The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-29
NATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION
TEAM PRESENT THEIR CAUSE
IN WHEELING
Senator Cannon, DR.. Harris, DR.. MoGrsw
and DR.. Denise Address Gatherings
Two Sessions Today
Preaching the gospel OF !nssttu

Preaching the gospel OF Institutional
Christianity. the team OF four speak
- from the national Reform Associa-
ton presented their cause 10 the people
Of Wheeling yesterday afternoon and
last night and will address three meet
inEs tomorrow.
The afternoon meeting WAS held n
the Fourth Street Methodist EptscoI a.
church. which is the meeting place for
all the sessions OF the Christian CT
zership Conference now in progress,
and the speakers are Senator Frank J.
Cannon. former United States Senator
from Utah: DR.. James s. McGaw. gem
e-al secretary OF the National Reform
Association: Or. John Royal Harris.
head Of the associations department OF
induStrialisra, and DR.. Lartmore &. Den
iSS. the assistant superintendent of the
association.
Senator Cannon at Fourth Street
he Fourth Street First Methodist
Episcopal church was thrOnged on Sun
C~v evening with congregation that
occupied every seat.
Nficr a beautiful rendition OF the
organ prelude and 4 professional hymn
~ The vested choir, Rev. c. R. Allen.
the pastor. offered prayer and recited
tcs evening offering.
Ecv Allen then introduced former
United States senator Frank L. Cannon
ur I'tah. who - IN the city attending
the Christian CitjzCuSh.p conference.
,ahducted under the auspices Of the
National Reform Association.
senator Cannon's address was An mp
peal for sterling Christian citizenship.
the kind that will form solid nation
Of Christians. these nations to form 4"
world OF Christianity. one tina; wIi! cv"
to all the title OF his address The P"1c"
OF Our Lord the King"
Tho text upon which tn" >pvaN''
dweat was one that characterized thu
address and was foretaste Of wha;
was to come. facts. straight from tn"
shoulder. II people cannot carry the
nation TO God. then tho nation Will
sweep the people TO the Evil One.
Senator Cannon decried the great war
and deplored il when he said. God
must have had great confidence in us
to let US live in this day"
He then graphically described results
OF the great conflict and stated that the
war had just begun and the League or
Nations is a chaos.
Tho world will never cease its tur-
rnotl until Jesus Christ. our king. is rec
-osnizsd as ruler said Senator Cannon.
Nations have given license to lay
waste and commit murder. Four years
of war have swept the labor Of a thous-
and years away. Twenty times the
amount OF all metal money in the world
has been spent.
III the men wounded were 70 touch
finger tips they would reach twice
about the earth at the equator, And for
what? How long will tho Lord permit
this?
How long win humanity be allowed
70 run amuck in the name OF national
grandeur?
Look abroad. Russia Is at present
in a worse fix than she was when fight
ing on the eastern front
And Germany want you TO sill
ence any feeling Of vengeance you have
against that country. Woe is hers. The
debt Is being paid Woe untold is hers
for generations"
Senator Cannon then went into con-
trasts. How humble, he said we were,
when tho American boys were crossing
tho seas How We prayed And Presi-