Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-19
INTERESTING TALK.
Prof. Thomas E. Hodge Spoke
to a Large Audience.

Capacity save splendid Salts
faction Theme and Synopsis of the
lifted Address.
Speaking OF the address VIII ich
Prot. Thomas Z. Hodges delivered
on Sunday at Wheeling The Regis
ter has the following to say
The meetings for men, being held
in the Opera House are Oily
growing in interest and attendance.
Particularly satisfactory TO the m en-
bers of the Y. Nj. e. A. is the class
of men who attend these meetings.
The attendance yesterday was limit
ed only by the capacity of the Opera
House
The speaker of the afternoon was
Major Thomas Il. Hodges, professor
of physics at the State University.
He is gentleman OF fine presence,
deep religious conviction, logical in
argument, and earnest in manner.
His subject 'ffhe Measure oil Sue
cess was we'll chosen aud his rapid
fire method OF handling it was pleas
ing and practical.
As Il basis for his address he took
the thirteenth verse of the twelfth
chapter of Ecclesiastes. LET us
then hear the conclusion Of the whole
matter; fear God and keep his come
mandments; for this is the whole
duty OF man.
The speaker first spoke OF what is
commonly regarded as success. of fl
naneial euccess, OF intellectual sue
cess, of political success, but said all
such success was but temporal and
unsatisfactory in the end. None of
those men and women who attain ed
this kind OF success found it salts
factory when attained. He cited the
case Of Cardinal Woolsey, whom
Shakespeare causes TO say Had l
but served my God with half the
zeal served my king he would not
in mine age have left me naked TO
my enemies.
A man might accumulate vast
stores of wealth and possess that
kind Of earthly power and influence
which wealth gives; but when he
came To the gates Of death all this
was stripped from him and was of
no avail. Naked came ye into the
world and naked shall We go out of
it. ALI the wealth Of the world
would not, could not bny all that
gave the faith born courage of the
humblest follower of Christ who had
accepted that unspeakable gift OF
God which is without money and
without price Which no wealth,
however great, can purchase, but
which the crumb begging Lazarus
could have tor the asking, nay even
tor the accepting. The. speakers
view OF it was that "Diyes'' had at
tanned what the world calls success
and Lazarus was worldly failure,
but when the real test came it was
Dives who had failed, utterly failed
and Lazarus who had reached the
pinnacle of success--God's approval.
Solomon tried 1t and when he had
heaped up great wealth, and salts fed
every earthly sense and appetite, his
soul was starving for the food which
satisfies and he cried out "Vanity OF
vanities, all is vanity and vexation of
spirit.
Alexander, said the speaker, sought
success and satisfaction In the lust Of
war and the Joy of earthly victory.
In that he was successful, but the
story tells us that unsatlsfied he
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worlds for him to conquer. |"
Napoleon on the lonely isle, 'seating
his heart away" was picture of
earthly success.
All earthly success without God
ends at the grave Because it is based
on self1shness, self agrandizement, self
esteem.
But let ~ turn from the gloomy to
the bright prospect. Let US turn
about and fix our eyes upon the Christ
on the cross, upon his promises. Let
us strive to follow his teachings, do
his will, accept the free gift OF God.
Then we shall attain true success, a
success that reaches beyond the grave.
The speaker called attention TO the
fact that all men were imperfect, had
appetites and desires, but these must
never be allowed to rule mans life.
Even Paul, grand man that he was,
had these conflicts with self, but he
never allowed it to rule his life.
The man or the woman who keep
their eyes on Jesus, and follow his
teachings as laid down in this blessed
bible need not fear, but that meas
ure Of true success will he obtained
by them.
every man in this audience, said
the speaker, ''be he Christian or be
he not, knows In his heart what say
Is true, knows that what Christ said
Is true. II could by logical argu-
ment demonstrate to you to-day that
there is no such thing as salvation,
that Christ is myth, delusion;
every man OF you would leave this hall
in hopeless gloom. But there is
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