Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-21

as they were running away. God turned
this world over to Christ when it was run
ming away and Jesus came and overlook II
| in its hellward flight, and said: Don.
! 90 any further in that direction. God is
seeking us, going out and hunting us.
Here is the mother with four boys. Three
of them are preachers, but John is drunk
ard. You can say anything about the
preachers, but you can't say word about
poor John. She will jump on you in a
minute.
| wonder where Gods storehouse OF
music is. Where the melody ofthe spheres
is stored. The music of the birds comes
from there. Where is Gods great storehouse
of love? 1t is Gods grea? heart. From
that we get all the love in this world. A
mother will pray for weeks for her wicked
bow and be will crush great drops OF blood
from her heart, and until she follows him
to the grave he is her love and as she
stands by the grave she vets the sod over
him with her tears. What makes her do
this? 1t is just little OF the nature OF
God in her. fla mother will do this how
does God stick to US with that great reser-
voir of love?
Then there is another thing. There IS
hardly day that | don't receive letter
bathed in tears, or talk to some poor wo-
man. daughter, wife or mother OF some
Door drunkard. And then when l stand
up and fight whiskey the newspapers Jump
on me and call me names. God help me
to fight whiskey till l die. Brethren, l
suppose YOU all have seen the article IN
,1I
Wheeling Campmeeting Association was
going to sue me for breach OF contract.
That is about like the lies they tell OF me.
God give me increased hatred for the
LIQUOR traffic. l will tell you just now
how stand don't belong to any polltl-
cal party in the country. l stald
in the Democratic party rs long
as a Christian gentleman could
stay in it, don't belong to the Repubh-
can party, either. 1t amt whit better
than the Democratic party. Are you
Republican? l can put Republican hounds
on you and run you up Republican tree
with beer keg on every limb. The Dem
ocratic party, with nOn-sumptuary plank
in their platform, have shOuldered every
whisky barrel, and the Republican party
have shouldered beer keg, and just as
whisky is better than beer, Just that much
is the Republican party better than the
Democratic party. Just as told man
the other day, IF you say am preaching
for money you will tell u lie, and II
YOU say amt you will tell lie.
So YOU had better say nothing about 1t.
Assisted by the true man whisky will be
downed. if Republicanism has to be buried
in the grave with it. | want to know
where to 90. If you want to ask the devil
which ticket to vote he would tell you 1t
makes no difference. would say to my
party leaders, will leave you if you don't
put prohibition plank in your platform.
NY heart is so full OF the whisky
business to-day, and my head SO
full of it that / can't say anything with
out striking as hard as | can. Now, you
are trying to cut the eats leg OFT You
must know that if you can get Il cat where
YOU can cut his leg of, you can cut its
head off.
There are enough Christians in this
country to vote whisky ont of existence.
They say the others have me hired. Not
for a million of dollars would | work for
any politician that ever was made. You
work for both Republicans and Democrats,
when you work for whisky.
We get down and let the sinner hear US
say, 80, Lord, we beg thee to save this
poor sinner" This puts me i'll mind of
the preacher who preached for week
saying: 80 Lord, have mercy on these
sinners" And there was nothing nc
complished. lie got up one night, and
said; so, Lord, we have been praying for
a week that you would help these old SIN
ners. o, Lord, now please help them to
help themselves" That same night he
had 500 conversions. God is willing 10
save you, you old sinner. Say, just give
up your meanness, you old devil you.