Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-20
At THE CAMP GROUNDS
INTERESTING AND PROFITABLE MEETINGS
HELD YESTERDAY.
Sam Jones breaches With his Usual FOrc' and
EFsct-A Big Crowd Expected To-Day at
Close Of the Meetings.

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ings at the Camp Grounds was large
and there was an increase in the inter
est manifested, which has been notice.
able at each succeeding meeting. The
morning meeting in the Temple at SIX
o'clock, and the morning class at eight
In the Auditorium, were held as usual
At 1890 o'clock the big auditorium
was again filed, and Rev. Sam Jones
delivered an excellent sermon upon
religion" He defined his subject ana
said that there was great deal OF oil
ference between a professor OF religion
and a plain practicer. Adam and Eve
were driven from the Garden OF Eden
by one sin; so, too, one sin may drive US
from the Kingdom Of Heaven. Whlle
getting good, don't go TO extremes ana
get too holy, then you will be all right.
The experience Of Christianity 10 no
more an experiment than electricity
for IL you take hold Of the live wire you
will be an angel in a few SECONDS
Take Christian Of four hundred years
age. or a Christian Of four days ago,
They are all the same. There Is no
reason why man should be religious
six months in the year, and not relig g
ious the rest OF the time. Everybody
who starts out with true religion
has the same trouble that
David did. They start down In the
depths OF despair. Many people join
church from improper motives and not
because they want religion. There mas
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the pit Of despair without praislnR
God. Don't ask God to help you, with
out first trying to help yourself.
The first meeting OF the afternoon
was the children's meeting In the Tenn
pie. There were many short addresses,
and the interest was good. The young
peoples meeting In the Temple took
place at four o'clock. The attendance
was good. The testimonies given were
short, sharp, and to the point. The old
peoples meeting In the auditorium was
not so large in numbers as usual, but OF
deep interest. Crowds OF people came
In on the trains and if anything the at
tendance was larger than the previous
day.
II is wonderful what different effect
the medicine OF the Gospel has upon
different people. The same dose heals
one and takes the hair of another.
Opinions as to Sam Jones are as varied
as ever. Some see the man, others the
Gospel he breaches. A magnificent
audience filing nearly all the seats In
the body OF the house and platform,
gathered in the Auditorium last even
ing. For an hour they listened to the
singing of Prof. Excell's grand choir.
Rev. R. D. Callahan, Of Catettsburg,
by, lead in prayer.
Prof. Excel then sang by special re-
quest the solo entitled The Handwrlt-
ing on the Wall"
Text 20 ch. prov. iv.-"He that being
often reproved and hardeneth his neck
shall suddenly be destroyed and that
without remedy" A thousand might
stand up and ask who uttered those
fearful words. II was God. Who is
God addressing? A thousand ought TO
rise and say, surely he means me.
am preaching TO men ana women TO-
night who have had carloads OF gospel
truth emptied upon them, and yet have
not surrendered their hearts. More
men and women were swept suddenly
into eternity during this year than any
other since the evening and the morn
ing were the first day. The deaths re-
sultIng from accident, from cholera,
having been appalling. As the gospel
privileges improve and multiply and
people harden their necks, so shall
the number of sudden deaths increase.
This is the word OF God. 1t is fulfilled.
The young, the old, the healthy and
sick have been suddenly been taken
into the presence OF God. At Nash
Vile, Tenn, ten years ago Capt. Tom
Ryman, Of Tenn, came to the altar and
gave his heart TO God. He then tele-
grauhed to the captains OF the boats at
the different places where his boats
should touch, to smash up the bottles
and Jugs Of whisky in the saloons OF his
boats. He has built a
chapel and dedicated 1t to the people
who never attend church, and has hired
a missionary at 81, 200 year to preach.
He once invited me to a dinner at his
house with thirteen OF his friends, and
asked me to slip in a word for Christ.
I spoke TO four Of these men, and never
one Of them moved In that meeting. One
after another died suddenly until In less
than a year they were all dead.
He related how at one place he asked
the people to close up their places
OF business and come 10 the meet
ing. Two men in town were
cussinR about it. In ten days from
that time they were both dead. One
man In a place where he preached said;
''Sam Jones is the greatest curse that
ever came to this town" While he was
preaching the man fell dead on the side
walk, and the congregation passed him
In going out.
You have had the greatest privileges
OF the country, and the hardest hearts.
II the twelve apostles were TO come and
preach in this place the result would
be the same. There are people In this
audience who dare God at his face, and
some OF the people who sit within ten
feet of Brother Bodley will feel 1t, too.
He spoke Of an old preacher who was
holding revival, and the people said
II you keep the revival over Sunday
they would have ball and break it up.
A lady who was preparing for the ball
became heated and drank water and
died, and laid a corpse in the very room
and at the very hour the ball was "a
commence. You say, you can't scare
me into Christianity, and l want to say
to you, If the prospect Of sudden death
aud eternity does not scare you you
are a drawer man than am or ever
want to be. Look at that pic
ture Of the Conemaugh! The engineer:
60 up and examine the dam and say 1t /:
unsafe. But the people say: "a lot Of
spectators are trying to get our land.
You can't scare as" Again and agaiE
they 90. Sill the people say: "Chest