Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-15
A POWERFUL SERMON,
BY REV. GEORGE STEWART, ON THB CAMP
GROUND, MONDAY EVENING.
A Discourse Calculated to lnfass Little Cheerful
ness Into christians-Ths Programme Of
Yesterday in Detail.

Rev. Geo. Stuart preached another OF
his eloqu and characteristic sermons
I at the camp ground Monday evening.
The auditorium was well filled aud the
people paid good attention. This may
have been on account Of the interest in
the sermon or on account OF few re-
marks by the preacher for the especial
| benefit of that class OF persons so often
seen, not only on the camp ground, but
also in some churches, who, even II
we'll bred, forget their good manners In
the public congregation.
His subject was tine Cheerfuness OF
the Christian Religion" and his text
was from Psalms C, 2: Serve the
Lord with Gladness."
The preacher said he had always been
of q cheerful disposition ever since his
earliest childhood. When he was born
so he had been told-his mother was
much worried over him on account OF
his peculiar shaped head. and was afraid
tried to baadage his head and get 1t into
shape, and for many days he was
q very sober child. But one day
! he electrified his mother and brought
all the household together-the BABY
| had smiled-and his mother regarded
that smile as the dawniIg OF intellect,
| and from that day he had been OF
cheerful disposition. But he had been
| brought up by q strict Presbyterian
mother, and he had been taught to
| think il a man or woman smiled In
| church they broke their religion all to
| flinders. But he had learned that tears
and smiles lay very close together, and
he who could weep over the sins and
sorrows of humanity could as heartily
rejoice in the manifestations OF Gods
| goodness. 1t took more than temporal
| things to make man happy. On his
| first circuit he had lived With his wife
In a single room 15x15, and did not own
even the furniture: out he was as happy
as any millionaire. But he would take
q text for fear he would forget 1t, and
! then read the Tooth Psalm as a text:
| Make Joyful noise unto the Lord all
"a leads; serve the Lord with gladness;
come before His presence with singing.
He loved singing and music OF all
kinds, and the Lord knew 1t and 80 did
David, so he said make noise-every-
body could made noise, and he believ-
ed in noisy religion. The trouble with
the Christian people to-day was too
many of them are possessed with dumb
devils. They can make noise enough at
a political rally. but their lips are sealed
in church. We cannot all make music,
but we can make joyful noise. God
own the world, we are his children, let
us rejoice and be glad.
THE devil has had all the noise In the
theatres and saloons, and has been tax
ing the young people away with him.
and there amt nan 10 town with
backbone enough to close up the I'M
licensed saloon is your midst.
know ye that the Lord ne is God.
1t is he that made u.s. am so thank
full that God made US and that he knows
the texture of body, heart and brain, and
knows just what we can do, and just
what is best for US. Enter into his
gates with praise Bro. Grumble, what
are you growing about? You have
thousand blessings for every reason
you have to find fault, and II you made
as much noice about the blessings you
receive as you do about your sorrows
your life would be hymn of praise.
"Serve the Lord with gladness-that
means good naturally. BE anxious
and willing to please Him. III | am to
ask some of you to come forward and
do something in the Lords service how
nwllingly you would come-you
would come. Well, will not try to IL
lustrate. would not have time. how
unwllingly sometimes go when the
Lord calls. l would rather stay home
with the family. Then / think what the
Lord has done for me and say Lord
forgive me and take my grip and go.
THE Lord intended US TO be happy
and cheerful, and / want to show you
some OF the barriers to happiness in
this life-want everybody here and
especially the sinners to listen. No
sinner can be happy, and | can prove
it-humaBity proves it. God has nxed
il up so that 10 sinner can be happy.
"Say, Mr.. Stuart, do you mean to
say can't De sinner and have good
time?' did not say that. The devil
is a wise enemy, and he knows he could
not get you to hell If you did not enjoy
yourself on the way sometimes, and so
he has put these bats along the way to
load you on TO destruction. You may
have a good time occasionally, but no
body but a Christian can be happy all
the time. / can beat any sinner living
in being happy. A mean man cannot be
happy. You STABBED your wife with q
sharp word when you left home-you
have been thinking about it all day,
and representing yourself for treating
the best woman on earth In such con-
temptible manner.
"Some of you drummers sit around
the botel and tell yarns ell the evening
till bed time, and then pick up sheet
OF paper and scratch few lines to the
precious little woman that is at home
taking care OF the children, and watch
ing with anxious heart the bedside oil
the sick:
Dear Molly:
"Had an awful hard day; all tired
out. Would write you more but it's late.
"'In haste, JOE.
"And then just as you walk over to drop
it in the hotel box, in comes jim, and
you sit down with him and spin yarns
and swap jokes for an hour and hall,
and then go of TO bed, while your wife
nearly cries her eyes out as she reads
that stereotyped old letter Of yours.
"You know you did mean act, and
you can't be happy. Go home and
write her q sixteen-page letter and
put in a bunch OF violets and you
,riIl % n hnnt pnnr work with q marry