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

mIttCe Tor the Fiul CCIBEdhVEN' PI9'''.'S' -
virginia, held at Wheeling, August H. 'ssS 'waS
ordeICdi 49,. A..
Tbat'a Convention Of tho Republicans OF the
v,rsi Compress oral District Of West NiTg'nla BIO
c,lleA 10 n cot Vt Weston, ", Va, on TuE;DAi'
sEFrgNBER u, 1855, Tor the IuEp'se Of placing IN
NOM nation Republican candidate 'or CONGRESS
I'm sid Dl t,itt md .oF the lTaLsSeuoh Oh anS
other business that ay IEoErIy eoGs Oe'O'D '"'
Convention r,.,.,.,.
Thc lctubI!fn paIcrs Of the Flint District arc
,o.rrct'uly lc0uls,Cd 10 publish this Hl'
u. H. CALDWELL Chairman
o. q. sconup, secretary
some ru!pit spsalins a Matter ofT"'t''
The Rev. Sam =. Jones hos completed
his three days engagement at the Mounds
Vile Camp Grounds, ard among "mSny
men Of many minds" there will naturally
be variety Of opinions touching hia gen
oral ltyle, his methods and tho efficacy Of
his labors. The acCeplablllty Of q public
speaker is matter Of individual tHstc'
In the realm OF musical art there are
soul, that never can be stirred by the
sweetly plaihtive melody OF the flute, souls
upon which tue swelling volume OF the
grand organ is IS pearls before swine; yet
the calathumpian horso.lddIc Ghall move
them to their proIoundest depths. So in
pubicspeaklng aud especially in thGtpub'
liz speaking which, iiom the sacred til
buno OF tho pulpit is, or ever ought to be,
addressed ia the hearts Of men. The earn
oat. humble servant Of God who would
suffer his tongue to be torn out
before he yolld use 1t unWorthiIy in the
service OF his mGSter--let him have what
sweetness Of Christian character no may
let his woikg give daily testimony OF his
faith; let him preach only Christ and him
cruclRed, and that with lober reverence
there are thcRe who lnd him "staler flat
and unprclita9le." There Gio they who
mad pleasure in q pulpit hnrae'Gldle, and
they will dance TO It's BlrOirs, protestingthst
they find OBLIGATION in Its coarsest tones
II we Judge by the llocking crowds and the
scrip that lirdslts way into the purse, the
humble flutes and Hweot viols and even
the msjestic organs Of tho pulpit arc
thought to lsve little power to please, to
edliy, to lead 10 ealvstion, when the horse
fl Idle can be pressed into the aeryice.
1t would be g lack Of reverence to say
OF anybody whom God does not strike
down for ordination Of his shrine, that
there Is not a work for him to do or that
he 10 doing no good work. Without
going this length, and on the principle
that "a cat may look at . king" 1t is al-
lowablO 10 form and TO express opinionH
concerning men who claim the public at
tention and the public confidence. Where.
by the aid Of q favorable disposition and
a strong PREJUDICE, il you please, in be-
half Of men who prcfeLs the sacred call
ing, We detect GENE good and wish it
were not marred BY degradation oil
thoughtand expression no longer tolerated
in the frat circles OF the llsh-uarkot, 1t ID
not out Of order 10 feel and to express re-
grot.
No public speaker can hope to DO above
criticism and few demand that immunity
Those who do, ask what the first Christian
Preacher and His apostles did not receive
Mr.. Jones has been 80 petied and SO pros
perCd in his Affairs, that he has come tC
regard himself complacently as "thC fair
est among ten thousand" preachers, "aud
the one altogether lovely" He confident
ly proclaims himself, and II there are
some who offer amendments TO bis com
prehcnpive resolution OF gelf.endorBoment
he whines and snailS and splutters slang
1t Is painful to think what would have
been Mr.. Jones' state Of mind II no had
been contemporary with Paul, who was
something Of a preacher himself. Pau
has put on record the hard lot Of himtol
and his fellow apostles, and 10 has told vi
how they received 1t all:
even unto this present hour We bott
hunger and thirst, and are naked Nnt
butfeIed, and hsvO no certain dwelling
place;
"And labor, working with our own hands
being teyiled, we bleas; being prosecuted
We suaor 1t.
"Being detained, we entrcat: weNre made
as the Hlth Of the world, and are tho or
securing Of all thlngu unto this day."
Mr.. JoneB does not, by any means, hun
ger for ho receives u comforting hhare o.
tho gate money. Ho Ia not buIIeted, mol
reviled, not prosecuted. Being criticised
for things which offend, he begins ylgor
Gus working Of his convenient tnud-bat
terry. Paul had no mud.battery, and did
mot seem to care about providing himself
with carnal weapons Of any kind. To the
Corinthians he said, "What will YET Shall
come unto you with n rod, or In love
aud In the spirit Of mOOkncGsH" Tho spirit
Of Paul and the ministry Of Paul were mol
the spirit and tho ministry Of Mr.. Sam
Jones, yet they did good in their day. Let
Us hope that Mr.. JonCO may do at least
good enough to compensate for dragging
down tho cross Of Christ 10 the Lowell Of
the pedestal Of tho mountcbank. Because
the cap and bells and baublo arc not
familiar SpCCIaClss in the pulpit itby no
means follows that their dOsecratiug pres.
OnCe In that rcvcred place may not con-
tribute to some wise aud bcneaCent end,
A ruEEiUr.