Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-21
THB LAST DAY
OF THE MOUNDSYILLs OANPMEETING DREW
THOUSANDS
A Very Large Attendance TO Hear the Sermons Of
Rev. Sam P. Jonss-A Summary Of
What He Said.

Yesterday was the last day OF the
camp meeting at Moundsville.
1t was also the biggest day in every
respect.
In numbers the crowd on the grounds
was the largest seen there for years.
Nearly 5000 people from everywhere
in the surrounding country went to hear
the Rev. Samuel Jones OF Georgia. No
matter what else might be said In the
way of criticism Of the reverend gentle
man. there is one fact which
cannot be denied, aud that is
that there is no person in the country
that can excel him in drawing the peo-
pie and holding their attention.
Mr.. Jones appeared to dislike the IT,
tie a. "Colonel" which a Wheeling pa
Der had dubbed him and paid his COM
nliments TO the editor OF the paper re-
ferred to, and compared him to a dog
that was continually barking because
be was full Of tleas.
His address in the morning was fully
equal TO his former efforts at the camp
meetipss and was brimful of sharp
pointed anecdote. The subject OF the
morning sermon was Gods Love" and
the text used was: "GOd so loved the
world that he gave his only begotten
Son; that whatsoever belleveth on Him
might not perish but have everlasting
life."
at is my privilege to preach TO a
great MANY and l thank God for this
text. II throws out to every man
A LIFE LINE.
"It encompasses fourteen hundred
millions OF men who walk and talk upon
the earth. God did not send His Son
that we might not perish, but higher
and broader than this: God so loved
IN vorld that He sent His only begot-
ten b, con that we might not perish, but
have everlasting life Gods name and
nature is love, just as much as 1t is the
nature OF the sun to shine. The sun
pours its light upon all alike. God
loves all alike. He loves the lowest sim
ner as much as the greatest saint. Il
there is any difference, God loves the
meanest and most profigate man better
than the saintiest saint. 1t is said In
the Scriptures shepherd had hundred
sheep. One sheep strayed oil. Did he
leave it and go and take care OF the
ninety and nine? No; be let them take
care of themselves while he went and
sought for the lost sheep until he found
il. God will leave the righteous to go
after the sinner. Christ told the world
that He had come not to call the right
eous but the sinners to repentance. II
God be my father that settles all. Com
pare Gods love to mothers love.
''Where'S my wandering boy to-night?"
This has been the heart cry Of many a
mother. She goes and searches for him.
Thank God for mothers love, for d
fathers love. The only solution to the
surroundings in this grace which we
enjoy is that God is my father and my
mother. The Bible never made an in
fide, but
n THEOLOGY HAS MADE THOUSANDS.
I love, adore and worship God Of in
finite love. God loves US when we are
little, when we grow up, when we die
He loves US forever in Heaven, and even
In He'll. He will never cease to love. II
man lives in the uttermOst parts OF
heaven or make his bed in hell, God Is
there. What business has God in hell?
Pouring consolation to the wandering
and ruined sinner. Can love save? II
love could save no poor wretch would
end his life upon the gallowS or
spend his days in the prison
cell. Love can pity, love can
bless. The hope is not in the love Of
God, but the sacrifice of love to the sim
per on earth. l have often wondered
where this earth got its melody, where
was the storehouse OF natures melody.
| wonder where is the house OF Gods
love. When our fathers or mothers
iorsake us God will take us In. Bro.
Jones made the omparison OF the love
of husband and wife. l believe divorce
laws originated in hell. They are I'M
dermining the very nutshell OF our So
ciety. There is only
ONE GROUND FOR DIVORCE,
and that is Scriptural grounds. would
that the preacher of to-day would stop
preaching the sweet bye and bye and
tell more of the sinking now and now.
More Of practical ethics and less sentl-
ment will make you honest, a good citi-
zen in your community. They preach
believe and be baptized and be saved"
l cling TO the grand truth that obedi-
ence is better than baptism. l don't
apologize for my preaching, but glory 10
il. A fellow that is not doing his level
best here had not better be In heaven.
Would not some Of you money mOngers
make a pretty sight In heaven. You
would not be there two hours before
you would be chipping off the gold on
the broad streets and filling your pocK-
cts. A sober, industrious young man
once married the sweetest girl In town.
They moved into a home. | believe in
moving into home. A home
MAKES MAN PATRIOTIC.
He will fight for 1t, but who ever
heard OF a man fighting for boarding
house. They have children. In Sow
city" children are nuisance. Just as
society goes down children become
scarce. They were happy in that home.
One day it was said to the wife that
her husband drank. Oh, that day. The
saddest day Of woman's life! You
NAV talk about the silver and the tariff
question, but do you know that seven
millions of dollars would be in the Saw
ipVs banks in six months II liquor was
not taken, and an era OF prosperity
would take place such as the country
has never known.
WOULD RATHER HAVE THE DEVIL
for the President OF the United States
with no whisky than Democratic or
Republican administration with whis-
kew. for the devil could not stand this
and would go back to hell. While at
Chicago on great labor demonstration
occasion, the mottoS on almost every