West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-15
AN CID TINE REVIVAL.
A Methodist "Bis Meefin'" That
Takes the Cake"--And Snufr.
Box, Too.

The biggest old time Methodist
revival ever held i'm this county,
has been IN p ogress out ut the
Snyder Chapel, three miles south of
Kingwood, for several weeks now.
and 1t Is said that all the heads of
families i'm that section have joined
the church and nearly everybody
else protested religion. The altar
has been crowded every night, and
the church 80 full that the congre-
cation could hardly breathe good. 1t
is hard to tell how many seekers
and conversions there have been,
and the entire community has been
absorbed in the meeting.
The minister In charge is Rev.
Willis E. Dean, young man about
thirty years old, who has something
OF history. he was born at To-
ronto, Canada, and received a good
education. He early became Inn
bued with the idea of consecrating
his life to the service OF Christ and
joined the Salvation Army, and
travelled and worked with it some
time. He arose to the position of
Lieutenant, and while at Oakland,
Md, several years ago, he fell in
love with young lady there.
She refused to marry him unless he
would leave the Salvation Army,
but agreed to share his life for bet
ter or for worse IL he would resign
and enter the regular ministry.
Which he did, and they were mar
ried. He was stationed at Halleck,
in Monongalla county, awhile, but
met with Indifferent success. Year
before last he was sent to Tunnel
ton, this county, and this winter
he has met with great success in
revival work, having been engaged
all winter with "big meetings,
even holding two at a time. Sun
day night he preached a special
sermon on "Sanctification," and
claimed that he was sanctified. He
SAID that some people called him ga
sanctified crank" and he thanked
God that he was a crank-that the
Devil couldn't turn. In the course
OF his sermon he took the ground
that no one could enter the King
dom of Heaven unless they were
sanctified, and he urged all To
strive earnestly for this superlative
condition of christianity, and
among other things said that no
one could attain it and he guilty Of
such sins of the flesh as the use of
tobacco, for instance. He hit the
user of the filthy weed hard, IN
regular Sam Jones style.
After the sermon the regular re-
viyal services began, and soon ev-
erybody was praying. singing and
shouting. All the old revival tunes
were sung, and when the congrega-
ton sang "Away Over IN the Prom
ised Land" and "We'll All Get
There" it done your heart good to
see how they enjoyed it, and we
wished for Bro. Hennery Morgan,
of The Morgantown Post, who is a
"Shoutin' Methodist" and has
been praying for years for just such
a revival. Everybody sang as loud
as they could, even little children
who could hardly talk plain.
The revival then resolved itself
into an Experience Meeting" and
everybody that wanted to land those
that didn't were called upon) to
"stand up and be counted" on the
Lords side. and tell how near they
were getting to "sancLification. -
Reports were made by the "regu.
lars" cold veterans" (who had
re.enlisted), the ''raw recruits";
and word came IN from the "skir-
mish line" the "picket post" and
the Scouts" who, while they
spend most Of their time in the
enemy's territory, are still very
useful in the Army Of the Lord, az
well as under any other commander
The Experiences" we're the most
interesting we ever heard given,
and took rather an amusing turn,
the result of tho pastors special
denunciation of tobacco. Mr.. 9.
7. Bishop, Of this place, broke the
ice. He has been attending regu.
larry and assisting with the meeting.
lie said he endorsed what the