The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-21
ELEMENTS OF GOOD AT WORK.
HARRISBURG, December %.

Special to the Register.
The work goes on from day to day
with a general advance all along the
lines. There are no reckless, unsup-
ported charges, no i'll advised sorties, no
,llegitimste use OF Greek fire, incendslr-
Ism or anything of the sort. The
forward movement against the
works of sin bears all the evi
dence of long preparation, thorough
organization, and full realization on
the part OF the besiegers or the vast I'M
portsnce of the enterprise, and as well as
the desperate resistance Satan Will op'
pose with all the wicked resources at his
command. Whatever grumbling Christ
ians or SOOTHING unbelievers may say else,
they certainly have no room to Fcom-
plain OF any spssmodic dash for sensa-
ton or undue effort at excitement or en-
thusissm. On the contrary 1t Is seen
throughout every part OF the work, In
the preaching, talking, singing, praying
in the morning conference, praise and
inquiry meetings, and in the childreh's
afternoon mass meetings-iH all the sys-
temalically arranged plans, and the
earnest, harmonious working to the same
-eyerywhere is seen evidences OF
deeply fixed purpose, builded on faith
and prayer, that the work shall be
thorough and lasting, and whatever
advance is made into the enemy's coun-
try may be permanent. Indeed, we may
say since last winter the Christian peo-
pie OF this community have been prepar-
ing for this campaign. The Murphy
mo, ement had crippled the enemy
much. by cutting of many OF his re
sources of supplies and recruiting and
rendered many points in his lines vul,
nersble TO attack; and all the while since
there has been faithful following under
the Banner Of the Gross, who have look
ed forward TO this work, and who have
been zealously gathering supplies OF
grace strengthening their lines, furnish
lag that swords and helmets, aad organ
izlng and confederating all the soldiers
OF the Cross to come up to the help OF
the Lord against the mighty. And.by
no means least among the influences
favorable to this revival, has been
the work of Rev. VIM. Long,
agent OF the American Bible Society,
who has for months been making Par
kers burg his headquarters, as mission.
sry in the special work OF supplying all
destitute families with the Bible; and as
he mas been canvsssing the city supply
ing the needy, his heart has been rs
live cosI, klndllng the spirit OF the re-
vival. At one of the churches on Sab
bsth he reported that, 50 far he had then
csnvassed, he found one family in three
without n Bible, but added, to explain
away our healhenism, that he had only
been along the two rivers in the most
destitute part of the town. Having COM
pleted his work, he now reports one
family in six in the city without the BIZ
bic before mis- visits, about the proportion
o! restitution found throug bout the State.
/ wanted to give some particulars and
incidents in this, instead OF generaliziDg,
but must forbear till my next, and will
simply add that many children and some
adults have confessed conversion, and
very many are msnltesung conviction,
in All It's grades, from q slight interest TO
an overburdened sense of sin, and the
workers seem to be growing stronger In
faith and HOPE.