The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-08

Described by william G. Free Z
man, Associated with Paul
Block. Inc. New York, Ghica-
go, Detroit, Boston.
The Centenary Celebration, Col
umhus, is open on Sundays-ex-
cept there is NO charge for adniis..
sion and none OF the buildings IN
which the special exhibits are stor-
ed are open to the public.
Yet Sunday is wonderful day to
visit the, Exposition.
! spent Sunday afternoon, June 70.
In the Coliseum, State Fair
Grounds. which seats, as you
know, $500 people--and IL was
one OF the richest experience OF my
life.
! am old enough to go back to the
days when, as a young lad. heard
Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist,
and Ira Sankey, the sweet singer,
hold forth in Madison Square Gar
den, New York.
remember very well the great
crowds that attended these meet
lngs, and I was tremendously i'm
pressed with the great chorus OF
voices that Joined Mr.. Sankey IN
singing. -
To my young mind everything
seemed to>be very wonderful.
An impression was left on my mind
that has never been erased from
my memory.
But the meeting in the Coliseum at
Columbus, under the auspices Of
the Centenary Celebration, eaye
me two hours Of the greatest In
spiration In my whole life.
The playing Of that wonderful mr.
chestra-the Cincinnati SYMPHONY
Orchestra Of Is pieces-thriiled
everybody. Accompanied, as Il
was, by the music from the great
pipe organ installed by the Cente-
nary management for the occasion.
at cost OF 50.000-also accom-.
panied by the singing ofthe great
audience which filed the Coliseum
TO capacity-the occasion was most
inspiring and stirring.
| heard two wonderful talks by
two remarkable men--one of them
delivered by Rev. John A. Rice. 3.
D.. Sumpter, s. Carolina, and the
other by Rev. Lynn Harold Hough.
D. D., President OF the Northwest,
ern University. The address Of
DR.. Hough was the most remark
able and most Intellectual interpre-
tation Of the Bible ever heard.
Sunday. June 20. had been set
apart as Bible day.
There was big crowd in attend
ance at the morning service-a
larger crowd at the afternoon SER
vice. and still larger crowd at the
evening service.
But there were services OF an im-
promptu nature held IN all parts
of the State Fair Grounds where
the Centenary Exposition Is held
and they had wonderful effect on
the great crowds that could not be
accommodated with seats In the
Coliseum. r
[ never heard such sympathetic,
powerful and wonderful singing as
heard on this occasion.
l was brought up Presbyterian.
and in my young days recall that
there was not the best OF feeling
existing between my people OF the
Presbyterian and Methodist faiths.
But what a change has taken place
In recent yearsI What unity exists
now among people of all taithsl
Why not? Why should people
quarrel about the routes they take
to heaven? Aren't they all travel
ing the same way. Haven't they
the same purpose In view?
At any rate 1 found my Presby-
terrain faith in harmony on this oes
casion with the Methodist faith
and said to myself. every Presby-
terrain, every Methodist. every Con- l
gregationalist, every Lutheran and |
everybody of every other faith
should attend this Centenary Cele-
bration.
Don't fail to attend the Centenary +,
Service next Sunday.
Don't fail to attend this remark
ably interesting exposition on any
of the seven days OF the week, for 4
it is very much worth while.
People living in the City of Column
bus-250.000 OF them, under