The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-24

great deal oi their peculiar religion. The
had q desire to be more religious th Al
others, This in Itself was commendable
They separated themselves from other
300 years before Christ. The word PhAri
see means TO seperate, TO set apart. Theil
great idea was 70 be peculiar. They had III
law OF Moses and the traditions, 70 Whicl
they adhered strictly. No better state
ment Of their religion can be given thar
that uttered by the one who entered the
temple TO pray. They were men Of prsyeI
and they gave tiths OF all they pos
sessed, both commendable In themselves
COMPARING OUR RRLl0EoN
with theirs, how stands The matter will
US. Do we pray and give as they did
We fear not But our religion must ex-
ceed theirs. They prayed 10 be seen o.
men. They gave for seiEaggrandizement
But we should pray in the spirit, and give
because the cause OF Christ needs and de
mands 1t. We eshould, then, exceed them In
the pure faith Of the heart. The Phariseet
were not pure. Ye are whited sepu.Chres
says the Savior. 1t is a mistaken ideS
that we are TO be religious merely 10 gel
TO heaven. We should excel In purity
We should excel in humility and al
Christian graces. We should work fol
the souls Of men. lie closed with an
earnest appeal TO all modern Phariseet
(lor we have many Of them) to awake from
their lethargy and work iOr Christ.
AFTERNOON.
THE cHILDREN's MEETING
was held In the tabernacle, and was con-
Quoted by Mrs. Ball, assisted by Mrs
Baker, Of 81. Louis. The o'clock ser
vice was opened with singing, Miss Emms
More officiating at the organ. (By the
way, the splendid organ used was fur.
nished by the firm OF Adams & Lucas
without cost TO the Association, which is
certainly very commendsble)
Rev. H. O. Sanford preached power.
lul sermon from the text: "And these
shall go away unto everlasting punish.
ment, but the righteous unto lie eternal"
The following is brief synopsis OF the
sermon: That there are eternal states,
one Of happiness and one OF misery, in
which all present this afternoon will soon
take up their abode, is evident. There is
an eternal he'll and an eternal hedpen
This TACT alone should cause US 10 shun
the one and seek the other. People gen.
orally don't like the Bible account of the
place called hell. Its a terrible subject,
yet terrible as ii Is, we should preach 1t
sometimes. Il would be better, far better,
TO talk about it now than TO dwell on il by
and by. The word "hell' has great
latitude in It's meaning. But mean what
1t may in other places, It here means q
place oil final punishment for wicked men
No doubt much OF the language used in
the Scriptures is fgurative. But il Is
enough TO know that 1t Is place Of end
less torment But terrible as this is, 1t Is
q blessed thought that there is an eternal
heaven, In which we all may dwell. We
should not always look on the bright side,
but look all around us-below as well as
above. By these 10 the text is meant all
who forget GOd-all who have not put on
Christ's righteousness.
Alter the sermon Bro. Hughes gave q
powerful exhortstion, and invited the
seekers to the altar, but none responded
During the afternoon the sun shone out
bright, and the camp presented an ami
mated appearance. Entirely too much
noise Is made outside the congregation.
Surely all should pay attention 10 the
worship-at least while in progress.
RVRHrrn tr -. -
YOUNG PEOPLES MEETING
at $50, at the tabernacle, was addressed
by several brothers and sisters, and O
good degree Of interest was manifested
At 8 o'clock Rev. D H. Z. Dix preached
10 avery large congregation. At least a
thousand were in the assembly and good
attention was manifested. His text was
"For the redemption Of their souls Is
precious, and 1t ceaseth forever" Man ID
q compound being. There Is an inner
and an outer man. This is taught ex-
plicitly from the Word oil God. The
inner man Is the soul. The soul may
exist either with or without the body
1t lives after the body dies. The soul d
capable oil shining and can do 30 with
out the body. Every sinful thought Il
sin. The body but carries out the die
tates Of the soul. The soul cannot bt
saved by anything that Is perishing
Nothing but the blood Of Christ can SAVE
1t No outward washing as baptism, &c.
can do any good irrespective OF the sheC
blood Of Christ. There must be individ
ual application. My cleansing will no
save another. The cleansing must bt
obtained in-this life. There Is no saliva.
ton after death. AS death leaves US 81
the judgment finds US. The cleansing 4
precious from the fact that our souls livl
forever. The immortality Of the soul Il
doctrine clearly taught in the Bible. l
will live parallel with God himself. !
Is sprecious from Its cost. 1t tis preciou
from the fact that It is capable Of suffer.
ing and also Of enjoying. All were urget
10 apply TO the great physician Of soul
and be healed. Alter the sermon pow
erlul appeal was made TO the unconYertet
by Bro Ball. Seekers were invited I,
the altar and Sseveral presented them
selves The meeting closed In peace AMI
harmony at 10 o'clock.
SUNDAY.
To the great Disappointment Of oil, an
contrary TO the expectation Of oil, the do,
opened with rain which continued o.
forenoon, making 1t as unpleasant a
could we'll be. Il was expected that W
would have larger crowd to-day ths
was ever seen on the old Camp Gr0un
or than has been known for years. But th
state Of the weather will entirely forbid Il
Notwithstanding the rain however, man
are coming. II seems that nothing vii
prevent some from coming 10 Mounds
vile Camp Meeting. Services were con
Quoted in the tabernacle at 8 O'Clock, bu
THE GLOOM OF THE DAY
seemed to have settled on all present
Even the ministers looked disheartened
though we hope they were not But
they were can we blame them, when
seems that all Of them have been expect