The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-16
POWER OF EXAMPLE.
BY Mr., A, ]. CLARKE YESTERDAY,
Asood Audience Lisieas with the Deep
e., Interest to a Brief Address oman I'M
por,ant subject, the Influence OF Evans
pls-Fhr Entgts Of Ones Conduct on
othsr People Plainly shown.

NENILAAAN AANk ANAANA 80 - hhNN@
afternoon meeting for men was held,
and 1t was full OF interest TO the large
audience which attended. Tho feature
was an address by Mr., A. j, Clarke,
whose topic was 1.-THE Power Of Ex-
ample" Mr.. Clarke spoke In an earn
est, practical way, and held the closest
attention Of his hearers throughout.
He dwelt on the influence OF example,
and quoted some remarks OF others on
and quoted some remarks OF others on
the subject, and he prayed that all
might be influenced for good by their
association here in this hour. He
thourht one must be either benefited or
injured by his surroundings: " the
heart is not spftened by the Holy Spirit
Il will be hardened by its indifference,
consciously or unconsclOusly, he
said, I'VE Rre largely creatures of i'm
itatlon. II begins with the child's be-
ginning and does not end I'LL life Itself
closes. Physical idiosyncracles or Pc
ruliaritlcs, not due 10 the law OF here
atty. are reproduced IN associates;
mental workings and habits OF thought
and manners OF expression OF n man,
will often find themselves again In the
lives OF others. II ia but every day ex-
perence, that when hRbituGlly thrown
together, persons will often think alike,
and act alike. information OF voice ard
p~eculiarlties OF expression readily dis
cover O mans local SURROUNDINGS,
Thereby we easily distinguish the
southern man OF our own country from
the Canadian brother of our northern
border. By the same means TO the
knowing ones. our own location could
doubtless be as unerringly hxed and de-
years ago, / read with the enthusl-
astic delight OF youth, Lord Macnulay's
matohless History OF England. Its
brilliant rhetoric. It's clcarnes8 ,of
thought and expression, It's almost un.
equalled smoothness OF style, Its In
tense interest OF story. tagging
until the end, so took possession OF my
mind and captlvnted my Imagination.
that / seemed to be absorbed-steepei.
III may so say. in the manner and style
OK Mncaulay. MRcaulay seemed TO
paryade my whole mental make up, !
found myself by nlEht and by day with
Macaulay for my companion; and
even In my dreams. ] shaped my SEN
tences In the ornate style and brilliant
expression OF this magnificent English
q
Another. hut less pleasing instance:
In one OF the great floods which In re-
cent years hes brought such deyasta-
lion and misery 20 SC much nj the Ohio
Valley, an accident at n OF u great
railroad bridges below us, wrecked n
steamboats, string OF barges, q large
part OF whose freight was glassware,
in almost numberless packages OF
casks and barrels and boxes, The
sinking OF the barEes and the buOyart
llghtness Of the packages strcwed the
Ohio river for n hundred miles and
more with the wreckaEe. a steamer
with necessary outfit OF bRrges and
men, was sent along the river to gnthcr
up as best they could, the scattered and
floating packages. AS you may readily
suppose. this labor was cXhuustlng,
inccssant and patlence-trylng In the
extreme. The captain was one OF h
most IrrascIble and profane men / have
ever known. He was so given 10 pro-
family that by the law Of habit and as
ISOLATION. I believe he was profane
often times without realizing 1.-THE did
Il uneonsciously. An Insurance friend
OF mine, by reason OF his Interest In h
property lost, accompanied the steamer
in It's work OF rescue, and was con-
stnn,ly in the hearing OF the captain.
Day after day was spent In the work OF
gathering up this Vreckage. NY friend
eIpresslvely said to me he had Just
lived in an atmosphere blue and sui
phurous with the welrdegt kind Of pro-
family, SO that he confessed to mo,
when ne returned home. that he was
shocked to find himself unconsciously
TapcntinE the OathR-the fantastic pro-
fanity-thnt he had lived amongst on
this strange and hazardous Journey.
Such an experience as my friends
"a, / think, not an unusual ono, n em'
phnRiEes more than any sermonlzing
can do, the absolute necessity OF shun-
ming even the appearance OF cvil-Ot
looking not upon, or hearing even h
accurBed thing! We may take noplens-
ure In profanity and here let mo say IN
PASSING, that profnns swearing Instead
n showing strength is mn evidence OF
the weakness OF ones command or IAN
gulge. Issy we may take no pleasure
IN profanity-it may. M Il should, be
repugnant and ven shocking to Ms yet
a frequent repetition IN our presence ~
likely to do for "a and 10 give 10 uncon-
tcloUSiy an experience such HB my
friend Just mentioned.
White no may thus uncopHclou1ly
imbibe evil from evil examples thrust
upon our notice. l am glad that on the
other hand. there 81 n possibility OF our
doing some good without any speell-
cally direct intention Of dolnB that par
tlrular good"
Whether we will or not, be held, we
IRE TO some extent our brothers keep
tr. and II is the duty Of ali to make their
example such as will induce GOOD IN
others.
Ito advised ali to make Christ their
constant example. 10 profit by he eN-
nipple OF his life as well as by tho WIS.,
GJm Of his preotpts.
He l1nRed to present TO all Christ,
through whom alone man can nope tor
Yalyation-God manifest In the fie7h-
the Lord Jesus Christ whose ] nin, ana
'lr whose sake, / humbly trust. God
has washed away my Sins, and made
me his chlldl How glad I would be TO
hold Him up-so noble, 80 pure, 10 10Y
Ing. 20 aft powerful, that you would be
willing 10 look TO Him, and i've!
Let me ask you, brother, each one OF
YOU. In the homely but expressive OLD
Methodist phrase, how does your Bpbl
prosper to-day? Have you each ono
made the loving Savior your friend,
and can you shy FOR yourself. II IN wei
with myFaoul2
30. TINT every one Of iiB could, M We
~ forth to-day, truthfully phy with
Paul. tho sized APOSTLE, tho life that ]
now llYc,id the flesh, / live by the faith
~ tho 70 Of Cod"
smnilp1t over the RivrT.