The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-21

as 10000.
Tho young peoples meeting in the
temple was tho best yet. There we're
Eve conversions and many indicated o
desire to be Christians. A rising vote
testified thatseyery one wished Miss
Wray TO come back next year, and she
well deserves the compliment. She has
been the means Of helping many over
the rough places in practical religion.
OF course the main service OF the day
was Jones's sermon to men only in the
large pavilion in the afternoon. A large
audience of men greeted him, while the
services in the auditorium at the same
time were alsolargely attended.
Following is the substance OF the SER
mon;
TO MEN ONLY.
Ihave butthree questions that l would
put to any man who is an accredited
minister Of the gospel and who stands
up to preach to me. The first question
would put to him would be this: Are
you posted on the subject you are dis
cussing? in other words. do you know
what you arc talking aboutp When
that question is satisfactorily answered
to my mind l would put another one,
"Do you mean kindly to me in what
you say?" This question satisfactorily
answered / have but one moro and that
is this, "Do you live what you preach 2"
On that first question, 10 the speaker
a kn1 n aIIhinnk hn ia din.
cussing--doos he know what heis talk
ing about? Determine that. Next, do
you mean kindly to me2 Tho God that
can look through and through eVeryfbre
OF my being knows that haven't aught
against any man that Wake tho face OF the
earth. have nothing but good will
towards my fellow man. Then, next
and last, do you live what you preachn
Any sensible man in this audience
knows that q man that throws as many
rocks as | do cannot afford to live in q
glass house-if you have got good hard
sense you know that A man that
breaches like Sam Jones has got to live
right, there Is no doubt about that
Religion or no religion, man that
breaches as cloao to men as | do has got
to live right to have any influence over
men.
This Is q wonderful old book from
which We preachers got our texts; 1t
goes back to the beginning OF all things
and forward to the end OF all things.
In tho first page Of Genesis l read of my
own origin and the origin Of creation.
God stops a moment to tell me from
whence Il came, and ever and anon for
four thousand years lie breaks the ell
lenCe OF eternity and speaks out to mo,
warning me OF my duty and my destiny.
l believe in this book, believe IL is the
word OF God. / mover attempted on
any occasion to prove the Bible was
true. This much can say, can look
man and devils in the face and say that
as far as my ability and my faculty for
testing the book has gone they give It
perfect truth at every point, and I
would be fool to say,it is not true
where l have no ability or facility for
testing it. / am like the good old wo-
man with whom IN infdel was arguing
about the truth OF the Bible. He said:
"Madam, can prove to your own eyes
that the Bible is false" And she said:
81 would believe tho BibIo before I
would my own eyes" He said: "What
makes YOU talk that way2" and she
said, "Becauso these old eyes have
fooled me a thousand times, but this
blessed old book has never fooled me in
single instance"
l Ibeleve in this book and from this
book / take tho toXt, 18th chapter and
18th verse OF the book Of Genesis. "Es-
cape for thy life" God has implanted
in every mans bosom an instructive
love Of life; He has also implanted in
the bosom OF every man instructive
droad OF death. We all love lilo, We all
dread death.
The text comes to US in tho form Of
IN exhortOtiou,
''EscAPE FOR THY LIFE"
When wisely understood 1t means.
escape from Sin. Poverty may harass
mo grief may bcreavo mg diSnppoint-
ment may uadden mo, but sin Is tho
only thing in tho universe OF God that
can debauch and p0rOlyze, and doom
and damn the soul OF n man.
Tho perpetuation Of the government
OF tho United States depends upon the
faithful enforcement Of law. God'a
own government and Gods own throne
depends upon the faithful enforcement
Of law. You can hang few Anarchists
In Chicago every few years and think
you have killed out Anarchy and Cons
munism, but II you have a law on the
statute books Of We9t Virginia or Of the
municipal statutes Of your town that
you do not enforce, you have got Ans
archy SGT up right hero. II you have O
law you cannot enforce, you have Com.
munism. Every gambler, oyory lawloSs
saloon keeper and every vlolator ot law
isa monaco to tho peace and good or
der Of our land. Every saloon keeper
that throws his saloon doors opon on
Sunday-no matter whether side door
or back door-is criminal, and justice,
deconcy and order demands that he
should DO punished, aud Fho Judge and
Juror aud mayor who docs not do his
best to bring such offenders 70 justice.
Ia h puriiccpS criminiS to their damnable
rascalily.
A mayor that will draw his salary
and not do his duty Is dishonest The
policeman who will draw his salary
aud knowingly leave undOno his duty
la dishonest. A grand Juror that takes
tho oath and draws his pay and does
rot faithfully Inquire into aud faiths
fully present all Grino, that grand jury-
man ia dishonest.
II thnro Ia human being Oh the iaCa
OF Gods earth that have a contempt
for that | cannot meaSuTp II iathe otis