Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-18

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every one knew he is tired for father,
for the Heavenly Father whose son
came as . burden bearer Of mankind;
how of much WEAKNESS and loneli-
ness Of heart would be removed.
"A nervous clergyman who could
only study to advantage when left abb
solutely alone and undisturbed.
thoughtlessly left his study door UNI
locked and his little three-year-old
child softly opened the door and came
in. He was disturbed and a little i'm
patiently asked, my, child, what is
your want?" Nothing, papa" Then
what did you come in here for?" Gust
because kwanted to be with you,' was
the reply. To come into the Heavenly
Fathers presence and wait before him;
how such an hour, now and again,
would rest US.
We should approach our Heavenly
Father with all reverence. The, fact
that God is in Heaven should impress
our minds very deeply with his highness
and holiness. Does Our Father dwell
in a place of infinite purity, into which
nothing that worketh an abomination
or loveth a lie a ever enter? Do an
gels veil their faces before the bright
ness of His presence and cry Holy,
Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty"
How careful should we be, therefore,
when we come to mingle III worship
with the praises of that innumerable
host, to lift up pure hands and a sin
cere heart before the throne God is
Our Father. He comes from heaven to
encourage our confidence; but still He
is Our Father in heaven. He claims our
reverence as well as our confidence.
We are not to talk to Him as though
He were a man, O take His glorious
titles into our lips with a profane
familiarity. Be not rash with thy mouth
and let not thy heart be hasty to utter
anything before God; for God is in
heaven; and thou upon earth. There
fore, let thy words be few. And yet does
He indeed stoop from His holy habita-
ton and from the alteration of those
perfect worshipers to listen to such
prayers as ours? What infinite conde-
scension is here! What pity in that
eye which looks all the way from
heaven to earth on the low estate of a
sinful soul! Watchful care in that ear
which amid all the anthems of the
skies, catches the accents of the hum
blest disciple as he prays in secret!
What love in that infinite heart which
says Il dwell in the high and holy place
with him who is of an humble and
contrite SPIRIT" And how effectual
must that love and pity be since He
who exercises them is seated on the
throne which is established in heaven.
We look UP to that throne as to the
hills whence cometh our help. Again, if
Our Father is in heaven; if He makes
that the place of His abode, and re-
veals Himself there to the whole fam
lily that bears His ~name-then heaven
is our inheritance. II we are sons,
then we are heirs-heirs of God and
joint heirs Of Jesus Christ. What will
He ibestow upon His children if not a
permission to come home and share
the abundance of His House? Let us
cultivate a home feeling toward heaven.
When We begin the Lords Prayer with
"Our Father which art in heaven
let it be a lesson to let our affections
on things above-a prophecy of u in
gatherings to the innumerable COM
pany of angels and the general assem-
bly, of the church of the first-born,
which are written in heaven. In our
Fathers house are many mansions.
There the excellent and lovely of all
generations have entered into rest.
There age, delivered of it's infirmities,
and childhood set free from all weak
ness and folly, are united in bonds of
perfectness. Every day adds to the
number of that glorious and blessed
household, and swells the tide of song.
Child of God, can you thing of the low
ing and the loved in your Fathers
house without longing to be there?
Amid the sorrows of life, are you not
sometimes homesick for heaven? How
precious is the thought that he who
taught us the prayer of which our text
is the first sentence, before He as
cended to His Father and Our Father,
promised to come again and receive us
to Himself, and where He is there we
may be also. 0, house of many man
sions! o, audience chamber of God Our
Father! 0, sweet, perfect, eternal fell
lowship of angels and the spirits of
just men made perfect! DR.. James Lud-
low says on visiting a.poor, bed-ridden
woman in n of our hospitals, II was
greatly impressed with her Christian
assurance. There was an almost SUI
perhuman composure and confidence
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