The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-19

baCksllde by the lmpTecatlons they
thought if they did not utter. Re-
minds me Of dog on cold rabbit
trail--bark here, bark there, but never
get the rabbit.
What we want is to start on hot
trail and catch the rabbit ut once.
Prayer he summed up thus-God has
something | want and ask God for u,
and Iexpect Him to give it to me, lie
once stopped at preachers house, at
the table was little boy OF five or six
years. l asked him if he had soul
and ne said no. Well, that was good
joke on the preacher, His mother SAID,
"Why, yes you have" but he said mo-
no haven't any soul" Next mornig
asked him again II no had soul and he
said yes. Turning to his mother ! said,
you have been mopkeyiRg With that
boy" and she said, mo, l did not say
anything to him, but last night while
he was saying Now lay me down to
sleep, pray the Lord mysonl to keep,
he stopped and said 'WhyAYes, mother,
have soul, found his soul in prayer, "
Say, brother, did you ever find anything
in prayer Some OF you old people,
Gods mothers and fathers in Israel,
know what it is to find God in prayer,
and YOU don't have to be told about it
either, and you don't have to toll any
body else, for you show it in your life.
Yes, but you say, why don't we all
get ft-ahd why don't We all get itY
I'll tell you.
Did you ever 60 into a telegraph
office to send q, message2 and the opera
tor puts his finger on the key, and,
click click and he looks up and says,
the connection is broken, And you
say, howis that? Why, some tree has
fallen on the wire and the insulation is
broken. Well, how long will l have to
wait? Well, Just so long a. that OBJ
atruction is on tho wire,
They send men out and remove the
obstruction, and the message begins to
drop of at the other end Immediately.
The connection between your soul and
God is prayer, and II you don't get into
communion with him it Is because
there is break somewhere.
Some old family fallen across the
wire OF prayer will stop every message,
Some overt act OF yours-perhaps you
cheated brother in the sharp trade out
Of two dollars. Brother you will never
get communion with God till you make
it right. Prayer to God is the life OF
the aoul-How 60 | know-the life OF
that beautiful oak is the saD-How do
Iknow-To provo it so take my knife
and girdie its bark and it withera and
dies.
That beautiful horse-his blood is
his life. How do l know? | cut the
juglar vein and the blood flows out and
he drops dead at my feet,
The life of tho soul is prayer. How
do known
Say, Backslider, how long before you
gave up praying did you commence to
backslide? did not begin. Hew long
after you gave up praying did you re-
main u Christian? ceased at once.
God help you to understand what 1t
ia to pray aud ii you would all from this
time on get into realization of COM
munion with Christ, something would
have to break or bond before next Sun
day night. Pray for what you want and
expect God to give it to you and then
get up from your knees and do your
level best to got it.
Last night when Rev. Sam Jones
stepped to the front there was pecu-
liar twinkle in his eye and twitching
OF the lip that seemed to indicate that
there would be no sleeping in the con.
gregation.
Ho announced for his text Feel. 9:1S:
"Wisdom is better than weapons OF war,
but one sinner destroyeth much good"
Most people thought well drilled
army and navy were the best protection
for country, but this book says relig-
ion is better. Christianity in practice
buys happiness. The young man who
loads up with whisky poker and pistols
is fool.
The young lady who frizales her hair
and dresses in silk and allows herself to
be swung around by lecherous dude
lisa fool.
The people who are happieat arc
those who are doug the nearest right.
No boy or girl ever brought shame or
dishonor on dear old father or mother
by following the teachings OF this book.
II is easier to tell the truth than lie,
for il YOU Tell o lilo you have to so back
every few days and sec how II Is get
ting along, but ii you tell the truth you
can go along about your business and
DO happy.
Idon't care how much OF bad the
papers say about mo ii it is false, but ii
It is true, then 1t hurts. Lies don't
hurt anybody but the one who tolls
them.
What is liar? One who lies.
What is drunkardP One who drinks.
What is sinner One who sins.
The best compliment ever received
was from Il colored man who said, "Mr,
Jones, when lie breaches in the Bible
am no better than any other preacher,
but when he breaches out OF the Bible
hea mighty big 'un." And 80 l
preach out Of the Bible most the time
cause that is when find the sinners.
1t is often hard for preacher to keep
alongside the text and tho congregation,
but tonight it il no trouble TO me, for
/ have sinners in my text and sinners
In my congregation-lot oil EN-. Yos,
you 0re. Show me man who has not
told lie for u year or played Il sharp
trick on his noighbor. Here is man
who wants to DO happy, nn old bnck-
Glider; he wants to sip honey. That is
not what you need; you need hornets.
You old rascal, when you want to shout
tbs not religion that makes you shout
1t issomething you eat.
Who Is u drunkardP One who
drinks.
Itmay DO all very welfor rich man
who eau support his wife In case to
drink, but l don't believe It, But a
poor man who will take the shoes from
his children and the clothes from his
wiic's back to satisfy his thirst for
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