Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-18

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a Christian-How Christianity Is
Gained - Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait breaches in the Morning
Other Religious Notes.
Rev. Anna H. Shaw, the noted wo-
man suffrage advocate, who has been
here attending the conference of the
Woman Suffrage Association, occupied
the pulpit at the Fourth Street NJ. E.
Church last evening. She had as large
congregation as the church could ac-
commodate, and ali We're apparently
impressed by the speakers power and
gave earnest attention throughout her
address. Rev. Miss Shaw is one of the
best female orators in the country. She
has not only a pleasing style Of rhet-
eric and delivery, but conveys strong
thoughts in a forceful and impressive
manner.
Rev. Miss ShaW's sermon was an an
swer TO the question, What is it to be
Christian? What is it that a Chris
!! tan has that none other possesses
| what profit is it to worship God?'
Miss Shaw stated that the inquirer
and skeptics do not usually come TO
the church or the Bible to get the an
swer. Men are reading the answer,
not from the church and the Bible, but
from your life and mine-not by what
we believe, but by what We are To
be a Christian did not mean to be
born in Christian land, to be a mem
Der of church, or to believe in creed.
Christianity is more than acting, feel
ing and belief 1t is the life and all
that is unwrought in the nature of the
individual by the masterful power and
love of Christ. There is a vast differ
ence between religion and Christianity.
Saul of Tarsus was religious and per-
secuted the Christians, but Paul the
prisoner of Christ, was the lover Of
mankind and suffered all danger to
plead with men to seek the new life.
When We find out what it was that so
changed and transformed Paul, we will
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Paul by forty years Of living and learn
ing at the feet of Christ, attained to
the standard of the perfect man.
The speaker told of a funeral of an
agnostic, where an article was read
which was in effect that the birth of
Jesus Christ was a myth and that Paul
founded the church upon vision, and
that strong-minded men and women
would not believe in visions She had
become convinced that this assumption
was false and that no man or woman
could succeed who was not vision fol-
lower She cited the words of Paul:
Il was not disobedient unto the heav-
emily vision" No person could ever be
successful who had not a vision. Miss
Shaw illustrated this idea by telling
the story of an Office boy, working in
lawyers Office, who rose to emlnence
because he always kept in his mind
vision of himself occupying the judges
chair, and the boy who started as a
cabin boy or cook on a ship and rose
to be finally master of the vessel, be-
cause he had vision of being captain
and by perseverance, enduring hard
ship and obedience, fulfilled his
tween office boys who become judges
and those who become janitors is that
the one has a vision and the other
has not and the difference between
the cabin boy who becomes master of
a ship and the others who become
only common sailors, is because the
successful one had possessed a vision
and struggled to realize it.
"In this time, when so many young
men are anxious to go out and fight for
their country's honor and defense,
there is not one who has a vision, not
of death, but of victory, and it is this
vision of triumph for their country
and glory for themselves that urges
them on" No reformer could bear the
trials and agony which they must suf-
fer, if it were not for the vision OF
what it would mean to the world II
it possessed the truth which he pos
sesses Pauls high spiritual attain
ment was accounted for in this way
by being obedient to his yision-and by
long years of perseverance, living and
learning the marvellous life and char
acter of Jesus Christ.
Miss Shaw told the story of pic
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the Vatican at Rome. Into this room
not many travellers are permitted to
go. and no artist is allowed TO make
COPY of the picture or take drawing
materials into the room. young
woman artist who had permission from
the Pope to admission to the room,
went every day for six months and
studied the outlines and all the de-
tails of this great painting. One day
she invited her friends to her studio
and uncovered an exact reproduction
of the picture in the Vatican. So
perfect was the reproduction that peo-
ple said she had been hypnotized by
the picture. Miss Shaw used this as
AN illustration of how every indi-
vidual might study the life and char
acter of Christ, studying one phase
and another of His divine being, until
thew could reproduce his nature in
their own lives, as did Paul.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait another woman suf-
fragist advocate Of national reputa-