Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-17

in homes where God is worshiped
as much as in yours or mine. 1t was TO
do a little something towards oeaun2
back the Archangel OF Indebtedness
and Horror that we went, aud we nave
now to report that. according to the es-
innate of the Russian Famine Relief
Committee, we saved the lives OF 1850
people. As at the hunger RELIEF stations
the bread was handed out-for 1t was
made into loaves aud distributed-many
people would halt before taking 1t and
religiously cross themselves and utter
a prayer for the donors. Some OF them
would come staggering back, ana
say: "Please tell us who sent this
bread to u.s." And when told 1t came
from America, they would say: "What
part Of America? Please tell US the
names Of those who sent it"
All, GOD ONLY KNOWS
the names Of those who sent it, but ne
certainly does know, and many pray
er Is going up, warrant you, day by
day for those who sent -four by the
ship Leo. Perhaps, some of US at our
tables rattle off a prayer that may mean
nothing, although we call 1t saying
Grace" but I warrant when those peo-
pie who received the bread which saved
their lives ''said grace" it meant some
thing. Our religion may not demand
that we "cross ourselves. but have
learned that while crossing ones sell IN
some cases may mean nothing but
mere form, / believe in most cases 1t
means: "Oh, thou of the suffering Cross
Of Calvary, have mercy on me and &C.
cept my gratitude" Prefer your own
form OF religion by all means, but do
not depreciate the religious forms OF
others. From all | can learn, there
were several good people before we
were born, and rather expect there
will be several left after we are dead.
have Travelled in many lands, but L
tell you plainly, as told Emperor
Alexander III in the palace at Peter
hoff that l mad never been so Impressed
with the fidelity to their religion OF any
people as by what l had seen in Russia,
and especially among her public men.
| said respectfully to a Russian, when
| saw him cross himself: What do you
do that fOr?" "Oh," he said, when
do that always say:
GOD HAVE MERCY
on mer" 1 hold in my hand some
thing very suggestive. What does that
black and uncOmely thing look like?
That is what Is hunger-bread from Rus
STA: that is what millions of people
lived on for months before help came
from England, Scotland, Ireland and
America; that is a mixture which seems
to have in it not one grain of sustenance.
1t is mixture Of pig-weed and chan
and the Sweepings Of stables. That Is
something which, if dropped in the
street, your dog or cat might sniff at,
but would not eat. That was the only
food on which millions OF men and
women lived. You must look az that
hunger-bread Of Russia before you can
get proper appreciation OF what an at
tractive and beautiful thing a good
loaf of bread is. 1t is so common TO US
we cannot realize its meaning. Stop
and look at IL in o bakery win
dow or see it on your family table
l mean an honest loaf Of bread,
white as a ball Of packed snow, with q
crust brown as the autumnal woods, and
for keen appetite more aromatic than
fowers-a loaf of bread as you remem.
Der it in childhood, when the knife in
the hand of your father or mother cut
clean through, from crust to crust, and
put before you, not s quarter Of slice
or half a slice, but full round slice
and another and another just suited to a
boy ALWAYS ready to eat and for the
most time hungry, even in well sup
piled house. l remember and you re-
member, if you had a healthy child
hood, just how it tasted. My! My!
Plum-pudding does not taste as good
now as that plain bread then. 1t was
then bread at the table and bread be-
tween meals, and bread before break
fast, and bread before going to bed.
But must also give word Of report
concerning my other errand--the preach
ing OF
THE GOSPEL IN GREAT BRITAIN
last summer. 1t was a tour l had for
many years anticipated. With the
themes OF the Gospel l confronted more
people than ever before in the same
length Of time-multitudeS after multi
tudes, and beyond anything l can de-
scribe. The throngs in all the cities
were so great that they could be con-
trolled only by platoons of police, so
that none should be hurt by the pres
sure, each service indoors followed by
service for the waiting throngs out
doors, and both by hand-shakings to
the last point Of physical endurance.
From the day in which Iarrived at noon
In Liverpool. and that night addressing
two vast assemblages, until l got
through my eya gelistic journey, it was
a sense of blessing to my own soul and
l hope TO others. l missed but three
engagements of all the summer, and
those from being too tired TO stand up.
At all the assemblages large collections
were taken, the money being given to
local charities, feeble churches,
orphan asylums or Young
Mems Christian Associations, my
services being entirely gratuitous. But,
what q summer! There must have been
much praying here and elsewhere for
my welfare, or no mortal could have
gone through all I went through. In
every city and town l had messages
poured into my ears for families in Amer
lea. Oh, sons of Scotchmen, English
men, Welshmen and Irishmen, there are
hearts on the other side Of the sea, beat
ing in affection for you and praying for
your present and eternal welfare. They
wanted me to give you their love. and
here it is by wholesale, for l cannot
give it by retail. DiSappoint not the old
folks on the other side the Atlantic.
You will probably never see them again
in this world Their hair is whitening