The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-18
BIG SABBATH
SCHOOL RALLY
OF NEXT SUNDAY AND
MONDAY LOOKED FORWARD
TO WEI INTEREST.

. n ll'oa VI ho.ea Y sappafh school
workers VIII pc here next Sunday and
londay at the rally planned by the
sunday school Union.
Or. James 4. Worien. of philadel;
phia. superintendent Of Teacher Train.
ing, VIII be here, as viii also DR..
tumble OF Parkersburg. Rev: 81. III.
Rogers, Ihey. ". u. Rankin, the Blind
Evangelist and John Henry Wright,
the wild, untntored mountain lad"
VINO became7a Sabbath school mission.
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Special attention Is called to a chill.
drents meeting on Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock at the M. p Temple and the
meeting on Monday afternoon at 2:3o
at the First M. 3. Church.
John Henry Wright. ~
The following story OF the life OF
this noted Sabbath school missionary.
who Is to be one Of the speakers. as
mentioned above, is Of thrilling inter
est. n ~
It was in October, the month when
the Undiscovered mountains are
most beauteous in their leafy robes,
adorned with varied colors by the Mas.
ter Artist in the sky, and on a Sun.
day afternoon toward eyening-the
hour in which the sun gives earth its
softest touch of radiance-that the
countenance of certain mountain lad
first .shone with that marvellous beauty
which comes alone to those who
steadfastly turn their faces toward the
Sun of Righteousness.
This lad. John H. Wright, when but
child was with three brothers and
four sisters. left parentless. He grew
up Injured to hard work and harder
fare, learning little of good but much
OF evil, SO that at twenty-five years OF
age, when our story begins, he could
scarcely read, and was notoriousiy
Wild and wicked.
On the first Sabbath night in octo.
Der, 1886, at the close Of a gospel SER
vice IN a little school house on Clear
Creek, West Virginia, John was sitting
with crowd of boys, but when the
Bible teacher asked all who wanted
Christ as their Saviour to arise, John,
with a look of determination on his
face, got up.
He said, Il do want to accept Christ,
but It pears like sumtfiin' Just keeps
holdin' of me back" But on the third
Sunday afternoon, October Is, in spite
Of the jeers of the boys. he stayed
after Sunday school to seek the Lord.
He wanted that "quawr fellin,s'
the assuring experience of the noun,
taineer, but finally came.,.iust as he
was, took Christ at HIS word. and, soon
was praising God for saving his soul.
At every step on his way home he
thanked God, and came to the might
meeting with his face beaming, for
the feeling had come. He had been
saved by simply trusting in the word
of God. and at once he was filled with
an overwhelming desire to know the
word Of God and teach it. And this
first holy ambition he thus expressed:
Il want, to get an education SO that 1
can teach the true word of God" T
He was given class of boys in the
SUNDAY sehool and labored earnestly
LOT ones salvation. He learned to
read ehiehy from MS Binle, spelling
CUT 'he WORDS as ne went along He
sorkea at ioseing win an older oroth'
eF anu TWO ethef WIG fellows who
.riea IN every way 10 get MIN 10 swear,
70 af'hk' OF IN some way TO "preak oV-
81, pat .he LORD Kept MN.
In feornary he went TO live with an
uncle IN Illinois, OUT before gong ne
visited every home IN that part OF
GEAR creek valley begging unsaved
ones 70 accept Christ.
From Illinois he wrote: "My uncle
is awfally kind to me. They didn't
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