The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-21

At The MoundsvIllc camp grounds
Wednesday night, the DcrvIcea were OF
great interest, The song service at the
opening and the singing throughout was
very good. There wa Il choir Of fifty
voices and they were assisted by Prof.
Wilson'S full orchestra.
The opening prayer was made by Rev.
c, i, %llGnthornc. Rev. j.. s, Robinson,
I9ti Bcnwood, preached II most excellent
sermon from the words: eco yc into all
the world and preach the gospel to every
creature" 1t was a missionary sermon.
The necessity for missionary operations
are shown:
Flrst-Mornl conditions Of the world.
AS long us there are 90 many heather
anu those who do not In any manner
obey The gospel there Is the necessity for
the missionary TO 20 forth In the
strength OF the master and preach the
gospel to every crcature--not to the rich
alone. the wise nlonc, but TO the poor
and The foolish as well.
~Second-lt Is necessary to preserve the
healthy condition of the church. Ii Is
necessary that n church should work In
order that It fulfill Its mission. Mission
nry work ran be done all AROUND us. II
we cannot go to heather lands 10 preach
the gospel u money ran send others
there. SO all can do missionary work.
Thursday morning opened very cool,
but the day SOON became warm, and
everybody enjoyed the change. The
early morning service was conducted by
Rev. Lynch. Ills subject was ''rhe
Rest OF Faith" and he handled 1t In his
usunl happy style. A song and prayer
service was held ut the close.
At the IL o'clock service Rev. Johnson.
of the Pittsburgh conference. preached
from the words-"If yc have faith as n
grain OF mustard seed, We shall say To
this mountain. remove hence to yondcr
place: and 1t shall remove"
Sermon Oh Faith.
Faith Is the Christian power. He has
to'cope with the powers of darkness. she
world, the flesh and the devil. Human
arm Ia too weak TO Cope with all these,
but by faith the Christian can easily
cope with all OF them and come on more
than ConQueror. What IL faith? The
child'S definition when he told his father
that II meant that when he was in the
dark and had his father by the hand. he
was not afraid. is about as good q def
milton as We can get. This faith must
he more than n passing belief. The devils
believe and tremhle. but this b-lIcf has
taken one devil out OF hell. We
must believe In Christ as our saviour.
We must believe and appropriate to our
selves his suffering and death. This
faith must be as simple rs that OF the lit
tie child-Simplc, cOntidlng faith.
W. c1,n,,1l In -. fl.. T.Irl ., ,,F-.. - IL
al hisword and ACT, then. rs though Il
were true. Faith can remove noun
tains-all the mountains Of difficulties
that so often rise around us. These
mountains become mole hills when we
look to God TO remove them. The ser
mon was delivered to n good audience.
All of whom were well pleased.
The chIldrsn'S meeting began at .
o'clock promptly. under the charge of
Mr9. Calvert. The lesson was "Abram
In Babyl0nia." and wag nicely Illustrated
by a blackboard drawing nicely drawn
by II Of the boys The exercises were
l~ntersprrsed with music. In which all
the children Joined heartily. Rev. Bow
den, az Palatlne. gave the children Il
pleasant talk, which they enjoyed great
ly. Mrs. Calvert spent the remainder OF
the time In talking to the children and
Rev. c. E. LakiE pronounced the bcnc-
dIctiun.
The young peoples meetin was led by
Rev. Jennings King. who read Il scrip
ture lesson and gave an interesting talk
on the subject OF the conversion Of the
younG-the Importance of the young
consccrating their powers 10 God, Of
giving their lives 10 Christ. There is n
refuge for the young from all the storms
Of life. IL Is found In Christ. Af;cr