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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-05-10
A Lion and His Keeper.

The majestic step, the bold look, the
grace and strength of the lion, have OBJ
tanned for him the title of king of the
beasts. He is greatly indebted to the
imagination of the poet for the noble
qualities he is supposed to possess. He
is, though capable of gratitude towards
those from whom he has received kind
ness, often treacherous and revengeful,
and DR.. Livingstone considered him an
arrant coward.
The story, however, which we are
about to relate describes his better
qualities. A lion was kept in the
menagerie at Brussels. The animals
cell requiring some repairs, the keeper
let him to the upper portion of it, where,
after playing with him for some time,
they both fell asleep. The carpenter,
who was engaged in the work below,
wishing to ascertain whether it was
FINISHED as desired, called the keeper
to inspect what was done. Receiving
no answer, he climbed up, when seeing
the keeper and the lion thus asleep side
by side, he uttered cry of horror.
His voice awcke the lion, which,
gazing at him fiercely for a moment,
placed his paw on the breast of his
keeper, and with a look that seemed to
say, "He is in my care now, and touch
him if you dare," he layed down to sleep
again as though nothing had occurred.
On the other attendants being sum-
moned, they aroused the keeper, who on
opening his eyes appeared in no way
frightened at what had occurred to give
his fellow attendants so much uneasiness
for the safety of his life, bnt taking the
paw of the lion in his hand, shook it
and quietly led him down to the lower
part of the den, which had by this time
been satisfactorily completed.
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sing number Il. welcome. Wanderer," and
then the choir and the congregation Joined
In singing "Al Hail the Power Of Jesus
Name"
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sham. There are men who plant one foot
and then the other, and then wonder wny
they don't go ahead. All, Taught You are
laughing at yourself. / have met some of
you down there. You have been here for
thirty days listening, and haven't made a
foot Of progress. You are like a river that
has only thirty miles to run, but that takes
such zigzag course that 1t passes over
$50 miles before it reaches its end. / know
Just such a river up in my country. Here
We are come to the last night, and where
are you? Which side are you on? Are
You hating between two opinions? / have
no use for men who tell me that they can't
believe in this that. What / want to
ind is man who can believe. He's worth
two of the other kind. There isn't man
here. 1 warrant, who doesn't expect to be-
come Christian some day. When will it
be? VIII Christ ever have more power
over you than now? If you are not saved
the fault now lies at your own door
Hundreds are kept out of the kingdom CT
heaven because they lack moral courage.
They are afraid of public sentiment or
the sneerings and jeerings of compa Mons.
l wouldn't give snap Of my finger for
such folks"
Then Mr.. Moody told the s-or-y of Elijah
and Ahab in that simple, cnlloquial style OF
his that has made him such power here.
He sketched the journey OF Elijah to the
court of the king and of the prophecy CT
the simple man clad in a camel skin coat.
He was received with scorn and con-
tempt, but he persisted in his announce
ment that until the people recognized the
true God of Israel again not a drop OF rain
and dew should fall in the lani. Ahab for
got him, but presently there came muir
murs. No rain, No dew No mists, Ahab
sneered. They're always finding fault."
he said, and forgot their complaints. Then
the famine began to creep over the land
and folks were dying. Still Ahab was
needless. Suddenly the truth of the
drought came upon him. and he remem-
bered Elijah and began to hunt for him.
There was not a trace of the simple proph-
ct. Three years and a half dragged by,
and the famine and drought We're terrible.
Even Ahab began to suffer. and one day
he and Obadiah went forth by different
roads to find materials for their feasts
Then Elijah Was King.
Halo! Who's that Obadiah sees coming
up the road? Why. it's that same shabby
chap who foretold the drought and for
whom Ahab had secured his own and the
neighboring countries. Obadiah runs for
ward and makes Elijah stop. You go and
fetch Ahabv commanded the shepherd
Obadiah was shocked, but Elijah sat down
under a tree and waited. He king
then. He was not afraid 10 face Ahab.
though the tyrant had threatened to kill
the man who had locked up the heavens.
him manfully. He iinched not a step. but
defied Ahab to his worst. The king was
awed.
