The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-29


athing Of the past. and the question:
What is the recOrd2 becomes a perth
nent one, Another week Of preaching
and praying; another week OF earnest
exhorta.ion, and another week OF OPP
portunites for the sinner to turn to
God, and for tho believer to get nearer
to Him is gone forever. Have they
been improved as they should have
boen2 Eternity alone can tell perhaps
Of the fruit gathered from the seed
sown during this meeting.
The two last days Of the meeting we're
the most interesting OF the series. On
Saturday the exercises were as follows;
Rev. Mr.. Jackson conducted the ser
vices in the morning; Rev. DR., Stuart
preached at 1880; the young peoples
meeting ut . o'clock and the ch'ldren'a
meeting at 4 o'clock, each conducted rs
the preceding ones, and at night hdy'
DR.. Cook preached to o large audience
The morning services yesterday were
full Of power; many testified, The
leader, Rev. Mr.. jackson, seems 70
understand how such meetings should
be conducted TO get the mos: out oil
them,
Rev. DR.. Cook preached at 1910 from
tie words, "Whersupon, o King
ACrippa, | was not disObedienI to the
heavenly vision"
DR., Cook ia an earnest speaker, and
by all who have heard him this was
called his best sermon. Some OF tho
points made we're rs follows: Tho
worlds leaders are the worlds thinkers,
the men and women who soc things.
Men absorbed in the material things OF
life arc like Bunyan's man With the
muck rake. They DO not move tho
world. They may build cities, find out
inventions OF every kind, but they do
not move the world, New York might
la blotted from tho earth, every ship
might be destroyed and the world
would be none tho worse.
Il is the men and the women who
come in touch with Christ through
iaith that are moulding society to-day,
and have been doing it all along tho
past ages, and withou. them tho world
would DO a seething, b~lood.Curdling
Glaughtet house.
The world underestimates tho princl.
pie Of evil we cali the Devil. lie enters
into everything that he thinks will in.
flusnce society. Ilo docs itas a thing OF
beauty, and hence mankind Is deceived
thereby. God docs not fully reveal
himself in nature. lie was not in the
torn, in the torrent, but in the still,
small voice.
At $50 D. III. Rev. George b. Stuart
preached from the text, "For what
hail it profit u man il ho gain the whole
world ahd lose his own soulH or what
Ihall u man give in exchange for mis-
scul?'
Ray. DR.. Stuart began by saying no
wished 10 buy u good saddle horse. lie
supposed there wa nothing out OF tho
way in making this announcement.
Now, he SAID, " this were a real PROPOSE.
lion, all the old plugs in tho country
would be paraded before him to- morrow
norning. lie had n proposition to pre-
rent to them. lie had q soul tor sale
yours, Young man! yours, young
woman!
There are two bids for it; the devil
bids. and Christ bids. Which bid will
YOU take? Answer now, answer at
once, for now IL tho only timo you havo,
There will DO rich mon in hell, and
there will be rich men in heaven.
There will DO poor men in both places
also. Riches may drag 4 man down TO
hell, or may make him golden wings on
which 10 fly to heaven. II a man is
poor because he is a pure dead beat, he
ia sure 10 20 TO hell, for there are no
dead beats in heaven. Heaven Is n
place OF active work, Of industry.
In speaking oil society ns 1t IL, he said
the young lady will turn up her nose at
the honest young man dressed in jeans,
but will welcome to her parlor the per.
iumed dude who spent the previous
night until midnight At tho saloon, and
God only knows where no spent the 70.
mainder OF the night. This Ia tho way
OF the world. lie was very severe on
the average politician: perhaps no Ia
here this aiternoon-cOme TO camp.
meeting 10 eleclioneer for a petty little
office, aud next week lao will be- in the
saloon for tho came purpose
Man has two natures, one the animal
that lends him downward, aud that
continually; the other the spiritual,
which II properly fed will load him
straight toward God.
Mr.. Stuart is n wonderful man in
many respects. lilo has tho power to
move his audience at will almost. lilo
has the bluntnGss and the ability OF
Sam Jones, but much greater culture
along with IT,. As q word painter no is
remarkable, while every motion OF his
body shows the great OarneSinCss OF his
nature. llo ia man with q great big
hoart, and while some may object to his
manner, and his direct and homely
thruIts, still no will reach many d
heart that could DO reached in no other
way.
Al 4 o'clock the childron's mooling
waI conducted by Mira. Calvert. After
song and prayer n half hour was spent
by the conductor in talking on tho Sun.
dny school lesson. Another song was
sung, after which ROY. DR.. Cook offered
n iervont prayer for tho littls folks.
Then the doXology was sung tho bone.
diction was pronounced and the little
folks passed out.
At night, after a half hour spent In
singing, tho services opened with prayer
by Rev G. W. Grimes, Of Moundayllc,
Rev. DR.. Stuart preached another
grsaL sermon. Ills LhOmo wRa Christian
living, und his words went straight tC
tho heart Ito especially was sOyOfo OH
tho Inconsistencies Of church members,
Ito condemned ti0atro.gOing In the
most acnthing terms. Tho proiO'Bul
Christian who makes a practice Of going
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