The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-10
MILFORD H. LYON, Q. b.


Because Or. Milford II. Lyon be.
'.cvcs his work is the best work in
'he world he is IN evangelist. Be.
must &c is girted with great orator..
Cal ability. and blessed with pro:
.ound intelligence, ana gcneves il Isl
every mans duty to do the task VIII.
ne is nj, the best he knows how to do
Il, has has become not only an evan.
ge!ist. but one OF. the greatest and
most effective eyangclists the country
has ever pradrced. This he has ac.
c0r'2lisntl before passing the period
! OF middle age. He might hive been
I great statesman, learned teacher,
lawyer or doctor. or made a success
III any business c,cunatior, as no
man with al intellect, ndomit; Die
,cu;age. industry, ana conscientious
application to his work, can fail in
any walk OF life. He has had some
very hattering offers to engage In
other lines 0! work and the lertucr
platform holds out to him induce.
lneAts fem monetary standpoint,
which would make his earnings in the
ministry seem trivial, by comparison.
bn: DT. Lyon believes he Las mis-.
sion to fulfill in the world and has
dedicated his lie to this service and
enlisted at the head Of he army in
the battle for the Lord
There is nothing common about the
Lyon meetings except the large rough.
iy built, and shaver GAGGED. tabcr.
male Where Al: may NEE: on a com.
mon level for divine worship There
Is nothing sensational abou, the meth.
DDS OF Dr. Lyons campaign. lie
breaches the gospel as We have known
it ':om-all true teachers Of the .'blo
and his diccourses are not only schol.
arly. but built upon well.fOunded and
established premises. but they are
iorceful and TO the point.
His great Power seems 10 be in his
.3iiliy TO drive his truths home to his
hearers by convincing logic and illus.
tFai'cH. He APPLIES his liblicat les.
sons 10 the homely affairs of the peo.
pie In Il way that gives them an un.
derstanding and view o. scrip,ural
teachings that they had not before
perceived.
Inc first Two weexs OF his work
here were spent in imprcssing upon
the churches and the Christian peo.
pie their duty and pointing out to
them their s.! It cominss When he
had this work well along he began
hammering aw' At the sinner with
gospel cannistc. and shell. hitting tho
bu!Marks CT tIe high places IN society
and pcppcring with deadi,' fire and
fautticss aim the dives air ,essuools
OF sin until nearly two thousand sin.
adenCd souls have hit the trail' and
given thc evangelist their hand with I
the promise that they would reuounce
Satan and from this time forth
rolic% The lowly anu se;isacriGciny
NlZcrtnc whr shed his blood upon
C%.vaiy's Goss that they might par.il
,icipate in. His heritage, tho great
Elan OF salvation. |
Dr. Lyon is good example OF the
sclfmadc man. He has not attained
his prominence by luck. put by pluck. /
He has not had college degrees thrust .
upon him with red Ri. 5ons tied about
them without effort. fie has not be!
come Il great theologian by sleeping
with n bible under his pillow. He has
not been tho means OF saving more
than 100000 souls by pointing out
tc them their duty in IN ordi-
nary manner. These things have
all come TO hSm by the hardest work
and through years OF untiring effort.
The converts whom he has started on
i the right path in life have obtained
their salvation By wringing almost
the last drop CT human energy from
ihem!nd and body OF this great evan
gclist.
The people who hear DR.. Lyon won
der how his phys. 4! endurance is
equal 10 the task he performs daily.
preaching as he does sometimes as