The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-15

The sixth annual meeting OF the Ohio
Valley Prohibition Assembly was
opened Oh Friday evening last with an
address by Lou j. Boauchamp, oil Ohio,
A fairly good audience greeted the
lecturer, and tho lecture ia highly Gpok'
en- Of by all who heard 1t,
On Saturday tho regular programme
was carried out, In the morning the
women had charge, Mrs, Gordon, Mrs.
Engls and Mrs, n, r, O. Morrow taking
the leading parts, In the afternoon
Dr., Beauehamp talked in tho absence Of
DR., A. b. Millsr,of WaynesburR, Pa, who
was to have been the speaker. At night
Dr., BoRuchNmp delivered his great lecl'
urs on "Sunshins, or How to Make Home
Happy" To say that the doctor as
humorous lecturer IL simply full OF life,
nature aud everything that goes to make
up good humor and cause an audience
10 hugh and feel good, ia as good q
compliment az can DO paid to him,
Yesterday morning DR.. A. b. Leon
ard, DID, OF New York. preached from
tho text. "Ths Church OF tho Living God,
the pillar and ground Of the truth"
This was the sermon Of tho occasion.
Tho points made by him werO that the
family, the church and tho state are the
three dlvineiy appointed agents Tor
good, Other organizations are good 90
far rs they ara Christian in their luilu'
once. but they nre not OF divine appoint.
ln0nt. In the lrat family was tho germ
OF the church and the church stands
right between tho homo on one hand
and the state on tho other. IA tho
church is, so are the others. II the
church takes high ground the homo
and tho state pariake oil the Same, and
vise.versa. Why has China been grovel.
ling In the Dead Sea Of ignorance for tina
past two thousand years? simply DO.
cause Of her religion. 1t has kept her
people In dense ignorance and will con.
tinue 10 do 80 unless changed.
The doctor also spoke OF mans per.
sonnl responsibility. Among other
things he said that the Christian should
be just as pure at the ballot box as no
is when kneeling around the Lords
table and par,Rking OF tho omblems OF
Ills death. lie cosed by saying that II
all tho proiessed Christian men and
women OF tho nation would resolve that
tho liquor traffic should cease, inside Of
five years there would not BIO licensed
saloon in the land. These arc but o
very few OF tho points made by the clio.
quont speaker A large congregation
heard the sermon, and it is the uni.
vGrsa verdict that 1t was ono Of the
most powerful sermons ever delivered
on the assembly grounds.
In the afternoon DR.. Beauchamp gave
his last lecture. Ils spoke on the sub.
jeet Of drinking According to Law"
He made telling points against the
drink traffic from first to last.
Al night there was q platform meet.
ing. Many short talks were given, In.
ierspersed with songs by tho Silver
Lake quSttette, which, by the way. Is
the very lie Of all tho meetings. This
promises at the very outset to be- the
very boat lnoetingever held in this great
tabernacle.
The crowd was very largo yesterday,
tina people coming from mauy miles In
the country, bringing their we'll filed
baskets with them.
Tho services opened with an exper-
fence meeting at 0 a. m. Rev. Dr.. A. B.
Leonard, Of New York, preached an elo.
Quent and powerful sermon at 1880.
In the evening most interesting plat.
form meeting was held.