Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-08-25
THE Bible.
The Subject Of Powerful Discourse,
Yesterday,
BY BISHOP JOYCE, ATMOUNDSVILLE
The Interest and Attendance Both Well
Maintained.
OUTLOOK FOR A CROWD TO-DAY.

Yesterday brought both an increased
interest and attendance at the Mounds
vile camp ground. As the end draws
near all are impressed with the harmony
and unity of purpose prevailing. The
Bishops physical condition is good, and
the eloquent sermon of yesterday seemed to
work his hearers to tine highest pitch of
enthusiasm. All are predicting for to-
day the largest attendance seen there
for years, and every preparation will be
made for their comfort. From what we
have seen no fears need be had of any bad
order, as there has not been heard single
complaint during the week.
The 1890 exercises opened with sing
ing "Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty"
Prayer by Rev. Stewart, singing "HOw
Oft IN Holy Converse" Song By Mr..
Esston, "As we Have Sown Shall Reap"
Bishop Joyce preached with wonderful
power. selecting for his subject What
We Now Are and What We Shall Be
Hereafter" from LIST John iii, Pad. Be-
loved now are we the sons OF God, and 1t
doth not yet appear what We shall be,
but We know thst when He shall appear,
we shall be like Him for we shall see Him
az He is.
He said he thought all desired the TT
naming hours OF thil meeting TO be espec.
tally helpful to all attending. We desire
all to turn your hearts and prayers in this
direction. am especially anxious for the
young peoples service. l see one thing
that does not become q Methodist camp
meeting; 90 few people sing. Some of you
look as if you were sad; come from some
/ sad place, or were going to some sad one,
/ but will say that have not had better
singing anywhere than from the choir here.
The bible is Il volume that contains u
great many subjects, and the only one that
mas kept the world on an intellectual
stretch for ages. The only one containing
such principles that the world cannot do
without. Such as the world never out
grows.
There are whole libraries that in the
evolution OF the ages may be thrown aside
or locked up forever, but the world will
never outgrow this book, and it must con-
| tinue to be delight to marching humaBi
| ty as it turns its face toward God, and
furnishes some splendid examples of the
doings of humanity.
The men who figure so conspicuous
LIZ in the service Of God
and command the admiration OF the
whole world are made cut of the same
material that you and l are made Of 1t
not only furnishes us the specimens OF man
hood. and with some idea of what is to be
employed, but the state of the mind through
| spiritual influences and for spiritual lead
ership.
1t will not help me to study great galaxies
of men not made of the same flesh and
blood as l am. A wellrounded human
/ being is intensely human and any thing
that is this can become very good or ve'y
bad. II was the same human tendencies
that made Enoch walk with God, Daniel
loyal to the core and Abraham the
trusted one of God. When Christ wanted
a great work done he took Paul and gave
him a bigger contract than all TIE other
Deciples combined. The moral tendencies
of the mind furnish US with great deal
of thought. Now, to know that We have
the brightest and best relations is matter
of very great happiness aud comfort. We
can't deal with the world intellectually as
we did one hundred years ago. 1t has ad-
vancsd and is pretty well anchored. What
we wish to do, what the church wants to
do. is to bring the whole mass up to sense
of their spiritual relation and Of adherence
to them.
'Now are we the sons of God"-a very
important proposition. There are some
things that might be said that ought NOT
to move YOU and | at all. Aud further
more you and have not time to fool with
ANYTHING not founded on eternal truth.
We have not time 10 plsy when the hope
of eternal salvation may be in jeopardy.
/ We are made in the image of God that we
NAV be able to DO the work He wishes rs
to DO. God is mind, only God is the Gre
stor Of mind. That thing called mind, so
difficult to understand, is what makes ia
/ the sons Of God. l would rather have the
mind of a man than that of an angel, for
when the end shall came we shall find
that man, having all the trials and mis-
cries of this life, shall stand higher than
the angels.
shall not try to explain how the mind
OF one man shall entail itself upon all the
ages. 1 simply know there is this bond Of
relationship and that act of one MIND has
come down through ages. We look at the
cause that made it so and sent that one
man to.die that we may bee me the sors
of God. There is no need to try to do
thing you cau't do. The work of the in
carnation aud the result of the cross made
it possible for you and me to become the
sons of God, and there is little use for you
and me irving TO miscOnstrue what we
cannot understand You may take the
highest type of animal life you please aud
YOU cannot get it to have a single thought.
Bat you take the mind Of man, and
from childhood to mature life he is
thinking being that you can cause TO
grow. A man knows when he has
thought, and he knows further when be
is morally right or wrong. There is
nothing mysterious about the powers of
God. It is Just ns logical as question in
mathematics. We have gotten away up
in the clouds and impressed the people
that it is more than sentiment. God
never converts man till he teaches him
heart, brains and all. Therefore to be-
lieve in God and righteousness results in
something and ia revolutionary. There
are two great things to be remembered
God is one great fact and righteousness is
the principal.
Furthermore, He does not leave rs in
isolation, but identities US with all purity
and all Righteousness. 1 will never be-
lieve an evil thing of man till know it
is true. Character is the ouly thing that
a man will take with him out of this
world. His stocks and bonds he will leave
here. Now there are some men that
might stand up and swear an evil thing of
some man all day, and l would not be-
| lieYe it. They don't travel that way. The