Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-26


been much worse. Beloved, the
words ofthe text are asapplicabte TO US as
nation this day, as thy were to the jews
in the times of Isaiah. know mere are
croakers aud grumblsrs who say that "tne !
former DAYS gave greater reason for thanks
giving than these days" who hang their
heads like q bulrush, and can see no cause
for calling upon God In tongs OF rejoicing
Let such compare oul condition to-day
with the condition 10 Which we HIIght nave
been, and they will find cause for being
glad" and will realizsthat God IN dis
mercy, SIS staying HiS rough astnd IN the
day of His east ,0ind" 7 we look abroad
in the land we cannot bit see that
IT IS TIE DAY OF TIE EAST wIHD.-Fhe
Christening hand of God undeniaoly upon
us I A crisis has Gomez q mighty rebel.
lion has for three years ben raging.
In tho midst of the natiors busy lie she -
seized with the SILVER otdusty death:
The land 10 clothed in purntng, we see
corpse in almost every house. The
naughty form of the strong man has fallen
and his flashing eye become dim Deaths
sceptre has been waved o'er the young and
beautiful and they are no. The snow made
red with the blood of carnage rests upon
the crushed and mould1ring skeleton.-
To day, some repose unde the eonsecfated
sod of Cedar Creek or Iishers Hill, who
one year ago mingled inthe merry laugh
or song of praise at the thanksgiving circle.
~ We have before us the
sad spectacle of men Committing treason
against the nineteenth CENTURY and all OF
Christian progress it poikts to, and striV-
ing to fasteu upon us slaybN, IS2archy and
death \ \ We sta N. BS's hearts
wrupg, and hear the cryof orPT%as. Fraud,
Decentralization, iuteWpersnce and dishon-
esty shatter the ties ~ which society has
hitherto been bound. Truly we realize
every day more aid more how
1.-THE While nation reels
| InebTiate with gull; and vice grown bold
Laughs Innocence SOorn. The thirst for gold
The impulse OF impartial love, nor kneelS
In worship foul to Iammon, Is oontemned."
When we contemplate the Wickedness,
pride and iiolatH Of our nation, we can
not but accept tie scourging of the sast
tDind, but at the SINE time rejoice that God
holds the rough WIND in the hollow of His
hand that
"His strokes az, fewer than our crimes
| And lighte than our guilt"
Like David at he altar on the threshing
floor of Arannah. We may fifty bring Offer
is cause for it in the mercy that tempers
the stroke of judgment and miugles itself
with it. He staisth his rough t0ind in the
dav ofhis east sOi11." That God Is ''stsy-
ing his rough s0i1S' is evident from the fact
| /. That there isRo famine IN the land
Perhaps in no priod of our history have
the labors of thehusbandman been CROWN
ed with greater Iuccess. He looks upon
we'll filed barns and valleys covered with
corn." Plenty surrounds US on every hand
X and va realize in this that "He
stayeth &c. Agin
II. That zoe az FREQ from pestikenc6.-We
have no fires of fitch burning at every cor.
ner OF our stress to help keep OF foul
eentagion. Wehear not the rumbling of
the dead cart abug deserted streets, gath
ering up coffin lfter coffin, and buEytng
out of sight forms most dear. Truly
he stayeth his rough wind, &C., SC.
III. That industry and the mechanic arts
have been prospereG.-The loom is not ST.
lent. The anvil has not yet ased to
| ring. We still see vast columns of smoke
and steam ascending from foundry and
machine shops, proclaiming with an elo-
I;quence more audible than words, that man
can earn his daily bread and enjoy It as
the sweets of laborI Again
~. That our liberties haze been preseTUed.
Suppose that instead of our victories in
font of Washington and In the Valley, we
L uhu uAu O0I6hLSI Wh6I otSu0 AAhA Ouu AOuOb
the result. Would not other cities have
shared the fate of the unfortunate Cham.
bersburg2 Would not the chains of the
aristocrat been bound upon us2
Thanks be to our God, these calamities
have been aVerted and liberty is still ours
to enjoy, ours to defend Truly 10 this
also He has stayed His rough wind, 80.
v. That incidental BLESSINGS have been
brought out Of our Uery CALAMITIEs.
God is making the wrath of man
to praise Him | 1. True ChriStians
have become more firm. 2. Christian 6sneV.
OIsnce has increased tenfold. Exsmplified:-
A. In Christian Commission. B, Bible So
ciety. G. Teact, &C., &c. 3. Great won
ders are being enacted, which before were
not dreamed ofl--With an eloquent di-
vine we can say, "Take your stand for q
moment with Baalam on the top of Poor
that looketh toward Jeshimon, and behold
the thousands upon thousands of the long
oppressed coming forth dry shod through
all this sea of blood, on their way, with
their wives and little ones, to the Canaan
of Liberty, sounding the loud cymbals of
their deliverance over the waves that are clo-
sing upon the pride of their oppressors
foreVerl" Behold all this, and with grateful
heart you can say, "He StGyeth his rough
Vtndin the day Of his east sOind. "-Breth-
rem, DO We properly appreciate the bles-
sings of liberty and prosperity which we
enjoy 2-0ur State is frSs, and we, by
trusting in God, will come out of the FIRE
with our land free.
''Prom end to end, from cliff to cliff,
P.es a. our torrents are that leaps our rocks,
And PlOuEh our valleys without asking leave"
Then we can say to the storms of trouble
as William Tell said to the storms of his
native Alps,
"BloI Blow onI
This IL the land Of libeTtyI"
The discourse was closed with an aIlu-
sion to widows and orphans, and an ap-
peal for the q. 8. Christian Commission.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH [soUTH wHEEL-,
Rev. NJ. G. HORNE, lately appointed Mis-
sionary of the Lutheran Church, occupied
this nnIpit. and preaohed a sermon from