The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-02-21

saith called Martin Llufher and you
kno~ the r--uit Lou Lgth-r.ns
Stano 70 ara Srees
a r~viNal When your very church VAS
founded on the CREATES; revival IN his
tory
never will believe 10 the preachers
% this country would be converted
and set after graft and ro;tenness We
would see the greatest revival in his
tory. will say the man that stands
In the pulpit must have the grace Of
God With him. know the weakness
Of the church and my home. but what
kind OF a man would I be II | accepted
the invitation OF these ministers to
come here and then ridicule the
church.
The great trouble 10 the church
70 cold and you can't seaid a hog
In Ice water. The devil In Wheel
Ing hates = revival. but he 10
tickIed to death with the way
some people are acting toward
this revival here" ....
Mr.. Sunday then proceeded TO pay
his respects 10 some of his detractors
as given in the opening of this story,
and continuing he said:
Il think. however. and I firmly be-
lieve that 20 uare getting ready for
The Greatest Awakening
In Wheeling's history. and I pray God
! am right. tGreat applause)
"A minister once said to me that
what We needed was an ethical re-
vival, and I told him that he could
kill any church with dry rot and sink
It 40 fathoms deep into perdition with
an ethical We need a revival first
that will give us better homes. You
fathers and mothers forget that when
the children that gather round your
knee 10 pray they never have heard
a word of prayer from you.
The Chicago Presbytery laid its
hand on my head and ordained me.
and | never saw the inside OF n sem
mary. That's going some for an old
sport. Now | am an ordained preach
err" daughter and applause.)
Il have three boys, and I would
give anything in the world IL they
would grow up and work in the min
istry and keep the family on the
Firing Line for God,
when old dad has TO go 10 the mat and
take the count. The churches are
on such a low plane Of spiritual life
that the ministry does not appeal TO
the young men, and il should do so as
much as any OF the other professions.
as God needs lots of bright young
men in His ministry.
You people of Wheeling said lots
of things about me before came here
but why don't you say them now L?
There is four things that | can say:
love God; love Jesus: love hui
mainly and ! am doing my best to
make ii easier for you TO do right
and harder for you TO do wrong.
Give us a revival. and if you stay
with us and pray with us we will have
it. Let your busting go: let your
house cleaning go: the bugs have
been there all winter. let them stay
until get through.
Prayer Meeting Farces.
There has never been a time in
Christian history when business men
put their time. influence and money
into a campaign OF this kind. and it
is revival of personal work. The
biggest farce in the average church
today is the average prayer meeting"
a
man who would not be convinced at
revival and how the minister talked
with him and took his name. A prom
( inent man went to the minister and
got the name and called on the young
man and found his trouble was unbe.
lief. He told how he talked TO the
by for hours and finally overcome one
doubt after the other until the boy
I finally prayed and accepted Christ as
his Savior. And that boy" said Mr.
Sunday. was ex-President Harrison
While was in Canton had the
honor OF making the annual
Memorial Address
on President Mckinley. and the presi
: dent OF the committee. when | spoke
/ 10 him OF his soul. said TO me: Mr.
Sunday. you are the second man ir
] Canton who has spoken 10 me about
my soul in eighteen years. and that
other man was William Mckinley"
Mr.. Sunday was almost exhausted
and he closed his sermon rather alb
ruptly with the prayerful sentence
4 % Lord. revive Thy work"
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