Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-08-19
A GREAT CROWD
PROM ALL THB SURROUNDING COUNTRY
AT M0UNDSYlLLB,
A Powerful Sermon by Bishop Joyce at the Morn
ing Service, and another Discourse IN
the Evening.

The morning opened at Moundsville
yesterday with al that cOuld be desired ss
to the weather, and every indication
pointed to a large attendance.
Trains from Grafton, PaIkersburg,
GAINESVILLE, Washington, Pa, and Wheel
ing came in with large excursions, and with
every manner Of conveyance from the sur
rounding country, there was a constant
stream Of humanity pouring into the
grounds until the hOur of closing The
crowd was nearly as large az on the cor
responding day of last year, and there was
as little of the rough element as has been
on the grounds for long years.
Just after the gates were cl)sed, in the
the morning. about fifty or seventy-fve
belated excursionists presented themselves
and demanded admittance. They were
told it was too late, but the people said
they had come a long distance, had pur-
chased tickets, and would have to come in.
They we're again told the gates had bsen
closed for the day, and that the rule could
not be broken. The crowd then took the
gates of the hinges and marched inside the
fence in q body, after which the gates were
replaced.
The early morning services were con-
Quoted By Rev. Lakin and were Of unusual
interest, being spiritual feast to all pres
ent. The singing all the morning, led by
DR.. kirkpatrick, was unusually fine,
and tue choir included some of the finest
voices IN this section.
By 1890 the large auditorium was
densely packed and surrounded By many
who could not obtain seats. Services were
opened by singing ooh, for a Thousand
Tongues to Sing Ny Great Redeemer's
Praise,n nnd a round, stirring prayer by
the venerable Father Battelle.
lie said he was used to talking out Of
doors, and any that wished to hear him
could easily do go; you have the essisst
usrt Of this contract; all You have to do
is sit and listen. have to stand here and
tell you what is GOd's will.
I Will talk TO you from the fourth
chapter of fret John, seventh verse. My
subject is THE capacity of the sanctifed
human soul to know God, duty and des-
tiny" from the text Every one that
liveth is born of God ard knoweth God. +"
10 is the mission to know and a mind IS
active. There are two thou
sand minds before me at least this morn
iue. each an independent factor to itself;
each thinks for itself; has right to think
for itself It's mission is to do il. When
IL begins to think it cannot stop it. Mind
ia a moral machine. Gods spirit puts it
IN motion. We begin when born into the
world and keep on thinking, and shall do
so throughout the sges. 1t is q grand
thing to be able to think, but is greater
thing to be able to know and see who He
ia snd what Gods object 10, and by the
help OF God alone I can do It, without
favor of men. We have explored the
power of God in destiny until the great
Geld stands out before us
Bat how does a man know, is tie ques-
ton that interests me very much. How
do know one man from another When
I come to study my nature, my character,
my destiny, how do 1 know one from the
other? find l don't know sll by the
mere operation OF thought. We stand
here as immortal beings with con-
and heart. How do We know
this to be true? 1t is important how We
know this.
There is also q heart belonging to me,
and the Scripture says the heart belongeth
auto righteousness. In the character and
in social life the heart plays a very I'M
portant part I admire brains as much
as any man; this is an age when We
do that. No man will make wreck OF
himself for lack of brains; no man
will 20 to hell because he is a
fool, but fools in Gods provi-
denee 20 to heaven. Where there is
one man that has a grea. brain trouble
there are a million that are pressed down
with a great heart trouble. Bu. what We
waut tie most to do is to bring heart and
brain together, and b0'h TO the Christ.
without the heart We only know one-half
of the tTuih-one eide Of the subject.
Men Of brains may have force, but men OF
heart have power.
For thirty years l have been standing
before the public preaching to men. l
have been may times called to settle
trouble between father and son, husband
and wife, mother and daughter, but not
once on account of the brain. 1t was al
WAYS the heart. When there is plenty Of
heart. there is heaven; when there is =
lack of heart, there is hell. A man knows
mis- friends How? There are thousands
Of men he knows intelligently, but only
one with the essence of love; with the
mind We know s0uls.
I look around upon this grea. world snd
know there cannot be world like this un-
less some one made it, and lies beyond. l
began to think and see God beyond l
look out upon it, with its masses Of man
kind; ! know there ia looking over it at
all times kind and loving Father.
Blessed be God for the thought that God
is not mad at any one. God don't hate
me; He hates sin, bat He loves men. A
~ that loves q thing that is below him
is going down; thing that is above him,
is going up. Take such men as hsve
stirred the thoughts OF the nation. OAR
win aud IngersOll were refined, cultured
and gentle, yet they studied plants and
things of this life.
No man car 20 beyond God. He is the
greatest subject Of thought the MAD can
rest upon. When We turn our affections
upon God he makes rs loving and free; He
reveals himself 90 us as a father, and | love
him as father. have ss much respect
and love for manhood as most men snd
want il made better, but wsot 1t done
through mans own free agency, and would
not turn my hard to have it done in any
other way. God wants the world better,
but he don't use force TO do it, He don't
whip men into righteousness.
That man Is greatest that can teach mind
and make il conscious of what IL is. Nov
We have come to the great problem which
the Church has to confront. There are
fourteen hundred million of people on this
earth, and what is to bsc)me of the whole
mas? What is to be the end Of human
destiny We all know tbs story of The
leaven. IN this country we have had
msny great problems to solve, and God, IN
bis own Wsy, has accomplished It. We
mad one in 1850, and that is nearly forgot
ter. There is but one really great one
now before us-the whisky problen-snd
We have PRAYING men and women, and l
have DO doubt az to the outcome.
God gave bis Son TO die fer the worlds
regeneration, though ] may die before 1t
is accomplished.
There was time when God and man
were vide apart, hut there came time
when down csme the cross and the chssm
was bridged and. blessed be God, want