The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-11
PROPRIETOR OF POOL ROOM AND
HIS FRIENDS "HIT THE
TRAIL"
Meeting an Enthusiastic one--6oh-
Jones Will Talk on "Ex-
euses" Tonight.
THE CONVERSIONS.

Dop SoueS nttunES IN MdrluS
Ferry passed the seventeen hundred
mark last evening. when so persons.
mostly men. shook hands with the
evangelist and professed Christ. In
the number that went forward last
evening were several prominent citi-
zens of the city. and there was
great ovation when one pool room
proprietor went forward. Rev. Jones
pretched two strong sermons yester-
day. one in the afternoon and the
other in the evening. There were sew
eral delegations present at the serv-
ices last evening. including the Ep-
worth League Union. Personal Work
ers and Y. NJ. c. A. workers. number
ing over 200 who attended from this
city.
There will be a large number OF del
egations present at the services this
evening. and Rev. Jones will speak on
Excuses" and IL is expected that the
building will be crowded TO its ca
pacity. owing to the fact that the mills
will be idle this evening. which will
enable the mill men to attend the
meeting.
The evening services opened by
Rev. Jones reading three verses or
the chapter OF St. Matthew. Those
were marvellous statements OF Jesus.
those were wonderful statements OF
Jesus. he said. Jesus driving away
sorrow. He came down with multi
tudes and the great crowds followed
How many broken hearts are there
here this evening.
One az a Time.
~ Il In AA
blood shed battlefelds OF Europe to-
day. Jesus Christ dwelt with multi
tudes. can cure every heartache.
Jesus is coming down. People can
not be saved enmasse. They must
be saved one at a time. Mr.. Moody
used to rush through his sermons in
order to make the appeal. They can
not be saved enmasse. they must be
saved one at time. You must be
born again.
There Is a man here tonight in
need. There are many here who are
in need. The worst disease is a sin
ner. World can't save men as long
as they are diseased with sin. Oh,
what a dreadful disease sin Is. They
say that the disease called consump-
ton is heriditery. but IL is not. A
father may have consumption but the
child will not. Sometimes the child
has the dread disease but the father
will not have the disease.
The child OF the drunkard may not
become a drunkard, but he proposes
to be. The old saying that the
preachers children are the worst In
the world. Is not true. as most times
you find them saving souls. remem-
Der when my little son was born. the
doctor said he'll be a bad one as he
is n preachers son. Sometimes a
preachers son goes to the devil. but
not very often. I believe in heridi-
terry sin. The best time to start re-
generation is before the child is born.
Fathers Sin.
One time a gray haired old man
caleld me 10 see his son who had
been drunk and fallen into the ditch.
He had just crawled out OF the ditch
when the old man replied that II was
his fathers sin.
The foot and mouth disease is az
the present time before the people
OF the state OF Ohio and IL is said that
the state of Ohio will spend two and
one-half million and the government
the same amount TO stamp out the
disease. They will say. kill all OF the
cattle.
Then they win say that they will
open eighteen of the damnable institu.
tons in this town. u government
will put the foot down on the foot
and mouth disease but will let sin 20
on. II a contagious disease would
break out in this city they would say.
close the tabernacle, as they would
not want the disease to spread. Sin
Is contagious; Il will spread. Il also
spreads.
There IL young fellow in this town
who - starting 70 take a drink but he
viii say. never mind. he can leave il
alone. You go tonight to the gambling
den and you will see young man
stagger out. They will say who h
the young man and he will reply thai
II was the young man that took the
first drink
You may chop sin in one place and
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