"Oh, We want some Elitahs now to go
abroad to crush out false religions.
80 they arranged, after a long talk. that
there should be prayer test on Carmel.
They should soon see which WAS the true
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said a single unfriendly thing against me
or my work since we came here, but they
have encouraged thousands Upon thousands
to come here and they have scattered my
sermons to three times as many people as
l have reached with my voice. The press
is mighty power. and when 1t is on the
right side 1t works tremendous amount
OF good. II We could only get a permanent
union between the press and the preachers
we should make Christianity like a red-hot
ball burning its way through and through
the world. But before that can come about
you must close up the Sunday papers and
give the reporters day of rest
As to Sunday Newspapers.
Again the eager auditors broke out in ap-
plause. which lasted for half minute.
When 1t had subsidized Mr.. Moody held up
his hands and said: You know 1 don't like
applause. Just put all your energy into
this matter. Don't buy any papers next
Sunday. When your newsboy comes around
in the morning tell him you never want an
other Sunday paper" The sudden outburst
of "amens' cast gloomy horoscope for the
active and enterprising vendors of man.
moth sheets on Sabbath mornings. MIR.
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Jingle He was terribly in earnest. Which
way would you choose? Is your mind made
up2 That's rightr as one man pointed TO
the east, and then another, and another.
Are You honest now? Remember, you can't
fool God by filibustering. An. you laughi
Yes, you've been laughing for thirty Gays
past. You don't do much more than laugh.
You have not got the courage to choose be-
grand day for this city and this country
and the world, II this magnificent body OF
men would take the true step this nightf
Is Your Christ a Myths
Your Christ is either a true Christ or He
is a myth Is yours a myth. Is He unreal
to you? Then you may as well burn rp this
Bible, and scatter its ashes to the winds.
You may burn your churches and mako
saloons In their stead. Clear out your or
phan asylums and turn them into dance
halls. Build temples and shrines TO Vol
taire. Worship all the philosophers OF
atheism. Is your Christ a myth?' The
speaker paused. There was not a stir In
the vast house. The moment was the most
pregnant of the whole series of meetings.
Then IL he is not a myth he must be real
to You. He must be a living God. All those
to whom God is real and true raise your
hands"
The effect was electrical. 1t was as
though Mr.. Moody had turned on a power
full current In an instant, quickly as the
fire had descended upon the bullock on Car
mel, there was forest Of hands extended
toward the roof. There they waved, thou
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THE LAST WORDS
Mr.. Moody's Graphic Picture Of the
Contest With Baaps Prophets.
A SOLEMN and IMPRESSIVE SCENE
He Urges the Importance OF Making
the Great Choice.
WORDS OF APP RECITATION

As It was in the beginning. 80 1t was In
the end.
The great Moody revival meetings. that
have been drawing all Washington to Con-
yention Hall for a month past. closed last
night amid the most remarkable scenes.
Great as had been the crowds at the hall
during the former meetings. they were all
exceeded by the marvellous multitude that
swarmed to the hall at an exceptionally
early hour last night. The capacity OF the
vast building was severely tested. and with
the hour of seven there went forth the
word that not only were the floor and gal
lery packed, but that the platform was
filled almost to the danger point. The au-
dience on the floor was confined without an
exception to men. and the effect Of their
sturdy, earnest faces, rising from above q
sea of black coats was remarkable.
Soon after seven. when the choir had
sung several hymns, Mr.. Moody announced
that the work Of conversion would be con-
tnued in the churches after his departure.
Special services are to be held for a week,
beginning tonight in the following church
es: Epiphany, Assembly, Covenant Fourth
Presbyterian New York Avenue, Gurley
Memorial, Western Presbyterian, First Con-
grega tional, Ninth Street Tabernacle. Mt
Vernon, Hamline, Grace, First Baptist,
Calvary Baptist, E Street Baptist, Fifth
Baptist, Luther Memorial and Gay.
Prayer and Music.
