Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-21

vile Camp Grounds were attended by
nearly 5000 people. This is very
large increase over the attendance of
the first Sunday of the meetings held
last year. Splendid sermons were
preached during the day and large con-
gregations occupied the seats in the
Auditorium morning, afternoon and
night.
For the first morning exercise the
venerable DR.. ]. w. Hill, OF Ada, o.,
had charge of the Pentecostal service.
Quite large crowd was out and much
interest was manifested.
The first sermon was preached by
DR. Ezra Yocum at 1920 o'clock. Pre-
ceeding this, however, the choir sang
and prayer was offered. DR.. Yocum
took for his text the twenty-frst verse,
third chapter of Corinthians, There
fore let no man glory in men, for all
things are yours His theme was a
very good one and during the service
preached many excellent things which
were in keeping with his text.
In the afternoon Rev. j. w. Hill
occupied the pulpit taking for his sub
ject Christian Perfection" His SER
mon was principally ON sin and was
we'll received by the audience. DR..
Hill is an excellent preacher and dur
ing the time he preached held his aud
ieNce till the last word was spoken.
Following the service Mrs J. w. Hill
conducted the regular Young Peoples
meeting which was well attended.
Mrs. Hill conducts this work with
great deal of interest and has succeed
ed in holding large audiences ever
since the opening of the meeting.
Last evening Rev. j. Wesley Hill
preached. The congregation was the
largest yet, there being many who were
not present at the other services. Rev.
Hill is a very forcible speaker, and 1t
is a treat to hear one of his sermons.
This is the first season that he has APP
peared on the programme of the camp
meeting, but it is very likely that he
will be engaged again next year. He
had for his theme last night, Self
Revelation of SIM based upon Num-
bers 80: %, "And be sure your sin will
find you OUT He said in part: This
is not a dream but is the inexorable
language Of him who cannot lie illus
trated by the laws of nature verified
by the records of history and made
horrid by the lightning flashes of JUS
tice. Apply it where you will, to the
church, to the backslider, to the peni-
tent weeping at the altar, to the mid
night reveller or to the nation that has
forgotten God. Sin is sure to find the
sinner out. 1t will expose the sinner in
his true character as such whenever he
is brought into contact with under
standing beings. This is true in the
very nature of things. 1t is law Of
cause and effect. Sin contains the ele-
cannot be concealed; it is it's own de-
tective; it will find the sinner out. 1t
will also expose him by it's very ten
dency to progress to ampler, more pal
pable criminal developments. 1t can
not be left to itself; it possesses the
principle Of growth. Evil men and
seducers wax worse and worse" Sin,
like the malignant ulcer, begins in
the simple postule, but it injects its
poison into all the veins and avenues
Of life; strikes it's fangs into the very
vitals of being until it eats with the
malignancy of the ulcer. 1t also finds
the sinner out by it's transforming
power. 1t shrouds the intellect in dark
ness, deadens the spiritual sensibilities
and transforms the body into weakness
and imbecility, so that bloody and de-
ceitful men" do not live out their days.
1t also finds the sinner out by the reg
istration of conscience. 1t is the self
registering thermometer of the soul.
We catch some little glimpses of its
function in studying the wonderful
mechanical inventions of the day. Yon-
der colossal engine makes it's own reg
istrations as it hurries across the con-
tinent. Yonder massive building con-
tains meter which registers to the
fraction of an inch the amount of gas
consumed. Conscience as the moral
meter, registering every word, thought
or deed and pronouncing judgment
upon the neral quality of the same.
There can be no escape from these
judgments Men sometimes dream that
they have been guilty of crime, but
in the morning the delusion has van
ished even as the sun kisses away the
gloom of the night But let the deed
actually be committed. Let conscience
make its registration and then no
longer like the mists of the morning it
will be like the son Of Judith written
with pen of iron upon the tablets of
the heart Sin will find the sinner out
Modern scientific discoveries demon