The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-27
REVIVAL SERVICES
WELL ATTENDED.
MEETINGS AT CENTRAL CHRIS
TiAN CHURCH AREriNcR cREAS-
ING IN iNTERESTsAS RE-
VIvAL PROGRESSES.

A ilarge congregation was present
at the revival service last evening 81
the Central Christian Church and the
interest attending these services in.
creases with each service. Last night
EVANGELIST Snlve1y preached an IN.
spring sermon on the Divinity oi
Christ in his CHARACTERISTIC AMI con
Yinclng manner. taking as his text the
words from Isaiah, '"The WonderfuI.
To put Il into the words OF Carlyle the
sermon dealt WITH quite perennial
infinite character; whom Significance
willtever demand to be anew inquired
info. and anew made manifest" After
the choice opening sentences fell like
polished Jewels from the lips OF the
speaker, one felt like quoting Who
then is this that ever the winds and
the sea obey him." We do not won
der that after listening to the Man OF
GalIlee at Jacobs well the sinful
Samaritan woman ran into her city
saying Come see a man which told
me an Things that ever did,"
After an analysis of the real char
acter of Jesus we are not astonished
when he says, '.I am the light, am
the Way, l am the Truth, am the
Vine. I am the Life, Ask in my Name,
/ will rise from the dead, Eat my body.
drink my blood, Keep my command
ntedts il am the resurrection, 1 am
frntn aboEe,tI am the light OF tie
wofithSI came down from heaven, Be
fore Abtanam was 1 am, All power is
given unto me, am greater than the
Temple, am the Lord OF the Sab
BATH AS Sygreater than Solomon is here.
He that hath seen me hath seen the
Father Come unto me all We t1at la,
bof and are heavy laden and Will
give you rest, Ye call me Master and
Lord; and We say we'll for so am,
Heaven and earth shall pass away,
bit my words snail not pass away"
Taken alone and by themselves
these expressions are the rawlings OF
Wild insanity, from such conclusion.
by every ilaF psychology law, we lind
no posstble escape, unless the man be
lnded visitor from the other world
yelled In human form.
How fitting are Browning's words:
II say the Acknowledgements of God
In Christ, accepted by the reason
soIves for tdee. all questions in the
earth and out Of it,
Christ is indeed a King, morally a
King, intellectually King. The sun.
kissed Inountain.toped geniuses of
eartn bow before Him. The grestest
poets In the world praise Him The
gems of art and literature are His.
The choicest and sweetest and lofti-
est music is tremUlous with His spirit.
Uncounted millions of human hearts
are Him. is yours?
Excellent music was furnished
by the choir under the direction
OF Prof. Senift. A question box
is placed in the church and in this
box any one Interested IS requested 70
put questions and these questions are
answered during the service by Evan
gelist Gnive1ya A question placed in
the box last night and answered was
"what L could do il mayor" +"
This is proving one OF the most
interesting features of the re-
vival. The congregation attending
the service last night was The largest
one yet present and Is marked by the
number of men in attendance. Cot
tage meetings are being held in the
different wards and much good is he
ing accomplished by these home gath.
erings Two persons were received
into the church last night.
The subject for the sermon tonight
is 'sIrue Liberty" and an eX'I'llent ser
mon win be preached from this theme.
At the Normal School Monday Rev,
Grisso, Evangelist Snively and Prof
Seniff assisted in the chapel exercises
and this morning conducted tle chapel
exercises at the High School.