Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-27
Wades lHts the UDasSaS q Hsf
Church With Psslilstic
Prspsasltlss.
Various Rumsrs Conesssla1 tho
Safety Of Crock md
HE Command.
The FdShtfdi Leap. sf q Pas-
ssngsr Train Down q nese-
tain Side.

PaILApELFaIA, May G.-An excia1G
time was enjoyed last night By the o.
greeation Of the Union Bsptiss Church, -
Minister street, below Sixth. The worshtp'
ers at the Union Baptist Church ars ~
oolored people. Sometime sso The dsneA
OF discord broke looss In tAsif mtdse
and inspired . general fight In which
several Of the brethren and sistsrs were
|. more or less severely wounded. At last
nights meeting about one hundred and
fifty Of the members were presenS a ~
vival has been in progress foS several
weeks. The converts, fifteen " numbsr.
are to be baptized on Sunday.
fhs Cssgrsgassea
met TO hear the testimony Of the converts.
DE bredren and sisteru will oons ~
orde r." taid brother william Wallsoe, tbs
pastor, "snd de water mothers will lead
in de candidates sor de rite Of baptism"
The first candidate was neat
sSaisns sfSs.sI T.i.ss. ySIns 'ElGssS asnss h.s sn'r
question or two. She hesitatsd. He
answered his own question. She REPEATED
the one after him. Brother Abram Fisher
rose from his seat in the rear OF the church.
Brother Wallace" he said, "it Is custom
ary in the church that candidates Tor the
rite Of baptism shall be called on for to re-
late their religious experience, and l %,
j.ct to your questionin' Of Them 81
var you, BIudder Wallace. poan you lis
ten to de
Veice sfde OessiI."
shouted q deep bass voice. Az she spoke
Sister Margaret MooDly, whose lighting
wsit hit is 10 pounds, leaped from her seal.
She was savage and sweating. bhe nA.iS
for brother Fisher. She squared ou IN
front Of Brother Fisher. 'le debbii. st.e
said. why am ye standin' in dc way ob Do
work ob de church,"
Brother Fisher was resolute, his exaite-
meht got the better OF his English. whicA
Is generally one OF the most accurate IAN
guages talked in the Union Church. 'sistsr
Moonly," he said, III ye are comin hoss
TO turn water into whisky by bresthin on
IL ye'd better 20 home and Try IL thsss.
Sister Moonly waited no longer. She
made for brother Fisher. He rstreAted.
The congregation was In an uproar
A. she CIisbed Over . Ps~s
| q stout, peace. making brother cams within
range. ''Sister, for dear, he said, smut
up the violns OBJ yer wrath aud forstt -
ye would be forsaken.' Sister Aooniy
did not answer, she planted one loot firmly
on the peW seat and the other crosswise on
the three lower buttons. Oh tha cofpulcnt
brothers long vest.
The brother was picked up In the MID.
die Of the aisle. The Sexton, the board OF
trustees and the President OF the Ladies
Mite Society came to ths rescue. "Bounoe
| the sister I'LL she cools down, cried Q
| hundred voices. Brother Wallace did nos
interfere. They grabbed the big Womsa
and with much hauling
Dragged Her Out lsto the Gatsy.
| "Oh, my eye" cried Justice Jones. Hs
eye was sale, hut sister Auousys anNse
nails bad paired the near side OF his nee
Bra Horatis Tarquin Boyer, who weighs
l75 pounds In ring costume. pr.ncea 10
front. Let me wrestle with her, he
| cried.
In a minute and n half sh" had been
landed on the sidewalk. In ser hand
still carried bsggy. green, umbrella.
As Brother Boyer turned TO So into the
church that umbrella struck him IN the
left eye in o style which sent him TO con-
dole with Brother Jones II was with
much difficulty that the congregation was
restored TO order. But Brother Wallace
finally dismissed them with tho brnedic.
ton, and the lights were turned but. bus
not until Bother White had shaken W
fist under Trustee Agstiu's pos>