The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-18

treasures on earth, !" Sc, and the sflrma
live one following, "But lay up for your
selves treasures In heaven" presum
Alr. M. Is laboriDg quite as industriousl,
as most men, TO lay up earthly treasures
and this Is legitimate and right, unless h
, fails to store away in the treasurie
: OF "Heaven's Kingdom" within him
: those priceless gems that shall enrich anC
beau!ily "the lie that now ls" and "tha
which Is to come"
: Again Christ tells US here also, TO 'tak(
no thought for the morrow, what We shal
eat or what we shall drink, or where.
withal we shall be clothed" No ont
would affirm that He meant we should si
cody down, fold our arms and trust IL
God for our worldly comforts. Certainly
not The Bible Is too full Of commands
to accompany faith with works, In order
to obtain blessings sought, either temporal
or spiritual.
1attended the closing session OF the NJ,
E. Conference held In Fairmont a shorl
time ago. A telegram was received an.
nouncing the death OF q dearly beloved
minister. After appropriate commem-
orattve services, motion was made 10
take upa collection for the benefit Of bis
widow, and some even called out their
i've dollar contributions to this praise
worthy object. They announced one
hundred dollars $l00) as the result. No
one was horrifed. WhyP Because they
did not do this good act ITO be seen Of
men" but because they felt 1t 10 be high
privilege and duty thus to aid this wife
and mother, in whom they all felt deep
interest. Would Mr.. M, had he been
present, even srhSpered that he thought
1t pharisaical, though doubtless "t6ey
might be earnest and sincere| fancy
he would not. Then why call the street.
praying OF to-day pharisaical. He might
as well say that our Saviour denounced
all alms'giving as wrong, save that done
in the most private way, as TO make the
quotations he does, to provo that woman
is violating Christ's law by street.praying
de taught in the highways, and healed
in public places.
l am sorry that DR.. Fisher, Mr.. M
or any man OF less influence, should he
tempted to say one word against this re-
form which is Reaven-direCted,
Doubtless the saloon-keepers oil Wheel.
ing are grateful 10 my friend Tor the help
ne has given them. Neither DR.. Fisher,
Mr.. McMecheu, or any who have written
against "the movement" suggest apy
plan upon which 10 fight the foe Of In.
temperance, but it appears that they
would almost rather see 1t live on than to
draw their coats Of prejudice, "make
bare their arms" and help the toomen put
1t down in this cay So l said before this
cause is of God, and must succeed, sooner
or later. If this form Of it, is not a sue
cess, It will not be His fault, nor ours, but
will lie alone with the men Of our
churches who oppose it. May God bless
them in their duty. HoPE
Mr.. McMechen In His Own Defence.
Editors OF the IntellIgcncer.
Afourth writer, "Temperance"-whom
l take TO be a lady-has entered the list
against my article oil Monday last. l
would refer this writer 10 my article in
fridays INTELLIGENcER. Ii she ~ is
candid, as l trust she means to be, she
will see that my object Is not 10 injure
the temperance cause-God forbid but
to aid It, by eliminating from 1t that
which does not properly belong 10 It ;
and which, in the judgment Of many
sensible people, Is an element Of toeaknesj,
rather than Of strength. We are yery
apt to attribute TO mere incidents what
might more justly be ascribed to other
causes. But while the writer expatiates
on the good that the temperance NICE.
ment is doing, she docs not pretend to
say, how much harm this practice Of
street praying may have done, nor can
she. Nor does she speak OF the cold re.
ception with which 1t has met in the
larger cities, where the more highly cul-
tivated classes are always to be iound.
"He that is not for Us Is against u.s."
will do very well as general maxim,
but 1t Is dangerous tool except in the
hands OF wise people. It's injudicious use,
or application, may subserve the purpose
OF driving of the best friends Of temper
ance, but in the estimation Of people of
common sense, whose minds are not over.
heated with one idea, the proposition,
that on any subject there can be but t,eo
opinions is so manilestlY absurd that il
needs only to be stated in order 10 be re.
jected. 1t is hoped, therefore, that the
friends of temperance-I mean the indis-
Greet ones-will cease this petty spitelul.
ness, and confine themselves to manly ap.
peals to the intelligence and common
honesty ol the people. Such appeals will
always command respect, and will be
much more eflectual than the clap, trap
which has sometimes been heard in
Washington Hall.
As to my own course, I will only say that
when l see q proper opportunity 10 aid the
good cause privately or publicly, I will
always endeavor to be on hand-if not
among the orators oi Washington Hall,
at least before large and more dis.
passionate audience, which for rea.
sons peculiar to myself, l greatly prefer.
l mean such one as can be reached
through the public press. Such an audi
ence Is much more likely TO respect hon
est differences Of opinion. In the mean
time am prepared TO say, with all my
heart, success TO the temperance cause.
]. H. McMRouEN.