The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-23

Some OF them are retrograding. Their one
CONSPICUOUS exception Is the Bethel"
which has been set apart for the benefit OF
the multitude, especially OF the poor. II
gathers vast congregations Of children and
adults.
SPECIAL LESSONS.
All that can be said OF Cincinnatiin par
ticular as to the existing state OF things is,
that in We've It's peculiar circumstances
il teaches its special lessons. II seems to
mo that there are two OF those which the
country at large would do well to heed.
One is that what is popularity called Glib
eraIism" and by which is meant the dis
missal Of the Bible and the Sabbath Is not
the road to these virtues which establish
and adorn human society even in this
world. 1t has been tried both in the Paris
OF Europe and inthe Paris OF Amerlca, and
it has badly failed. The other Of these
lessons is, that neither beernor music are a
safeguard against evil. They may help TO
empty the churches, and to fill the audience
OF q blatant iniidel, or to crowd those pla-
ces OF low amusement which are the gates
OF hell.
TIE REMEDY.
There is no need that any one should be-
come a foolish alarmist about the existing
state OF things. At the same time 1t is
worth while for good people OF oil sorts to
wake up to it. 1t is, unfortunately, too
true that q generation Of young men and
women are coming forward, many Of
whom are OF such character that il
seems dreadful that the destiny OF our
country dnd the cause with which it has
been identified, should be committed to
them. These are not the kind OF material
OF which the founders OF this nation were
composed. Idoubt II they can safely be
entrusted with the great charge which
must soon pass into their hands. And the
churches may as well recognize the fact
that only in a very vague general sense car
il DO said that this is Christian country
Test 1t by reasonably liberal application O
the Scriptural law OF the Sabbath, and wha
will be the decision?
The remedy is to be found first OF all II
the family. The nation is sadly in neet
OF toning up as to home instructions, homt
example, and home authority. Young
America" is not the most hopeful phase
OF youthful existence that is possible. L
the young people Of Cincinnati had homes
and II in them they were properly deal
with, they would not be in the low thea
tres on Sabbath evening. Neither woult
the churches be comparatively empty.
The remedy also in part is in the State
Liberty ought not 10 DO allowed to be per
verted into license. The State owes Il
herself to protect her people against Gus
toms which tend to destroy the founda
ton OF morals on which alone society can
rest for stability and prosperity. She
ought to close every den Of vice, both OF
the Sabbath and during the week.
And the church needs to do far more
than it is accomplishing to overtake thu
masses with the gospel. To sit down in I
cushioned pew on the Sabbath and lister
to mellifuous sermon and to some choic,
music, Is very pleasant. But with millioni
at our door who care nothing for church
or Sabbath, or Bible, and many not ever
for elementary morals, the members o
church who make no effort to save these
multitudes, surely are not the Christian:
for the times. D. W. +.