Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-16

Christ is q world without Spir-
itual Lght-Hc Spoke interestingly
OF the sinner Without Christ.
The first of a series of revival meet
ings was held at the Third Presbyter-
ian Church last evening and was at
tended by a large congregation. q
services were conducted by the pas
tor, Rev. r. r.. Bigger. assisted by
Rev. w. A.. Williams, D. D., Presi-
dent OF Franklin College. During the
evening some appropriate music was
rendered under the direction OF the
choir and DIR. Williams delivered an
interesting sermon upon the theme,
without Christ" In part his re-
marks were as follows:
Suppose Christ had never come.
What would be the condition OF the
world? This question may be answer
ed by looking at what the world was
before Christ come, or at those por-
lions of the world where Christ is not
known to-day. Darkness reigns, intel
~lectually, morally and spiritually, in
nations which know not Christ.
"a world without Christ is a world
without spiritual light. Jesus said:
I am the light of the world Men
CROPPED in darkness after God till He
came. If you were to confess all the
spirituality in the world found outside
oil the Christian religion you would
get. but a small amount of spiritual
light.
"A world without Christ is a world
without a perfect example. Judson,
the great missionary, was told that the
newspapers were comparing him to the
Apostles, thinking thereby to please
him, but he said: I do not want to be
like Paul or Apollos or Cephas. but
like Jesus. for He alone is a perfect
example,
DR.. Williams took up some Of the
greatest men in all of the walks OF
life, men whom we all love and respect,
but in each character there was some
fault. But in Jesus no flow of char
acter can ever be found. PLATE, who
gave forth the authority from the
Roman government to cruelty Him,
said: 81 find no fault in Him."
DR.. Williams then spoke OF the sim
ner without Christ. "He has no true
hope. Despair alone can be the her
itage of such a person in the hour OF
death. There is a world where there
is absolutely no hope, and that is the
world of eternal death.
I'm the day of Judgment there will
be no hope for the sinner without
Christ"
DR.. Williams gave the experience Of
a skeptic who wished he might have
hope, but he had read Voltaire and
other infidel writer's, and they had left
him in despair. Mrs. Ingersoll is re-
ported to have said a few weeks ago:
81 have not changed my mind. I
never expect to see Mr.. Ingersoll
again." All hope gone! Mr.. Moody,
when dying. said: "The earth is re-
ceding; Heaven is opening, and God is
calling me-" He had a triumphant
hope. A triumphant life ended in a
triumphant death. Contrast the death
of the great agnostic and the great
evangelist. A life with Christ is al
ways triumphant, and leads to a tri-
umphant DEATH"
The revival meetings will continue
at the church during the week and
DR.. Williams will preach each evening.
Children's meetings will be held each
afternoon Immediately after school
closes, beginning this afternoon. and
DR.. Williams will talk to the children
and sing for them. He is a noted evan
geIist and well yersed in the art of
music. At this church two years ago
he assisted in conducting meetings for
two weeks and during that time fifty
new members were received. At last
evenings services two accessions were
made and there are prospects that
many new members will unite with
the church during the week.