Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-11-30
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SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Thanksgiving services were had at the
usual morning hour, 1890 A. 81. Rev.
r1ot1c sermon, from the 9th and 5tIl verses
OF the Both chapter of Psalms:
unto the Lord, o sc saints Of hts and give
taAnEs Mt the remembrance of his blessings. For
I ms anger ondureth but moment In his favor IL
s4S 4IssPlng may endure ioE but icy cln
skh N tue morning
eEbegan by remarkiEg that there is a
time for mourning and a time for rejoicing
"a time for weeping and time for laugh
ing Man was primarily formed for Joy,
but sin schauged his nature. Now sOr
row is. the rule and happiness the excep-
ton. On$occasions like The present, one
I of Thanksgiving to God, there should
brst be weeping and then laughing. We
should first mourn that we may after
wards rejoice. The rich harvests succeed
the weeping skies of spring and when the
midnight storm has passed by with. its
violence and the dawnof morning and the
returning sunshine has come the mir seems
to haze been purified and the earth enli-
yened and invigorated by its presence.
We are called TO praise God for his for
bearance. Nothing else so merits praise
as this trait insIhe Divine Character
Without his patience aud long suffering
what hope for MANI For what should We
not be thankmlzto iGod2 We should thank
him that we have life aud hope and that
we shall live hereafter, and of how much
more moment is that life to come. In
comparison what is this little life of three
score years and ten-wh IRE its troubles
and its angry contention for right and
privileges We should cease regarding
this life as though it were our permanent
home and learn to look upon it as but the
preparation for higher and better exist
ence.
Thankfulness implies two things.-Ben-
eits received, and gratitude for those
benefits. We are too apt to ignore Gods
gracious providence and to recognize sec
ondary causes. If we are thankful to our
fellow man for the smallest favor, what,
then, should not be our gratitude to Him
whose blessings are greatest of all.
: Weeping may endure for night, but joy cometh
n tie morning.
Is it night with any one of sns2 Can
1--WE not discern the twinkling of star.
The longest night has its morn.
Is it night with the church, Is there
dizziness and indifference where there
should be zeal and feryency. The longest
night has its morn. Is it night with our
country. Do we anticipate trouble. "A
great Southern orator, at the beginning of
the Revolution, said: .sthe next gale that
sweeps from the north brings to our ears
the clash of resembling arms ~ and arc
we dreading the breeze from tie South
Are the clouds of civil war hanging
above us? Let US hope not. Let us
trust in God. Let US pray. 1t issa time
for prayer from every patriot and every
Christian, and maylap through the dark
ness and gloom of the night, NE may be
able to see the brightness of the morn
Under existing circumstances there are
tour things expected of us:
LIST. The acknowledgement of Cod
Cd. Our duty to praise him.
3d.zTo pray that by His will we may
still be preserved happy and united pco-
pie.
4tll. If the worst come to the worst-if
this fair country must be torn BY contend
ing factions, to pray that it may be done
without bloodshed.
What was the world to Cain when Abel
lay at his feet bleeding corpse? and
what would be the political troubles of
this world to him who had imbrued his
hands in his brothers blOod7
Our duty today is to pray; and while
we are sad and mourn, we should know
that such is life2 Yet it is better to sor-
row now and be happy hereafter, than to
have happiness now and misery hereafter.
blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be
comforted:''
Yet still we have enough room for graft
tude, for though there may be weeping for
a night, thanks be to God, Joy cometh in
the morning.
In the other churches, We believe, there
were similar services, but we could not at
tend all. We are glad to announce, al
so, that the day was generally and appro-
priately observed, and we hope NC may
have many occurrences of the occasion
B8-A Ban MAx.-Mr. James Kennedy
is a disciple of Vulcan, and is. passionate
IL fond of whisky. He regards little
whisky us a dangerous thing, and there
fore drinks deep whenever he touches the
Pierian spring. His ailiamentary canal
has become almost stranger to water.-
When drunk, he treats his family badly,
and recently he several times drove his
b"irn into the street. Night before last,
he laid down under els own porch, and
officer st. Meyers being sent for, went and
sTo0k him up tenderly,"
and with the consent and authority of Al
dermun Wright, hustled him off to Jail.
B8-C. O.RA1LRoAD.-Thus far, during
the present month, over fourteen hundred
tons of freight have been sent forward to
the East from Cincinnati by the Central
Ohio Railroad. The month will probably
foot up the largest aggregate business the