The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-23

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ity. We throw open our doors to these,
our brethren. They can never become
American citizens until they are born
again. How do they do that? The day
they step upon American soil and re-
nounce their allegiance to the mother
country, the Frenchman to France, the
lrishmen to Ireland, the German to Ger
msny,-they all renounCe their allegiance
to that old government, and forswear 1t,
and take the oath Of allegiance to our
grand government. inst as soon as they
renounce their government aud swear al
legiRuCe TO our government, an lrlshman,
German or FIenChman, as the case may
be, dies on the spot, and free American
Is born. And the day sinner stands up
before God, and renopncss his allegiance
to the devil, andswears allegiance to Jesus
Christ, that day sinner dies aud saint
Is born 10 God, That Is whatw We mean by
being born again. There are agreat many
people in the church that have never been
born again. There are too many Germans
come over here that have never been born
again. They interject their ideas into our
social life and oil OF the trouble we have
In this country grows out oil that TACT.
Look at these Communists aud AnarCh'
lists, and | see by the morning papers that
seven OF them are to forfeit their lives for
their bad conduct. Thank God that we
still have power In this country to enforce
the laws. [Cries Of amen" You know
that was no American idsa, that dynamite
business. You know that Socialism and
anarchy were not born In this country. II
every foreigner had been born again when
he stepped upon this soil We would not
have had this. And II everybody had
been born again when they entered the
Church, we Wodld not have had so many
liars, card players and whoremongers in
tho Church. Whosoever is born OF God ;
whosoever has renounced his allegiance
to the world, the flesh aud the devil, turn,
ee his back on 1t all, and sworn eternal
allegiance to Jesus Christ and the right,
that man Is born again; and he cannot
commit sin. A loyal American can never
commit treason against the United States.
He must renounCe his allegiance first. Let
us take common sense view oil this mat
ter this morning, brethren; every Christian
that has been born again.; every
foreigner that stands upon American soil
to-day, who is an American, lot him be
Chinaman, FrenChman or Italian. Thank
God for every foreigner on American soil
that is born again. And l thank nobody
but tho devil for the other class; Laugh
ter. and am not in the habit OF thank.
ing him for anything, 80 there Is no thank
Ing about it. My home and native land
are as dear to mo as the apple Of my eye.
SOME cGAsTE AND DIdSIPlRD ALLUsIoNs.
! know the newspapers can garble what
| say and misreptesent me, but l tell you
the congregations 10 which preaCh-I
believe they understand me. II newspa-
pers could have hurt me l would have
been dead long ago. II such little whip.
persnapper, one.horse editors as the one
here on the ground yesterday with his
shirt-tail full Of type could have his way,
I would have been dead long ago. l
have been swallowed by whales and
Rnawed at by minnows, but this Ia the
first place have ever been troubled by
auts. Brother Bodley hollers amen; and
| expect many one would holler the
same, II he would holler his sentimenLs.
Right is right, and know, brethren, that
II l please the politicians and newspapers
OF this country, will displease God. | |
am going to please God. Let the news
papers and politicians howl. That Ia my
doctrine. [Ories Of "Amen," "Amen."1
The newspapers say they made me, and
1asked an editor one day II he could make
another one like mel and he said he
couldn't. Said they hadn't any more dirt. |
II there Is anything despise 1t Is dull |
time. Stagnation is the last station this |
side Of damnaton. This country
is nearly to the Last station 10 |
damnaLion. God, waken US up.
l have been sinner twenty.iour years
ofmy life. 1never saw atriling old Metho.
dist In my life at ball room, that didn't
ask him, "What arc you doing here 2
This place belongs to the devil, and what
are you doingin it2" II saw Metho.
dist card playing, or entering the bar.
room, l lost faith In him at once. Such a
ono ought not to be believed in court OF |
Justice where lie has any interest. A man
that will tell God q lie will swear lie to
man. A man promises when he joins
the Methodist church, to renounCe tho
world, the flesh, and tho devil. And
when you have not donei II, you have fore.
sworn yourself to God and man.
CHRISTIANS NOT SENSITIVE,
II you arc what you profess to be you
will not be very sensitive. l have quit
getting mad. l love everybody that walks
tho earth. You find rue a man that | |
don't love and bring him up here and / |
will hug him till no holleiS on The spot,
| think the Lord loves everybody, blIt / |