The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-09
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VAS 4 most IMPRESSIVE ONE
CONTINUED from rage onsj

Somebody Knows" The large chorus
eIioIs IS rapidly. rounding into shape
end the music furnished throughout
the service last night was most lnspir-
ling. Mr.. Mitchell and his pianist. Mr..
IFrisinger. are demonstrating their eX-
pert musical ability to the delight OF
their hearers. The Grand piano car
,icd by the Lyon party which had been
Held up on account OF the 1ioods has
arrived and was III use last evening
and added much to the musical part OF
the service.
Or. Lyon said In part:
rev DR.. Lyon then began his seri
mon as follows:
Paul had Just finished his third
missionary campaign. He had come
to Miletus and entto Ephesus for the
officers OF the church OF which he had
been pastor. to meet him for last
conference. In this they endeayored
| to dlssuade him from taking the dam
gerous journey TO Jerusalem, warning
| him OF the perlls that threatened on
every hand. Ele replied that he was
conscious that bonds. and Affections
awaited him. Then he broke forth
with the words OF the text: None OF
these things move me-
ut is glorious thing TO march TO
battle TO the strains OF martial music
and the waving Of plumes and ban
liners. But 1t is far grander still 10 toll
on, as did Paul, amid prosecutions,
Knowing that relaxing OF earnest
efforts would mean u cessation OF
I suffering spirit Of calmness and oil
icy-that was the spirit OF the early
! Christians.
: Early Enthusiasm
/ Three features Of these workers
stand forth especially worthy Of our
! emulation. The first was their ell
( thusaSm. This was nothing Temporal
~ or local in It's character 1t was
! evident first OF all in Jerusalem, but
It spread through all Jwtea and Sa'
maria. II crossed into Europe, II
was manifest amid the mountains oil
Macedonia. amid the commerce Of Cor
inth, OH the plains Of Gaul, yes, even
to the gates OF the imperial city Of
/ Rome. Even in the palace of that
4 most wicked OF Roman rulers. OF Nero
! himself, was a faithful band Of Chris.
! tian servants and, like the flowers on
the mountainside growing M beyond
Ethe tltnber.line, amid the SHOWS, this
3,little band sent Il message TO the
churches of the East, The saints OF
Caesars household salute YOU!
There was nothing that could kill
! the ardor OF these Christians Of the
! first century. They had none Of the
accessories which we deem essential
for worship. no churches, choirs Or'in'
struments Of music. They we're
starved and stones they were cast
into dungeons and deus OF wild beasts
but they served God with a fidelity
and zeal that no persecution could
=! destroy.
what the church of Christ needs
today is baptism Of enthusiasm By
enthusiasm mean nothing Temporal
ny or sensational. Nothing OF the sky
rocket that goes up with a great
swish and comes down dead stick.
Leading Double Lives
Emerson says: no cause was ever
carried 10 successful conclusion
without enthusiasm Many Christian
men are leading double lives. In bust
ness they are full Of vim. but in the
church they are dull and dead. Some
society women, who fear that cvNnge'
lsm will be sensational. will aUtter
with excitement all afternoon or half
the night over bridge whist or five
hundred. If zeal without knowledge
is bad, knowledge without zeal Is
vastly worse. There is Il great differ
cnce between being pillar in the
church and being sleeper. Some
church members are not pillars. they
are only pillar shamS.
Lots of men will 90 to Chicago or
Baltimore and yell their heads of for
their political, candidate. That's all
right It's their candidate! But would
Mt Il be gI0rionS Il and could transfer
some Of the spirit and fire that was
evident in Baltimore and Chicago in.
to your prayer meetings? | would like
TO have some OF the zeal OF Il football
game at Sunday night service" Dr,
Lyon then told ofw u girl he knew
who was so enthusiastic she would
take or her hat and cloak and yell
out, Praise the Lord, am glad I'm
alive"
Il like life he said, but see that
your life is manifested in the things
! thn+ oro worth ,,.hiIp