Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-13
POWER OF THE CHURCH.
REV. DIR. FULLERTON TELLS WHAT THEY
LIGHT DO WIEN AROUSED.
The Membership Of the Churches and What 1t
Means When They ARE Organized for Work.
What They Can Do, and Upon What
Lines They Will Work.

Rev. ]. A. Fullerton, of the Zane
Street NJ. E. Church, preached TO
good sized audience from mis- pulpit last
evening. The text was taken from st.
Luke, the words being Compel them
to come" The theme was the work
for the churches to do in the city. The
sermon was well prepared, and very
much appreciated.
Rev. Fullerton said that it made ones
heart sad to go through the city and see
the throngs that pay no attention to re-
ligion. That, if all whose names are on
the city church rolls were workers, the
minister believed that when one passed
through Wheeling they need not be dis
tressed in the heart al what they saw
The larger cities were referred to and
the depth OF vice into which they nave
fallen commented upon. This city was
referred TO particularly. He said:
More workers are needed in Wheeling.
There are great opportunities TO lift the
fallen M. In this city there are TWEEN
ty-fye churches which are called relig-
ious. Some may have six or seven hun
dred mem bers and some two hundred.
We may say there is an average OF three
hundred to each church. Take twenty
five times three hundred IT makes Z, 500
in this city who claim to be on the
Lords side, and partake OF the
Lords Supper once a year. Seven thou
sand, FIVE hundred whose names are
supposed to be written in the Lambs
Book of Life. Seven thousand. five
hundred ladies', gentlemen and
Young folks enlisted 70. God, just as
soldiers enlisted for battle.
IF these seventy-fye hundred were
properly trained no power for sin IN
Wheeling could withstand them, or II
Wheeling were twice as large. BY
this what might not be accomplished TO
lift the city up from the pit OF dark
ness? You may say this is theoretical,
nut the churches of the city have the
power to make theory practical"
The combination of the church forces
was given as the major method oy
which the city could be made better.
As one of the smaller means, he stated,
how so many poor people were ashamed
TO church because they had no good
clothes. The remedy for this was TO
have prayer-meetings all over the city.
Rev. Fullerton here spoke OF
how one man had all of
West London, which was from
60 to 100 times the size Of this city,
thoroughly organized. why not have
Wheeling organized for prayer in this
way?" The great field here for the
work was spoken of. He said on Sun
DAYS how great work it would be to
have the poor people meet just as they
could come, in some good ady's home.
1t was asserted that here these persons
may be poor in this worlds goods, but
very soon, by these meetings for their
benefit, they would be as rich in soul as
the richest in the churches, and who
have the finest pews.
Rev. Fullerton said there were some
very rich churches in the city. The
question was asked, What are they
doing?" 1t was said that the great
work being done here was by the
smaller churches. That if the rich
churches in the city would send less
money abroad for foreign missions,
etc. and would use more at home to
clothe the poor and destitute, and to
work reform it would be much better.
In the closing prayer Rev. Fullerton
prayed earnestly for the new city Off
Gals