Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-03-04

best, who was entitled to crown the third maid
of honor
The ceremony of crowning the queen and her
maids Of honor took place in music hall, to
which the officers, knights and sponsors.
marched in procession, headed by the band, the
knights calamity eseorting their lady sponsors.
The whole thing passed off very pleasantly and
was very much enjoyed by the people, especial
ly those of the city, who are very fond of all
such sports, and take great interest in them.
On last Sunday night l went to Werhein
Hall to hear Rev. Mr.. Bliss preach, an Evan
gelic minister sent for by Mr.. Moody before he
left to continue the meetings. 1t is on the
corner of Baronar and Perdido streets, and had
been rented for the purpose. In going down St.
Charles St., on the way, passed St. Charles
Theater and the Academy of Music, both of
which are on this street and near together, and
both were brilliantly illuminated in front with
electric lights and decorated with colored lights
in beautiful designs. Brass bands on the bal
coRy of each we're diseoursing sweet music. All
this to attract people to the theatre, which was,
it seemed, very successful in accomplishing,
for hundreds were standing along the ''ban-
quetts" listening and looking; many of them
ready, no doubt, to enter in when the doors
opened. 1t always, to me, seemed strange, in
congruous and unseemly to keep open those
places of amusement on the Sabbath day. 1t
looks like, as it certainly is, desecration of
''the day that God has called his own" So we
think, who live at the permanent seat" of old
Belmont county. Cincinnati, of our own state,
is not one whit better than New Orleans in
this respect, for she too keeps open theaters
Oh Sunday.
Certainly revival meetings, such as Mr. Moody
mas been holding here, and Sam Jones in Gin
cinnati, are very much needed, not only to re-
form and save men, but they have direct in
faence in monlding public sentiment against
such desecration. Mr.. Moody, in some of his
sermons here, came down hard and rough shed
on Sunday theatre going, drunkenness, dram
drinking and gambling. He is a man of great
moral courage and force-says just what he
thinks in short, crisp sentences, and, as he
says, "hews to the line, let the chips strike
whom they will"
In personal appearance he resembles, some
what, Gen. Grant, and like him, he is also a
great commander. What Gen. Grant was in
planning a campaign and commanding the
movements of officers, regiments, brigades and
divisions and achieving victory, so is Moody in
managing religious meeting. He is a COM
plete master of the situation; sees everything;
directs everything; holds his working force well
in hand and never makes mistake; being an
excellent judge of human nature; is chuckful
of good, hard sense, and is reasonable and kind
and to observe the movements of the man be-
fore an audience, one is not surprised at the
power he has to attract and sway the multitude.
was pleased to see in the CHRONICLE one OF
Sam Jones' sermons, preached by him in Gin
cinnati. His sermons make good, interesting
and profitable reading.
A very brilliant wedding took place to-day in
DR.. Palmers' church, which is just across the
corner of the park from our place. The church
was decorated around the pulpit with palmetto
branches, with streams of light thrown upon
them by shaded chandelier suspended above.
The bridal party, on their arrival in coaches,
entered the church under canopy reaching
from the door across the banquette. They
marched up the aisle to the music of the we'd
ding march played upon the organ. Foremost
came the groom and his 'best man," followed
by the bride-elect and her first maid; then fol-
lowed six lady attendants in pairs; then six
gentlemen attendants followed them, which COM
pleted the bridal party. They arranged them
selves before the chancel in the following
order: Bride and groom elect in centre, ''best
man" on his right, first maid on her left; on
either side of these stood three lady attendants,
and just back of them stood gentleman at
tendant. The ceremony was performed by DR..
Palmer, after which they passed out OF another
aisle in the same order they entered, except
that the bride and groom walked together. The
ladies were dressed magnifcently in white
satin and decorated with white wells and rosetts
of flowers. 1t almost took ones breath to
look at them. Altogether, it was very fine
affair, and very pleasant to witness.
And now l will put the motion to adjourn, and
record my own vote aye, and so does the reader
the motion prevails. Adjourned. H. C. W.