The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-19
Is Delivered by the Evangelist
at the Revival at ST. Pall,s
Church Here.

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Church Here.
Neither the rain nor the cold Mon
day kept the czuwd away from the
revival at ST Paul.s last night, as
the congregation was sufficient to
NIL nearly every spaceiin the church.
After an inspiring song service,
led by Prof. Romtne, and announce
nents by the pastor, the Rev. w, H.
Fcglesong, the Rev. L. e. NOEL.
downey announced his text as Cclos-
slams. third chapter and second
verse. He said: Set your
affections on things above, NOT oil
the things on the tarta. 40 not
ask you" said the prearher, to
Love your wife and your child. There
Love your wife anc your shlld. There
Is no danger OF your loving them too
much but love God more. Ifrevery
heartache and sorrow, broken prom
tse. sti1ed signs and disappointment
hid and concealed in wounded hearts
In the city Of Clarksburg were let
out It would sigh and moan; through
the street and across the avenue like
the moan Of a storm through the
pines Of the forest. No, II do, not
want you to be sad. There are too
many tears now. Be happy, laugh.
II is no more religious to cry than
at is to laugh. Laugh and the world
laughs with you but get case of
aggravated 1ysteria and you have
but few that will sympathize. II
you have only been happy enough to
laugh you have not gotten what
belongs to you. You, who are so
happy you cry, are carrying two full
gauges OF happiness.
There IS IL. each Individual an
iirrepressible desire for something.
1t may be good, bad or Indifferent
upon you will become a. part Of
we cultivate in our thoughts and
lives. You educate yourself to love
the pure or the impure; you are
largely what you say you will be-.
Whatever you have set your desires
upon you win become part Of that,
and 1t : part Of you. He who is the
author Of my text, set his desires and
affections on honor and place and
made profound success of it. He
might have been the greatest law
yer of his day; could have been
wined and dined by royalty, yet
when he saw something better TO
love he said I cast away all else and
set my affections on that" After
years Of service for that he loved he
bowed his head to the block and said
I viii die for what have loved and
served
Men are commercialized. mere
machines. God winds up the ma
chine andwe use the running mech
anism and God is relevated to the
rear, or cast out and aside. Man is
the only creature that maliciously,
Willingly and without conjunction
will break Gods law. The birds Of
the heavens do not. See them go
south in the fall and reutrn in the
summer, and God only told them
once to do this and they have been
doing It through the ages. Go down
into Kentucky and buy a horse. Y
fine featured, high-keyed, fine-metal-
ed, high-arched horse. and bring him
to the hills Of West Virginia. II he
gets out he will press homeward and
Through defiles Of the mountain he
will press nomeward. Put your
child outside of your home. bolt the
door. put out the light, turn down
the fire and go to your bed and the
little cast-out baby will walk over
the porch calling, mama, mama
land If the night turns severe as this
one will. when you step on the porch
| (ff such heartlessness can be con-
ceivedl, you will find him frozen
with tears OF ice concealed upon
his cheek. He will not break the
law Of love: you have broken 1t with
God. you have, like the man who
deserts his wife. you have set your
affections on another, You have
courted another. You have deliber-
ately left God and flirted with the
devil.
"A rich man in Charleston loves
my little. scurly-headed boy and he
has no child In the home, which Is
u rich and beautiful one. He said
one day to me. ] will! give you five
hundred thousand dollars for that
boy i said 4 VIII cot sails The
boy is not worth flfteen cents, in fact,
he is great deal of trouble. His
mother is not strong and she would
have less to do IL he were sold or
dead; yet we would not sell him for
any sum- What did You get when
you sold out? repeat you have
sold out, and how much DID you re-
iceive in the transaction? Don't tell
me you have lost interest have
ceased to love God. 1t Is your
fault. God never deserts. God is
love and love never deserts. So
long as you love your wife YOU will
not make dates with another. and
so long as you love God you will not
be associaHng with the devil and
sin:
There is a difference between re-
lllgion before God and asreligion be-
fore men. God asks one thing and
men demand another. Which will
you please?
Remember. God asks US to love
Him; He demands that we keep Hit
law. YOU c1nnot force the individ.
ual to love. The police can come
into this house while preach and
say to me, you will have to go with
me-. and may say, Mr.. Police
man, 1 am innocent. I have COM
United no crime, Ighave spent much