The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-30
CHARACTER WOVEN AND COLOR.
ED BY OUR CONDUCT,
PASTOR DECLARES.
Scverinu of Last Thread Comes When
Makers Plan Concerning Us
Has Been Completed.

Likcning life to the quick passage
Of a shuttle thrown BY the skilled
hand Of weaver made nimblC ny
practice, DR.. J. Talbert kechan dcIlF'
cred an interesting sermon last even
! ing in tho Chapllue Street Methodist
Episcopal church on the subject, Inc
Web of Life"
! The text was taken from job i-h-
My days arc swiIter than a wcaNeriS
shuttle
The lesson taught was that OF IN"
raid flight Of time.
| Before our summer AWNINGS arc
down and we have lett the shady dcllS
we are talking Of Christmas and
! New Year Since lie began We have
seen twCnty.iOrry. sixty mile stones
/ hurry past. As the Shut,l" Snn"5
along the loom. it slips I'm" o.
! thread, wool. or silk. or linen to De-
/ lasting record of its passage. Ana
when the work shall have hc"n done
and the web examined. its valu" VIII
! depend upon the care with NI''n
each little line has been set. al inc
( right material. in the mGht manner
I in the right place. In like manner
each moment as it fleets by US leaves
! its trace on our lives.
Weaving Character.
! We are weaving character ana col
Orins it. with our action and roNhu'''
Each thought. each heart thFoh' 'ac"
mental action leaves its trac" heh,nh.
/ Thoughts. like the wcav"rS Shu''''
| soon follow the same course as lhoH
, flash through the mind, leaving llli''
which adds TO tho toXtur" ot "hara''
| ter, ColorinC il with beauty or veneer
| ing il with shoddy Every act or our
life contribute its thread to tn" tex
! turc OF the tcndfnCy. The weaver Is
made to accord with the designer by
IAN elaborate arrangement previously
set up as his pattern. And ID" wen
! OF life resembles it in tins respect
God has conceived III" plan l"l
: every man, has marked his course
/ has stamped particular feature on
his career, and it seems, he has nc
| tCrmiued when the dark color 0l So!'
! row and when the bright threads u
! ioy shall be fastened into tho 'cN'uI.
OF his life. and has 50 regulated an
things that each man SHAH lhTo" INC
thread OF daily life across success
, sion OF preOrdaincd circumstances
whereby he determines his own "eH'
tiny. What would Your life or nllhi
/ have been had it not been for the I"E,
ing intervention OF the parental care
! Then that God has planned AL 'HIS
life for us. what matter oil rcJoi'lhE
il should be One so wise, pNc VII"
knows our capabilities, has dciV!'
mined for us our duty and oTdalh'"
| orr lot which it is yours and mine u
select as we weave this web or lie
When gloomy ColOrS succeed 10 gray
when dark sorrows are made 10 ule"u
with lifC's web, how often DO VIC Coi".
nlaiu. But what deception lNe'e
comes to those whose days ar" s"'''.
or than n wcayCr'S shuttle as the!
dash I'm and down the highways ana
tho hywavs of life colorlnG the "cb III
which they will be known in, III after
! life. until they are lost III III" con,
/ fused lines of their own caS'!"|' ""'
, cry: r., enc
(which way shall | take LOT '''
| bright golden span
rho, hridrcs the waters 50 safely Tor
man"
if | knew
Tho night is so dark. and the pa5Sc's
arc few"
Should Be Watchful.
Man should be watchiui, 4eSI MS
faul,incss should mar the ln'l'e
scheme. For, as the workman may
cnoiI the best conception. 50 man u!
rnfaithrulness on his part. may SIo"
his Makers purpose conc''h'"9 ''',"'
| We cannot always arrange INV
threads to our own fancy, mot my
win Int Thine b" done. We WI"
soon weave the whole length OIL GU,
lives and as soon as IN" last thlc""
,h,, rnmpIcIes Gods lNc plan con
cn,.ninr Ms shall have been Sh"'' '"'
,,ro,d If our life shall be- SeNeE'''
,L n,,. work shall be laId aS!C'.
"Tho wheel will never eI'h" |" NV
water that is past. Nh'h W.T. 'o','m
10 thr crossing Of The bar can We ,"'
vim onr Saviour, Il hav" lih'SI." Wv
work Thou gavcst me /" 40. wv
r,,y learn from the weaver 'n"' II.
ar,,.,ys follows the pattern set "''''
him Mans hungry heart h'a'' i"
unrb, the due to the fact 'h"' ~ n''
,,ilcd 10 follow the pa'''I -, 49,,
rho rInwcrs that bloom"d III i'''"
arn hIooming still. The S'a'S '"",'
"hown in tremendous glory do"h va
po,hInhcm. are shining 9t'l'' n"' a.,
~ '' tr,inwinC the consccrated lives o.
anr f,,hcrs and our mothers Ntr W.
ro,,,winc the HE Of our hf'H' ,,,s
ir,I the Divine Designer ''' va.
,,oomv coloring from your he ana
.ct , now pattern h"l"r" l"u tha' !""
NAV weave the web Of TINS Ill" IN III"
hc,u,itul rolors. with Il sweet. E'hu"'
will to all. approved of CHRIST ana OF
lead lite free from Sh"dn\ "'
ro,,cr hvpncratical. N"n'"nW inaN'
/ ho,iryc good fellow OF IN" '"'l''l''
rnn,ury one that IS worthy P'@'
among men and angels. 5" mat thri
may say Of YOU. "Wrll done thuu cnoJ
I.rd faithful servant, enter INTO IN"
my. of The Lord" enter them nov,
that Won may enjoy yourself IN thus
tIiro and in tn" lii" - wv. nv