The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-13
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Cincinnati Commercial Of Sunday
Aplain, honest.Iooling old countryman
came into this office yesterday afternoon,
with mud on his boots and trouble on his
mind. lie wanted to know it, somehow,
something could not he done. He spoke
in Il low voice, and earnestly and confd-
ingly, and proceeded to explain himself.
don't like to say anything about this,
he said, and wouldn't utter word
againat the Good Cause, for it would be a
sin. | don't say that revival now and
then, 10 stir the stagnnnt blood OF the
Church, aud warm hearts that are ont in
the cold, is such bad thing, il conducted
III the right sort OF way. But out ouT
way, it seems to me, we can't stand what
mean any longer. We are worn com
pletel out. We were getting along all
right with our old pastor. lie is good
man, and understands his business. lie
was holding matters pretty level ont
there. We had n good moral ncighbor-
hood-no drinking, DO fighting, no steal
ing, no scandals worth speaking of-ev-
crything moving right along smooth and
nice, The clergyman was doing his work
we'll, IA good man should, holding
prayer-meetings, building up interest in
the Sabbath school, taking new member
into the Church now and then, preaching
iva. ripc, healthy sermons on Sunday,
visiting The sick, drawing his salary reg.
ularlv, and all that-not getting up any
big hoorays and iamborees, not poking
his nose into family affairs that did not
concern his profession, and being well
liked and respected by everybody as tho
head Of harmonious church.
Well, air. one Sunday forenoon, a few
weeks ago, We were all at church, peace.
full and happy. and tasting in advance the
ioys Of heaven. II such could be. when tho
door opened inst ma orr pastor had
closed the opcSinr nrnyer when in there
walked with His carmel. b9p and umbrel.
Ia. old ScaIn--oll Rev. Mr.. Scalp. tLc
ryanrelist Hc Ind come on ns imam.
nounced. He had come TO gel I'm re-.
yiyaL lie had been around our way be.
fore, We NIL shuddered. Onr pastor
turned pale. We couldnt nut him ont
lie came as n recognized reyiyalist. The
church let him 20 tramping around The
countrv os n rommissioreI oII;rer of tLq
Lord, feyiylng the cause, So our ouiel
pastor had TO be n bypocrite. and greet
him cordially, and lie 10 him about bcina
so glad that he had come. Yes, our pas,
tor had to vacate and LET the old tramr
!. take hold. Then the disturbances in on,
peaceful community began, Scalp made
things red hot. We had church fourteen
times week. lie downed ma all ON on,
knees, including our pastor and His good
old wilc. who never did a wrong thing IN
her life, and told us what wrctehes mia
creant, intidels We were. lie made il
miserable for us, sure enough. Here he
said, We had been gliding along smooth
ly, peacefully, happily together toward,
the fire and birthstone, hell and dampa
ton, instead OF wrestling with our snir
its, breaking our stubborn nccks, chas
Using ourselves, and making one anothe,
miserable to remind us that We live in .
world Of sin and woe. All! he said, h,
had come amongst us once again like
fiery poker, to stir us up, and bring us /,
consciousness OF its being a terrible
awful, horrible thing to lead Christia,
lifa