The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-31
DR., FIELDS RAPS
CAS- RATE RAISE
rrRsr CHRISTIAN PASTOR SAYS
DESIRE FOR WEALTH SCENE
TO AcruArB THE OWNERS
Continues Discussion OF various
of Present Day spiritual
wrestling"
Ry w, S. STANTON.

In tho course of his Sunda! "i'' Nus
discourse on spiritual Wrestling
continuation of the theme OF IaSl '""-
day. Rev W II. Fields. in ms al.
10 "Worldiy WRESTLING. ~p"N' "i 80,
contest some people have VIII
MoneybaGs." He referred I" tn'
NESTS of the Natural Gas 90, i"i w
mission to increase their rates ~ u"
st.nce where the desire for wealth
soar,ed n have possession of tn" own
crs Of this company, to the excursion
~ consideration of the inability. OF
many pcople who we're unable TO stan"
any increase in living costs. Corpora
lions that get millions. want billions
soid the pastcr. Reference was also
made 10 the present struggle between
Conital and Labor. in which. he stated
hoth sides were wrestling with Pr'"e
and nowcr. more than with each ohcI'
"I do not want TO see either capito! OF
labor win" declared the pastor. want
TO see Christian principles WIN SO '''l'
neither side may say. i put !. "''
the other fellows" Rev. Fields ch"Se
as his scriptural foundation, the ac-
count OF Jacob and the NnEri WrcS'-
ling for supremacy rs rcc"r"'u III ',''
thirtv-second chapter Of Genesis IN
mart the sermon follows: somehow
T know not how. my sympathy goes out
to Jacob because Of the cSWSodc Ne
tween him and his brother Esau, "heh
Jacob dcfrauded him out OF his birth
right.
Mother Of Jacob, Culpable
"Jacoh's mother cooprratrd with
hin, and WAS in fact the inStigator Oh
the nlan whereby Jacob, instead OF
Esau. received the blessing of Isaac
Far that the wrath OF ESau might be
harmful to Jacob caused him to DO
sent nv his mother to his uncle Laoan n.
Here he had a dose of his own meol-
cine, when Laban, gave him Reoecca
for his wife instead Of Rachel. as WAS
nromIsed as a reward for his seven
wears labor. However. he soon out
Labancd' Labon and bccam" the owner
vast wealth in land, flockS ana hcfuS'
Returning home, he camned nj h'sht
near the river Jahbok. ard tn" thouShls
of his early misdccdS.' ana the cNrc'I'u
meeting with Esau, caused MN l" nc
sire n place of solitude where he could
seek Gods blessing.
I'VE may wonder at Jacobs need Of
seeking Gods help wher he had tol"
Laban, who had pursued Jacob. 10 lc'
him alone. 1t may have been becauSy
Jacob was going into Canaan, ana TO"
was 10 have the credit for his possess
sion Of this land. Also, 1t may nave
beer that God did not want such
fraud and deceiver as Jacob had been
when he left home TO have controI W
Canaan. Jacob, also learned that Esau
with 400 men was coming TO meet MN
Crossing Jabbok, Jacob met a divine
messenger and wrestled with MIN,
Some say that tho Angel only existed
Jacobs Imagination. as he was on ms
knees, wrestling with God In prayer
do not care which way 1t was, the les
son Is Just the same. We must WreS'e
II we truly desire Gods blessing. some
there are who wrestle, not for n night
but for weeks, months and oven year,
before the blessing comes.
woman Prnys For husband 20 Years
know Of q woman who prayed io'
On years that he husband might come
over and line up with God she '"'o
me- one night that God had given h'r
the blessing she had oeenh pray '''It
for when day dawned. the angel said
TO Jacob. Let me CO." but JACOB re-
fused and then the angel touched his
thigh and Jacob became cripple. ia
cob now pleads instead of demanding
. & X,
angel won n physical and Jacob
snIrltual victory. wonder how many
of 10 need TO be subdued and recog
nize our own impotence. before we
Mead with God innstead Of demanding
Jacobs name was changed after this &c
Israel. meaning "A Prince OF GOD, IN
stead OF Jacob the "supplanter." Jacobs
nature was changed too. God saw ia
cob as he really was. and II wouuic
helm us II we could only eco ourselves
n He does Jacob when asked by th'
angel what his name was, replied, ia
| cob the dcfaultcr and supplanter.
| What n blessing we would DO TO Goo
! II we could only tell people what II
| wrong with them, when they ask us
Let us look Into our own lives ah'
wrestle until our names and character :
are changed.
Jacobs early l!fc was devoted tt
material gain; but now the spark I"
divinity enters into II. We lind ina
his children and his friends reverend
him; and at his death we find man!
mourners Jacob. wrestling by th'
river Jabbok. Ia typical OF the wrest
ling going on in the world today
Everyone seems TO lie wrestling 10 Sc
the best of his fellow man.
! Open Saloon WreBt1ed with Men
The saloon wrostled with mon an
got them down, and | thank God tina
! the day of the open saloon Is gone
God hasten the day when conscienuou
authorities will suppress evasions o
the 18th Amendment and Will puut tn
final quietus on John Barleycorn; "Ol
Noneybags," has been wrestling Wit
many folks. and somcday he viii raj
on them and crush them. The Natura
Gas Co. asked to be permitted to in
crease their rates some time ago. an
declared a 80 per cent dividend shor
time later. Now they are againn ask
ing If they can't increase their rate
CORPORATIONS that get millions, wan
billions. "Old Moneybags" has then
good many people are wrestling VIII
pleasure Somcday they will wish the
had spent their lives differently. La
Dor and Capital are wrestling vii
Pride and Power. not with each Other
| do not want TO see either SIDE VIII
so that il may throw out its chest an
say, II put It on the other fellows
I want to see Christian principles vii
God help us all TO win in our StruSEi
with the world, the flesh and the devil
May We profit by the old hymn:
My soul be on thy guard;
Ten thousand foes arise:
The hosts of sin are pressing hard
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