The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19

replied that If he tried anything OF
that kind they would call him down.
| They would say 10 him: Jim, go home
and fix yourself up. We are just as
, good as you are. and you know It,"
, The consciousness Of sin was blight.
, ling his power and paralzing his in
, 'fuence.
sin Death to Conscience.
"sin is death TO conscience and
the higher feeling. One of the best
s evidences Of growth in prace is the
tenderness OF the sin feeling. When
your conscience begins to prick you
there is a growth OF grace in your
heart. A blackSllder is hardened 10
It and hence It loses its effect OH him.
Wardens Of penltentiaries have told
: me that the wickedest criminals are
; the soundest sleepers. A man in a
. German prison, who had killed four
: persons and burned nine houses; who
had been criminal for years said
j he knew he was not perfect and had
made atew mistakes in his life, but
he was better than the most people.
Should 90 into this congregation
+ aAd ask a man II he was Christian
t and he would say lie was not, but was
living a good life and was all right
/ he would not be telling the truth.
; II you think you are all right you may
be sure you are about all wrong.
f You are probaly wondering why
, wlngs have notsprouted long ago But
ask your wife or your neighbors and
they would tell different story. The
/ saddest thing about It Is that 1t pro
! duces spiritual lethargy and blights
! the conscience and soul loses all
y hope Of salvation.
: Results Of Continued Crime.
THE pirate Gibbs, convicted Of pt-
racy on the high seas and sentenced
to be hung, said that when he
, first started on his life Of crime the
!. victims OF his Gets would haunt him,
, but he kept it up and finally reached
the point where he could kill an entire
,rew without conjunction and then
!; Iie down OH the bloody deck, with the
bodies OF the slain men lying all about
i'm and sleep as peacefully as a babe
, ct its mothers breast. Such is the
| result Of sin. The blight, disaster and
lamning results of sin is what trout
gleS Fahmont.
, "a woman once took a heavy OPT
ate through mistake. bc'iving il TO
+ be harmless remedy, and after the
, doctor who had been called had adj
ministered an antidcte, he told he
/, husband that, they would ef"h hav"
+ to take hold Of her and walk all
: right with her 10 keep the woman
wake or she would die. They walk
!, I'd with her until in most pltiful and
,itcous tones she begged them 10 let
her rest, she was so tired and weary.
i. Ihe husbands heart was touched and
o his syLpathiPs were aroused. and he
vas willing to grant her request. the
doctor, however, refused to do so, tel
Ing the husband that her only saliva
lon lay in being kept in motion until
he effect Of the opiate had worn away
md her heart had become normal.
So 1t is with this city. TO let 1t re-
main as it is It will die spiritually
People. are YOU content in your sins?
II you stay as you are you will he
lost, eternally lost. urge you to
keep burning in your breasts the
spark Of fire called conscience. "
Nounish 1t, for when it has gone out
4 It will be gone forever.
No Hope for Him Who Rejects Jesus.
The wages Of sin is death 10 pray
i ST. There is not Il single hope for
the soul which rejects Jesus Christ.
lou may go from here to some place
! You should not. bul carry this thought
in you: f"Yoa are lost" says the
Word OF God.
Some time since the. one humid
edith anniversary Of tho birth OF
Edgar Allen Poe was observed by
same people. He was man de,
,auched and degraded. and for halt
century students Ilave been trying
solve the mystery Of his master
"ce, The Raven" What did it
iCan?" tell you they cannot separ.
.lc the poem from the poet; they
mst study It in the light of the
ian wac led a Goddess life. was vic
us, debauched, an unbelieyer, to
understand why
That Raven never fitting, still u
Nh q. IE s'Itill6ts sttttttRs Il
on The pallidi bust Of Pallas, Just
above tBa chabtbe door,
ma llls seyes fave ans tsi ssemtiif
of Il denions IN ~ dFeamin 8