The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-30
SUPPLIED THE SUBJECT FOR
TALK AT BUSINESS MEMS
LUNCH.

Driving out Devils" was the
subject of Dr.. Lyons talk before
the business men at the noon lunch
today. An audience of @sS OF the
leading business men Of the city
heard the talk and we're served with
an excellent luneh by the women Of
the. Christian Church.
DR.. Lyon took as the basis Of his
talk the driving out OF devils from
the man Of the Tombs, reading the
story from Marks gospel Of the con.
dition. OF the man possessed Of a
thousand devils, how he applied to
Christ to know why he was so tor
| mented, and how when the devils
we're cast out they entered into a
herd OF swine. The swine when pos.
sessed OF the devils cast themselves
in the sea and were drowned.
DR.. Lyon spoke of the personal dey-
lis which torment the lives of every
hrman being, the devils OF ill.temper.
profanity, Righteousness, the whisky
devils, devils Of doubt and OF ayarice.
To give way to these devils and al,
low them TO conquer our better selves
is to live among the dead, even as
the man Of the story, lived among
the tombs Of the dead.
The law said DR.. Lyon can do
little for the casting out OF devils,
the law can fine man and send him
10 prison till the crack OF doom, but
it is no nearer the solution of this
great social question than in the first
place. 1.-The only hope for the per-
petuity OF the nation lies alone IN the
Gospel CT Jesus Christ.
The tormented man cried out TO
COD, showing an elemen! of higher
nature. and he blamed his condition,
on God, showing the tendency In
every human being to blame his con-
dltion upon some one else.
Christ first diagnosed the disease
OF the man, asking his name. What
name" /" said Dr. Lyon. "are you known
by before the throne OF God, is your
name avarice, bad temper? Look at
your life as you would look at the life
Of a third person and see what name
you probably are known by before
the throne Of Cod"
The evil spirits. said DR.. Lyon, en-
tered into the hogs, because they
cauld not enter into human being
without the consent OF the person.
bringing out strongly the point that
We have the power to reject evil or in
vlte 1t.
and the hogs were filled with ter
lor. There is always terror among
hogs," said Or. Lyon when devils
are being cast out, there is terror
among hogs in Fairmont now because
1evils are being cast out Of the lives
Of many CT your people"
The people who witnessed the epis-
ode went back to the city and told.
What had happend to the man. Dr.:
Lyon dwelt upon the wo:d "and" in
the sentence, hitting upon the fact
that the hogs we're Of more concern
to them than the great thing which
ock place in the life OF the man.
Christ commanded the healed man
10 20 and tell Of his cure among his
people. Christ says to the unssved
Gene" to the saved, Co.. rs the
going worth while." said DR.. Lyon.
'Eoes it pay 1t is the greatest
work in the world he affirmed and
closed wi.a an eloquent plea for per-
sonal work upon the part CT the men
Of Fairmont
Before the talk and while the men
we're seated at the table, the or. he's
ira rendered several selections and "a
male quartette, composed OF Messrs.
Walter Darlington, Elbert Kink.
head, Mr.. Mitchell ana Dayton May,
ers rendered selection, Remember.
Ne. o Mighty Men," The words be-
ug set to the une Farewell My own
True Love" L was asplendid num-
6er. Mr. Michel conducted a brief
song service, wh!,a ended in whists
ling chorus.
The ladies ,t2 Fl the Central Christian.
Church served an excellent lunch and
| the service was efficient,