The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-18
SCHOOL BOYS AND gIBlS
HEAR GREAT EVANGELIST

HUNDREDS OF ENTHUSIASTIC
YOUNG PEOPLE GATHERED At
THE TABERNACLE THIS AFTER.
NOON.
The children marched from their re-
spective school buildings with their
TEACHERS. bearing. banners on which
were inscribed, I'VE are going to the
Lyon Tabernacle"
A grand rally of boys and girls
from the ages Of nine years to TWEEN
ty.oue was held this Afternoon at three
o'clock at the Tabernacle. The schools
were dismissed al 2:45 o'clock in or.
der to give The children an oppor.
tunity of attending this meeting.
Hundreds Of enthusiastic young peo.
pie gathered in the tabernacle for the
meeting.
A chorus Of boys and girls from the
llt2h school seated upon tae platform
and led by Prof. Mitchell, furnished
inspiring music for tho afternoon
While the audience of children sang
heartily until the walls OF the Taber.
nacle fairly rcsounded with their mu'
sic.
This is generally regarded as one
OF the very best services yet held in
the Tabernacle and was thoroughly
enjoyed by the young people.
Dr.. Lyons Principal Talk.
"I take my text FROM First Corfu
thians: For other foundations can
10 man lay than that Is laid. which
Is Jesus Christ Mrs Powell has
just sung to you about Building and
that is what am going 70 talk to you
about. Everyone Of us Is building a
building, perhaps not Of brick. or
stone, or wood, but that building is
cur life which each oi us must build,
be it either life. OF JOY Or a like Of
shame There are lots Of buildings
being built every day. some have
pleutg CT windows ana asq bright aud
sunstIlny, while othets have few wis
,dGws and are dark and gloomy. so
win our Ives. WrE not have q
brlshs E5fe with plenty Of sansline IN
it? 1t is SO much better thon TO have
a daik gloomy life, and you have seen
plenty of just such.> When ! was in
North Dakota q number ":'years ago,
i saw what / expect mnny q you have
seen, and that is sod house. The
timber is scarce out there that people
are required to dig a, hole In The
ground, and then fix poles so as TO
hold sod. When 1t rains End washes
the dirt and sod off the poles the man
told me he puts on more sod. That
Ia the way they keep their houses up.
How often do you see boys down
street with their hats cooked on one
side OF their heds, smoking cigar
cites, squirting tobacco Juice on the
sidewalk, punching pool and billiard
balls, in some saloon, and what not?
Get away from any such as that.
saw bull dog on the street the other
day in your city with pipe in its
mouth, and do you know that pool
dog actually looked ashamed of itself
| tell you, my boys, such as have
spoken Of are living sod house lives
and do not want You 10 live. the
same kind. Live the marble or gran
lte house life, a kind that the storms
OF evil can not wreck.
II remember once seeing great
fire in a large city, and the flames
swept everything before them
Houses were falling here and there
until the fire reached large granite
building. 1t struck this magnificent
structure with terrific force, hui
bounced back. The building was too
solid to be erected and then the
fire seemed to act like Il was thor
ougthly mad and rushed away TO build
'ngs that were easier prey. After the
fire had spent its fury there came a
hard rain and the smoke and ashes
from the other buildings we're washed
off the granite building. and later the
sun came out causing the marble and
granite OF the huge structure to shine
brightly. That is the way ! want your
lives to shine in the sunshine of the
calm, after the storm has rayaged the
community,
Glorious to Have Sunshine.
,lt is glorious to have sunshine al
the time, and you can II you only lul
your trust in Jesus Christ When 4
was 19 years old | was forced TO leave
school. | was deeply srIeyed aud
spent the next seven years working
for an opportunity to get back, and
finally ] did. ! knew did not know
It all and wanted to learn more
Old people nften times Yell me tht