Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-17
MISSIONARY MEETING.
Celebration Of the Eighth Anniversary
offhe Founding OF the wheeling and
Ohio Comfy Bible Society.

Ohio County Bible society.
All the protestant denominations of this
city met last night, in common, IN the
| spacious auditorium OF the Fourth street
church with the double object Of celebrating
the eighth anniversary Of the organization
of the Wheeling and Ohio County Bible
Society, and bidding farewell to its presi-
| dent, and for many years its most faithful,
energetic and earnest worker, Rev. Samuel
B. Barnitz. The room was closely packed
with a miscellaneous congregation (mis-
cellaneeus only in relation to the number
of churches represented). Rev. David
A. Cunningham, D. D., OF the
First Presbyterian church, presided:
A splendid choir,a consolidation OF
the choirs of other churches, rendered
some beautiful vocal selections under the
inent among the singers our reporter no
ticed Prof. Hartly Thompson, J. +: Mendei,
". B. Day, Oscar Seeley, J. McReiley, Mrs.
c. W. Eoff, Miss Teresa Phillips, Annie
Carson, Sophie Logan, Mamie Britts and
others. The opening chorus was very fine
and listed to with rapt attention.
Rev. Mr.. milford, of the Baptist Church,
opened the exercises with prayer,
The solo. Come unto Me-" by Prof.
Hartly Thompson was then given, after
which DR.. Cunningham said the meeting
Represented cue
OF the city. the members OF which had
came out 10 testify by their presence the
interest they felt in the welfare OF so grand
a cause. They had come tonight with one
heart and one desire. and that was to aid
ia placing the Bible in the hands OF all.
Rev. Walter r. Long, the veteran Bible
agent for the State, was then introduced,
and very pointedly related the facts and
fancies connected with his Itineracy, how
he Lad found thousands Of families a.! over
the State destitute of Scriptures, and in
some instances of all practical knowledge
OF them. He come, he said, TO this city in
he had been unweariedly at work
In the name OF the Lord OF Hosts
In the time mentioned he had gra-
tuitously distributed thousands OF
Bibles among Gods poor, the Devils
door, the poor devils, and other sorts OF
poor, who needed them. In 1881 he and
his colporteurs had travelled over $4,000
miles and worked l,04j days, and given
away over five hundred and fifty dollars
worth OF Bibles, and received only eighty
dollars, or in other words, had given seven
dollars for every one dollar received. The
speaker gave other interesting data in re-
gard to his work and the ignorance and
restitution that he had encountered and
concluded his address to give way to Rev:
W. II. Cook, pastor elect of the Second
Presbyterian Church, who spoke very
favorably and eloquently OF the King
James version of the Scriptures and re-
ferred to the recent edition as one with an
obscure and uncertain future" the ben
efits that have arisen from Bible Societies;
the value of Bible as superior to all lit,
erature. 1t should antecede all books and
papers, religious or secular, and should be
the Judge for all things. 1t will always be
supreme in literature and among the books
OF men.
A selection from lIandels Messiah, by
Mrs. {. w. Eoh, followed Mr.. Cooks adj
dress, after which Rev. Mr.. Barnih spoke
for some minutes in his characteristic
manner, that has been so attractive to 50
many people in the city for two decades.
A collection was then taken up, which
was very liberal, and when this was over
the meeting was dismissed with the bene-
diction by Rev. J. l.. Mcclure, d. d., OF the
L. T. Church