Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-05
W0MAN'S POWER.
REV. Q. n. AFFORD DELIVERS A DISCOURSE
on TIE CENTER SEX.
What Should Be Her AttrihDtss-R,y. Q. ".
Cushing Talks Of Timely Suggestions.
Rev. NJ. Fullsrtons Sermon.

Rev. NJ. Fullsrtons Sermon.
Rev. c. NJ. Afford. of the Third Pres
5yterisn Church, on Sunday night
preached a special sermon for young
women. from Ruth l:l6-"Thy people |
shall be my people, thy God my God"
The story OF Ruth is beautiful. All
should be familiar with ii. | wish 20
draw some lessons from the life of Ruth
that may be beneficial to the young
women of Wheeling. During harvest
Ruth determined to CLEAN in the fields;
descending the limestone hills OF Beth
lehem. she entered the fields of
BOaz. There was waving grain and sun
burned haryeSters, ready with their
SickleS. Ruth was willing TO do service;
no young woman should desire life OF
idleneSS; everyone should seek u field
OF usefulness and occupy il. There was
a time when no avenues of usefulness
were open TO women. That day has
passed. Grand opportunities for work
greet them on every hand. There is
work in the Church, Sabbath school and
on the temperance question. Give it your
influence, your prayers. and it will be
come a power in the city.
\ queenly woman is not one who has
an earthly throne or crown, but the
mother or daughter who preSideS over
the home, giving counsel and setting
the example 10 the younger ones to beiit
them for the coming life, the queen Of
the tireSide who spends her life in low
ing service.
Ruth possessed the distinguished char
arteristic OF women, Love the right.
Women are endowed with moral i'm
pulse; women is superior To man in all
those virtues in which the essential ele-
ment is right. Women believe more,
hope, love, and pity more than man.
Just as goodness is nobler than knOwl-
edge, love than logic, purity than clo-
quence, 50 is woman higher and nobler
than man. Gail Hamilton said in sar-
caSm, Come girls, let Us be men, 1t
finds an echo in many hearts.
The Bible gives every woman a glory
of her own. BE satisfied with it. Man
owes much 10 woman. She has kept
Christianity from lapSiug into barbar-
ism and mercy and love from being
swallowed up by the two greedy mon
SterS, war and money. All the great
men of our day owe their success in 4
measure TO women.
\ man discovered America, but it was
a woman who gave him the meals and
encouragement. There is something
you must possess that Ruth priced
highly. Ii i nothing to wear, pure
life and an upright walk before your
fellows, something that will shine out in
all you do. No life can shine until il
gets rid OF self. God has placed Us in
the world to shine, not for ourselves,
but for others. The sun shines for all,
not for few. God is In heaven, he eX-
tends his loving providence over all.
There is none lOwly but what can look
up and say, MY Father" Ruth gives
us beautiful example. She was will
ing TO give up home, kindred, all that
was dear TO her that she might be 4
blessing To Naomai. Every woman
ought 10 be u Christian. 1t IS the small
est return you can make to Christ for
all he has done for you. II Christianity
never does anything more it should be
honOred for what it has accomplished
for women. So let your life be like
Ruth's. filled with love, purity and un-
selfiShneSS.
REV. "a. Il. FULLEETON'> DISCOURSE.
The Increase in the meetings at the
Thomson NJ. f.. Church on the Island OF
late has been very marked. The new
Is appointed pastor, Rev. w. ii. Fuller
ton, appears TO have good deal OF re-
ligious zeal, aud is an earnest worker
well read ia the Book OF Books aud in
general literature a. well. All Of the
sermons since Rev. Mr.. FullertOn'S ar
rival have been well attended, particu-
larry the evening sessions, at which on
several occasions all OF the seats have
been taken, aud many chairs have been
placed in the &iSleS.
Every seat was again taken last eve
ming, and much interest was evinced IN
the services. The topic of the discourse
was The value Of Life and the pas
tor spoke at some length without notes.
In opening his remarks he referred to
the fact that young Lewis, who met his
fate at the Il. X o. depot Wednesday
night, was pupil At his Sunday School
while he was in charge OF the Metho-
dist church at MorgantOwn. He spoke
of the commendable traits OF the de-
ceased, aud how il personally grieved
him to hear of his untimely taking-of.
He referred 70 the negligence
of the b. & O. in leaving such
a dangerous place open, and also went
on 10 remark how little some railroad
uHN hmm "a
life, aud how negligent railroads often
were at many of the questionable places
along the route.
The pastor then spoke OF the value
of life from standpoint OF what
rould be accomplished for church and
society during the years OF existence II
hours were but rightly employed, IN the
course of which he cited examples OF IL
lustrious men, and Instances IN history
to develop the idea. II was an enter
tanning discourse.
FOURTH STREET METHODIST.
Rev. DR.. Cushing, last night, deliv-
cred an interesting and instructive ser
mon 10 large congregation, at the
Fourth Street NJ. +. Church, taking
Tor his theme |Solif llhit'9 SHe 50
tons" Yesterday being the brSt Sln-
day in the new year. he desired 10 take
a retrospective view of the past year.
and to Impress his hearers with the
necessity Of taking advantage of their
Life is but breath-a
for eternity. He dwelt
upon the evil Of procraStina-
tion. and showed the necessity Tor I'M
proving the present. Itis impossible to
TO crowd over and perform tomorrow
the work which should be done to-day;
something elsa will be crowded out, for
we are each day allotted special task to
Deriorm. The most important things
should be done first.
In the course of his remarks he TOOK
occasion TO condemn the So-called
society into which many people are
for admission, and placing In
s.....,3,. THAR character and their