The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-20
SAM Jones ENTHRTAINS
Crowds of Sunday Pleasure and
Curiosity seekers
ON THE CAMP GROUNDS
At MoundsviIlc with his Flip Sayings
and Rambling Talks, which he
ncslsnates rs sermons-CrueI
Treatment ofa Mother.

Yesterday, the first Sunday and fourth |
day OF the Wheeling district camp
meeting of 1855, at Moundsville, was
big day in some respects. Numerically,
however, ii was not as big u day as Sum
day two years ago, when Sam Jones
made his first appearance here. The
decrease in attendance may he attrib-
utcd in part to the threatening weather
OF the early morning.
ARRIVAL OF ExcuRsloNIsTs.
The railroads were easily able to haul
all that wanted to attend, and to pro-
vide against NIL accidents the B. * o.
had an improvised telegraph office with
an experienced operator, at the junction,
and arrangements for the running OF all
excursion trains were made from that
point. Captain U. b. Williams, Train
Master OF the Fourth Division, and
Colonel Peter Moran, together with
Captain j. T. Lane, Passenger Agent,
looked after the trains and people. 1t
was about 6 o'clock in the morning
when the people from the country began
coming in every way possible, from the
buck wagon to the costliest landau, the
old folks and the entire family, the
young man with his best girl, the fat
man and the lean woman-people OF all
sizes and colors, until the crowd num-
bered between 1000 and 5000. The ho-
tel did a land office business, and every
body was able to obtain u good square
meal without any difficulty. During
the noon hour those who had brought
their lunches with them had their
spreads in the parks.
The large spring was very prominent
place all day, and the arrangement OF
the Association in providing tin cups
with man to look after them was n
new departure that ought to be followed
up. The lunch stands came in for their
usual patronage and the staple commod-
ity, watermelons, were eagerly sought
after and more eagerly deYOured.
THE MoRNING's RELIGIOUS MEETING.
The meetings began with a general
love feast ut s o'clock in charge OF the
Rev. G. II. Lakin, of the West Virginia
Conference. To Methodists this is n
great gathering, and everybody enjoys
it. This meeting was largely attended
and was one OF great power. All over
the auditorium there was a degree Of
silence that indicated the intense inter-
est with which the people were watch
ing and listening to the testimonies of
these people OF God.
Previous to the opening service and
II. H.. n,,ltnnpa tFathnptnV fhn
choir, consisting OF about 100 voices
under the leadership OF L. o. Excel, en-
tertained the people with song service.
The singing by this choir was one OF
the special features OF the services and
was greatly enjoyed by all. Mr., Excel
shows that he is master Of the situation
in the manner in which he handles the
singers, which is simply marvellous. Mr..
Excel sang the "Nlodel Church" " which
Mr. Jones said "meant that the ushers
were not to bring anybody down the
aisles or suffer anybody to come in"
SAM JoNEs's EXERCISES.
In the opening prayer Sam Jones asked
Tor the rest OF faith and the perfect love
that casteth out fear; that the good spirit
would SOW the seed in good ground that
ii might take root and grow. At the
close OF the prayer the choir sang,
bringing the. Wanderer Back Again. 3"
On choosing the text for his talk Sam
Jones took the 10th verse OF the 3rd
chapter OF st. John: "For God so loved
the world that he gave his only begotten
son that whatsoever, etc"
He thanked God that it had been his
privilege to preach the gospel to tens OF
thousands. He was thankful TO God for
such text that he might preach it.
While his voice could only reach 5000
or 10000, the text reaches fourteen mil
lions. 1t not only applies to those in
Europe and Asia, but it is broad enough
to reach all. God is love. God can no
more keep from loving us than the sun
can keep from shining. He loves the
meauest man in West Virginia as well
as the best man.
FOR SHANE!
At this juncture little child began
crying and Mr.. Jones asked the lady to
please retire with it. He said he didn't
cast any reflection upon the mother, but
he could not talk against crying baby;
that there was nothing better than Il
good baby and nothing bittcrer than Il
crying one, and when they get to crying
in meeting the best thing to do was to
hustle out.
Continuing he said The Bible teaches
us the motherhood OF God. God is my
father and my mother. Some ministers
take the view of God that He loves
good people and not bad ones The
mother loves all her boys. II four OF
them are preachers and one should be 4
drunkard, don't you say anything ugly
about that boy or she will jump on you.
NY wife loved me better when was
poor, wretched vagabOnd than she does
now, and when ask her the reason she
says needed her love more. When
the shepherd went after the lost sheep,
after finding it, he did not drive it back,
beating it every step OF the way. No!
he carried it back in his arms carefully
and tenderly.
God was never mad with us. Christ
died for us because God loved us.
Christ was not the target for divine
wrath. Ii you say to me that God is
not my Father, You have got to explain
some Of the greatest problems OF the
age. When parents iOrsake us, then
God will take us up. No matter how bad
Il boy gets-hc may be the lowest de-
graded wretch in the neighborhood, may
be "wollerin'" in the gutter-mother
never will iorsakc him.
We may believe there is no hell be-
cause God loves us so. Can love save?
II love could save, no boy would getinto
a drunkard's grave; but love can only
pity. The blood can only save. | beg
the world to come and fall down at the
cross, and be saved. Where is the store
house OF Gods music2 l know not.
Where is the stogehouse OF Gods Colors ?
! know not. Where is the storehouse OF
Gods love? The great gushing heart of
God. We are all supplied by love from
that heart. Mother loves her Maynard
boy; it is the nature OF God poured into
her heart. God loved me when little,
when bad and when grown, and will !
love me in heaven or hell. The time
will never come when God will not love
us.