The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-03-19
Last evening a good Sod audience We


part in the closing exercises of the re-
yival meetings which have been in CON
tinuous progress since February .. At
ter hearty song service, led by Charles
L. Lamberd, the pastor, Rev. S. X. Ar
buthnot, read the General rules of the
Methodist Episcopal church; also the
famous "Amusements" paragraph 2s4-
which, in substance, makes it an ofTense
punishable lin the extremel by expul-
sion for the members of this church TO
be guilty of imprudent conduct, indulg-
ing sinful tempers or words, the buying,
selling or using of intoxicating liquors
as a beverage, signing petitions in favor
OF granting license for the sale of intox-
eating liquors, becoming bondsmen for
persons engaged in such traffic, renting
property as place in or on which to
manufacture or sell intoxicating liquors,
dancing. playing at games of chance, at
tending theaters, horse races, circuses,
dancing parties, or patronizins dancing
schools, or taking such other amusements
rs are obviously of misleading or ques-
tionable moral tendency or disobedience
to the order and discipline OF the church.
After prayer and the reading of the
general rules noted above, Mrs. F. B.
Haymaker sang in her own inimitable
and impressive manner beautiful solo,
THE Half Has Never Yet Been Told
Different members of the church spoke
Of the more important departments of
the church work. The first speaker was
the Hon. II. W. Harmer, who represent
cd, as church treasurer, the finances of
the church. Mr.. Harmer but recently
returned from Charleston, where he rep
resented this district in the state Senate.
lie began his remarks by saying that
whenever an important measure was
about to be voted upon in the Senate
the speech which was made Immediately
before the vote was taken was from the
party whip 1t seemed to the speaker
that his fellow church members regard
ed the present speaker as the church
whip when it came to matters fnan-
cial. He then went on to explain with
hwyer-Iike force and clcarness the finan-
cial system Of the church and closed with
powerful exhortation to all the mem
bers to improve, especially in regularity
in their contribution. To clinch this
point the speaker told an amusing, but
pointed. anecdote of a man who owned
COW and he wished to purchase some
lmv of a farmer noted for his deliber.
atcness. The easy going farmer said,
when asked if he could haul the hay
which was wanted: "Yes. III try and
sct it to You by next spring anyway"
But" replied the would-be purchaser,
4 want the hay while the COW is living,
moi after she Is dead" Mr.. Hamer said
he did not want to leave the impression
That their preacher was cow" but,
ngerthcless, the preacher needed "thc
hay" and should have it regularly.
Mr.. J. l. Alexander was the next
speaker. representing the Sunday schools.
lie spoke in his usual happy and i'm
prcssive manner, giving strong arsu,
mcnt why all of the members should
be in Sunday school, but especially the
young converts. 1t was brought out dur
ing Mr.. Alcxander's remarks that there
was about $50 scholars enrolled in the
Col NJ. Z. school, about so in the West
End Sunday school and about as many
more in the Broad Oaks school, making
a total enrolment of about $50 Sunday
school scholars in Methodist Sunday
schools in and about Clarksburg.
The Epworth League was ably repre-
scented by its president, Mr.. Charles Z.
Lamberd. who made very eloquent ad-
dress in behalf Of this aourishing Young
Peoples society in the church. He said
he had seen the beginning and finishing
Of the new court house which was re-
Gently built in Baltimore, Nd. The
county condemned the house upon four
city blocks and then began tearing
down process. All the rubbish, ETC.
which had accumulated was all hauled
away. So when one began Christian
life there was much which seemed to the
natural man to be valuable which he
found was only rubbish after all, and
the good ground of the heart must be
cleared OF al this. Then the worEmcn
began cxcavating. Down, down they
went until IT seemed they were going to
upt more Of the building under ground
than would be above. So must the young
Christian get down to bedrock. Christ
Jesus to build his Christian character
thereon. Then the speaker, in enthus-
iastic and with glowing eloqueucc, de-
scribed the growth of the magnificent
building. The rough stones hid deep in
the Garth forming the foundation, the
granite resting upon this and up and