The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-12-15
TRUMPETS
Of Great Praise and Joyous
Thanksgiving.
Sermon Preached In Brooklyn Tabernacle
on Sunday, November 27, 1881, by
Rev. 7. Dewitt Talmage.

What Hngly instrument OF music Is
the trumpet, whether a relic of early
centuries in the shape of rams horn,
or the modern instrument of long me-
tallie tube with bell-shaped opening.
No orchestra would be complete without
it, and one of the most important parts
of the organ is the trumpet stop. It's
voice eTeverberates through the centuries.
In the tempestuOus orchestra that shook
Sinai was heard the trumpet. The walls
of Jericho fell at the blast of seven
trumpets. GideOn's men routed the
Amelekites with three hundred trum-
pets. The dead shall rise at the Arch
angels trumpet. Beautiful, incisiVe,
eXhilaTating, TesOunding instrument!
The ancients had feast in which this
instrument was particularly prominent.
Harps and organs and cymbals might
take their part, but that was glad day
in which silver trumpets should chiefly
charge the air with their music. 1t was
called the Feast of Trumpets." We
have come to-day to such a banquet.
The tunes of minor key must slumber
to-day, and the dirges wait. We have
tired them out with their burdens of
assassination and burial. 1t is the
Feast of TTumpets" to-day. Trumpets
of gladness, trumpets of praise, trumpets
of festivity, trumpets of reunion, trum-
pets of triumph. HALL day of national
festivity. Other days come on different
missions. Christmas comes with a star
in her cOrOnal, but there is shameful
mangeT of humiliation over which she
bends; the day celebratiye of national
independence comes, but it has trem-
BILE of suffering in its record of "the
days that tried mems sOuls;" but the
day of annual thanksgiving arrives,
holding in one hand the sheaves of
great harvest, and with the other hand
pointing upward to the source from
which they came. Congress assemblies
here to-day, and these fruits that deco
rate the platform and the galleries are
delegates from all parts of the land.
whence came yOu?" | say to the cotton,
and the answer is: Il represen' the
plantations of Georgia and Sea Island"
"Whence came yOup" | say to the rice,
and the answer is: 81 represent the
CarOlinas." Whence came yOu" | say
to the corn, and the answer is: IL repre-
sent Long Island, New Jersey and New
York" whence came yOu?" | say to
the wheat, and the answer is: Il repre-
sent Michigan and Illinois and the
prairies." whence came yOu?' | say to
the fruits, and the answer is: 81 repre-
sent the orchards North, South, East,
West" Whence came yOu?" l say to
the minerals, and the answer comes: Il
speak for the gold and silver, and the
wealth underlying this continent" The
wheat says: PLENTY to eat" The pal
mettO and the orange say to the fruits
of the North: peace and good will to
men," Although some have tried to de-
press this annual thanksgiving, | mean
to make it Feast of TTumpets." The
peach dealers cry out: mo peaches"
The apple dealers say: Short crop of
apples" The grain dealers cry: "Small
up by the drought" HOusekeepaTs say:
Prices of food gone up" WiseacTes say:
Hard winter ahead" But do not be too
hasty in laying down your trumpet in
the dust and ashes of lamentatiOn. The
continuance of mild weather until
few days ago has made the grass crop so
large and so continuous that in some
sections it has entirely made up for the
damage to the corn. The summers pro-
lOngatiOn clear into November has made
the demand for fuel so small that many
of you have saved as much for fuel as
you will lose by the rise in the price of
bread. Besides all that, | have some
things to say right from headquarters,
and | have information for you that will
make your ears tingle with gladness
and your hearts thTOb with gratitude,
and you will call for the brightest and
the sweetest and the most jubilant of
you in princely benefactiOn that he
would give y~u 100000. You would
say, ''Thank you" Then he would say,
Il will give you $4,000 of it this year,
and | will give you $4,000 next year,
and $4,000 the year following, or will
give it to you now all at once. Which
way will you have it?" You in your
mOdesty would say, "Pll take it all at
once" Then taking it all at once, would
h,vr h., A.,I n
ing about the meannesS and the paTsi-
mOny of your benefactOr, saying: He
gave us nothing this year?" God gave
us surplus last year, surplus the year
before, a vast surplus the year before
that. He gave it to us beforehand. If
he had given us nothing this year, we
would have no right to complain. Rather
let us praise Him for what He has given
us than complain about what He has
not given us. But let us see whether
or not God is starving us out and which
is most appropriate to-day, dirge of an
them. The corn crop of this year
amounts to 1876, 1872, 800 bushels. The
value at the sea-bOard, 1867, ,770,372. In
other words, the corn crop is worth $267,-
100000 more this year than last. Not so
many bushels, but more dollars. Sup
pose | had last year two bushels of corn
to sell, but this year, because of the
uIOuBnl. Il nave Ouly OubJ DuI ldSJ year
l got fifty cents bushel; this year L
should get one dollar bushel. would
get as much for my one bushel as | got
for the two bushels, and that is better,
for / have less bulk to be bothered with.
The wheat crop this year is 40O,OOO,OOO
bushels, valued at S560,OOO,OO0. In other
words, the wheat crop is worth this year
S160,OO0OO0 more than last year-nOt so
many bushels, but more dollars. Before
| get through this morning l fear |
will be the death of all grumblers. The
worst of all grunts IS religious grunt.
The cotton crop this year is 2,346 6389,OOO
pounds, valued at 1921 ,566, $50, only a
little short of what it was last year; and
if there be any scarcity in Peru, or Bra
Zil, or Egypt, it will be worth more this
year than last year. Petroleum last
year 100000 barrels; this year 10000
600, or twice what it was last year, value
S164,S00O00. We now export petroleum
to one hundred and sixty ports of the
world. Remember, this is an entirely
new product within few years, and
every dollar of it new addition to the
wellth Of the country. If our grand
fathers should return to earth and make
us visit on this Thanksgiving day, and
you should speak to them about petrO-
lpUm thew WOUld mot undpratand yOu