The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-17

The tendency to sin Is universal. We
all know how that Is But how about
getting beck, Who is God2 The Greeks
tell us he is tate, and ii you transgress
his law he follows the transgTessor on,
on to the death. Some say God is justice,
but this book teaches that God Is love-
His love is like the sunshine, and like
the sunshine you can bar it out Of your
home and life.
This morning | won't over TO the
prison and the keeper shut us into the
dark cell, How dark 1t was! You
could almost feel the darkness So you
can bar Code love IRON your soul, but
turn your heart to God and open the
door and flood OF sunshine will come
in and you will rejoice in His love.
You say have no faith; what about
faithP As sure as you turn your face
toward God and repent of your sin you
will feel the welcome kiss OF forgive
ness. With repentance comes faith,
The father in the parable represents
God, and it would DO mean father
who would not forgive sou who truly
repented of his fault,
God is tender father and anxious
that all should come to him--there Is
not man who cannot DO made clean
in the love of God. He can take him
from the dopth OF sin and place him on
throne above angels and make him
an heir OF heaven and q joint-heir with
Jesus Christ,
Peter Bellhome was young man
with fine voice, but he had used it
for the service OF tho devil, and good
woman sought him out, and through
her influence he was brought to Christ,
and he composed that beautiful hymn
II will sing of that beautiful story
"Oi the Christ who died for mo-"
and he consecrated HIS voice TO God
and sang it in the saloons where he
used to sing the songs OF sin, and
through his instrulnentalitY many
were brought to the Saviour. II were
a prodigal son to-day would return to
my fathers house at whatever cost.
As Spurgeon says; III would go to
Christ ii l had to go through seven
heIls, for know I should find heaven
at the end"
During the singing Of the hymn,
~ can hear my Saviour calling"
one came to the altar for prayers.
Notwithstanding the very warm after.
noon about two hundred gathered at
the
cuILDREN'SsERvIcE,
in tho temple,'l by Mrs. Bell. The
exercises consisted OF blackboard OK.
ercIso by Mrs. Carrie s. Fuller, Of
Moundsville; q Duet by Miss May
Stuart, Of Ten nessoo, aud Miss Stella
Chapman, OF Wheeling, followed by no.
marks by Mr.. j. A. Ewing and Mrs.
Grimes, OF Mouudsvllle.
At tho close OF this service Mrs. Bell,
accompanied by such OF tho children us
desired, went out under the trees for
little talk all by themselves
Miss Emma Catch led tho meeting
and put the blush on some OF tho older
people.
The expectation OF rNin was realized
in beautiful shower that laid the dust
and caused q great chorus OF thanks
giving to go up from all nature. Though
the rain came just US the young people,
were assembling In the temple, the
house was well filled, and as tho rain
descended aud refreshed tho thirsty
earth the spirit OF the Lord seemed to
come over that meeting as Miss Wray
talked Of the love OF God. AS the wish
BILE result break was made in tho
ranks OF the young women. and six are
reported to have been converted at the
close OF the service.
Though tho evening was cloudy, with
promise of rain, the house was filed,
showing that the people who attend the
Moundsville camp meeting are not OF
the dry weather Christian stripe. Prof.
ExcelPs fine choir opened the service
with beautiful III FINN. DR.. McFarren
then lod in touching prayer for the
descent Of the Holy Spirit on this con.
gregation. Prof. Excel sang
what shall 1t profit thcc2''
his splendid voice filling the vast audi.
forum and rolling out over the grounds
to the remotest cottage.
Stepping out on the temporary plat
form, DR.. Stuart read part OF the sec
ond chapter OF Luke, and then pro-
Ceeded in his mastery manner to
preach Christ and Him crucitled. He
invited his audience to 90 with him in
Imagination to the time and place and
observe and study the peculiar place
and circumstances under which the
birth OF Christ took place. The charge
has been made that the world was not
ready to receive Christ, and that no
preparation had been made for his re-
ception, but in in the Cloar, concise and
convincing manner Of II complete mas
ter he commenced Mt the selection Of
Abraham and traced tho history OF the
Jewish nation to the night OF the birth
TO show how God had put this nation
in training for that special purpose.
All these things which people com.
monty called accidents, he showed to be
parts OF n perfect plan by which God
was preparing tho world for this most
momontous event in its history. To
nuke
THE FACT or HIS DiErH lNDtsPUTADLE,
ho was born in tho Augustan aye of the
world, when history was recording the
dongs Of the times.
Tacitus lived and recorded the fact
that such man was reported to have
lived, died and risen again. Pliuy. tho
Greek, lived and wrote OF him. Jose
plus, the Jcw, recorded that such man
wus reported to have lived, died and
risen auain. Then TO make the record
complete Christ chose Mathew, Mark,
Luke and John, who wore OF the com.
mon people, and not tied to any OF the
old political or religious complications
OF tho tlmes, to write the history Of his
life, death and resurrection, US they
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