Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-29

!, The Lord ~ho hath done such wondrous
things. We have been looking back oveI
the century ago. Now let us look out orsI
A CENTURY TO COME.
Keeuest responsibilities rest upon rs
God has been with us in the past. We
must be true to him and his cause, IN all
the days and years of the future. We dare
Iot retrograde nor prove recreant 10 the
trust reposed in US. We dare not criHge or
cover beneath the great work God has al.
Ioted VA 10 do. We are to march onward
to victory aud glorious triumph until
the world is conquered for Christ
See the influence of Methodism on the
education of this country, on the moral
fierce of this country, on other Christian
denominations, and on the universal extern
sion Of Christianity. The history OF the
Methodist church embraces the most enter.
nr;sipp century of time She can boast OF
some of the greatest men Of this country.
Standing upon this summit OF faith and
hone. see that vast army OF Methodists
marching on to conquer this world, not Tor
Methodism, but for Christ. l see all
Christians following into line to aid in this
mighty work for God. Look yonder, l
am growing old and | see the years
rolling by and now another century is
passed and the bells ring cut 1894. Then
America will have population Of 300, 0OO+-
600 of people, one-fourth of whom will be
Methodists, 100000 communicates.
This great army in this Methodist corps Of
the Christian force will stand as unit upon
every great question of reform, and. as the
years wheel by, we shall learn to be thor
oughly Methodist,c. We shall have a
method for everything we do. We shall
pray methodically, work, go to church and
give methodically. The day will come
when every Methodist viii rejoice in the
blessed privilege of giving one-tenth
of his entire income TO aid on the
mighty work of gospel truth. Then
WHAT woNDRoTs STRIDES
the church will make in her onward march
10 subdue sin and establish holiness through
cut the world Instead Of complaining be-
cause of the little paltry amounts we are ex-
pected 10 pay to ward me support Of the
gospel and educational work and for bene7-
olences, we shall gladly come and lag
upon Ged's altar fixed amount Of all We
have received. We shall stand at our post
to discharge every duty. We shall work
and pay until the master comes. We shall
be loyal cad true to every interest OF our
blessed Christianity. We snail stand firm
for tire rightly, ready ar d willing for any
service and attentive upc all the means
,,f zrace. We shall be faithful unto
q cath and receive the CROWN Of life in
tlle great and glorious beyond! And to
9 cd, The Father, Son an d Holy Spirit we
slrall give all glory now and forever.
A meas
At the conclusion of Mr.. Hehz's sermon
p raise God from Who m IN Blessings
Flow" was sung. He ar nouaced that the
sum Of $50 wac needed for insurance, ETC.,
and asked as many of the members to con-
.ributeoue doRar or fifty tents as were able
and willing TO do so. Tn ere was liberal
response Praise God from Whom All
Blessings Flow" was then sung, followed by
AFTERNOON 81 RvIC9s.
In the afternoon the church was again
al of the sumo lay School scholars
and many others being present, After an
opening hymn, Rev. j. W Buckingham
opened with prayer an was followed by
Beniau lin EEley and Ckas.
with address les on> school work.
Jacob Rider delivered an interesting ad-
dress ON. the establish ment Of the Sunday
School, September 20, 1885, and gave list
of the ssachers, all Of whom are now dead.
Rev. Adam Saloda, o the Fji Islands, spoke
very entertAingly AM was followed by Rev.
Holtz, on Sunday s. 3hool work An inter
esting historic pap err was read by Albert
Harris and the eJ ercises closed with sing
ing.
AT NIQST
tho church was jammed and contained the
largest congregation Of, the day. The ser.
vices consisted of the singing Of hymns and