The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-23
AT the Revival Meetings at ST.
PauRs Church 1T They Will
Continue Next Week

~. NtetA fAASt . 81 " ~ . AtVgAS stuS jew
In old testament scripture he did
many things wrong no one will dis
pute that. but when God asked them
to do something special they always
rallied. The Jew to this day seems to
prosper. Tell me when you saw one
working ON the streets Of this city
with chain to his foot and how many
have served time in the state penIten-
tiary? You see him today with a
pack on his back as big as a box car,
and tomorrow he has department
store. When did you see a Jew
drunk. and when did You feed one at
your back door? God did, and II
seems as II God yet for some plan or
reason loves him. And II the divine
plan Of God is to save. every Jew that
ever has, and ever will live 1t is none
OF our affairs and none OF my busi-
ness. Just SO he reserves room for
you and ] we should have no crouch.
If you will read the first verses
you will not that God asked this pc
culiar people to bring to hin, an oifer-
ing, and they brought II, and lay 1t
at the feet Of the law giyer. and they
did not ask questions as 10 what was
to be, done with 1t They tied mo
strings to what they brought. The
amoutn they broughtswas to be used
in the construction OF the Ark of the
Covenant, and 1t was about the size
Of the pulpit here tonight, and / will
take q guess that the cost of the con
struction Appropriated $1,000. And
this chest they were to carry with
them until they could lay IL some
where in the temple vet not thought
Of. The load was heavy, and The
journey long, and the task ardous,
and yet they carried It. through ali
1.-THE wars until they at last placed II
behind the temple curtain. They did
mot grumble Of the task They found
no fault with the leader for asking
them for an Offering. and not a man
of them owned their home. There
was few IL any autos around the
camp they gave to God first, and they
gave God always. And their grumb-
| ling was. never because they were
asked to give God. And I am In
clfped to believe they did less grumb-
ling than we do today. n
..You will notice the four rings of
gold in the text. These were on the
shewbread table, and to my ming they
represent our Offering to God. The
first ring represents faith in God. The
second represents perpetual offer
ing. Not only an offering in an evan
gelistic campaign, but when condi-
tons are normal, and below normal.
Always faithful. Your pastor needs
your perpetual cooperation, and he
needs you tomorrow night. will be
gone. but your church will be here,
and your pastor will beThere, and you
should work better with him than
with me. Ring three represents
gratitude to Almighty God. saw a
man pick up pretty girls handker-
chief today in the store. The fellow
made dive for IT. 1T was not a high
dive, but he wanted to be courteous,
and wondered II; either OF the twain
showed any politeness to God. Ring
number four represents service to God
and If you will do the things ] sug-
Egest here you will have something up
on which you may offer your relig-
ious life to hin, for the reward at the
final consumation of all things.
THE gold in the rings represent
purity, and your life should be pure.
The circle represents eternity. and 1
tell you that means along time. Not
a day nor a month, but forever, and l
do not grasp the magnitude lof that
word forever" The four corners
where these rings were placed repre-
sent the gathering from the four
corners of the world. and II you do
not believefthe earth has four corners
1t means the gathering from every
cline, and from every kith and kin.
The twelve loaves OF bread on the
table represent the twelve tribes, the
twelve sons, of Jacob, and to you to-
night want 1t to represent twelve
month Christians. Do not join the
big meeting, but all the small ones,
even down to the Sunday school and
the prayer meeting. II will be mighty
hard for this preacher to hammer
away at wood, and the sermon he in
tends for you will fall short II you
are not in your pew on Sunday, as
wide awake as you are tonight.
"Do not live In the church in such
a way that when you are dead, the
preacher will sayis.This corpse be-
longed to my church for the past ten
years. God pity the individual in
the. church that has no job. Do not
be peanut vender when all the rest
are busy hustling, jostling, hurrying
,ssuare toed, and rubber heeled
through life. Don't you be "a loafer
on the job. Do something, and now
is a fine time to begin. / am expect
ing to hear great things. from this
church. do not disapoint me. You
need q new church, and a big one to
hold your crowds. Arrange. & your
plans to make It a realization. Your
pastor, the Rev. w n. Foglesong, is
one of the finest fellows i have ever
met. A Christian gentleman. He
wants to lead you ON to5yictory. and
II you will follow, victory is sure.
Write your name not on tablets Of
rock and marble, that Will disente-
crate and fade. and In the years to
come you will find the chisel, marks
obliterated from the frantic face. But
ifTyou will do your duty to- God and
man, the Father Of the Faithful win
write 1t ON tablets like the ones that
cont aimed the; Law written on: the rock
carried In the Ark OF the Covenant,
and some day when the books are
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