Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-06
AT M0UNDSYILLE.
INTERESTING EXERCISES OF 7HE PROHIBITION
ASSEMBLY.
Rsy Scott Hershey, Of Washington, Delivers an
Able Ssrmon-Ths addresses Of Inc
Afternoon and Evening.

there was fairly large audience at th'
morning services and a still larger oh'
At the afternoon meeting. more oe
lirhtful day could scarcely be imagined
for the holding OF such a meeting thal
was yesterday. The morning SUI
shown brightly, an invlgoralIns
breeze blew through the iargt
trees on the camp 9rouno
which made it comfortable for Ign,
wraps. while the refreshing showers OF
Yesterday made the Assembly grounds
a pleasant place to be. AT 1890 O'CLOCK
between four and five hundred persons
gathered in the large auditorium 10 lis
ten to an address by that eloquent III,
vine. Rev. Scott Hershey, ID. d., OF
Washington. The choir sang, AL
Hail the Power of Jesus Name" lead
by the famous Silver Lake quar-
tette, after which Rev. Z. ID.
Meade offered up feryent
supplication to Divine Providence, the
entire audience joining in the Lords
prayer. The Scripture lesson from the
eighth chapter of Romans was read aud
the choir sang "Wonderful Story OF
Love-" Rev. Hershey's text was He
brews 1st chapter, 18th verse. lana
let us lay aside every weight and let us
run with patience the race that is set be-
fore us" Said he; The passage from
which l take my text was sent to those
who were familiar with Grecian games.
In olden times the Grecian games were
contests in chivalry, throwing the
quot, the javelin and foot racing.
! For over one thousand years, every
second year witnessed the assembling
of Grecian youth, who left the fields
and the focks and gathered at the
| games for one common purpose, and
! that purpose to excel, TO be the victor,
and he that won, brought honor to him.
self, to his family, TO his town
and hamlet. Songs were sung to his
praise, and statues were made of him OF
the finest marble. But before the
young man could run the race one
thing was needed-he had TO be trained.
Human life is very much ike Grecian
foot race. This race of life must for
each of US be run. Is the goal worth
running for? There are weights that
are holding us back as great as the
weights on the Grecian foot racers.
First, there is the weight of
opinion. We command respect in the
common everyday affairs of life. We
even command respect aS to our political
opinions, providing that opinion does
not touch upon the great paramount
question of the day. Then why not COM
mand respect in that the suppression of
the liquor traffic. because you believe it
to be true? What we want is more
courage. We want more OF the
courage OF Scotland and Eng
land, which so characterized them
during the sixteenth and the seven
teenth century. Young man will you
not be brave and say from this Sabbath
morning, care not what the people
say, l will do what is right and what
God teaches gseat RR MANY t eln 'f that
hampers us. This is the Indulgence OF
pleasure.
1t is good to laugh but he who laughs
all the time is an idiot and ought TO be
sent to an insane asylum. 1t Is
good to joke. like joke. l
enjoy an anecdete, but the man who is
Joking all the time is clown and should
be in a circus. 1t Is grand thing to
go a fishing, but the man who sits on
the river bank to fish all the time is
fool and a trifer. Happiness is con-
tinuous, because it is cOntentment.
hesitancy to take up christian duty
and manfully perform it is heavy
weight. The on-performance OF
duty is sin against God as
much as the breaking OF q moral COM
mandment, and here | want to mention
what l think more terrible evil than
LIQUOR drinking, and that is cigarette
smoking. l would just as soon a man
would come and court my daughter, II
I had one on earth as l have two in
heaven, and WOO and win and marry
her. who was a confirmed dr1nkard. as
a confirmed cigarette smoker.
Another great weight is the under
estimation of our personal influence.
Do YOU know that the great London
Bible Society was the result Of q little
Welsh girl talking to her pastor?
Shall we not throw aside all these
weights with patience, and let US all
face the right way this morning, II we
are not now facing the right way?
At 2:3O o'clock Col. Geo. w. Bane, of
Kentucky, spoke to a large audience,
taking for his subject the theme: "The
Safe Side for Young Men,"
At night Col =. A. Bnrdick, OF New
York, delivered a powerful address to a
large audience, in which he portrayed
his personal experience and described
his own life. How he became a drunk
ard, the reformation, the signing of the
pledge and his efforts as temperance
worker during the past fourteen years.
How that in 1872 five young
men stood around bar in his
native town and pledged themselves
to write 10 one another in five years
from that time and tell how the world
had used them. Four Of them filled
their glasses with liquor, while only one
had the courage 10 refuse. In less than
two years two OF them had died drunk
ards, one OF them was a wanderer in
the world, while the one who had re-
fused was worth 100000, and the
other was the speaker himself. Mr.
Burdick ia an eloquent speaker and de-
livered an address Of great power,
which reached the hearts Of all his
hearers. The audience was oft affected
to tears by the sympathetic illustrations
of the speaker. Mr. Burdlck will speak
again to-day at IL o'clock.
Beats the Seven sleepers.