The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-08-17

BFettyman anu Taylor, "A collection was
taken up which amounted to 1857,
Rev. R. ]. White, Of the Pittsburgh
Conference, preached at 3 o'clock from
these words; 4Him hath God exalted q
Prince and u Saviour to give repentance
to Israel and forgiveness Of sins" Some
OF the points Of the sermon were as fol.
lows; As a Divine SAVIOUR He could
not be exalted, but as a man he was ex,
alted. He was not Of angelic nature, but
He became the man Of soTroWs. He
lived a sinless life, suffered and died,
thus meeting every demand Of the law in
His humanity, He burst the bonds Of
death asundeF, and went again to His
Father, where He now sits exalted to
make intercession for Us. The resurrec-
tiOn Of Christ Is one OF the fundamental
doctrines Of the Christian church. Had
he not risen, then might We doubt the re-
ality OF our religion, He is Prince.
He is the Captain Of our salvation, He
is also our Savior. This is the highest
title that can be conferred on a created in
telligence. A savior must DO able to render
satisfaction to all the demands Of law.
This he did. He assumes supreme au-
thority. He is the arbiter Of lie OF death.
He locks the grave and unlOcks il. He
locks Heaven 10 the sinner and unloCksi II
to the believer. He locks hell to the be.
lever and opens It's yawnipg depths to
the sinner: BE then noticed the meaning
of the word repentance, Il Is a turning
point with a determination 10 fOrsake sin,
True evangelical repentance Is as neces-
sary as faith. There may be repentance
that Is not unto life. He had very little
faith in a deaIh.bed repentance, There
must be a conviction Of personal guilt.
The sinner has the ability given him
OF God to repent. Christ was also exalt-
ed that he might impart forgiveness to
the penitent. The heart is the fount-
tain OF all bitterness. The impurity Of
our moral nature win all be removed In
this forgivpes, Cod only can do this
He cannot do this arbitrarily, but only IN
accordance with his divine and eternal
Justice. He does oil this by our doing
Just what we can. He sent the comfort
or to guide, and millions are feeling and
enjoying the presence Of the Holy Ghost
to-day. Many other good things were
said which space wonld not admit Of my
reporting were | 80 minded.
The services were attended throughout
the day by good congregations, though
small In comparison to yesterday.
EVENING.
4 was not present at the young. poople's
meeting at the sanctuary, but understand
that a very interesting and profitable
hour was spent there. At the public ser
vice IN the sanctuary Rev. Taylor
preached from the words, Except ye re-
pent, ye shall all likewise PERISH" First.
The duty Of repentance, Second. The
neglect Of 1t. No one can repent without
God. lie repents for no one, The pow
or comes from God. The act Is OF the
creature. Tho repentance used In the
text includes faith. 1t is very simple.
II Is turning away from sin unto God.
Faith Is surrendering to God and accept
ing Christ. To perish does not mean the
unnihilation OF the soul. 1t means a de.
struction Of the spiritual susc0ptibilitieS
God does not destroy anybody. II issin
that destroys the soul. II turned
the angels to devils. God never
made a devil. Had the angels not
fallen there would have been
no devils. IIumsn devils are worse than
fallen angels, and they will reach depth
in hell that they never dreamed Of. The
fallen angels never had o chance to re-
pent. Nbyoice Of mercy ever fell on their
ears. Then how much greater will DO the
sinners punishment, who all his lie has
closed his ears to the voice Of mercy: d0d
does not have TO kindle the flames oi hell.
They are already kindled. This perish.
ing will last forever. But II Is impossi-
BILE to give an idea Of the sermon in re:
port like this. II can only be appreciated
by those who heard IL Many apt Ill lus-
trations were used to enforce the points
made. Although lie is somewhat eccentric
in his manner Of delivery, he must be
acknowledged to be q powerful preacher,
and II Is no wonder he enjoys the world
wide reputation he does. His great
power lies in the simplicity Of his Illus.
trntions. All can understand and must
feel them, wether they will or not At
the close q number OF seekers presented
themselves At the altar.
At the collection taken up yesterday
$3.50 were realized. twill be decided TO-
morrow whether the meeting will con-
tinue over another Sabbath. The suppo.
sition Ia that II will. The sacrament OF
tho LordS Supper will be administered
onWedneS'lay. ( M REFoRTEiR