The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-07-25

cast their lot with us either tenn
porarily or permanently.
Upon this land located on the
river north of town and washed by
its waters and through which the
F., NJ. & P. r. R. passes connect
ing US with all parts of our great
country in all directions, are erect
ed large mills for the manufacture
of wooden and other textile goods
and which is about ready to COM
mence business, employing large
number of workmen and requiring
for their accommodation many
houses, which will be built this
year upon lots convenient to the
plant. To the westward of the
Textile plant is now being erected
upon lands of the Building & In
vestment Company an extensive
Glass Plant, removed to Morgan
from Fostoria, Ohio, because of the
failure of natural gas at Fostoria,
and its abundance and cheapness
here, and because of our facilities
for trade by river and rail.
We might present many other
good things for the thoughtful con-
sideration and action of our fellow
citizens at home and abroad as in
ducements to make investments
now in real estate in and about our
town; many of which are held in
common with us by many other
towns in our State and country
and many that belong to us alone,
of which no other town can boast.
We will not arrogate to ourselves
any superiority or excellence in
the character of our people. We
know there are good men and WON.
en- everywhere and are proud to
know there are great many of
them. We claim however that
Morgantown isexcelled by no COM
munity anywhere in moral worth
and faithful adherence to the cause
of religion. Here are found a Meth
odist Episcopal, a Presbyterian,
Baptist, Methodist Protestant, a
Protestant Episcopal and for col
ored citizens, two church buildings
in all of which are learned pious
eloquentand faithful Pastors, "who
point to Heaven and lead the way
and who minister in holy things to
large attentive and devout congre-
cations. These things are said in
no spirit of boastfulness, for we
are proud to recognize these condi-
lions Astounding everywhere in our
common country and throughout
the christian world, is, that the
fathers and mothers who year af-
ter year send their sons and daugh-
ters to theWest Virginia University
want to know as they go out from
pious homes and leave hal1owed
firesides and sacred affairs, that
their temporary lot is cast among
those who revere God and honor
his cause. But we have surely said
enough, and conclude by giving a
little incident which occurred in
this part of the country many years
ago. DR.. D.-Presiding Elder of
Morgantown District M. E. church
was preaching one Sabbath to a.
large and attentive audience, and
as was the style years ago, divided
his subject into six heads and took
up each of them seriatim and dwelt
upon them in eloquent discourse.
A good old custom prevailed among
old time Methodist (which unhap-
PLY has gone out of use of late) to
encourage the preacher, and to
manifest the attention and enthu-
siasm of the auditors by giving ut
terance to what was known as an
emphatic audible old fashioned
Amen, and especially so when the
sermon was eloquent and met the
spiritual needs of the congregation.
In the congregation on the occa-
sion referred to was good old broth
er D-whose piety and devout spir-
it was known and honored in all
the country, and who, many times
during the delivery of DR.. DIS SER
mon manifested his interest in and |
approval of it by the loud Amen.
Bro. d was sometimes a little I'M
fortunate however and untimely in |
giving his audible words of appro-
baton. The Doctor was nearing
the conclusion, and announced that |
he would now consider the sixth
and last head of his sermon, where
upon, Gas quick as flash from smit-
ten steel" Bro. D exclaimed SO as
to be distinctly heard by all "Amen
thank God for that" 1t is not re-
corded how DR.. d worried through |
that sixth head of his sermon, but
since then, all Morgantown pastors
have refrained from making too
many divisions and subdivisions
of their texts and generally curtail
the length of their sermons to
twenty-five or thirty minutes.