The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-11
INDIGESTION KEYNOTE or Az
pRESS-FLAYS THOSE WHO
FALTER BETWEEN
TWO OPINIONS.
Takes Text From Story Of Elijah.
Nearly $500 Subscribed for
Union Mission Sunday
lndecislon was the keynote OF a

lndecislnn was The keynote OF
powerful sermon delivered last even
Ing by Ne! TrO,ter at the union reVl'
val meeting in the Court theatre.
DO YOU know what A halter is:
secuted Mel Trotter. | don't mean :
pair O! horse suspeEdors. he added
81 mean human lHl,er-the iel'e'
between two opinions who never
;aIos A dcE.nita stand one Nay or th9
other
The meeting vas one OF the most
successful % the evanRelisuc cam
1aigu which is being conducted mere
4 campaier 10 raise $4,000 fer tho
Union mission IS part Of the reViva,
and 4 was announced last cNeA';"
that nearly $780, had been gun.
,srr,hed al meetings yesterday.
Mr.. Trotetr chose his text from
Frs Kings. xvii. q And Ethan
cana unto al the poor" aud said
How long halt - between Two o1nn'
tons? II tho LORD he God. follow Hin,
but e Raal then follow HIM AND tn"
people answered his not worN.
Mr.. Trotter feared into MS story 81
Elijah quickly and a!mus, imm"Ciale'
~ the temple echoed With lau2h'cr
You know In those day" Of Israel
a Teller hy the name OF Ahad WAS IN"
kinc." said Mr. TrOttcr. "Ihat Is
about all he WAS. because his VIC"
Jesebel. ruled the roost and was the
whole works. The, Old girl WAS hum
mer and the whole show. While she
was a tough customer. II" Was IKE"
wise a religious woman / mean mat
she believed In religion, but she didn't
have tic right dope. She believed II
tha God Baal and the Goddess Asia
roth.
JeXebel 4 Wonder.
She rathered the gang together IN
lsrnel and handed them fine lot OF
bunk, saying that Il they put their
faith IN this couple OF takers their
crops would be in proportion 10 the
money they handed over to the cause
llr they handed over the hall PACK
they would draw small back EarH
plot Of corn; II they handed ever !
couple O! thousand growing crops
would shoot up to the tune OF NIL
uou acres. Yol get me- Oh, Jeze0'l
was a wonder. Shed been Il wonder
IN wildcat mining scheme. The Oh
girl was certainly there with bells Oh
she dug up about 400 ministers
and cooked up a hale OF feed ioT
them, and then likewise ftlled them
j No with this Baal stuff. Wasn't she
beaut? The result was they began to
tear down the high places OF God ana
set I'D In their place the temples OF
Baal
Now one day Elijah blew into
town. You know Elijah was 11sh'
htte. Did you ever have one? can
Just see the picture Of him now. DE
vas a big Teller and Wore sheep :
Eird!a. EA was bare-armed ana leg
ged and he also wore cane. IN the
form Of a staff which he carried In
one hand. Long hair covered his lace
and body. Now Elijah was corning TO
call on Ahad All he brought Win
him was three changes o. clothes, one
on. one off and one without
"Ahab was having breakfast, but
that didn't Phase Elijah one bit. he
inst hutted right IN and began 10 yer
BALI lambast the whole OUTFIT lot
choosing Baal in place Of God Then
IN promptly told them they we're g..
Ing n .ct theirs good and proper. L
didn't bother Elijah one ~ when thHY
caye him the hA, ha, because be
rrew what he was talking about.
Then he left town.
Searchors Hold Bad Hands
Not long after that trouh'e hegar
IN the land OF Ahab and lezzle. Things
began TO dry up and for three and a
ihs'T wears the drought grew more a"-
ful The cattle died until nothing hut
the mules vera lrft. Thou Ahao be
Gan 10 think what Elijah had said and
he searched all over the place to IlnI
him The sea. hers held had hands
adm they rclldu't win a pot IN any d!
ration. And thiugs got Tors" ,and
worse.
Ono day AhAb called Obidlah be-
fore him. Obi was gracious man,
even n he did live in Ahab and Jez'
zie's house. Right here let me say
that YOU folks who say you cant live
tha right life II you want TO hold your
lob are taking lot or bunk You can
i've for God, no matter where you
may be.
well, OBJ came back and Aha3
said 70 him obi. old boy, things are
getting tough, Jezie and / have got TO
find sons water to keep the mules
from striking. Nov III take nit!
men and hike one way, and you take
t,rtv and beat It another. SO they
started off. Soc miles Off Obi and his
outfit saw a man coming towards
then, In the distance. Sor a minute
Ohi hlinked his eyes and thought he
had 'em. He rubebd his eyes and
looked again. Yes, STREE, II was
Elijah wearing III" same OUTFIT he had
worn before. and he camo along Sc
reno AID quite at peace with the
world. God sen; the ravens TO take
care of him and he was good anu
healthy.
- n 4 HNEF