Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

also favored ii a town was IKE I
child start out in the right way with
It, and 1t would prove JOY and
blessin. He hadn't ssen q great deal
OF wickedness around Jericho. and he
didn't believe there was much, but
what was lurkin around in the fence
corners might as well be driv out to
make clean state Of it. He didn't be-
lieve in mixin booms with religion, but
yet il a boom did foller the revival he
had six acres Of land which he would
cut up into town lois and sell for fair
prices.
Salathiel Thompson follered with
a ringin speech. He had bin seem
wickedness in Jericho for over 20 years,
but not feelin strong nun to cope VII.
it single handed, had kept his head shet
and let it go on. To his certain knowl-
edge there was liars and thieves and
swindlers in the town. There was also
drunkenness and profanity and bettin.
He had sometimes gone to bed O. nights
expectin the fate of Sodom to overtake
the place before the sun riz. II re-
vival would sweep away all this wicked
ness, and he believed it would, then let
'er come. More goodness meant more
churches, and If another meetin house
was built he wanted the job and would
take it at the lowest reasonable figger.
Solomon Davis follered with a his
,, tory of Sodom and Gomorrah. He had
read up on them towns and got all the
particulars II they'd had revival and
everybody turned to goodness, they'd
not only have bin standin yet. but prop
erty along the main streets would have
Din worth 81 1000 a foot front. Nobody
could say that Jericho was hundredth
| part as wicked as Sodom, but she'd got
a start and unless checked up, it was
only question OF time when the airth-
quake would leave her heap of ruins.
He wouldn't take up the valuable time
of the meetin to give instances of wick
edness beyond maxim it known that
durin the past year some Gomorrohite
had cut off the tails of three of his dogs
and pulled all the tail feathers out of
one of his peacocks. Let the revival
and the wave of goodness come on. He'd
ring the bell for services and sweep
out the church and not charge cent
for his services, and when the business
boom follered it would find him ready to
put down four rods of new sidewalk
and take in ten boarders at S. a week
apiece.
There were half a dozen others who
made speeches and pledged themselves,
and Deacon Spooner tapped on the floor
with his cane and said he thanked heaven
ne had lived to see that night The en-
thusasm was still bilin' when Lish Bill
lings strolled in and looked around in an
inquirin way The deacon explained what
was " and asked him if he hadn't sun
thin so say.
WAL, not great deal" replied Lish.
I'D like to ask who's to get up this re-
vtvalc'
Well send for some great preacher"
answers Abiiah Holden.
5 ~ pay l,...i -'reachers amt re-
v:valin around for nothin, though they
like to do good
Everybody looked at everybody, but no
one had any more to say.
And when we got the revival started,
continued Lish, there'd have to be lot
of ownin' up to things and askin' forgive
ness Who's goin to own up to gittin
drunk on hard cider, to jawin' his wife,
to lickin' his children to pizenin dogs, to
cripp.in hogs. to stealth renee rails, to
hundred other mean things? Take yer
time about it and don't all speak at once,
but femme have the information
Deacon Spooner opened his mouth as If
to say that Lish had made a strong p int
but closed it again and heaved sigh and
went out. Other signs were heaved and
other folks went out. and in three minutes
Lish had all the cracker and sugar bar'ls
to hisself and was wonder.n' what had
bllstnI IN the nnep.in