The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-12

I too late. In a moments time b
two engines came together
! many were killed and injured.
The next morning Joe was found
in a barn near the scene of the
accident with an empty lantern
aginary train saying, ooh that l
had, oh that 1shad.'
Think Of the people in this
world who are making the eter-
nal mistake by not preparing to
meet their God. There are people
in hell this afternoon saying, .Oh,
that I had, oh that I had. On
that 1 had done. what? Accepted
Christ as my Saviour. Oh that !
had been baptized. oh that l had
become a member of the church
on earth. But the door is shut.
! A voice from within is saying, i
know you not-you are 100 late,
itoo late.
This leads me to the second
text of the afternoon, BE not e
ceived, God is not Knocked; Q
whatsoever a man soweth that
shall healso reap. For he that
soweth to his flesh shall of the
shall he also reap. For he that
| soweth to the spirit shall OF the
Sp1IlL reap r1lto
us expect to reap exactly what we
SOW. Gods word is truth. Be
not deceived, God is not Knocked.
"Are there any here this aft
ernoon who are living without
| Christ and who are not concerned
about their souls salvation?
Example Cited.
Sometime ago a temperance
meeting was being held in ST.
Louis and a certain man was
pleaded with to give his influence
to down the liquor traffic. He
arose to make a speech and said,
Those things do not concern me,
| His wife and two daughters had
been away on a visit. Two days
after the meeting he entered his
automobile and drove to the depot
to meet his wife and daughters
He stepped out of his a and
| went into the depot and heard the
message,.A wreck!' But that did
not concern him. In a city where
there are twenty-five railroads,
what does he care about a Wreck.
A little later another message
came, "A wreck on the Mississippi.
1t was the very road on which his
wife and daughters were coming
and he was a little concerned
Another message came, "A wreck
twenty miles from the city and
many passengers killed He was
a little more concerned He went
in search for an engine to take
him out to the wreck, but none
could be found. I will give $500.
for an engine to take me to the
wreck Later he said, I sill
give $1,000 for an engine to take.
me to the wreck A message came.
back that all the engines had gone
out to the wreck with the physl-
clans and nurses who were min
istering to the dying. He walk
ed up and down the depot, and
every minute seemed like an hour
to him. At last a message came,
The train is coming with b
dead The first al he looked
into he saw his wife and one
daughter dead. Walking back to
the next care he found his other
daughter with her body crushed,
dying. Another message came,
The tram was wrecked because
the engineer in charge was
drunk Then he was concerned
about the temperance question
when he laid his family down in
death.
There are people today in
whose ears you can thunder Gods
holy law day after day, but they
are not concerned; you can tell
them of the gospel of Jesus. but
they are not concerned; you can
tell them to prepare for death, but
they are not concerned; you can
tell them about the judgment day
to come, but they are not con-
cerned. But some day when they
wake up and find that the judg-
ment day has come, they will be
concerned, but they it will be too
late.
Appeals to Audience
t'If there are any here this aft
ernoon living without Christ I
say to you, repent and be baptised.
Accept Jesus Christ as your Saw
Jour: Become a member of the
Christian Church. Do not wait
until tomorrow. Tomorrow may
never come. Tomorrow may be
too late. Prepare to meet thy
God.
Go to Calvary's cross and be-
hold YOU Saviour with nails
driven through His hands and feet,
and hear the massage, God 50
loved the world that he gave His
only DGSOCLeH DOLL, LLdL-
nclieveth in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life.
Scheer Speaks.
E. w. Scheer, Baltimore, general
manager of the B. & o. RAILROAD.
gave brief address, saying that
he was impressed with the MEM
orial service and was proud to be-
long to an organization which has
,ctif,}al #-,,-lE a hno MI 10 Of m 4
Formerly there were $4,000 en-
pIoyes on the system, but now there
are only $4,000 owing to the unset-I
tied conditions, he pointed out. In
passing he told how many acci-
dents were being eliminated due to
safety education and proper safe
guards.
One OF the musical features was
a trio sung by Miss Margaret
Mrs. o. A. Wood and
Clarence H. Bloom.