The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-15

All that was said. He said even thocEe
children are restless and ioa+tent:re-
something would sink in as they would
testify in later years. D. sos ZS-
I'd: Thank God for Ch-isr!an Par
cuts behfrd you He spoke Of us
church as the power house OF all ne
force within enc aud eald i f1ere Tr2s
eTer time to get il touch Nth Ger
that tune was now.
Rev. DR.. stoetzer suggested ttat re
congregation give even more gene
ously than heretofore. He was cam
estly in favor Of the appclrTne2t Of
visiting woman who could be paid
salary for attending to a great deal
that it is Impossible for the pastor -
attend to. He said it was not in his
power to study and prepare serno1s
which should be power and CON
fert-tn the days Of sorrow AID gloom
which we're bound 70 coms-a-d a.
tend to the muItitude Of othsr durleF
in connection with the c1uch BE-
sides
At the First Methodist church Re-
z. .. FeIlers. evangelist, preached an
ont.ofthe-ordicsTv se-uor last even
ing. Rev. Nir. Feilers taxed :nerEe'''
cally ard stTenuouslv on T'ry be BE-
neve6 in a Jesus chrl=5 Who Is alive
and not dead He SAID tte Nohaune-
dacs cbiec1ed 70 cur Christ bsczCse
We had nothing tacE.hie lefs 70 ~c--
Bh!p While t5ey had a -enb 70 50 &c
where rsseed tie astss Of Net2n@se
Mr.. Felle-s said rs vas Sla1 ~! Le-e
co45d not be held ,rslds Z rcub buf
had come to life aFa!r n Feaver. Ze
said the saddest thing IN i:fe was as
Inability to say strongly enough
Jesus Is alive He knew It but could
not tel It with enough enphasis:
He said people talked today OF not
hGvipg time to do this aud that bu:
that Jesus Christ was making inter
SeSsIen constantly row-that His Of
ice was never so important and sr:---
he said when Christians in IA
time let themselves be thrown to l:ccz
rather than deny Christ-he knew -haf
not have gwen their lives to dead
Christ.
He said: People say. what difference
does It make whether I believe IN the
resurrection OF not? He said |: was
like being in SaiI and only one man IN
the world knowing anything about the
key to the jail. Some time or other he
would turn up-if he did not-there
vas no hope Of ever getting ont.
Jesus Christ was the key. There
would be no hereafter without Him.
The following story vas told: Dur !
Ing the Boxer trouble many Chinese /
had their heads taken OF because
they would not deny Christ as taught /;
by the missionaries All they had to ,
do was to neel before an idol and
smoke one joss stick They refused /
Rev. Fe!lers said he was ve-y fond Of |
the Chiaese-:c an when taey believed !
4 thing they stuck to it-wh1ch
couldn't be said OF the Americans.
Some Of our long beaded fellows
will see chance to clean up a little.
Tines are hard and they say. III take
OF this-T know it's little
Shady-ru take on my coat Of re-
liG4en = the Lord VIII understand
III fix Il up with bin-hs knows tines
re h4rd-how manv Joss sticks must
smoke? Just one? All tight"
Rev. FA!lers SAID. This Is al TrouE.
your business IS to stick to the right.
o stay put. even II you lose your life
the difference anyway"
He mentioned many touching expert
lneQS With an sorts Of people which
him that the Lord was very
pueh alive. He told several excEue!at-
% stories OF death losses. etc, in an
lQdeevoF to prove that were It not
% faith apa belief in 4 Lord who
iVed. GItet could not be 6egae. re
caed his Goron with the story Of q
eethes who had Fever talked abcu:
eSus Christ to her son. He was 60
- TO var and she worried 90 about