The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-29
THE EVENING MEETING,

The Tent Filled 70 overilowlng-E
quent Address by DR.. schell,
The big tent was filed 70 OVERLOOKING
at the evening services. which began at
$3.50 o'clock, and the crowds, coming Of
terward were unable to find seats, but
the sides Of the tent being elevated and
open the late-comers were enabled to
participate In the exercises, though most
OF them had to stand. for the spare seats
and benches were far too few to. accom-
modate them. It was monster meet
Ing. interesting, enthusiastic and in
spring. ;. 81 a e W. 81 ~
The first half hour was devoted to q
prelude of cong, and It was very en- Joy
ably spent. Prof. J. NJ. Black, the musl-
cal director, possesses an abundance Of
magnetism, and with a few waves OF his
baton he soon had every voice IN the
vast audience under command, bringing
them up to q mighty chorus. Several
inspiring hymns were splendldly sung.
The prayer was offered by Rev. C. B.
Graham, Of North street NJ. Z. church.
The chief feature then followed. the ad-
dress by Rev. Edwin A. Schell, D, D.,
general secretary Of the Epworth
League, Chicago, III. His theme was
'"The Aistocracy OF Youth" and the ad-
dress was a brilliant close to the most
successful meeting Of the convention.
Miss Scott, secretary Of the Freed
mems Aid and Southern Educational So
ciety, upon invitation made plea for
funds for the education OF the colorpd
people and poor white trash" in the
south.
DR.. Schell began by saying that there
was an aristocracy OF birth, and In
stanced recent marriage Of an Ameri-
can girl with too much money and too
little brains, and a foreigner with neither
money nor brains, but his great grand
mother had done up the hair OF Duchess
Pompadour, for, which she was made a
countess. After more remarks along
the line Of birth. he eulogized the demo-
cracy OF youth as against the aristocracy
| OF birth. +. ,,is. 3.
Then. said DR.. Schell. there is the aris-
tocracy Of talent or brains, and the ar!s-
tocracy Of wealth. The speaker had no
doubt many in the audience had tried to
| get Into the aristocracy OF wealth, and
the speaker had otter Thought he could
have gained entrance II he would for
sake the calling Of Methodist preacher, a
| remark that caused smile. This Is
Gods country, he said, and he advised
his hearers to ge, all the money they
could. so they could dispense benefits to
their less fortunate neighborS He re-
| peated well known fact when he stated
that a man often lays the. foundation
for fortune, his son follows in his foot
steps, and accumulates additional
wealth, then comes along a boy of the
third generation and in the parlance OF
the day, BLOWS In what his ancestors
had struggled for. n.
DR.. Schell then turned to the aristoc-
racy Of youth. and in beautiful language
he portrayed the glow and happiness of
the halcyon days Of youth. Il It was a
great thing to be young. So great. said
the speaker, that he felt too weak to por-
tray youth with justice. Courage, opln-
ion and action were among the chief at
tributes Of youth. He took as type OF
courageous young manhood, Richard,
the Lion Hearted. He paid Bismarck q
tribute for his courage. and his state
mcnt In the Reichstag, that "a German
feared nothing but God" DR.. Schell's
humorous remarks on German character
were quite amusing. The doctor be-
| HeVcu Ill IoTClHE lcliSIoi mo people,
especially on the Turk and the SpanIard.
He would give 1t to these people red-hot
from Krupp gun. DR.. Schell liked
young people because they were cour-
ageous. but not all young people are
members of the aristocracy Of youth.
Old Nero and Gladstone. the Grand Old
Man" had In them hearts OF youth. DR..
Schell Is a scholarly speaker and he
cullcd many historical references to
illustrate courage. Humor was factor
IN his discourse. and IN telling Of Moses
courage he said that there were Metho-
dists In those early days; for when
Moses went up on the mountain TO get
the law his followers, like a congrega-
ton OF to-day. then back slid. This
argument In support ofvery early Meth
odlsm caused general laugh.
DR.. Schell didn't blame people for be-
ing proud OF the great deeds OF their
fathers. but he also liked them to be-