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

Last night witnessed the greatest
week night demonstration OF the tab
ernacle campaign. 1t had been desig-
mated as National Prohibition
Night and If signs count for any
thing Clarksburg is in favor of ma,
tion-wide elimination OF the whfskey
traffic. The parade feature was In
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 81
Paul Methodist Episcopal church,
South, and led by Gordon of police
the procession moved down Chestnut
street to Pike and to the tabernacI@s
The boosters in all their youthful
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 tho
largest delegations in point Of nun
bers yet seated in the hemlock tenn
pie.
A program OF appropriate songs
was carried out. the Boosters with
Weich as the Chief Booster had their
part and special quartet from the
White Ribboners sang much appre-
ciated selection. All in all it was
great night.
The evangelist also was on his
mettle. His sermon was one preached
by request and Assurance" was the
subject. It appears that good4y
number of professed Christians have
been having some doubts hereof late
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 noe
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 the
Rev. Mr. Hamilton. It shows that
they are thinking. and when onc9
people think, it viii bring action.
The meeting was also m9
fruitful one According to the cardD
taken by the secretaries there were
fifty-three decisions. the greatest or
any week night so far in the cam
paign- This brings the total num-
Der of cards signed to date to LIS
Evangelist Hamilton made II clear
last night that he expected to close
the meetings one week from next
Sunday night. thus allaying some
hopes that they might be continued
some longer than the usual six weeks
Tonight will be Masonic night
A big delegation of these 1odgemen
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. II
is expected that the Knights will be
in full uniform. The sermon sub
ject for tonight has been announced
drawn from Noah's Ark
The business women who viii
have a banquet served at the Masonic
Hall will come to the tabernacle in
a body also. Two hundred or more
OF these women are expected to at
tend
The sermon of last night follows:
~Can q Man Know That He IS
Savedr
Songs OF Solomon SO: 81 am my
beloved.s and my beloved s. mine"
Marriage is used in the scriptures
to show the relation of Christ to the
church and the church TO Christ. Mar
rage IS the fnterlacing OF affections.
the fusion OF hearts and minds. so that
the two becomes one in flesh. The hus-
band gives himself to the wife and
the wife gives herself to the husband.
Marriage is not because OF ceremony.
but because OF gift The husband
can say, my beloved is mine. and
the vie can say. II am my beioredsx-
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