Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-02
BAB'S LIBERAL SERMON
Worship in Church and in Gresl
Fields Compared.

| SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY-THl
CONSISTENCY OF WLLIEI
WARM WEATHER PREACHERS,
BLESSINGS OF A SABBATH IN An
ORTHODOX FAMILY-THE RELI
GION OF NATURE-CROSS EXAM
INING INNOCENCE THE FOWL's
| VIOLATION OF THE LORDS DAY
(From Our Regular Correspondent.
Florida, Orange County, New York
July 30, 1895
In the country we Will 90 20 church
VIE may have sinned previously durinl
the winter, we have spnJ Sundays II
sleeping or reading the papers, bat il
the summer the moral backbone stiffenl
up and we go TO church. Just now
am visiting at what is known as a shon
distance from the village. a short dis.
lance In the country means anything
from two miles 10 ten; we are five mile.
from the pOstofiice, and the church is
short distance beyond that. The great
est mistake a city visitor can make (!
TO suppose chat she can 80 to church
get-up. III she does this the cOngrega-
ton, the choir, and the preacher are a.,
lnsulted. Instead Of putting on a httle
| coiton frock, a broad-br.mmed hat and
soft shoes, one must get out ones besl
gown. sUffesJ bonnet, tightest gloves,
rrlmmest parasol. and then worship the ,
Lord in hot room filled with all the
flies that. on every other day, accumu-
| late around the hotel bar. When quar-
ter 20 ten comes we are expected 20 be
ready to start; the children are unhappy
in stiniy scarched frocks, and The grown
up people are equally uncomfortable in
their Sunday clothes
Uncle Timothy. who is a handsome
old man when he feels at ease. looks
self-consclous, and is awkward in full
black get-up, topped by a high six hat
OF the vintage OF fifty-seven We got in
a large wagon. Before we get TO the
church, the smallest boy. who is encas-
ed in a modern suit Of armor, that is he
has kilt and jacket OF piqye so stiff
that it rattles Ike sheet iron. outrages
pOpriety by screaming al the top OF his
voice that he hates church. and he wants
70 go home.
WILLIE'S CATECHISM.
The wagon stops under shady tree.
the small boy and his neither are as
sisted out. and we all wait while he has
a warming mp. He comes back hating
church worse and finding "a more COM
Portable to stand up during the remain
der of his drive. At last we get there.
we women are tenderly helped out by
Uncle Timothy. and | can nor help no
ticng that even Aunt Maria. who Is sup
posed to know the Westminster catech-
ism backwards and forwards. arises her
/ skirt as she steps down 50 chat tho pre-
siding elder has a glimpse of a well turn
ed ankle. When do women cease TO be
coquettish? And when do men cease IN
be interested in that which H. forbidden
once we are packed in pew. a GER
tain solemnity comes over us all and
the children are painfully quiet. Then
the choir sings an anthem. | am fas-
cinated by fly. who hoyers around the
mouth OF the soprano and tbro.-. INTO
enter IT, wonaer If she Knows. and |
wonder If she did known whether she
would open her mouth 30 wide Just
rs she reaches the las. h.gh note the
fly goes In, the note Is a failure, she
coughs, chokes, and AN tie children
giggle. After this there is more quiet,
for the presiding elder Is praying. He
| Is the most condescending man | ever
knew He addresses his Maker as IL
they stood on an equal plane. with odds
in his ia. 49,, and he calmly announces.
WHAT THE LORD OUGHT TO HAVE
DONE
and he sympathlzes with Him In His
forge'fulness OF His duty. lie gives
HIN 10 understand that if He would
ask the advice Of the elders OF the
church, everything would have been al
right. and he closes by sympa hz.nf
with Him in his ignorance, and hop
ing that lie VIII DO better i'm the future
OF course. that isn't exactly what lss
says, but that is the impressioGEhC
leaves on everyboGys mind. fncl,
Timothy being cld-fasliOned. fands
mp during the prayer. wh.cu gives the
Oldest boy an opportunity 10 pinch hi.
leg. Then the children an gggle
again. and look at them with a 'rown
and they make faces a. me, and %.
J sermon commences.
| The preacher, realizing that the her
mometer In the village drug snOf
marks ninety-slx. has selected f0I hi
text. And there shall De ever.astn'
hell" He breaches for enc hour and
half, and Nancy listens 10 him wiki -f'
fascination that only comes when '..
horrible Is TO the fore Hc pictures .-
abode Of Satan, be pictures Satan If
at selling innocent infants and n1'|i-
tunate sinners, he diia'es on ta. .l''
that all suffering in 'hr future
everlasting. and that everlasting 1911
be forever and forever.
no CHANCE on THE IEREhfIER
And. af,cr he has toll a1oI. '.
an hour and twenty-lva 1Hl d.
devotes five minute more n Impress
ing on our minds how thankful b"
| should be hat T. IS almost .i.i .i-
we are 20 be damned. Nancy A1' 7.'.
Il as long as she can 'i WV
Imagination and Is sup 'u-i0' ''''
J before the ending h- gives iD'
scream and begins tO c.l. ahi "'
| conducted ont by Uncle I.M..i F ""
| pats her on the shoulder offers At-
piece Of peppermint cin.F u'''I'
with snuff. seats her CD .-a '-'.
step. and fans her.
Then they take up .la collection ]
Is for providing warm clothing all
Bibles for the heather .n H.nIn.7 tI
The youngest child has been gwen ".'
penny to pm, IN. bu' Dr. i'i.l I. ,l..--