Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-11-29


from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and the
ballots fell like snow flakes, and the
Political Sea Was Lashed
into a foam OF excitement; but every
where law and order prevailed, the MI
litia we're not called out, the strong arm
OF governmental power was not stretch
ed forth, and life, and liberty, and prop.
erty were as safe on election day as on
other days, and the result OF the nations
decision IS received with acquiescence,
and g generally with satisfaction. That
there were local wrongs and frauds and
outrsges can not be questioned, and that
these must decrease and not increase, ii
free institutions are maintained, every
intelligent, patriotic citizen knows and
feels; but. as a whole, so just and fair
was the tribunal that there has scarcely
been a ripple of complaint on the surface
OF the general content.
This result is to be noted with the
greater satisfaction because many have
feared what Macauley has so eloquently
expressed, "that i'm the very heart OF
great capitals, in the very neighborhood
OF splendid palaces and churches ana
theatres and libraries and museums,
vice and ignorance and misery might
produce race OF Huns fiercer than those
vino marched under Attila, and Nandals
more bent on destruction than those
who followed Generic" Let us be
grateful that these Huns and Nandals.
generated by the vice and ignorance and
misery OF great cities, have not yet been
able TO destroy our civilization. We
have heard the
Distazt Murmurs
of the swelling sea, and We have not
been without apprehensions OF the in
coming tide, and fearful shadows
of ignorance and vice and
misery have sometimes fall
len, like weird ghosts from hell, across
our political pathway; but thus far the
American people have shown, in every
stress and trial, an intelligence and a
virtue and fine instinct OF common
sense which have made them sufficient
for the emergency. We nave had
enough OF danger to serve as an admo'
milton, and enough OF success to iur'
nish a ground of growing confidence.
We believe that the republic Will be
because We believe that reli.
zion and Temperance and education and
social purity and reverence for law, and
patriotic purposes, and aspirations Tor
an uneel6sh and exalted manhood will
increase and abound in the land, ihe
growing triumphs OF the Christian
church bring growing assurance that a
pnre. benefcient civilization will be the |
: l. l., -fft hA
We must not, then, lose sight OF the
main truth-the exaltatiOn OF God, The
chief reason for thanksgiving.
There are some important things Sc
cured by this exaltation.
The Public Morality
will always be in exact ratio to the
knowledge of God in community,
When God said of Israel: "There Is no
truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge OF God
i'm the land" he also said: "By swear
ing, and living, and stealing, and com.
hitting adultery, they break out, and
blood toncheth blood" and lie uttered
as sainst them the horrible malediction:
''Ye are not My people, and will not
be your God" But when God is he'd
high in the public thought, sin and an.
yodliness are rebuked and shamed out
Of existence. Men condemn sin when
seen in the light OF the Divine presence,
and they seek to secure the salvation oil
the lost. A charitable consideration OF
all classes and conditions will follow, for
men are great and worthy OF great CON
Germ and affection, when considered In
their relation to God. The sure pro
gress and elevation OF the race depend
ON a recognition OF the fact oflh Divine
Fatherhood, AMI the fact OF the univer-
sal brotherhood. The closer we brlnt |
God into our thoughts and hearts, the
intenser will be our interest IN the
happiness and prosperity o! our fellow
men.
God great in tho midst Of His people |
indicates revelation OF the Divine suih
riency. "For thus saith the high and |
lofty One atinhatteth eternity, whose |
narne is Holy: | dwell in the high and |
holy place, with him also that Is oi
contrite and humble spirit. to revive the |
spirit of the humble, and to revive the
heart of the contrite ones" 1t lisa great
thing, and great reason for gratitude, II
He who inhabits eternity dwells also IN
humble and holy hearts. is there
God besides me?" is the question oi IN
spiration; and the answer is, Look unto
Me and be We saved, all the ends oil the
earth; for am God and there is none
else" "We know that We are OF Cod
saith the apostle; and this knowledge
sauctifies and separates from a world |
which lieth in the wicked one. What
Reason for Thanksgiving
is this revelation OF God, gladdening the
earth and the heavens, guiding our feet
into the way OF peaLe, and shining into |
our hearts as the day spring from on
high. the radiant dawn OF an immortal
life.
The Holy One OF Israel, great in the
midst ri a people, exa't-d, honnrci and
yloritied, indicates the covenant r,la'
tions which Col sus,aiDs toward HIS
saints; for ii God dwells with US, il is to
save and l,ss. Gods covenant with
Abraham was Il will he a God unto
thee sn to thy seel after thee and
the apostle affirms: "lf W be Christs,
then are We Abfaham's seed and heirs
according to the promise, and the Ian
guage OF the promise is; IL Will PM my
laws into their min !, and write them IN
their hearts; and will b. to them a
God, and they shall ne to Me people,
and the refrain Of the Apocalypse is:
God himself shall be wiki them, and
be their God" Who ca estimate the
value of this covenant? What can We
lick il God be our Cod? Can Ne think
of the riches OF wisdom ant goodness
which We have in Him, and not be
melted in heart with gratitude and con-
triton?
This subject shows the impotence oil
all intidel opposition to Christianity.
The Strength OF the Church
is the spiritual lie, the lndae'ltns Nod,
the revealed and all Sufficient SAVIOR.
To all those who yird themselves against
the truth and seek the destruction ctthe
church, We may say. in the lai grsge OF
of the prophet: fake connect tuGeth-
er. and it shall come TO naught; speak
the word and it shall not stand; 10y God
is with us. This is the vital, sign iicant,
conclusive, tremendous tact; and on
this immovable foundation rests the i'm.
perishall. empire. Oar Interests and
our des,inies are boun! up with the
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