The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-30
MUSIC SPEC|ALI|ES
At THE REVIVAL
School Children Render
Wonderfully Effective
Song orTwo

The Sand Man came to the First
Presbyterian church last night. OF
course he's there every night, not
meaning that the music OF DR.. Gees
preaching has a somnolent effect, but
here and there one sees sleepy lit
tie head droop against mother until
very likely daddy makes a bed of his
oyercoat until time to go home. That
happens every night But last night
a really" Sand Man came pattering
down the aisle making noise like
a mouse stealing across velyety car
pet. Up on. the rostrum came the
Sand Man with one dimpled first hold
ing the golden sleep-inducing sand
and softly sang:
Go to sleep my children,
Close your sleepy eyes,
The Lady Moon Is watching,
From out the starry skies.
And one by one they went to sleep,
all standing in a row, each one dress
ed in fluffy white, Just like the Sand
Man, and there they stood and slept
until the audience made great noise
with their hands and woke them up.
And then they sang another sons;
with the help of Miss Iucile Henry
at the piano, about rocking away on
the pillows gay, as they blithely toss
their caps of foam, and with joy we
ride DER the heaying tide, though our
hearts be far from love and home"
And when they had finished the aud.
ence made lot more noise with their
hands and said 1t was great. They
were seven, from the Barnes school
and their names were Sylvia Abel,
Grace Munden, Mildred Wilson, Thel-
ma Wade, Elsie Thompson, Helen
Parrish and Ada Sapp.
And then Prof. Mitchell lifted up
his great voice and sang that fine
classic that never fails to thrill, Dud-
ley Bucks Fear Not Ye, o Israel, !"
a ladies' double quartette from the
choir sang. Miss Arma Bing recited
"The White Comrade," and the choir
sang several extra numbers.
All this happened in addition. to
the finest sermon yet preached by Rev.
DIR. Arthur Gee since the opening of
the joint revival. "The Weman of
Samaria," was the subject selected,
and handled in a sympathetic man
ner. Little stress was laid on the fact
that the woman had sinned grievously.
The outstanding fact was that when
she realized to whom she was talk
ing, she ran to the city and brought
whomsoever would come to Jesus. The
kind of thing we have been calling
sin, Is not sin at all, he said. Match
that woman, go for your friends and
bring them to Jesus, he cried. Don't
talk so mach about dancing being
good, bad Or indifferent. He Is wait
ing at your home for you to bring
your husband, brother, son or dane
ing partner to him. Unless you are
bringing them, you are not as good
as the woman of Samaria.
The preacher told story of lit
tie girl who was deaf and dumb whose
father went abroad on business and
left the child in an institution for the
care Of such unfortunates. While he
was gone, the attendants taught the
child to talk by that wonderful n.Sth-
cd by which Helen Kellar was taught
TO speak, and when the man returned,
knowing nothing Of what the little
one had learned she ran to him and
as he lifted hsr up she put her lips
to his ear and said, Father, love
you"
"If Jesus never heard that from
You, tell Him" was the preachers
plea
Next Sunday afternoon there will
be a meeting for men in the M. P.
Temple at half past two.