The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-10
ARE SUCCESS.
The Revival Service, at Fonr,h Street
( Church Evansti.st ostrom's ln,trs,t-
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The Revival Services at Fourth Street
Church -Evansti;,t Ostrom's 1nttre,t-
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1t was only the inclcment weather
which prevented the Fourth Street NJ.
L. church from being packed last
night, at one OF a series otrevlyal SER
vices now in progress at the church. As
1t was a large congregation was pres
cnt and listened With intense interest
TO Evangelist Henry os.rcm. a speak
err who is certain to be heard by many
people before he leaves Wheeling. a
Mr.. ostrom Is OF pleasing address,
and holds the attention throughout OF
his hearers. His simple style added to
his personal magnetism make his re-
marks especially forceful and direct.
The meeting opened with congregation
al singing. followed by q Bible reading
by Mr. ostrori. Mr.. Hllles, the singer,
who Is assisting Mr.. Ostrom, sang a
solo, None Like He with power and
pleasing eject. The prayer was offered
by Rev. DR.. Sooy.
"What shall l do with Jesus, which
Is called the Christ" was the text cho-
sen by AR. Ostrom, and his argument
was for the dismissal OF theories and
for the acceptance OF Christ There Is
no need for debating Il, said he. the on
ly issue Is that between Christianity
Christ's-lanity--and any other form OF
religion. The speaker related an Incl
dent 10 explain what Is meant by the.
phrase. Being Christian" A Chrlsf
tian Is he who is loyal to Christ, and
WHOSE daily affairs conform ito His
teachings. The greatest miracle Ia not
the changing OF the water into wine, the,
raising OF the dead. nor the other great
miracles. The greatest miracle is
Christ; a man who came into the world
when only the great were soldiers and
only the soldiers were great. 1t was the
day OF the soldier. Christ had no spear,
no sword, yet lie has outlived all the
generals OF the ancient world, The mir
acle OF all miracles is the plain Naza-
rene, Said Mr.. ostrom:
Jesus was never known to have
wealth. His hands were empty that
they might be filed for you and me.
Never living In elegance, this poor
man OF Galilee has outlived all the Ro-
mans who could feast on 1000 pea
cocks wings,all the Grecians who could
I'LL their ships with Persian silks. With
no dash, no ilnery, no elegance, He has
outllved the rich Croesus. Now no one
knows of Croesus, except some chance
student. Jesus never wrote anything. he
was no author, yet he has ou,lired all
the Greek and Roman poets. Zenophon,
Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle rank as
great authors and writer's, yet Jesus
without writing q page, has outl!ved
them all. Not dozen boys In a thou
sand can quote q line from Zenophon
or the others, while hardly ten out OF
the thousand but can quote verse after
verse from Savior.
Jesus came IN day when pomp and
splendor surrounded the great. gs He
brought complete reversion OF thought.
He said to the rich man: "Be sreat,help
the poor man." to the: poor man, BE
great. help the rich man." Christ him
self is revolutionist In thought. He
teaches the brotherhood of man.
First he took issue with the church
Of His day. 1t was corrupt church. He
was against the government; 1t was
tyrannical and wicked. He was put to
death, politically, by the government,
and enthusiastically By the church.
Then he said he could arise again from
the dead. This claim He made true. All
He promised has come to pass. There
are more books dealing with Christ In
the libraries, and more and more said
and done each Christmas-the Christi
time. Christ is better known now than
ever.
Vow friends. what will you do with
Him? Don't say YOU will have noth-s
tt,F. -. = !, H., L.,
do that. Jesus is the issue. We mustn't
bubble over mere theories. 1t doesn't
matter what kind of robe Christ wore.
or how he subssted on n few grains
from the field. We shouldn't bother. our
heads about immater!al incidents. It's
the flavor OF the orange, the perfume
of the flower we want, not the rind or
the plant. It isn't question of how
are we going to get to heaven: it's
what will we do with Christi,
Further in his remarks, Mr.. Ostcom
emphasized the need OF accepting
Christ. rather than first having some
questionable theory demonstrated. He
asked his hearers TO give themselves
over to Christ; to trust In Him as
friend. Said he: Jesus will charm
your soul: accept Him. You may not
understand how sounds combine TO torm
beautiful harmonies, vet YOU accept
the music without question. You don't
know why purple flowers give forth
purple rays, yellow flowers yellow rays
and so on. yet you won't refuse the
flower Just beca'lsc you don't UNDER
stand Its mystery. So do likewise
with Him, and Ecu will never DC sorry
for it,
Mr. Ostrom pleaded earnestly Mt his
close, and his words had a marked eff
feet. Many stayed for the after meet
Ing. There will be meetings every af-
terncon and evening this week.
IT WAS COMMUNION SUNDAY.
Yesterday was communion Sunday.
and Interesting and lproprilte services