The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-23
DOWN AT THE ASSEMBLY
The Annual Love Feast Opened tho
Day Yesterday.
TEOELOQUEHT MEN on TIE STAND
To Testify Agains. tho Liquor Trnrlo
The Christian Voter on the witness
Stand Numerically Cross oues-
tioned-Ths Interesting Exercises
Announced for To-day.

Tho annual love feast OF the Ohio Val
Icy Prohibition Assembly was beld yes
terday morning at 0 o'clock and presided
over BY Hon. I. R. Carskadon, Of Min.
eral county. Mrs. Buol lod the prayer
aud following werc many short and
sharp expressions which were received
with tokens Of approval which badc
good for tho future Of the cause in this
vicinity.
The regular session was opened at
1880 by the entire audience joining in
that grand old hymn "ohl for thou
sand tongues" which made tho vast
auditorium ring again and again, and
proclaimed to tho multitude Of people
who went hurryiug 10 the meeting place,
that the battle was on.
Alter prayer by DR.. Mead and song
by the quartette, the speaker OF the
morning, John G. Woolery, came TO the
front and addressed tho people on tho
subject Of "Christian Testimony"
Nj. .Woolery 10 a very pleasing and
powerful speaker-a prominent lawyer
Of Chicago, his lecture favors OF the
court Placing the Christian voter on
the witness stand and assuming tho roll
Of tho opposing counsel he cross ex'
amines him numerically. He showed
that many OF his supposed aubteriugcs
will DO Of but little use at tho great
court where tho Judge will summon all
the ylrtuous and demand the truth. the
whole truth and nothing but tho truth.
His theme was "Power," which con-
sisted Of truth and the testimony to tho
truth.
The testimony to tho power Of the
spirit OF God was the. testimony Of a
daily Christian life. Acts, not words,
were tho proper witnessed Our testi'
mony against evil is the action NO take
against It. The testimony OF q Chris-
tfau man against tho saloon was not his
profession or his prayers but his ballot.
A clean man would cast clean vote
and no man whose vote supported q
system, tho outcome Of which was tho
damning Of other mons souls. was o
clean man.
What ia tho testimony Of your indi-
vidual life? asks tho speaker. For my
sclf, can say my life may not testify
very much, but 1t does testify to the
power Of God 10 savo q drunkard and
keep him saved for seven years.
Mr.. Woolery was listened TO with rapt
attention, many saying It was tho best
presentation Of tho subject over made
OF this place. His remarks were ap-
plauded.
To-day he will speak again at 2:S0 p.
M, aud at 1880 g. W. Bain, OF Ken
lucky, will give a popular lecture, at
which an admission fee OF twenty-five
cents will DO charged to all corners;
This is one Of his best Lectures, entitled
"Among the Massos." A train will
leave the camp for Wheeling at tho
close OF tho lecture. =.
The school Of methods at 10a. M, will
discuss the question Of "Tho temperance
education OF the young"
An immense audience created Col.
Balm as he stood up to address the as
semblv yesterday afternoon. BE made
terrible assault on tho liquor traffic
truth. and justice to any one to join in
the fight against it. Ho told several
very effective incidents and closed with
an cloqent appeal to tho boys to 70.
member tho love of mother and never
to again 60 to the saloon while their
memory should be cherished.
The quartet then sang. "Come back,
my boy" and tho immense audience
Joined In the sentiment.
Tho prohibitionists OF the First aud
Second districts mot in tho assembly
hall Saturday and nominated J. Howard
Holt, OF Moundsville. for member Of
congress from the First district, and
U. 4. Clayton from the Second.