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


,,,,od WAS warm, but beautiful, The
larp attendance has commenced to
make tho grounds dusty, and the need
nj rim was much felt
The early prayer meeting and class
ruioiain their numbers aud interest
anal the promises OF u good day were
o,op on every hand, While Mounds
v,lIe campground has many attrac'
tons, ithas mono greater than its beau
tiul spring Of crystal water, which
stands every test Of numbers or drouth.
II ia almost worth trip from Wheel
inc on hot, dusty day to be able to
oponch ones thirst at its generous
At AZ 1880, after the opening hymn
and mayer by DR.. Stuart, Prof. Excel
lad the choir in the beautiful anthem,
saviour, lead me, lest | stray"
DR.. McFarren then arose and said that
he was IN a quAudary as to what he
should preach. Some one had re-
marked to him that nearly every one.in
his congregation was a church mem
Ssr but all church members were not
christians, and ii there was one sinner
in the house he would preach to save
That sinner with rs much earnestness
asil there we're thousand. He then
asked all who thought theyhad saving
knowledge Of their savior toarise, and as
some remained seated he said he would
preach to them.
lie then read from Luke the parable
Of tho Prodigal son, in touching man
ner, and said he regarded 1t as the most
beautiful Of all tho parabl es OF the Lord
and complete epitome OF our Lords
gospel. A drama in two parts;
The first scene opens with the picture
OF father, loving but over-indulgent,
and his youngest son. lie was genial
and perhaps capable young man. buthe
had sucked tho honey from home and
wished to go abroad aud taste the
pleasures OF the world.
lie was not positively bad, but up to
this time he had formed no worthy
purpose in life. He had many good
traits OF character and his companions
used these worry traits for his ruin. He
did not 20 down at once, but gradually,
but he went downtown to the bot
tom. There are two things that have q
tendency to ruin the young; the ono is
the giving out OF money, the other OF
health. Blessed is tho man whose
money gives out before his health. He
spent his money for the things he
thought beautiful, spent it all, and
when ho came to the bottom OF his
pocket ho could not tell where it went.
lilo began to DO in want. Ho looked
around Tor his friends; he had none.
Those he had thought friends were
only parasites. He reached crisis in
hiaife-a test of his nobility OF char.
acter. This crisis comes to all. Will
he rise or fall2 That depends on how
much moral character there is in q
man. This crisis was blessing to him;
it brought him to himself; he had run
his course aud awoke to find want star
ius him in the faCo. But it was not a
demon to drive him to despair, but an
angel to bring him back to better life.
WHEN WANT CAME
to him 10 resolved to do what great
many young men will not do-he re.
solved to work.
have supreme contempt for aman
EhO will not work The evil said, do
not work 1t will soil your hands. Do
anything else-steal, cheat. lie, do any,
thing, but do not work" But tho voice
OF God said Work." and he went to
seek it. lie sought respectable work
.Tom some church man who had soul,
but he said 1--WE cannot give you work
among our boys and girls and take such
az YOU into our family" Then he
sought work from some corporation
which has no soul, but its officers said,
I'VE h0ve decided to take none but re-
spectacle hands into our shops"
Finally swinoherd had compassion
on him and set him to feeding swine (;
the lowest and most repulsive thing to u
Jew was hog, aud but ono thing to.
day il lower, and that is man, He
lived and slept with them and ute Of the
same food, aud men said it was sign OF
degradation, but say 1t was sign Of
reformation. There is no degradation
about any honorable labor.
lilo was ashamed OF his occupation,
but as he acknowledged it MS his own
fault itbocame tho means OF his rcstor.
alton. An honorable man will acknowl.
edge his fault, but mean one will try
to throw the blame on some one else.
always did think Adam showed his
meannOss when he blamed Eve, aud
then Eve laid it on the serpent
Shame was u powerful auxiliary to
hlS conscience, and that led him to
himself. lle was plunged into the dark
night Of guilt and despair, but thank
God the fringes OF tho dawn were al.
ready visible in the horizon. lie
thought Of home, and tho thought OF
homo led him home again.
lannk God for the influence OF good
home. He decided to 30 homo, confess
h4sln and to DO m0do servant, for
he acknowledged his unworthincss to
Doa son, HO had will. No man ever
comes into the kingdom OF God until he
Ecis tho consent OF his will. That Is
inc trouble with those who seek but do
NOT iind-they do not use the power
Hod has given them for good, for tho
human willis .ho most powerful agency
N lhe universe outside OF God himself
llo wii,cd TO 20 home and | viii ven,
luto that no did not boz his way lie
was no tramp, Footsore and weary he
worked his way toward tho old home.
mink can SEQ that homo, with the
oII father with bent form and white
ioCI'', sitting at the gate iu tho boautl'
ul sunset, whom all nature Is ut peace
beating on his face hetoll.tNle marks o
a.ad heart
lIo secs in tho distance somo one up
preaching, aud he thinks Of his lost sor
anu ptOys for his return. As The
stranger approaches no rpnjnia him o.