Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-11-25
Thanksgiving Day i'm WailingfOrd.


Thanksgiving Day i'm WaIlingfOrd.
Union services were held at the Con-
gregationalist church. Prayer by the
Rev. Doctor Fletcher, sermon by Rev.
Aldace Walker, d. d. Text Eccl. 9TH
chapter 10th verse. The speaker intro
duced the question that was prepounded
few years ago by the Royal Scientific
Society of England. why will the ad-
crease its weight" This qestion was
variously answered by the different
savans, each seeking to explain IT in his
own way, none satisfactorily doing 90,
till at last one raised the the question if
this were really 20 Z" Upon experiment
it was found thst the fish did increase the
weight Of the pail just its weight Any
one that Is seeking to inquire into any
cause or phenomena that never did or
never is likely To occur is spending his
time ioolishly.
As whole the earth is steadily moving
on to accomplish Gods designs Seed
time and harvest are ever occurring in
their natural order Particular localities
sometimes fail, but this i for the eiifea-
ton of others So alsD the failure OF par
ticular forms of government or conditions
of society gives us new lessons for the inn
provement of other kinds. These are not
a reversal of the stream Of progress, only
the backward eddies thar give new i'm
pulse to the flow of time Christianity is
all the time advancing, and is destined TO
advance with a greater rapidty. Men,
he said, sometimes speak cumplainingly
of the present, and look back to golden
period in the past when everything was
better than now. People were healthier,
more honest now they tell us crime is
rapidly on the increase Monopolies are
growing corruption in politics, etc, and
augur dolefully for the future. That the
Suez canal and the Pacific Railroad are
but great promoters of vice and are going
to bring to our shores untold hordes of In
fidels, japanese, ani the heather world
generally. That the population Of China.
now yariously estimated at fran three tn
four hundred millions, if. they sent
US tiIo .igrauts Unau Ireland
or Germany have in proportion II
their population, would alone out
number US many times They are coming
il is true in vast numbers, and darkness
seems to DO crowding III upon "a, and
some are signing for the former dye
This il not wise, such reasoning Is as
foolish now rs it was in Selomou'z time.
1t is safe, certainly, - call some ot the
changes that have taken place unfortunate
Pen aud tongue have united ia oyultlng
over some Of the Improvements Of the
times perhaps doing 20 many timcr
The art Of printing, the uso
Of steam and electricity, &o. The speaker
improvement in the ,Xtcr
nails OF society. Some even doubt THE
that every labor-saving machine
throws out Of employment many persons,
and also tended to make monopolies, Lhe
rich to become richer aud Tic poor poorer.
Mon were crowded together in cities and
towns Some claimed that this was pro-
gress in the wrong direction. The speaker
did not claim to be a moral rcvolutionist,
aud would admit that change wa not
always progress, and that some things
could not be changed without injury to
1ur race. Still changes of human intelli-
gence, its discoveries and improvement
were for the benefit of socisty Every
abor-saving machine, while il may, and
doubtless generally does, cause more or
less of temporary suffering in certain
localities, is boon TO humanity. He in
stanced the poor copyists in France
thrown out Of employment by the intro
luction of printing. They suffered, yet
The poor now have cheap reading, luxury
they never could have received without
his art. Also the cotton gin that does
The work of thousand operatives, and
.hus brings cotton garments within the
reach of all. The speaker dwelt at some
ength upon the advantages to accrue
from the Pacific Railroad, also from the
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