The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-29

ductiOus oftheir natural reasons.U In
! Revelation we are informed that God
Is the creator OF all things for ain the
| beginning God created the heaven and
the earth.h Gen. l. 1t tells us of the
moda-of Gods subsistence so far as Il
can be comprehendsd by our minds,
| He Is one; and yet Ia the divine unity
there are three, the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Ghost. HoIg God thus exists
we may not besSle-io understand. The
| Bible reveals the fact. We must bow
and adore. The Scriptures tell US that
God is spirit, eternal, Incomprehen-
sibleI interchangeable, ompipresent, Om-
niseent, omnipotent, holyrJast and
good. They tell US that man is a sin
ner, and that mercy and Judgment are
commIngled in Gods dealings with
him as such. They speak also OF
Judgment To come, &c.
8. The goodness of God is seen in
Redemption. Rede1np ptioR Is the recovery
OF man from sin and death by the sac
ritice OF Jesus Christ. We have re-
demption through the blood OF Christ
even the forgiveness OF sin, Eph. l Z,
Col. i IA God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten son that
whosoever believeth in Him, should not
perish, but have everlasting life, John
| III ID, -commendeth His love to-
ward us in that while we were yet sin
ners Christ died for us, Rom. v. s.
Well may we sing with the Heavenly
| Host, 'flory to God in the highest, and
| on earth peace, good will toward men,
Luke II. II. Sinner the goodness Of God,
as thus seen, leadeth thee to repent
ance, &c.
4. The goodness OF God is seen in
| PrOvidence. Providence, foresight, fore
thought, "the care which God takes OF
the universe" This is manifested in
the wise and orderly arrangement
which prevails in the world. It is read
in the facts OF history. Prophecy de-
pends upon it. Every Christian has
experimental knowledge of It's truth.
The Bible is full of the doctrine.
II. That the yearis crowned With this
good The year 1867 Is now almost
gone. It has been a year as tuIl Of
events AS any of the preceding ones.
The outside world has been very much
agitated, and all the nations have been
more or less shaken. In the eastern
hemisphere, especially in Europe,
events of great significance have oc-
Cured. The Paris Exposition gave an
opportunity for nearly all the crowned
heads TO meet Louis Napoleon to con-
coct plaus to keep their subjects quiet,
| and strengthen monarchical govern
! meut. The Emperor for the time being
\ appeared to be master of the situation,
and 10 have things his own way, but
| his Interference with Gari6a1di has re.
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shows, II that were necessary, that he
does not belong to the party oppressed,
Austria to consolidate her empire, and
to give the large number of Pro.
testants within her domintons lib
erty to worship God according
to the dictates OF copscience. has
| ignored the COucOTdat, which she made
| years ago, for the purpose OF destroy
| ing Professionalism aud thereby pleasing
and securing the aid OF the Romish
| Church in destroying the Democratic
party. Prussia and England are the
| two great protestant powers OF Europe,
and in these progress has been made in
right direction, In England the fran
chiSs has been greatly extended, and
such an impulse has been given TO il
that the movement cannot rest until
universal suffrage VIII be granted.
Fenianism, 'Iis true, may retard this
desirable end, but cannot long prevent
it. In our own country God in his
goodness has crowned the year with
/, Peace In. all our borders, from
ocean 10 ocean, tTOm North TO South.
A better feeling is springtng up amongst
the various sections of our country,
aud this will grow more rapidly as :ree
speech and a free press ind way TO all
parts of our country, and the principles
of the Government better understood.
2 God has crowned the year with
prosperity. He has filled our barns
with plenty. The Lord has command
ed His blessing upon our storehousss,
and has bounIifnlly provided seed for
the sower and bread for the eater, &c.
Q. We have had great spiritual prosper
perity as u Church. The Lord has done
great things for us during 1887, of which
we are glad. Notwithstanding the
strong opposition to us by politicians
and others, during the year our mum
I IL TNNF l.
ifOn OF 1l3. 900 members. May Ise not
say Thou, o Lord, erownest the year
with Thy goodness" Not unto us, not
unto us, but unto Thy name be all the
glory. .,,,.
His goodness, in strengthening and IN
craasinR the hold of the Church upon
the young. In this year the first sun
day School Institute and Convention
were held in our State.
4. God has crowned this year with
| His goodness, in producing spirit OF
unity among the various protestant
churches, / love pToteStdntfSm, and
while some would ignore it, let up prize
| il as Indicating that noble protest OF
scriptural lchrIstianity against the errors
of RomaniAm, Ms indicating an open
Bible and permission TO read H. Ihe
Presbyterian Churches have met In
Convention and Il is likely before long
all ODhlhEltH W uhAOA
Why should not all Methodists thus
3. God-has crowned this year with
His goodness, in causing the principles
of co-operalive labor and capital, 70 oe
better underatood and carried ON more
ex tensively than before, thereby giving
the Door man better chance to ad-
vance his temporal interests, &c. But
O. God has crowned the year with His
goodness to us individuality, in spar
| ing our lives and in permitting us 10
meet in Gods House to return our
| thanks for he mercfes md blessings OF
| The yeaE-I trust these Will lead us 10
| love Him more, and serve him better IN
the future than we have done in
past. Amen.
sYEoPsIs OF a SERMON DELIVERED IS
THE FIRST UNITED PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, nov %, 1857, BY REV. ]. t.
-M'CLURE, PASTOR.
-oner unto God thankssiving.-Psain So'ii.
In obedience 70 a time-honored Gus
tom, this day has been set apart TO rem
der special thanks to God for his mani.
| fold mercies toward us. Our tex
leufoins thanksgiving as duty. All
our gratitude Is due to God. because al
| that we have received has come from
| His bounGlu1 hand.
u In endeavoring tosfmproVe the occa-
a{ov, that has Calied us together, let us