Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-23
TIE MORNING. SERMON.
some Eight Thousand People LIstOn to the
Discourse.

DASNSoAHN'
The experience meeting in the morning
was led by Rev. c. ID. Battelle IN the
auditorium, the tabernacle not being large
enough to hold the immense crowd. Be
fore the opening service, the choir, under
the leadership of f. o. Excl, sang BE
hold the Bridegroom Cometh," and other
selections, after which Mr.. Exell sang rs n
solo. The Tempest" The choir next sang
i'm Mr.. Jones' book, The Great Awaken
ing" and "WelcOme TO Glory" Then
the congregation was requested to rise ana
sing the long meter dOXOlogy; after which
the Rev. Randolph led in prayer. After
another song by the choir the Rev. Sam
Jones spoke rs follows:
We invite your prayeriul attention,
and | trust every man who be-
Eeyes that God hears and answers
PRAYER will make one honest prayer that
Gods blessing may rest upon his work to-
day. These are the words To which We
call your attention: RE not deceived;
God is not mOcked; whatsoever 4 man
soweth that shall he also reap; for he that
soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap
corruption; but he that sOweth to the
spirit shall of the spirit reap life eyerlast-
ing" Mark the exhOrtation OF the text:
BE not deceived, God is not Knocked. y
Brethren there are three absolute impOSsi-
bilities in this life; there may be thous-
and but we know of three. In the first
place it is absolutely impossible for man
| to continuously and successfully practice q
fraud upon himself
If YOU ARE A GOOD MAN
yOu know it; if you are not good man
YOU know it. If you are not what you
ought to be there are moments IN your life
when God breaks The silence OF eternity
and tells you what you are and whittier
ven are tending | am so glad that God
will not let . man lie down and sleep his
way to hell. say sgain it is absolutely
impOssible for man to continuously and
successfully practice o maud upon bis
neighbOr. If you are good man your
neighbOr knows it; if not he knows it.
You are not deeeiving anybody. II you
are = generous man everybody IN your
settlement knows rs if you are stingy
man everybody within ten miles OF you
knows it. If you are o prayertal, zealoqs,
honest Christian, everybody knows it. II
YOU are dead formal hypOcrite in the
church everybody knows it. If You dress
in disguise and go to your neighbor and
get him to talking about you, you will soon
leave with your head down and say u had
no idea that anybody in this world knew
as much about me As that man does" We
are not deeeiying anybOdyi We are known
Just Is we are. Again, We say IT is soso-
lutely impossible for man TO practice .
fraud upon his Maker. God knows all
about me. He not only knows what do
but Why do it God not only knows !
am here to-day but he knows why am
here. We can never practice fraud upon
our Maker. And then the injunction, BE
not deceived, God is not Knocked,
THE INTERRUPTION.
The sermon was here interrupted by the
bell ringing. Jones-''Stop that" After
the bell stopped: ! reckon our kind sex
ton is trying to call our people together.
don't know what else. / wish somebody
to step around and tell him We have beat
him. We are here already. Be not de-
ceived, God is not Knocked" IfyOu trans
late that it means be something like this;