The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-12

/ Last night witnessed the greatest
week night demonstration OF the tad
iernacfe campaign It had been destg-
mated as National Prohibition
Night" and If signs count for any
1 thing Clarksburg is in favor or ma
! tion-wide elimination OF the whiskey
! traffic. The parade feature was IL
/ charge of the Woman'S Christian
Temperance Union of the county and
representatives from four states Were
among the White Ribboners present
: The procession formed at the ST.
Paul Methodist Episcopal church.
South. and led by a Gordon of police
! the procession moved down Chestnut
street to Pike and to the tabernacle
The boosters in all their youthfui
glory with delegations from the 10y
al Temperance Legion had first hon
ors as TO seats. Then came the
woman's Christian Temperance
Union followed by sympathizers ana
rank outsiders. It was one Of the
largest delegations in point of num-
/ bers yet seated in the hemlock tenn
pie
A program of appropriate songs
| was carried out. the Boosters With
WEIGH ais the Chief Booster had their
part and special quartet from the
White Ribboners sang much appre-
/ ciated selection All in all 1t was .
great night.
The evangelist also was on hiE
mettle His sermon was one preached
by request and Assurance" was the
subject. 1t appears that goodly
number of professed Christians have.
been having some doubts hereof lat9
as to whether they really had the
article they professed to have They
are not sure of their salvation and
they want to know how and why One
thing was surely made plain by the
preacher last night, and that was.
that mere church membership did noo
constitute sufficient grounds for
the kind OF assurance the Bible
taught a person could and should
have. The very fact that some peo-
pie are getting disturbed along this
line is good sign, according to thc
Rev. Mr. Hamilton. 1t shows thA1
| they are thinking. and when once
people think. it will bring action.
The meeting was also most
fruitful one. According to the cards
taken by the secretaries there Were
| ffty-three decisions. the greatest OF
any week night so far in the cam
paign This brings the total nuns
Der OF cards signed to date to ], 175-
Evangelist Hamilton made it clear
last night that he expected to close
the meetings one week from next
Sunday night. thus allaying some
hopes that they might be continues
some longer than the usual six weeks.
Tonight will be Masonic night
! a big delegation Of these lodgem9
with the ladies of the Eastern Star.
have asked for reservations The
knights Templar will lead the line
of march and then the Blue Lodge;
and the Eastern Star following. It
is expected that the Knights will be
in full uniform. The sermon sub
] ject for tonight has been announced
! as Shelter" a sermon on lessons
ldrawn from Noah's Ark.
| The business women who viii
| have banquet served at the Masonic
Hall will come to the tabernacle in
body also. Two hundred or more
of these women are expected to att.
The sermon of last night follows:
@Can a Man Know That He IS
Sayed!-
songs of Solomon 6:3: II am my
lbeloved.s and my beloved IS mine"
Marriage Is used IN the scriptures
to show the relation of Christ to the
church and the church to Christ. Mar
lriaSe is the interlacing OF affections.
the fusion OF hearts and minds. SO that
the two becomes one in flesh. The hus-
hand gives himself to the wife and
the wife gives herself to the husband
Marriage is not because of ceremony,
but because of git The husband
can say, my beloved Is mine, and
the wife can say. II am my beloved s.
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