DR.. Hamlin next offered fervent prayer
Mr.. F. H. Jacobs and Prof. Foster then
sang a duet rendering with beautiful eff
feet the splendid hymn. Il Shall Be Salts
fed" After the choir had sung again Mr..
Moody called for few moments of silent
prayer, into which he broke himself to
pray for the utmost of the power that might
be sent to him in his last effort. He pray
ed that the next thirty days might be bet
ter than the thirty days that have just
passed. which, he hoped. had proved the
happiest and best days Washington had
ever known. AS he prayed for the various
elements of the series. the ministers, the
singers the ushers, the policemen, and the
reporters, the men in front rapidly caught
the spirit OF the occasion and resounded
their solemn "Amens' in a way that spoke
we'll for the JUNCTION Of the prayer.
When he had concluded his petition Mr..
Moody called for Just one more rendition
of old number 125, 'Hallelujah for the
Cross" and he asked that every man in
the house might join in the chorus This
appeal was responded to with spirit and
the echoes were raised - never before
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Mr.. MOody's Sermon,

Mr.. MOOdy's Sermon.
Mr.. Moody then preached the most ef-
fective sermon Of the entire SERIES it was
based on the text Of the twenty-first verse
Of the eighteenth chapter of Kings: And
Elijah came unto all the people and said,
How long halt ys between two opinions?
If the Lord be God. follow Him, but if
Baal. then follow him. And the people
answered him not a word"
w hen Elijah made this appeal there was
no response. no applause. Those people
were In the balance. 1t was as II the Presi-
dent. cabinet. Congress and the judges here
should throw over the religion of Christian
lily to take up some new-fangled belief.
Ahab and Obadiah had left the God of
israel and begun to worship Baal. 1t
looked as though Elijah stood alone In all
that Land. To be sure, there were perhaps
seven thousand who would not achnowl-
edge Baal. but they were not saying any
thing, and their support didn't amount to
much. Seven thousand people don't count
If no one can find them but the Almighty.
They didn't dare to come out and stand by
Elijah. Ahab thought he had swept the
land of all the believers In Israel, but
Obadiah had managed to hide a few OF the
faithful In the dens and caves Some Of
the people tried to serve both Jehovah and
Baal, and had two affairs. I tell You IL
there is any one character that men detest
more than another 1t is that Of the man
who tries to be on both sides Of the fence
such folks. When they are with saints
you would think that butter wouldn't melt
in their mouths, they are so pious, but when
they get among the wicked they swear by
the hour You can't serve Baal and the
God of Elijah at the same time.
Il remember during the early part Of the
late war there was a little town down in
Kentucky where the people were anxious
only to be on the winning side. They had
two flags and when the wearers Of .he
blue came In sight they would fling out the
stars and stripes and shout for the Union
But when the gray came along, down would
go the old flag and up would go the new
one. At length the soldiers found them out,
and one day instead of fighting each other
they fell on those hypocrites and stripped
them OF everything. They had more re-
spect for men who had the courage to
stand by one flag or the other than for
the towards who were trying to carry water
on both shoulders.
Religious Frauds.
There are men like that In Christian
GfA and their yeliSioA - Q fraud and 4
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Mr.. Moody asked the congregation on the
floor to excuse him a few moments while
he said something to the choir. So, turn
ing his back to the front he gave the sing
ers their richly deserved praise.
1 want to thank the choir from the bot
tom of my heart he said, for the good
service they have rendered during the past
thirty days. / hope the people of Washing
ton now see the difference between singing
in a known and an unknown tongue. We
have had good songs here in good English,
and every word has been understood. The
other kind may be very fine music. I be-
lieve 1t is called classical / call 1t abom-
Unable. 1 tell you many a church has been
emptied by too much classical music. i am
not conceited enough to claim that these
thousands Of people have been coming here
night after night to listen to me alone.
believe that half Of them came to hear this
magnificent chorus. When you get to sing
ing hymns so that people get hold Of them
and begin to whistle them on the street. as
/ have heard them whistle since I've been
here you have done vast deal Of good.
