The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-24
AFFECTING FAREWELL SCENES.
The Rain Does Not Affect the Crowd
,at tho Closing Exercises of Ono Of
the Most Successful Meetings Ever
Held on the Popular Grounds.


healthful location and splendid water
will mako for them a wide advertise
ment.
Notwithstanding tho heavy rain which
continued all Saturday night, and the
threatening appearance OF the weather
Yesterday, between five thousand and
six thousand persons spent the day on
the grounds.
Tie taking OF the sacrament at the
auditorium was the first service yester-
dav morning. About two hundred per-
SONS partook Of it, and many interesting
experiences were given afterwards.
The song services have been good
during the whole series OF meetings,
but yesterday morning Prof. Excel and
his choir surpassed themselves. Miss
Shelhase presided at the piano, Mrs.
DIR. Long nj the organ and Miss Bigelow
of Washington City, played the violin.
Rev. Merritt Hulburd OF Phila-
delphia, preached the sermon. 1t was
full Of power, intellectual and mastery
throughout.
AN ELOQUENT SERMON.
Rev. Hulburd read the morning
lesson, INC secInu .,.u cnaptei, 8 sa,ootad " ti,a I
Eplstle 70 tne tieore%s' "tiu seiec'eu 'ne
"For consider Him that endured such
contradiction OF sinners against him
self lest We be wearied and faint in your
mind."-Hes XII. 3.
The passage quoted is at the close OF
one Of the most magnificent specimens
of the application OF inductive philoso-
Phy 70 tneU.V "nL nS1;soaat ;se ~ sSa;or;o ;CsJ ~
Is clotheu IN Tue suolilIess 1.l.Sss tt0 tiiet =
literat9re' ni hou ;eneanTer a.n.n,.ont ot' ~ ~
gins WITH aocttinal .i S.aLenlsne 1s .au' IN tne
iiTst verse o 'ae s,,heteana glesenSn tbina:
NOW ialth ~ - 'ns n suDs''.tc ~, ~ sn ,,ss
hope1 ior tne eEiuenCe i; ~ iitI snKs ,.oJ ny
seen. hs.eaH o1 ot;Ins s.s". ;h sa"is1A%seu
ana etnerlailIeu tnlngs Stnsn wt.lctl ltst .sa
claim; IL Is th9 very suos.aiice- taS
standing under Oh Ehl1Es hoPeH ~ ioI'
the Vis9allzlnlg anu elHpouxin:s a.. % tne u,
seen. NOW ne GoneeiHes s sltIs sts;e S;e .';ts
to DC on lts triat ahu SUMMING IIa1 us ENni. WI
nesses 10 prove ~ 4lu Apel, tsaoci
Moan, AoFaha IaGoo' i1uJ Th "to ~
Joseph are sucCessl!ely .s cutleu ~ ~
lliustrate now iaaV.i 70 Sne .as,;ant tgy, nh3n
OF character; now that the eaFllesI snip
builder 6elleVeu anu 9ulIs, , amu 1ilat a..t
early Columbus believed ana went out
not showing MntInet .hon tho,, o "eI niSo +ast; @
SO one aitef ano,ner snS give
noIy us ~ sne P5; Sost;a,, Ntts, tsa%sfer;n,, H ~
t9lth IN changing isy, GGisssiny, tfansteLlng Rn..ags
character anu ,oD.S Du.iinS .SS,,;aod R hy eti tSa
MANHOOD; at Ielstn, ravlsaeu u..sns..;e Ds 'le ho
splenu3r o. nas o"n nono;l HGTIv ,e!tI rhio5
drops ttle Fepo!eer pencI. VIII , Wa,.eu na;a.
ne reports Iheir testliHo4y m aaau 81 crieS y
OUT: but wbus s4uI. Hom Guy ~ u
Gideon ana Parak 1 o. 'epnlISSa sl Sa,, anT
samson ana pavla a,so, 9pu egiiue.' .i 'i';t'
ana Oh the ProPne.s ,';n;a anu ~ snJ ,t"so VIZ
nesSes Inuttlpty ~ nus S'IstSn 40 S.,t - " aISJ
bacKgrounu WIlat seeils aC ntss +" S."!u ~
70 ms ciearer NIsi!n aPPea.s 10 .,ia ~
fapnaels plctule Mnisn iepiesua.S tt LnH. S.aS
apotneosls OF the Mauohlia' iast ;v hosS
crowdlng lnto the cours 70 give lI Il;elT
testlmony-Ior tne eiougttA % M IN .,lo in,aiu M
OF tne %fi1er rn. VI 'io SuS rlnce C tSnt % tho
nesses Is not III 1l'is p.ace 's,aS h;S, VIZ =,
glorlhed 9hgs, WIG ;ntnaaptad sallta sm sIaota tn
perpetual Oliss, gre in.SfesIS" my avg spe'ia q,
tors OF our s.fuEs.es .,I I,tu s'tt'; Lai;otn 80
the heavehIy t"CS.s'.Iusn N o1i1oso iao.;
TINS Is truei puS 1naS 'uey Ssng ei,.e sesst
mony 70 tne FgulIty Hlu PfacslSar l Vaauo
OF the lait9. LAsS ot ail o.Lo ~ e9.ia tnitht,I @
the court Jesus ShFls ne t"ttlul M1nn
anu true wit'iess' anu O4AS 10 S0N
slder linn;
Let us, thcn, lor our eicour.eInenE'
leaving the oshors' conS'uet .nso ms e4aau t;,,.s
Pic ana testlnohy anu, pecause t.ihe
Will not permit US 70 ~ over tne Wii1Ic, II;.
contno our study 70 tne suplect 9l LIS ~
temptatlon aau iot sNts .s iet osnn 10 s'Ne s ni
LuSes harrHt!9n VI snc sGelg. Aau sinS
now let me setue AZ" PII;ttitis'!Gs, P,;tL ~.
FIRST, DelleVe ~ Sie Le"i.Sy VI ae S,.e
temptation, ana 10 tliis Ewo things 'tLe s
essentia!-the persons ehgageu 4hass oe
real, and the soIlcitatlohs must aauFess
themselves 10 nature naVlhg susceP4-
bilities ana apRetehces 10 WIlSh !ney
may appear; my pefsohsi ! 4t9'ei
were real ana DeileVG g IN the ueYllEI
am lar enough rom Doston W AInHS 4ys''
this avowal "ltnout eI leaE ol De9coh lllIi II
that he Is ana tnen appeared as Feu.
person, not the hlueous PeEsonage 81
poets and painters, Dut laIlen spitiI
once the ProuMest' unrest cLeuseu li.si- ~
ligence, the taIlest arcnangel ny nearest ILle
throne greatest Oh hllte creatures.
Not omniprcsent' Dut VINO can gauge u
spirit? May IL not DC analogous 10
thought movement, by Wnich IN an IN
conceivably snort sp9ce o. ti.he man ls
made cotemporary Win aii the ages 1n9
a denizen oil AZ the CHIMES, Whlch
springs through the vast ana solemn
spaces, anu STANDS upon the cTystal