The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-02

blOtted out with the account OF wrong
doing which has converted the harmony
of human nature into distress and
chaos.
See what sin is, II by nothing else, yet
by its penalty. Sec the value of thy
soul by the price paid for Its redemp-
tIon. See the love OF God for thee, by
what He suffered for thee.
Theword OF God hangs upon the Cross,
it'is the open book of the revelation Of
God. Men of old despised His mes
sages, but He said, They will reverence
My Son." The word OF God lies before
thee, read and understand. The gospel
narrative tells thee all; explains the
why, the wherefore. And all this for
thee.
Sigh Over a Novel.
Men and women can sigh over u
novel, they can shed tears at come dra-
matte performance; but the passion of
their Lord does not move them, scarce
ly interests them.
Let us stand in spirit upon Calvary.
Slowly and painfully the Holy One
has tolled up the hill OF death. Nearly
exhausted by the agonies and cruelties
He hangs bleeding and athirst, They
offer him wine mingled with myrrh; He
tastes, but cannot drink; bitter taste,
but no rerreshment; a smartlng twInge
to His parched lips. but no draught to
deader. pain. His last taste in life Bit
ter! A parable this; fund OF thought
and meditation. Eat and drink o sin
full. careless wording. who never de-
MED myself one single thing for Christ's
sake; eat and drink, and plenty Of it;
eat and drink and be merry; the Lord
was hungry, thirsty, faint and weary,
and His mouth was filled with bitter
ness for thee.
What is the voice Of thy heart? Speak
it out; what is that to me? see thou to
that"
This was the voice of the chief priests
and elders. This is the voice OF the
careless unrelenting world. 1t is the
voice Of sin.
Oh, Jesus. the Omnlpotent-
Among the faithless. faithful only He;
Among lnnumerable false, unmoveG
mistaken, unseducetl, untcrrihed,
His loyalty He kept, His love, HIS zeal:
Nor number. nor example with Him
To swsrvS from truth, or change His con-
slant mind"
Let us look still further into the mys-
terry OF evil. 1t is a fact that cannot be
galnsaId, that II We would seek for the
most utter and complete statement OF
the extreme slnfulness OF sin. and the
misery which 1t Innlcts on the heart, we
must search into the lives of truly
spiritual men.
So ST. Francis. when his possession OF
real modesty WAS put to the test by
Brother Matteo. answered. thou wish
est to know why 1t is 1 whom men fol-
low: 1t is because the eyes of the most
High have willed 1t thus: He continual
ly watches the good and the wicked,
and as His most holy eyes have not
found among sinners any smaller man,
nor any more insufficient. and more sin.
full, therefore He has chosen me to ac-
complIsh the marvellous work which
God has undertaken; He chose me be-
cause He could find no one NOR worth
less, and He wished here to contound
the nobility and grandness of the
world"
Why is this. you may ask? Is 1t not
abundnntly clear. that the further you
mount on the golden stairs OF spiritual,
ity, the more you rise above the drift
ing smoke md the confusing mlsts. the
more you look out upon God7
Take once more the sense OF (which
kindles the affairs of the savage and
arms his fury against his loved and
best that sense of sin which rolled up
in Il stream OF sacrifice to calvary, ana
atreamed out in one flooded into the
great sacrifice OF the altar.
Why is It that in those who mount up
highest on the stairs Of the spiritual life
this sense Of guilt becomes more acute?
We have had three examples of 1t in
our time
Listen to Mr.. Kible, the sanity author
of the Christian Year. bcwalling his ut
tee worthlessness, az II he were the
vllcft criminal. and the most degraded
sinner. Listen to DIR. Pussy. whose
holy life even surpasses what the can
did biographer ventures to record OF
him, speaking OF himself rs loathsome
Ipnnr fnIiI and bn0Ipd with sin.