The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-22
BY the Evangelist at the St.
Paui's Revival Meetings
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The meeting at st. Papl's church
last night was one of unusual inter-
est. There was number Of con-
versions, and many asked for prayer.
The congregation was large, filling
nearly every space in the large audi
forum and lecture room. Tonight
will be the last night the Rev. Mr..
McEldowney viii be in the service.
He will leave for Charleston Satur-
day morning.
The subject Of the sermon last
night was The Lost Paradise. The
text was chosen from the third chap
ter OF the book of Genesis and the
twenty-fourth verse: "Se He Drove
Out the Man"
The preacher said: THE words
seem almost cruel. These words
suggest to my mind the man did not
want to leave the beautiful garden.
God had made him present Of the
place for home. Happiness SUR
rounded all sides, and peace walked
in the garden, and love shone, and
glistened on every flower petal. But
the man and the helpmeet dtsobeyed
God. and were driven out. Mighty
hard to go away from home, and In
going know you will never get back
again. ! read in the last chapter of
the Bible the hope of life. but 1t is a
long way from the Genesis Of life
to the final contamination.
Ignorance did not excuse them,
and 1t won't excuse you. The wom-
an looked, and this Bible said when
she saw the tree was good for food,
she did not know 1t was good for
food. You can not tell q thing is
good for food by looking at it. You
have made too many decisions ac-
cording to that rule. She meditated,
she looked. she made the decision Of
her own volition. She should have
fled to God for help. She listened to
the tempter. God did not tell. them
the itempter would come. and how he
would look, and what he would say.
He simply said, do not. and they said
God has something he will not give
us, and we will take 1t from him.
Good and evil was presented before
them and they chose the evil. These
holy people were conscientious, and
honest, and yet they lost. The tempt
or said: You will become as God
to know good from evil and that
was a truth. as profound truth as
God himself could tell, and yet he
told them they should not die. This
was false. The devil told one truth
SO that he might open the way to in
ject lie. The sin committed
brought shame. and they knew they
were naked, they were ashamed on
the account Of their nakedness, and
some women today are seemingly
sorry because they are forced to wear
clothes. One sin makes the sinner
ashamed, and continued sin takes
away shame and makes the sinner
bold and hrazen.
They were not satisfied with the
world in which they lived. They de-
sired the broader, wider and what
they thought more beautiful world
outside. And they Investigated, and
consequently lost their paradise.
God planted the garden, and the man
and woman were asked to tend 1t,
and they wished to enlarge its boun-
,dartes. You say enlarge the boun-
daries OF the church and you will
unite with 1t. Well, I won't tamper
with the landmarks God has set up.
and If you do you will lose your par
adise.
"I.don't like to hear men speak Of
the sacrificing life of the man who
serves God. You don't make any sac
rifice to serve God. You don't lose
much when you lose sin out Of your
lives-just about what you lose in
body when the surgeon cuts the dis
ease out that saps and eats your vi
tally.
81 believe in preaching a gospel
that holds rather than rescues. If
we would hold more we could have
less REVEALS. Better build a fence at
the top Of cliff than a hospital at
the bottom.
What is forbidden always at
tracts. Tell boy not to do a certain
thing and he begins to explode gaso-
line to get to the thing to do it.
Something within us seems to invite
us tn life wells nan afrafat djso,,fooc