The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-07
CID WHEELING
APPRECIATED
JEV. J. SUMNER STONE. OF NEW
YORK. WRITES AIS IMPRESS
SloNS or RECENT VISIT.
Praises City Tor Magnificent Public
Spirit and Wonderful cro~rn-
Praise for State


new festures. a great hospital. a
great church. a greAt store and new
life In the old First Presbyterian
church Something In the soil OF at
mosphere OF Wheeling seems 10 be
favoring new growths. one need not
BE- surprised al anything happening
there nov. Speaking OF The Otd
First a. I hea-d the dear Old ara
OF Presbyterianism called. the graft
Ing OF Chicago into the tree has ms,ie
OF Il banyan IN the rapidity ana
multiplicity OF it groWth. Inc
change IN the old church H. 50 marked
that Il seems TO be setting the pace
Tor a new type OF Christian service.
Why mott Folks like that sort OF re-
hgion. There Is nothing ike the
Gospel OF the Glad-hand and a church
with the latchstrins always out. es-
pecially 10 the men and boys.
Nothing delighted me more than the
new spirit that has come To Wheel
ing II was TO me- like inhaIing oxy-
gen. Don't infer that l think the new
spirit came from Chicago. l had seen
miracles wrought In that strong -hoid
OF conservatism. the United Presby-
terrain church. and in other denOmina-
tons more or less hampered By the
traditions Of the fathers. Wheeling Il
fortunate In the rare men who lead
her spiritual forces IN these stirring
times. But what can one say OF the
new Island church, Il T. master
piece In modern church architecture.
Famous For Churches.
West Virginia H. becoming famous
for her Methodist churches. { caught
my breath when for the FIRST time /
saw the new church az Clarksburg.
The Huntington church looks on paper
like a cathedral Thomson church -
one OF the completest Gospel shops
in the land II seems TO he designed
: for q seven day church. that Is. for
an institution 10 be run full time.
double turn. day and night from
weeks-end 20 weeks-end. In these days
large Investments in church buildings
are not expected TO he tied up In un-
remunerative architecture TO be used
only for a few hours on Sunday. for
mid-week prayer meeting and an oc-
casional wedding or funeral church
should be business establishment
doing business for God and humanity
with all the enterprise and continuity
that characterize department store.
A preacher should be more than a
Voice crying in the Wilderness he
should be an organizer and director
OF a great and complex institution de-
signed to reach every age. class. and
condition in the community The
church should be the social as well as
the spiritual center OF the neighbor-
hood. The denominational tag should
be written small. Christian. which
means service. large. ! was as much
impressed by the spirit OF the people
in the Island church as by the archi-
lecture OF the new enterprise. / have
never seer people more enthusiastic
and self-sacrifcing in their working
and giving. u will be a great surprise
| n Thomson does not develop many
sided church work where every body
will find a task suited 10 his talents,
where personal service. social service,
Divine service will enlist every men,
Der, and solve every problem. Thorn
son il designed for a working church.
BILLY Sundays greatest talent Is not
as a preacher. but as an organizer.
His organization Is wonderful. We
need take notice OF that fact when Try
{ ing TO solve the problem Of his Uhe-
nomenal success Not the great pull
0 piteer but the man who can inspire
and set TO work the greatest number
OF men and women at tasks for which
they are adapted. is the leader needed
: these days. Some will critlse Billy
/ Sundays preaching. but there is only
I commentator for mis- organization.
B lie applied the best business methods
q to religious work. then preached un-
/ der the most favorable conditions.
A Great Hospital.
From church TO a hospital D. only
a step. II was NV good fortune 10
q be conducted through the Ohio Vat
. ley hospital by DR.. Hupp, the gifted
son OF one OF the physicians 10 whom
q I looked up in my boyhoOd ! could
write q homily upon the new era OF
medicine and surgery a. represented
by the staff Of brilliant men VINO
honor the profession these days in
the Nail CITY. hut let me recall the
Impressions made upon me by the
Ohio Valley hospital. beautiful Tor
] situation. complete in all its appoint
mems I made practice OF visiting
4 hospitals In New York city. ThrouRh
J the courtesy Of MY friends in the pro
/ fesslon I have been permitted 10 wit
ness many operations and 10 be a
constant visitor among the wards. and
\ I think myself competent 10 recognize
an up-to-dato hospital The ONO val
| General hospital meets every test. o.
.
I that goes TO make up sanitarium
I whore patients. rich AMI poor can get
! the very best that modern medicine
and surgery offers The location r.
walls that Of ST. Lakes In New York
I city Patients reclining on the broad
verandas overlooking the ohio river
I and the beautiful vistas ~ green hills
Z beyond made mo envy them their
privileges Of resting In such q place
I The institution BE- an honor 10 tho
citizens 81 Wheeling whose generosity
made b. possible and Co the profession
Z who arc makin4 DO efficient
Many times I was asked. What DO
you think ~ the new store Aa 7 hap
penod fo have come out of tho "Hcc
1.-Two from which tho store SPRUNG.
[ end a. the blood Of tho founders of
l the old and of tho men who have do
3 volopcd ao splendidly the new cntor-
prise flows through my veins modrsty
I puts restraint upon me in the premis.
ies Vet ! must confess that ] felt the
need Of a guide a. I wandered about
| tho really great emporium u is
worthy Of the town and the family
name associated with the enterprise.
] . was reminded Of the story Of Sew
I York ciprryma who refused q call 10