The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-21
LYON CAST|GATES THE tiger" OF
temp ATION With A CAT O. nine TAILS

end sturdy robust young men and ole
men lettering with the weight o!
years walked up the aisles with steady
tread and clasped the hand Of the
evangelist with q firmness that car
rled the conviction Of their sincerity.
Tears filled the eyes of many Of the
men and so visibly we're some Of those
who came forward affected that they
sept like children and no doubt the
shedding OF their tears gave them
more satisfaction than they have en-
rerienced in many years.
The habit of telling dirty stories re-
ceived an unmcrclful castigation and
ether habits such us drinking, Iieenti'
BUSINESS. tobacco habit and cigarette
smoking in particular, all came in for
their share of the effective lashing.
Some OF the special forCeful hits OF
the sermon might be CLEANED from
The following paragraphs:
There is no sin in being tempted,
the sin comes from yielding to temp.
tation.
The more handles you have on your
life for the Devil to drag you down,
the more handles there are for the
Lcrd to lift you up.
There are three great rewards for
the soul who conquers himself accord
ing to the third chapter Of Revelation,
the first purity, second permanence,
the third power.
The man who swears indicates that
he has both a poverty Of speech and
intellect.
The man who swears is a coward
and can prove It.
Don't gamble. The man who wins
is thief and the man who loses ls .
fool.
Either the nation will drive out the
cigarette habit Or the nation is doom.
ed.
A man who swears is wrong in the
read and rotten In the heart.
The greatest temptations are the
sppetites and passions OF the flesh.
Man must attain higher standard
C: personal habits or he will drag wo.
man down tc his level. The double
standard of morals cannot long be
maintained.
The richest soil will raise the most
weeds.
Fred W. Rapp after the song service
offered the prayer OF the afternoon
after which Mr.. Mitchell, the choir
leader, sang in splendid voice, The
Holy City" another interesting fea.
lure of the service was the singing OF
a double quartette composed Of well
known young men Of the city.
The collection for the meeting was
very generous and totalled $4,000.
Before the collection was taken DR..
Lyon had those present 10 guess what
the amount OF the Offering would be.
The guesses ranged from about $500
by one stlngy fellow to $4,000 by one
optimistic brother but DR.. Lyon sized
the collection up pretty well in aG.
vance and placed the figures at
$3l4.15, missing It only $l2.13. Rev. L.
y. Bowers though made tine closest
estimate his figures being $SOl.25.
i. C. SchwaneT took photograph
c. the audience before the service
commenced and this is possibly the
largest audience Of men ever assem-
blcd in Marion county.
The Man and The Tiger,
DR.. Lyon took his text for Corin'
thiOns, 15,, %, and said in part:
"Paul's battle with the beasts at
Ephesus has its counterpart in every
life today. If we're to speak 10 you
today upon art might interest the
artist; upon finance, the banker; up
on machinery, the machinist; or upon
chance the one would not be interest
ed in the other theme. But we have
a subject inswhICh allsshpuld have a
personal interest torsit Ftouchesi di.I
rsetlSeYely lifesRIh isothssubject Of
The. struggle against temptation An.