While We were in London we divided the
city up into districts, and in each one we
managed to get good choir-not so good
a one as this. / have never had such
choir as this either in this country or Eu-
rope"
The Choir IndOrsed.
At this the people on the platform began
to applaud, and there was instantly a wave
WELL" continued Mr.. Moody, I'VE hadn't
been in district a week before the people
had caught the tunes and even the hand
this work. Don't drift away. but keep to-
gether. l see no reason why forty beauti-
ful chOirs should not spring out Of this one
And I am glad Of one thing-you singers
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Religious Frau

There are men like that In Christian
LIE, and their yeliSioA u q fraud and 4
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Moody went on to talk briefly about the
that there were two institutions the infiu-
ence of which has been very beneficial and
helpful to him while here. One Of these was
the Central Union Mission.
Il hope you will keep up this grand insti-
tuition. l have heard Of II for many years,
and have met men all over this country
who told me they were converted here at
this mission. 1t Is a great thing to take a
tramp out of the street. and not only feed
him and clothe him and shelter him. but to
give him sight of God 1t pays, tell you;
but l never felt that such work on tramps
was not thrown away until one day the
manager Of just such an institution asked
me IL 1 shouldn't believe in 1t IL my son
were tramp. OF course / thought SO then.
Suppose your son were a tramp, and yours"
pointing to gray-bearded man in the
front rowland yours. Then help this mis-
sion. 1 don't know IL they want any money
tonight. If they do not it would be strange.
never saw one Of them yet that didn't
want funds.
Then there is the Y. NJ. c. A., which is
one of the very best in the country. But
it ought to have larger quarters These
young men are too crowded. What's. a few
hundred thousand dollars when such a mag
nificent work Is con sidered2 These lobby visits
come here and work their schemes for pub
lie buildings and get their money, but these
young men have to suffer. / hope that when
/ come back to Washington l shall find a
large, beautiful building for the young men.
30, my good people, StanQ by my friend, MI.
Pugh. in the way he has stood by me dur
ing the past thirty days or nights.
Money for Expenses.
Now let me say word about money.
This hall has cost $500. 1t has been one
of the cheapest investments ever made.
They are building hall In Richmond that
will cost $500. and 1t will only be used
ten days We've not had a collection from
the men yet. About 81 800 has been paid so
far. and we want another Thousand. See II
you can't raise it now. If you have no
money with you send your check to Mr..
Truesdell, and If you can afford it put your
pocket book right in the basket. Don't let
these ministers go begging for this balance
after We have gone"
While the ushers were passing the baskets
the choir sang and then Mr. Sankey render
ed They VIII Not Forget the Song" which
Mr.. Moody said was the first hymn he had
ever heard his colleague sing. Mr.. Moody
next read from the thirtieth chapter of
Deuteronomy and asked Mr.. Sankey. in re-
Spouse to many requests that had been re-
ceived. to sing Where is My Wandering
Boy Tonight" After the music had died
away Mr. Moody asked for a silent prayer
that every wanderer might return. Follow
ing up this thought. he next had the choir
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TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertisers are urgently re-
Quested to hand in Advertisements
the day prior TO publication, In
order that insertion may be as
sured. Want advertisements win
be received up to noon of the day
OF publication. precedence being
given to those first received
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have been SO patient while I have been
talking to these folks here In front. You
must remember that I've never had so many
people before behind me-
While the people were laughing at Mr..
Moody's Hibernianism he went on to thank
the ushers. He said he generally gets many
letters in each city that he visits complain
ing of the ushers for not doing forty things
at once. But here he had not received a
single complaint. He thanked the police
men. too. and said that he had marveled
at not seeing a single cross officer. In fact,
he had found all the Washington people
very good natured, and in going about
among the congregation on the floor he had
only met two cranks. But they were born
so and could not help being cross, SO he
would not hold them up against the &C
count Of Washington.
Il can't thank the press enough" he went
on THE newspapers OF this city have not
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EXCURSIONS. &c.

