Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-09-01
THE LAST DAY.
The Closing Exercises of the Moundsvile
Campmeeting.

] Uteu very pIOulduit, anu Yesterday SeFNl-
ces were a most fitting close, as the SER
vices were excellent, and the auditorium at
every service was well filed. At 1890
Rev. Louis A. Banks preached on "A Hun
dred Years Fight with the Liquor Traf-
fic" He said Evil has been going on
since the foundation of the world, and
since And through all the ages there has
been a continual fight between the forces Of
good and the forces of evil. This battle
has been waged around the liquor traffic.
Rum Is the stem around which gathers
ruin and wickedness, lust and murder, and
all which is bad. So il is but natural that
the wicked should gather around its ban
ner.
My reason for taking this subject is to
encourage temperance workers. In every
community there is a certain class OF peSse-
mistic people, men and women who are
continually asserting that the world is
growing worse every day. This evil is over
coming good. ! believe this is Gods world,
and that there never was so many good
men and women in the world as there is
now; that the cause of God ana right is
progressing every day | hope in my talk
to prove this to you by review Of this
| fight with that giant evil intemperance.
will begin by contrasting the condition Of
things hundred years ago with the situa-
! ton to-day Men now must be
better and poorer TO enter the
church now than they were then. Men
who filled high places in the church Of that
day would not be allowed a membership in
| the church of to-day. The preachers drank
in those days and counted il no foul. Why
In Rhode Island city, among its archives
of hundred years ago, there is hotel
! bill, rendered by the hotel proprietor to
! the Congregational church for the board
! ing OF its members during an ordination,
and among other items is charge of S27
for wines and liquors The church paid il
as though it was a matter ofcourse Think
Of such thing happening now What a
commotion it would raise now among
/ Christians all over the world. Another
instance In 1872 James Axley
got up in the annual Methodist
conference aud offered a resolution
that any minister who should
sell spirituous on malt liquors should be ex-
PEELED from the ministry. This resolution
was voted down and was not passed until
! 1924. Imagine II you can minister Of
these days keeping grog shop. He would
be condemned from one end of the land TO
the other and the Conference would eXpel
him so suddenly that he would not know
wha. hurt him. Yes, temperance workers
your cause is advancing. \ different p0-
sitiOn is occupied by society nowadays
than in old times on this great question |
have read up closely colonial history on
this matter and find that all through the
early years of our republic, the demiiOhn
was family institution No notable event
ever occurred IN family without supply
of liquors was on hand. They always kept
| the best whiskey to treat the preacher
when he come on visit
II was in the common use Of all people OF
all classes, and no man, or even woman,
would lose his social position by excessive
drinking What change there has been.
How the drinking habit has gone out in
our day, and social drinking is now the eX-
cepti0n The moderate drinking man who
| is upright and respectable, is the only fort
ress of the liquor traffic don't say he is as
bad as the drunkard, but by his example
society is injured infinitely more than by
the drunkards God have mercy on the
moderate drinker. He is doing much
harm.
They say Prohibition does not prohibit. !
went all through the city Of Topeka, and
interviewed all classes of men on the sub
ject, and they told me that they did not
know of a saloon. There was not an open
saloon in Kansas that / could find.
This curse of liquor must be put down.
Vote as your conscience dictates. There is
not enough heart and conscience in Ameri-
can politics to-day. He paid a glowing
tribute to the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union. He also touched on the growth
of the temperance party, closed with an
appeal for temperance workers 10 stand by
their cOlors. and fight until they con-
quercd.
Rev. &. II. Mead preached in the after
noon service. His text was: "Out Of the
eater came forth meat, ana out OF the
strong came forth sweetness Judges.
xiv: II. He reviewed the events OF the
circumstances which caused Sampson TO
put forth his riddle How he had met the
lion and slew him, and when going that
way some days later had found his carcass
a hive for the bees.
This is a brief synopsis Of his remarks
Every man in life meets his lions, which,
when living, they are menace when dead
a sweetness. We meet the lion of avarice,
lust, and Of strong drink We should meet
these lions as they come TO devour US aud |
destroy them. The Lion OF the Tribe Of |
Judah is the one which we should espouso |
and the one which we should bow down TO, |
for IN him there is sweetness and strength. !
His sermon was earnest and he strength /
ened his points by apt illustrations.
THE FINAL EVENING.
The final evening meeting opened with |
song service. Presiding Elder Jones gave |
a brief and excellent talk on the closing of |
the camp meeting. He thanked /
the people for their kindness and courtesy /
TO him, and it had made the meetings all /
the more pleasant We cannot tell what |
good these meetings had done |
and what hearts and minds they |
hul fnnshnH lNa fsup pn1u
that God will bless and help |
our efforts. There have been important
things occurring every day, and rejoice
that some have found their Savior. The
preaching has been good, being direct and
with the hope of moving men
toward Christ. We do not know what has
been done, but it must be that truth will
have power Truth will have Judgement
in the hearts of some unsaved sinners and
the results will show themselves some
time The meetings have entered in
the hearts Of some and will be
a part of their lives and experiences We
may by something said to be lifted higher
and nearer God. With a few short remarks
TO the unsaved that they had not come TO
Christ, 10 hasten and "resist not the spirit
and find final rest in Him, he closed his
address. Communion supper was then ad-
and a large number partOok
After the communion Rev. Jones asked for
A vote of thanks to the preachers who
mad assisted in the meetings, and il was
given Rev. Banks and
Mead then made a few remarks Of parting,
md the meeting closed ia general old
fashioned Methodist handshaking
The fund for the Young Peoples Tenn.
pie" is rapidly increasing, and $9g4 was
raised az this mornings service. This
makes Sj44 already subscribed. The build
ng is 10 cost 81 900.
JERUSALEM FOR THE JEWS