Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-05
once thought of ordering them

once thought of ordering them
down. How much nobler it
would have been for these brave men
instead Of ordering the rebel flag down
because it was an insult to them, To
have ordered down the saloon signs be-
cause they were an insult to those they
loved. No man could read the mail
that came to him daily telling of the
ravages of this direful traffic without
being fired from head to foot twenty
four hours out Of every day of his life.
lie would say to the people that every
evil had its
COUNTERPART IN THE HOME.
They could never Danish the gambling
hellS until until the cards were ban
ishcd from the home. They could never
Danish the saloon until the good old
women about home baniShed the demi-
Johns from the cloStS. Why some Of
them would say, "Why, Brother
Jones am so weak am
bound to have little dram. 8"
Let them die and 90 to heaven. a good
old mother was better in heaven than on
earth setting bad example To her chill
dren. Laughter and applause, Tenn
perance workers were handicapped Of
ten by their physicians. He had SUI
prcme contempt for little old doctor,
running around with a quart bottle in
each pocket, and prescribing whisky for
everything from dyspepsia to a wart on
the nose. Laughter. If he was ply
Sician he wouldn't give whisky TO man
until three days after he was dead, or
TO woman either until he was certain
she was dead. When woman stopped
talking you could always be certain
she was dead. Laughter.
Now he had heard a good deal about
Adam. Church members went about
SHINING and laying it to Adam. Women
tattled and laid it to Adam. Why Eve
never tattled. Adam never tattled, for
he had no neighbOrS. He believed that
the Methodist Church came directly
from Adam. Didn't Adam fall? Great
laughter So the Methodist preachers
went around preaching the fall from
grace on one day OF the week and their
congregations practiced it the other
six. Laughter. Why was such stuff
preached? He had heard some minis
terS preach about heavenly recognition.
What did men want to hear about that
for? He wanted earthly recognition.
He wanted sympathy and love and
kindness here. and when he got to
heaven, and had his harp in his hand
and his crown on his head, il made no
difference if they didn't recognize him.
He was heeled then. Applause. Men
ought 10 try To make earth better.
wHEELING'S AWFUL INFLUENCE.
They don't deserve to go to heaven un-
less they do so. Why if old Wheeling
up here were made what you people
ought To make her, there would be no
need of going TO heaven. The pearly
gates would be opened and the golden
streets would be extended and Wheel
ing would be taken into heaven. God
couldn't do that now. If He were To
take Wheeling in now, he would have
half of heaven drunk before breakfast.
Great laughter.)
The Christian Church needed more
tact and energy. The devil could run 4
mile while some ministers were putting
ON their coats. Laughter The ma
iority of ministers did nothing but marry
the living and bury the dead. The
devils crowd had more tact and energy
now than ever before. The devil could
put chain around their horns, and drive
them through mud knee deep to hell and
they would never switch tail. Laugh
ter. He didn't know what could have
come over the church unless the devil
drove the life out of its members
before God got hold of them. II the
church ever caught up with sin and
did it mp. it was necessary TO have
some life aud vigor in it. Rev. Jones
closed his sermon with an interesting
and humorous story or two, well illus
tratiug the need of more vigor in church
work.
Mr.. CarShadou made a strong speech
of few minutes length, and was fol-
lowed by Rev. Mead, who spoke earnest
ly. Both confined themselves To the
temperance question. The quartette
sang again. and the benediction was
pronounced. In the evening Hon. :.
A. Haincs, of New Jersey. spoke TO a
large audience. Mr. HaineS' address
closed the exercises of the day.