TALLY HO COACH LINE DAILY, 10 AM PPM,
from 511 18th st.-Arlington. Cabin ]. b. and all
points Of interest. Trip, so to Use. Finest Tally
Ho earth. No cars to Arlington. fe19-1ms
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Norwood Institute,

14TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AyESrrr
ecso Nr. aad Ma ". q. CABxlI. Princtpa,a
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-26

at Washington City. At this meeting
Mrs AdIai Stevenson was chosen Pfesi-
dent.
Last Saturday at bis home in Ne"
York City, Norman L. Munro, the IA
nous publisher and ysehtsman, died OF
heart failure. he was SO years old.
Congressman Bland, in the House OF
Representatives is still unable to secure
a quorum to vote on his seigniorage DILL
Filibustering is causing the delay.
Hon. VIM. L. Wilson is at the City OF
Mexico and is quite i'll with an attack
OF typhoid fever. 1t is thought the at
tack will be mild one.
Agricultural Hall at the Worlds Fair
grounds was burned last Saturday night
by incsndiaries. All the buildings seem
doomed.
A British expedition fell into the
hands OF African slavers a few days
ago, and many of the British were
killed.
Four keepers of houses OF Ill fame OF
Steubenville got fines of 500 each and
two months in the workhouse a. Cleve-
land.
Eugene Prendergrast. the murderer
of Mayor Harrison, Of Chicago, Will
hang On the 23d of next month.
Erastus Wlman, arrested for forgery,
has been released under $4,000 oall'
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and New England. IL; Pacific Mail.
~; Peoria, Decatur and Evansville, 30;
Pittsburg, 1861; Pullman Palace, 100;
Reading, 2l1S; Rock Island, Goa st. Louis
and San Francisco first preferred, -; 81.
Paul sos; DO. preferred, 1lI5l; Tennessee
Coal aud Iron, 1888; Texas Pacihc, IS ;
Union Pacific, 10 United States Ex-
press, 81; Western Union, SIS; wheel
ing and Lake Erie. l25I; DO. preferred,
AZ; General Electric S.
Mining Stocks-Band B., -: Cholor, %;
Crown Point so; Consolidated California
and Virginia, go; DeadwOOd, So; Gould
ana Curry, 90: Hale and Norcross. 90;
Homestake, 100; Independence, -; Mex
lean, $40; North Star, 49,; Ontario, 900;
Ophir, 200: Plymouth, 20; Sierra Nevada,
100; STANDARD, l2j; Union Con-, 50; Iel-
low Jacket, 90: Iron Silver, 10; Quick
Silver. -; do preferred. 1575; BulWer --.
New York weekly Bank Statement.
NEw YORK, February 24-The weekly
bank statement shows the following
changes. Reserve, increase, f23O,6l5;
loans. Increase, 81, SS9, 800; specie, de-
crease, SOL, 400; legal tenders, increase,
81 $50 500; deposits. increase, 81, $50, 100;
circulation, decrease, s3ll, 200. The banks
now hold ga, 1ST, $50 in excess Of the re-
Quirements Of the % per cent. rule.
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SUNDAYS REGISTER.
Condensed kilograms From Yesterday
Issue,

Issue
A Democratic caucus is called for the
purpose OF talking over new mothod
of securing Quorum in the House of
Representatives The difficulty of seCur-
ing a quorum has caused no end Of
trouble in the present and last sessions
Of Congress.
Captain l.. $ Delaplaine, OF this city,
Minister 10 Demerara, British Guiana,
South America, is on his way home on a
leave OF absence for sixty days. He
will arrive in this city to-day or tO.m)r-
row.
A heavy pressure of natural gas
caused a 500, 900 fire at Mcdonald, Pa,
the famous oil town, last Saturday.
Thirteen buildings in the heart Of the
town, Including the post Office, were
burned
Sensational papers have been publish
Ing stories that President Cleveland's
health is not good The President is in
the very best Of health and works till
nearly midnight every day.
Corbett aud Mitchell spared four
friendly rounds Saturday night in Mad
ison Square Garden, New York. The
proceeds, which were over $4,000 went
to the poor.
Last Saturday the third session OF
the Daughters OF the Revolution closed