of the conscience
is right the conscience will say YOU ought.
If the decision of the Judgment is wrong,
the conscience win say you ought not.
Then another point in the evidence
is providence and prayer There Is In this
world a natural and supernatural progress.
God causes the sun to shine and the rain
to fall upon the just and the unjust. He
brings the harvest up to the hand OF the
sinner as well as the saint. There rs a
providence in the clouds. a providence in
the winter and a providence in the SUM
mer. Man is the recipient of these bless
ings irrespective of what they are.
This providence is both general and
| particular. We have accomplished won
ders by the army and navy, by, enterprise
and craft, but the American people lava
not reached this position or the sovar-
eighty of the Western Hemisphere without
the aid of the Almighty God, who-for CEN
turtles has been steadily at work evolving
the new empire of the west"
He next took up the division called spec
ial providence, and ave several examples
of it.
There Us an element of unity in all
providence. Christ did not tell us how Ha
managed his work. He taught that we are
not to work out our own salvation by the
scientific method, but by faith, and and
persevere in God. He made no effort to
explain or Simplify. He said. I am your
guide; trust me. You Heavenly Father
takes care of the grass and the flowers.
and he will take care of you. Lay your
weary head upon my bosom and find rest
There is a superior world around about
us. We ave a citizenship in heaven and
earth both. You are organized in life for
two spheres. Life is not a mere game of
chance We are not led up a stairway
to a wall, where there is no opening to go
through. The heavens has been opened.
Christ has come out from the eternal life
to help us In the struggle Of life. The Holy
Spirit is abroad on the mission of regener-
alton. We are bound for hat eternal
sphere. We are going home, not to pow
erty. stagnation and Affections, but to
riches, symmetry and eternal JOY"
The members Of the congregation pres
ent, about three hundred, shock hands
with the Rev. Westhafer at the conclus-
lon of the morning service. The board OF
the church stated yesterday that they had
made no mistake and those who heard
him yesterday are all Of the opinion that
not q better man could have been secured
for the place.