The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-03-13

whs wanted their brosh~rs saved %
raise their banda and NO hands we're
raised
lie asked the same questions for
three nights. md not hand vas
da'sed with the exception Of q small
boy. He would ratse his hand wheu
no called for the fathsrs q >rsise their
hands. the mothers. sisters and broth
ers. The min.afer thought that 10
was a funny kind Of a fellow 10 raise
his hand. and rent TO his hotel.
An old deacon In the church Wis
tied him In his o and said. Look
here. Doctor. don't you ask for con-
verts In that church. Nobody will
raise their hands but that boy. and he
Is an idiot. and the people know he
will raise his hand on all occasions.
and they are coming to church Just
to 9 that boy make q fool u Of
you
Turned on the Deacon.
DR.. Bryton turned on the old dea-
con and said. Look here. deacon. that
boy Is not making q fool out OF me,
but he Is making a fool out of you
fools The deacon then tried 10 have
the minister keep the boy U of the
church. and he replied that the boy
was the only spark of spiritual life in
the church, and he did not intend put
ting that out. He has sense enough
TO lift his hand. and that's more than
you have. said the minister 70 the
deacon when he told him the boy did
not have any ems
N evangelist whom DR.. Bryton
was called away and-he asked the doc
tor IL he would open church Sunday
and asked for converts. The doctor
said he didn't know. but IL God said
30 he would. Then the old deacon
came to him and asked him not to ask
Tor converts on Sunday. DIR. Bryton
thought for a minute and then when
the deacon said, You will git no join
ers.' the doctor said he would ask for
converts You don want me to ask
Tor converts because you know that
l~4-year-oid boy VIII come up. but l am
going to. just the same.
Services were held on Sunday.
and after DR.. Bryton had concluded
his sermon he asked all who wanted
to stop their sinful way of living and
live for God TO. come and shake his
hand. The idiot boy was the only
one TO come forward. Then the
minister asked all in favor OF having
the boy become n member OF the
church. and three farmers who did
not n the boy voted aye; and the
doctor said The ayes have IT. That
is enough TO drive a man to drink, is
IL not?
Rescued Grandfather.
The boy lived with his grand.
father. who was over 20 and had
one foot in the grave. The old man
was Kind IF an fnAdaI Tho No.. -
turned home and told his grand
father he had Joined the church. and
asked him to come. The old man
had not been to church for Go years,
and said. Boy. go away; your grand
father vii take care of himself FL
nally the boy came again and again.
He finally got the old mar to go TO
church with him. and after the SER
vices the old man asked DIR. Bryant
IL he could say something. and he
said yes. The old man told Of his
grandson bringing him TO church and
of his story. He said he was an old
sinner and wanted TO live for God
and TO Join the church. He was bap-
tised and became a member OF the
church.
Saved His Father.
The next day the boy went to see
his father. who was a saloonkeeper.
and tried 10 influence him to 60 to
church. The father told him TO get
out. that was no place for him. The
boy went home. but he returned sew.
erai times. and finally brought his
father to church. The father pro-
fessed Jesus Christ. and said that he
thought God had commissioned him
In uork among the saloon men Ho
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