The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-02
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK.
THE LAST DAY OF THE ASSEMBLY.
Brlef Synopses ofthe Lectures Of Doctors Wrish
AID Sims-A Platform Meeting aad Fare.
well Services Last EysnIsx-Ths Dc. W.
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3 Special Repor. for the la.eiligencer.
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, August l.-Tues
. day being the closing day OF the Assembl
, the exercises were less largely attended
The usual normal classes, teachers con
: fcrence,and services Of song were held, an,
two lectures were delivered. The morning
lecture was delivered by Rev. a. A. Wrigh
on the subject, "The Old Bible or the New
Bible, which ?" and the following is bre
synopsis
| REV. A. 4. wE'GItT's ) LECTURE.
| In the beginning the famous tributes O
Poke, Coleridsc, Webster and Fubcr te
King James version were noted, and these
tributes enforced attention 10 the dangers
O! change. The birth, growth aud death o
language wera then illustrated, and II was
shown that the dead words in the old yer
sion needed burial, aud that they mus, be
snpplan.ed by the living words Of the new
version. Revision is demanded by the i'm
proved condition OF the critical Greek text
and Gods providence was shown in the
selection Of the Greek language for the pre-.
seryatiou Of his evangel. A short history
OF this language was then gtycr, and It wus
shown how errors might easily have crept
into the old version.
! The difficulties OF translation were then
enlarged upon, first, in the conception OF
Greek ideas, and secondly, in the expires.
sion OF the same. The Illustrations on the
blackboard we're OF great beauty, and the
congregation was impressed with its
ability to comprehend the Greek idea.
! The Revision Committee was warmly
commended for It's work, and the New
Bible was shown superior to the Old
for the following reasons: (l) the great
doctrines are set III clearer light, (2) the
four gospels are Independent OF each other
and are now clearly seen to be four scpa-
rate witnesses, l3), John is more clearly
set forth us tue foremost and most ilnpor-
tant witness OF the deity OF Christ.
The speaker concluded by showing
that the New Version will be accepted, the
people as against the scholars going 10 the
wall, bu. the New Version itself will be re-.
vised, the scholars being compelled to
yield to the people in their demands for
an idiomatic translation.
! DR. sI,ts's LECTURE.
DR.. Sims has been conductor OF the As.
sembly, and has wide reputation as an
eloquent pulpit orator and a successful
educator. lie is now chancellor OF Syra-
cuse University, and is known as nun OF
distinguished ability. His lecture this ai-
ternoon on 'The Philosophy of Failures
and the Conditions OF Success" did not
touch upon Sunday School topics, but was
entirely popular in its nature. In the be-
ginning the speaker described a typical
venture. The room was the very picture OF
assured confidence and unclouded hope. It
waited for the new business Us the Young
girl with complete toilet waits with smiling
expectancy for the coming OF her lover.
Finally the establishment was opened, and
the enterprise was fairly launched. The
faces OF the proprietors were radient with
anticipation OF success. Cheerful gentle.
manly men moved about the room ready
to receive attentively the expected crowds
OF customers There Was the exhilaration
"a N-hooNiAah SuSSNsoo VA wv lIHE Vi
confident advertisement. The proprietor
was joyous and confident.
The effort, however, ended in failure.
The gilt letters were rubbed off the win
dows, the glass was whiteued to conceal
the lonely emptiness within, and "To Let" 4"
was posted on the closed doors OF the
vacant room.
Type OF many a life venture, varied in a
thousand ways like the changing picture
OF the Kaleidoscope, is this common place
story, truer than any TACT. Not in money
and merchandise alone, but ia social posi-
ton, moral character, professional endea.
vors, is the race for fame, the efforts OF
philanthrophy, and in the pursuit OF pleas.
ure and power are found the defeated and
disappointed ones.
The nature and causes OF these failures
were next considered. The tist issue OF
life efforts, which is sometimes called q
failure, is when the wishes, plans and
hopes We have cherished are never real.
lzcd. but he is the real failure who does
not DO and become what he ought. Tc
every human being Is given measure Of
power, r,.great or small, but many u glorious
hope has been tearfully cot,ine,l and
burned in noble hearts, because it could
not survive the bondage OF inevitable ad.
tree Of life like blighted apples from oul
orchard trees. An insect in the bud, {,
canker worm ut the core, irost and drough,
and devouring enemies multiply the nun
Der.
The speaker then gave short sketch O.
the various boys who had been his play
mates in youth. and showed that but few
had achieved large success. The mair
body Of the discourse dealt with the causes
OF failures, and these were as follows; @
l. Failures through defects and weak.
nesses ot'character. ,.
.. Failures from carrying needles.
weights.
| Under the first head we're placed failures
from spirit Of dishonesty, from incidence
iickleness false pride, and false notions OF
success. Under the second head were
placed failures from foolish spending, from
habits OF vicious indulgence aud from
keeping up style. Each one OF these
points was extensively explained and the
lecture was ended with the followjn. story
from Hawthorne. :
Ralph Cranston dreamed OF three.iold
destiny. He was somewhere 10 see a
hand, in air or cloud, that should point
downward, and he should be bidden to
dig for the hidden treasure, tha. should
make him rich. Three venerable men
should meet him, and one with ma.
gician's wand should make geometrical
figure in the air, and offer him kingdom,
or empire and leadership Of some kind.
A beautiful girl, wearing Il hear,-shaped
jewel on her breast, should answer his pa.
lhetic appeal forlove and rest.
And seeking bis destiny he had gone
forth from his mothers cottage, and after
making the circuit OF the world, had stood
a disappointed and weary man ut his
mothers gate. There on tree in the door.
way loose piece Of bark, hard shaped,
pointed downward towards the word
"etiode" which he years ago had cut on the
trunk OF the tree. The village mayor with
his slender cane making a geometrical