The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-22
TALMAsE,s RETURN
From his Visit 10 Whseilng-A Rattling
Sermon.

y. I. Tias Q, HOsday.
Yesterdays matinee in the Brooklyn
Tabernacle was performance Of more
than ordinary interest. DR.. Talmnge had
iusE returned from q ten days trip, full Of
new life and vigor for the Winters work,
Just where his trlp had taken him he did
not explain; but he said that wherever be
went miles Of freight trains, loaded with
corn, were switched upon side tracks 10
let bis rapid express train go by. Not
Withstauding this serious Interruption 10
commerce, he reported everything -four
ishing all over the land. He was intensely
earnest, frequently working himself up to
pitch Of religious enthusiasm second
only to that OF the bowling deryish who
occupied Mr.. Beecher's pulpit lew
nighta ago. At one point, toward the
close, his lips and cheeks were covered
with iroth, and be held himself In
an uncomfortable position for some
minutes. Raising his eyeballs and both
hands to heaven, he called upon the Al
mighty to come and take him right then
and there II he wanted him. But he was
not taken. The text was from the S!h
verse Of the l4th chapter OF Proverbs:
Righteousness exalteth q nation" Dr.
Talmage started ont with such vein Of
religion running through his remarks that
those who did not know him well thought
he was really going 10 preach q sermon.
Babylon, Tyre aud Ninevah, he said, per-
ished-their sins slew them. Great Britain
and the United States, he went on 10
say, are greater ever year. Every oath in
them Is taken on Bible, and Congess or
Parliament Is always opened with prayer.
It is not warehouses, nor shipping, nor
fortunes, that had exalted the nations, but
righteousness. "At the opening Of. De-
cember," be continued, II generally take
q 10 days absence. 1t invigorates me for
the winters work. What We ministers
want is more acquaintance with men.
II Ia small part OF the world that
we see through our library windows. The
vast multitude shiyer at the idea OF .
sermon. When we1o among them we find
there are in the world very few bad PEG.
pie. Most bad people in society are It's
yictims Very few are inherently bad. In
my 2,000 miles OF travel I had my eyes, my
ears, and my heart open, land he opened
his mouth suggestively. ! have taken my
report to you, first as patriots and then as
Christians. l had 1900 miles Of good
cheer. never saw so much sunshine
in eyerybody's face. For twenty years
there were two words that were heard
everyHhere-they were, hard times. You
never heard the one without expecting
the other. Now, you may travel for many
days and not hear them. The merchants
declare large sales in Pennsylvania, in
Ohio, in Kentucky; threeyears OF iabu.
lous harvests and the skilltul manage
ment OF the United States Treasury have
brought our national prosperity TO high
point. The rising tide Ia not rushed in
by tempest, but Is lifted by the full moon
of the silver dollar. The prosperity has
come to stay; there is plenty 70 do, plenty
TO eat, plenty to wear-yes, and q great
surplus. Theireight trains, laden with corn,
had no end. / say hundreds OF farmers
huskirg corn in the fields, because their
barns were full. There have been seven
wears Of business famine, and now there
will be seven years OF business success.
This great crop OF grain Is coming-corn,
wheat cattle, herds, focks. Get ready
your steamers, bring out your drays, en-
large your expectations. This is success
such as we have never had. starye q
fever, they tell the individual, and 1t is the
same with the Nation. We can now enjoy
the full diet Of prosperity. The merrtest
Christmas table ever spread will be set
next Saturday. There will be more good
things, and chorus Of angels, OF noun
illus, Of rivers, OF States. 10 North; no
South. Glory to God in the highest, on
earth peace, goodwill 10 men. There is
also q prospect OF religious regeneration.
On the banks o. sll our rivers lie
the wrecks OF great many po-
iitical hulks. More professional poll
ticlans have gone out Of the business this
year than ever before. Tariff or no tariff
will now be the question, bat It will be
discussed amicably and peaceably settled.
hear the opinion everywhere that the
old questions OF clssa and caste are 10 be
adjusted. 1t 10 great dstrimsnt that the
German vote should always be cast in one
direction and the Irish vote In the oppo-
ate direction. This must be changed. The
negro vote question is TO be settled. The
blacks will Be rightly treated; there is q
bright prospect OF speedy POLITICAL regen.
GRAFTON. There is strong determination
on the part OF the people Of the Southwest,
without distinction OF party, TO give the
incoming Administration hearty sup
port. rApplause.1 Never since the days
Of Washington and Jefferson has there
been such an opportunity for President
TO do good. It seems as II our troubles
were gone forever. Every child has TO
have its infantile disorders, and it Is Just
so with nation. We had wars in ITS
and in 1912; we had Burr's treason, South
Cardinals notification, civil war, the
Electoral Commission, laughter, and
other croupe, and scarlet lever; l put my
hand on the Nations pulse aud pronounce
II we'll. The Nation waa no more at war
at Gettysburg than 1t was twenty-five
years before. There was perpet.
nal contest between the North
and South. It was Massachusetts
against South, Carolina. When Brooks
was ealogizing Sumner, aud chains were
put around the Boston Court House to
keep fugitive slaves from escaping, we
thought we had peace. Pennsylvania
Hall was burned In Philadelphia, because
Il was the home OF abolition. Was that
peace? At last the trouble Is gone. For
The first time In our lives there Is perfect
peace. Nations, like steamers, must make
trial trips. Our trial trip is ended. The
pilots declare her seaworthy, after going
through many storms. With our commits,
sion from God, we are going forth to preach
liberty and Justice to all nations. Zap
plause.1 Let Us pray God 10 give US q
spirit Of gratitude. he hath not dealt so
With any other nation.
81 must report to you, also, on the re.
ligious condition OF the country. In every
city asked the question, what Is the r..
| livtouscondition?' They answered, Dead.
| In Pittsburgh, in the cities Of Virgipil, in
Cincinnati, in Louisville, IN Lexington, it
was the same. Here and there Z soul
struggles into the kingdom Of God. twas
said, in some places, II there is not some
sweeping revival, the Church Of God will