Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-12
AT THE Y. NJ. c. A. YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON ADDRESSED BY
THE REV. wEsTHAFER,
OF FOURTH STREET CHURCH.
The Services Were Very Well At
tended-Mr. Westhafer's Address
Was a Talk to Young Men ON the
Theme, .swhat is Your Lifes,

cIuSlOn OF the usual service MI. west
hafer was introduced by Secretary
Lynch of the association.
Mr.. Westhafer said that it had at
first been his intention to deliver a
sermon, but upon. being acquainted
/ that a sermon was not customary he
had dispensed with it. He would,
however, take text from St. James, 4,
| IA: For what is your life?"
"a poet has said Souls are built
as temples are Every scratch mars
the temples beauty. every additional
work of art enhances it. From the
teachings of the poet it is his life that
| mars the man. We all admire a man
who discovers some new invention or.
who leads a victorious army. But it is
not what you do but what you are.
This reverts back to the text. 1t don't
ask what you are doing; what salary
| you are commanding, but what history
are you making for yourself on the in
side
| THE Bible is given to us to correct
/ life 1t not only corrects our lives but
teaches us the way of living. No man
has ever written anything of the man
ner of living rightly that has not been
taken from the word. 1t is remarked
that the Bible is always up to date.
4 ic ;uoh nd ahon mo M
idea of living as soon as he comes
under it's influence.
"The' first essential for right living
/, is that you must have good body.
You must be physically strong in order
to be a good christian. By this | do
not mean to say that an invalid can
| not he a good Christian, for some of
the noblest workers for God the world
has ever known have been invalids.
There are numbers of these who have
achieved high power, but the greater
number of prominent men, men promi-
nent in every line have had their souls
| incased in healthy bodies.
when man unites faith with phys
ical vigor he is more successful than he
would be if he was a physical wreck.
Therefore everyone ought to take as
discreet care of the body as of the soul.
eve all want to know what the good
things of life are. How shall we learn
how to place the best value on mate
rial things. Two business men who
| followed the same line had presented
to them the same opportunity of maxi
jng a large amount of money. The
and yet follow the dictates of his con-
science. The other accepted the OPP
portunity and made $4,000. The one
man put the $50, 900 to his credit in the
bank; the other came out with clear
conscience. Which of these two men
were the best off? You must, how
ever, know how to place the proper
value On money and how to get dollar
| honestly.
The developments of the higher
faculties deserves some attention. 1t
took very long time before telegraphy
by means of wire was perfected, and
now in this late day Marconi has given
to the world the wireless telegraphy.
AS it takes men long time to obtain
such results in material things, just so
a very long period is necessary to lift
your soul up out of the mire of sin,
when once it attains that level.
Eve all will agree that another es-
sential of life is love. When that great
man in Washington left the duties
which pressed him heavily to go TO
the bedside of his dying mother, was
it anything else than the love for the
mother that impelled William McKin-
ley to leave such duties as fall upon
him in his official capacity? When
baby Clark was Kidnapped in New
York City, the whole city, yes the coun-
try was made sad by the news, and the
following day when the police an
nounced that she had been found the
word marked the return OF JOY to the
people generally. Was that not fit
instance of the love for a little child?
There is power in love and it cannot
be denied.
I'VE all need to love Jesus Christ.
That alone is the whole secret Of how
to get along in life.
| In closing Mr.. Westhafer said that
memory was also a factor. He showed
that it pays to have good memories to
revert back TO. In all these things a
Christian is embraced
Large Congregation Present.
Last evening at the Third Presbyterian
church. Col. Robert White delivered a
lecture on the Passion Play as he saw It
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