The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-26

Obliged 70 omit much Of the discourse,
He Concluded by q reference 10 Our Home
for iriendless children and other objects
Of Christian charity and benevolence,
saying that the establishment Of these
institutions at this time should be source
Of thanksgiving, and should call out the
warmest gratitude from every good citi.
zen-gratitude and sympathy meaning
more than mere words, such as will feed
the hungry, and clothe the naked, and re-
lieve the distressed.
Fourth Street N. e. Church. 70
Rev. DR.. Westwood, pastor Of the
church, occupied his pulpit, and announc-
ed as his text the first clause of the Goth
verse Of the 18th chapter OF Proverbs:
1.-THE righteous is more excellent than his
neighbour He commenced by remarkIng
that Thanksgiving day Is Christian IN.
stitution, and is q recognition Of Gods
governoBhip in the World, and His pro
violence over the nation. In the procla-
nations, national and State, appointing
the day, appeals are made by the execu.
tives to the people. The people arc com.
posed Of two classes. They are described
In the text as "thc righteous" and "his
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a!g TIE BETTER CITIZEN l.a
His better citizenship Is shown,
l. BY his recognition of the fact that
national government Is but q part Of Gods
scheme for the management Of the world;
consequently with him craftsmanship be-
comes something more than the mere pol
itician supposes, and measures Of public
policy receive their highest sanction from
the sense Of right, rather than from con-
sideFatiOns Of party triumph. This point
was elaborated at some length, and Illus
trated by incidents and facts gathered
from the history Of parties. Maui.
9. This citizenship is shown by the
greater clearness of bis view of the neGes-
sity Of private and public morals Here
the speaker showed, first, that all great
commence in the personal
consciousness Of the reformer. Nan must
be right before men can be right The
best citizen feels that in his own personal
and domestic life there. must be purity.
This purity then becomes the condition Of
society. It then passes up TO the national
being. Social life is no better than the
domestic, and national life Is no higher
than the social.
Alter pressing this view, the DR.. then
spoke OF the necessity Of a loflier standard
OF public morals. He alluded TO Sunday
mails, and the national Dissertation Of the
Lords Day; to laws licensing the sale Of
liquors, merely for the sake Of revenue !;
10 the continuance given to professional
horse raciug BY some, of the chief men in
the National and State governments; and
to the disposition vi 50 many OF our pub
lie men 10. lDOk alter their own, and TO
legislate in behalf Of special interests. He
touched UpOu the Grant Cox imbroglio
rs q sad commentary upon political viz
tue, ind without saying on which side Of
the controversy he stood, declared that
this unfortunate affair was an evidence
that higher morals must be demanded as
a requisite for prominent position. In
speaking Of the support given 10 horse
racing, lie was very pointed in his ami
madverslons upon the position Of the Gov
ernOr Of Maryland, us President Of the State
Jockey Club, AMI asked what can We hope.
for our young men, with such an example
before them. He cited other instances,
and commented upon them, and then
took up his third proposition, via: This
better citizenship is shown in the fact that
the actions are in accordance with the
ora true political, social and do
nestle economy. The speaker claimed
that when the sense OF Gods interest in
the nation Is strong, the necessity ofpurer
public and private morality will be felt
and this will be followed by correspondent
action. Here the DR.. showed that mere
theories Of government are worth only Us
much as they influence conduct. He in
sisted that the time had come when Chris-
tian men should act as well as thed &,
and that allegiance 10 Christ was better
and nobler than allegiance To- men. Par.
ty asked only. this qIesuon-aIs he avail
able?' And men run their candidates in.
he contested this course with The triic
one which asks the question "Is he capa-
BILE; il he honest: Is Le faithfulY He
Gn0ke M the downfall of other Renublics
and argued that private and public i'm,
was the cause of their ruin, He
said that he feared that the tendency to
aristocracy of wealth. or Of position.
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