The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-05

IN. invitation |" the congregation. Th"n.
aS H.. ipprd ny ;hc trapdour ~ ;hr
'front.' cdg: OF tn, platform. and with inc
| agility 81 am acH>nat Jumped down INTO
I nIrlt.. L." low L. greet those who inlght
respond took note OF the uShrrs f"rW-
, ing :; humal aisle in ;hc space 3"nrtlh
! him. / took not" likewise of PERHAPS Il
dozen 81: his squad or trHlnnn workers
who Cart:ucd hy young fcorS" sun
,;:t>. the ..v;u""liSt's SON. and with TO
n.r Eodrh"av"r standing hIGh 'ahoNe
liz. Il :l"ld marshall to oversee their ia
h"rs now filed down into n" press 'nd
! took th..ir ordained stations al suitable
intervals.
Hesitate at First.
For perhaps half l. mi!,Utc lunGcc
, there was no general uuV"rn'rt any
> where, ~ h.. s..cn in the crowd: only
their bodies twisted and ruSil'd n":E :,
cusiy as ripaned wheat IN Il whcui-l"!I
: is moved by Il sudden summer hr".'Z',.
Human beings in tho mass being much
like sheep these people were waiting,
Ike sheep for someone I" start She pro-
! r"sSi"n: then they would b. prepared
/" follow readily enough. Waving ms
arms 30 and fro Rod"h"aVHr repeated IN
different words. TN" summons which ms
chief had aust sounded:
; com" on" h" called. Com" on. now.
com" On. you who want TO CIV" your
personal savior. Come on now.
TIL" Gr"a; choir at the hack "t the
building swung int" rouSinr gospel
hymn Tho component stalks Of the hui
>! man wheat field all Sway"d forward.
AS il obcEinE a command. Tour young
chaps wearing the hlUuSy uniforms ut
apprentices in TIN: United States Navy.
rose up from front bench where they
sat. and with their faces AL serious. a"-
, yancrd TO thu. Srarp whrr" Eillr Sunday
Was balanced. II" 'iod-hlcsscd thcC
most heartily and. h"ndiug forward.
slapped them with hearty *ma"ks u
their ultrarndrinc blu: shoulders. Be
! hind them. coming next. was 4 little boy
nr, NOR. than eight or nine y"arS old
! With - shining. proud. Sham"d littl"
> round fac. alloy" Il broad Whit" In"n
COLLAR. and behind the hoy an old woman
-; who walked with Il limp AMI used Il
/ .aue Now all over III" building forms
wcr.. rising un and showing OUT into the
open. TIE cIlnirSicrS upliItcd their
iniv"S rs singers INSPIRED. until tn. S~
u"ruuS refrain OF the 'rfiuruS reared. like
! wnitr-capS heating upon I ShlnGiy
beach. The trail hitt"rS w"r" on their
| way.
Trail Filters Well HANDLED,
Lift IN themselves. th'$r VIII" pf"SS"d
to tn" front. streaming through l"vrrH
:, availahle r;ss;g" and every hench-lincd
:,l!"y-way toward Il common center.
would hav" mixed together in ""niuS-
ion: they would have miil"d about Xix"
cattle in a pen. But they w:'rc not LETT
to their nwn devices. Trust Ihc Billy
\ Of experience" to look VA for that. ni-
rcC:ly beneath tn" wund"i ramp where
in their chief was prrrhvd. s%N"n mon.
all wearing badges 80 show wh"r"frrn
i they derived their authority. W"r" lined
IN in Il iur,uati inn suggestive" of Il piuW-
i share. with its point ahmed at the pulpit.
The ,iiatl who stood al the apex. WAS the
most i'm pUrtaut and necessary figure nt
all. In dress and appearance he sug-
gcStrd m" head tlunr-walk"r OF n smart
der STORE
was NOR" like the man who sells admiS-
sInuS through the window Of ih. ticket
wagon of the. same circus which l men,
!l:of;"d Il few paragraphs hack.
As the converts c;LnIe fuun"linE down
Tho danes and $irnUtiItg into the space
where these. seven men wcrr posted the
squad split thr,n apart 50 that they
were diverted into two streams which,
moving one abreast. passed in opposing
files from different directions beneath
the PLATFORM Tn" floor walker looking
man acted aS = sort ot living buffer in
the paths ot these streams Working
L with It marvellous precision and rHpidity,
he caught each person who reached him
i under tn" right chow and gave - quick
upward Jerk III the arm :" that tn" right
hand III n" ";tt"r came up IL the level Of
Sundays ""ts'r"t"hcd hand. and thea
|. III til" >,i,nr half second al space the
liant clasp having been accomplished.
/! h" bestowed upoH the convert Il sharp
littf" S!t"v" r"arward In another half
second "a" individual thus treated
man ~ woman or child as the case
might h.-wa> gently Stc"rcd back
and now one Of tn" UShcrS WAS deftIy.
e$corting him or her int" the front row
OF benches which magiCallv had been
cmpti:d ut their recent occupants to
make room for those VIII" wished to pro-
feSS religion. AZ each bench here
filled up yet other attendants passed
along it's front taking down III" names.
the addresses and the 'detiuIuini fiona
y.Nf ht4r IS:IS
no chance Tor anyone to delay the prog
|. ross of the movement for 4 moment no
t;ne for amy prolonged speech with Nj.
Sunday. The mechanism seemed per
feet. I do not Ser how x could have
hecu more perfect To voi. il NIGH; :r-
pear /" Sm:i''k "vrrmu''h ~ 4 r.nmincr-
ciaiiZ"d spirit III r"'ig:r;t hG; All ihr
y same you had - admire i Tor It's pre-