Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-18
CAMP GROUNDS.
Yesterdays PROCEEDINGS OF fHl MEET
INGS AT N9UNDSvILLl
Rev. Lynch breaches an Able Sermon TO Large
Audience in the Aftsrnoon-Last
Nights Services

street M. E. church, OF Wheeling, ad-
dressed a fair audience in the audi
forum at Moundsville. yesterday
afternoon at three o'clock. His
discourse was listened to with In
tense interest. After singing 81 Want
to Be More Like Jesus" by the
choir, and prayer by Rev. Swindelis'
Rev. Lynch read from the second
Psalm. "We shall gather what we
SOW" a beautiful solo was rendered
by E. O. Excel, musical director.
Following is Rev. Lynch's discourse:
l Cor. 18th Chap. 25 verse.-"For he
must reign until he has put all enemies
under his feet" This is a triumphant
statement of Paul, "For he put all
enemies under his feet" 1t contains
his matchless, wonderful discourse on
resurrection. He proves the resurrec-
ton of Christ by witnesses whom he
brings up at the beginning OF the chap
ter. He was seen Of the Twelve and or
the Apostles, and of the five hundred.
And you know how he closes this dis
course, how that which is sown In dis
honor shall be raised in glory. Wonder
full chapter. As he writes OF this glorl-
Gus truth Of the resurrection, that hav-
ing risen from the dead Christ must
reign. The sweet thought, the
inspiring thought that Christ
the Lord is on the throne.
We need not be disheartened
at the assumption of those world
| ly-wise men, though they be men OF
great intellectual achievements. The
thought here Is that Christ is on the
throne. Some may think that thing
are driven by blind faith, but God Is
not In the Heavens to-day with His
| hands tied. He is Governor OF the
nations. There two facts that inspire
me with the assurance, and as read
about them my heart is filed with joy.
They are prophesy and providence.
Every prophesy implies that men
and nations will do GER
tain things. Take the proph-
estes of Christ, of his death and life.
That Herod would do so and so, that
certain wise men would come. Take
all the other prophesies and the same
is true. There have been prophecies
which have become fulfilled and there
are prophecies which will be fulfilled.
And now take this providence. Think
of how His hand shall guide them; how
His mind shall guide them; His eye
shall overwatch them. He, be he who
! he may, if he trusts in God His wings
shall overshadow him. These two
things lead all to imply that there is
| good God in Heaven. Christ, Christ
the Lord is on the throne. God prom
ised David that he should put on the
throne a man to sit forever. Christ is
the King of Christians. He Is the ruler
of all hearts; that is, He asks us to let
| Him come into our hearts that lie may
bless US. No Christian Is Christian
who does not only accept Him as bis
hop and ruler but King. Christ reigns
among His people everywhere. AS
! try to picture Christ do not try to
think of him as he lay in Joseph's new
tomb in the bands Of death. l think Of
him as the monarch OF all Kings, as He
conquered the temple, He who on the
morning of the third day broke the
bands of death. HI think Of him as the
King Of the Church and the King of
Glory. He is not only the King Of the
Church but the King of Glory, the
King Of the universe. The
winds in the galleries Of the noun
tains praise the only wise God
| The thousands of warblers in the hills
praise Him. AS Addison puts 1t Gail
the world praise Him."
The King must reign until he has put
all enemies under his feet. The cries
of distress come up from every hand,
while man is in his sorrow with
| broken heart, and yet there are enemies
vino oppose Christianity. There are
some of them in the church. want to
say that some of the people on this
camp ground, If they stayed at home
| until they decided who shall rule over
them, this ground would be a blaze Of
glory. o, brethren, have we settled this
question. There are enemies in the
| church.
We do not give God the first fruits of
our love. God wants us to do for Him
| now, for every prof essed follower of
God says that Christ shall reign forever
| more.
II they would only ask God to purge
them, clen..e them OF their sins, burn
away all earthly dross from their hearts,
q, what a glorious time we would have
at Moundsville! The greatest evil of
to-day Is the internal traffic in liquor.
cannot speak this In strong tones,
cannot enunciate it with sufficient
force. According to the last census,
1890, 10000 souls went down to
drunkard's graves. This world is
not wholly given over to idolatry, but
1t is giving over to the devil and
the saloons. am convinced
to-day that the greatest obstacle to pro-
hibition is the church. If the church
and its upholders would only stand up
and vote the right ticket, the house of
liquor would come topping down to
the earth. l have no sympathy with
this sentimentalism which pats fellow
on the back and says, Now, brother,
try and you'll come round all right"
have no use for ministers who are
hail fellow we'll met with bar-keepers
and distillers. God has no use for such
men and the devil has not much. Peo-
pie say we should not abuse. Telling
the truth is not abuse.
We need ministers who will call
things by their right names. For every
missionary sent over to Africa New
England ships out 30, 900 gallons of rum.
Think of how the American feet car
ries liquor from this country. The
nearer you get to the Lord, the
straighter you will vote on next election
oay. Think of the tears and the pray
ers Of the children and mothers
against this legalized wrong. God