Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-19

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ssSay, backsiideri how long before you
ceased praying did you begin to back
slide? Not till afterwards. bow long
after you stopped praying did you con-
time 10 enjoy the blessings of a Chris
tian life? They ceased at once. But
can any one have the power
that comes from prayer and
can they always have it? Let me II
lustrste. Did you ever go the Office
to send a telegram and have thd opera
tor take the copy and sit down to the
instrument and touch the key, and
turn TO YOU and say / cannot send your
message; the connection is broken. And
YOU say, how? There Is a tree or
something on the wire. And they SEND
out man aud he removes the o.
struction and makes the connection ana
the message begins 10 drop
off at the other end Immediately.
Brother, hear mel II your prayer does
not 90 up 10 God, there is an oostruc-
tion on the wire. Some old family altar
has fallen across the wire, or you have
committed some overt act that needs TO
be forgiven. Perhaps you have cheated
some one in trade. Sister, don't the
line work2 Maybe you have been
around telling some sharp, disagresaoie
thing about some other sister. Remove
the obstruction, insulate the wire, es-
tablish the connection, and COO VIII
hear and bless you.
"Prayer resolves into this God has
what / want will ask him for Ill
will have confidence TO believe he VIII
give it to me. Don't pray like DOG on
a cold rabbit trail-barking here ana
there and losing the rabbit after all.
Get 4 warm trail and get the rabbit.
He closed with an earnest exhortation
TO all to Join in a prolonged and fervent
Drayer for the success of this campmeet-
ing and If they would do so he promised
that something in West Virginia would
either bend or break before SUNDAY
night.
The Rev. Sam P. Jones spoke In the
auditorium at p. II. TO one OF the
finest audiences Of this year. Inc
trains had been earring people all Day
and st an early hour the best seats
were taken. Prof. Excel and his ex-
cellent choir kept the people quiet and
every one seemed satisfied. After q
short prayer, Prof. Excel sang as a
solo, "Are you ready for the Judgment
Day"
And then the speaker stepped for
/ ward and announced as his text Eccl.
o cb. 18th V.
"Wisdom is better than weapons OF
war. but one sinner destroyeth much
good"
Before commencing his address, the
speaker, in his peculiar and vigorous
style, and in good natured but very
decided manner, asked the audience to
remain very quiet. he defined wisdom
to mean religion, and not religion OF
form but of Vitality OF the heart. He
said he could preach from both ends OF
the text, but as the last half came near
est to the audience he would spend most
OF his time on that. Violation OF Gods
law was sin. 1t was hard work TO be q
sinner; you have to pay such a terrible
price for the privilege. A liar was one
who lied. 1t was not natural TO lie.
You had to learn it, and even when you
did it always gave you trouble.
Happy people were good people: bad
people were always unhappy. lie paid
his attention to the ball and theatre
and poker game, and did not forget the
ball room. he said: "Those who fol-
low after such things expecting to ind
happiness are fools. The final outcome
OF all these things, even in this life, Is
misery and remorse.
He paid his respects to the saloon
keeper, and painted a picture OF him
| that would make "a hog loose his ap-
petite, 4" and ask to be excused from such
com pany. But he got in his fine work on
the backslider and the hypocrte In the
church, and after showing them up In
glowing colors and had gotten all the
outside crowd into his net, he turned
to the amused and laughing crowd who
were a little behind him and said: SIN
ners. YOU say these fellows are in the
way of our coming into the church. Ii
they are in your way they must be
ahead OF you, and still better than you
are, and, sinners, we got them all
from your rauksl Catch on?
He then suggested this thought: II
one sinner can do so much good one
consecrated Christian can do much good,
thank God for that.
lie uTltll bOlu blp sung ~ 49,
version and the results OF his preaching
with Gods help for twenty-one years
and made an earnest appeal for all to
join him in q better life.
{ His address was better heard than des-
crihed and was listened to with close at
teption. There was not much shouting
as he warned every body not to shout,u n
less they had something 30 shout Tor.
He said in former address on these
grounds it was the hit dog that yelped
and as nobody yelped he probably did
not-hit any dog.
NOTES.
The train last night was crowded.
II you want seat on the late train
from Moundsville after Sam Jones is
done preaching, don't stop too long at
the gate bidding her goodbye.
A curious fact was brought out last
night when inquiry was made Tor a
preacher to lead in prayer, and not one
could be found on the ground, and sam
Jones said it would be funny sight to
see the preachers Of his town trying to
route the Devel and Sam resting.