The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-30
derous glote; or drop OF water-a planet, or
4 mote In the sunbeam, are alike nafYels Of
the Creators skill


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md pronounced it good. "A ponderous globe,
held up by the baud Of omnIpotcncs, Whirl.
ing on It's orbit with a velocity which out
trips human thought, revolving on its own
G1iP, g wing alternate niS1t and day, moving
In It's own orbit, aud bringing forth the sea-
IONS In their round. It's surface beautifully
with uudnlatipg lands, dotted
with mountains aud hills, rich in spreading
valleys a9d wide prairies, crossed with
streams and FILLS, studded with lakes, and
divided by msjestic cceanA Vegetation coy-
ers the earth With rich carpet Of green; rich,
also, In all fruits pleasant 70 the tasie, and
good for food; aboupding In every variety II
form, and every diversity Of color; Ii fruitand
flower, and shrub, and mtj sstic forts: tree.
The eye Is everywhere arrested by the gran.
iGur OF the landscape, the beauty Of the
tield aad hood, or the subllms magn!fcsnce
armament, IN which are scr the sun, moon
and sIary, which are ever shedding down
their glory and theit good upon men. And
these are all gratuities TO man. II was not
needful 10 our existence that there. should
have been flower created, or o particle Of
yerdure spread over our earthly abode, We
could have lived, and fed, and found Q grave
on this earth without all this rich array OF
beauty and eyer.Yarying brillianey and & an-
deur. And then this beautiful earth Is the
habitation and home OF lifo. The beasts
roAmits forest, the birds carol In lis woods aud
make Its air vocal; fishes abound in Its
oceans, ltka and streams, and man plants
his dwellings In all Its pleasant places. Its
q good world. Cursed with sin, and sorrow.
fol in its desolation, the birthplace and the
grave OF the human race, solitary In Its
guiIt and doomed to the burning, IL Is still .
good world. Great aud precious interests
are hound up in It's history. The
son Of God has visited IT. taught
In lis language, eaten Of its truits,
bosom. Angels have Il h.ed upon Is, and all
its valleys and hills are known in heaven.
Jehovah loves II, d,iends 1t, and rolls 1t on
from age TO age. narl
. the WORLD FOB GOD.
The Bible Is In 1t, i'd the gospel Of Jesus
Is koipg forth 10 enc,T:ls It, and b,ess It's in
Millions OF the host OF God are
preparing In II for the mansions above. The
bones OF the prophets are in II; the holy tx.
amples ofpropnets and martyrs,an Christian
heroes, stand written In Its records, and the
church Of God is planted In Its high places.
The corso!ationS OF rel gion, the pleasures
OF knowledge, the intercourse OF society, the
interchange Of human Affections, the smiles
OF the human counteuance, kind words,
It "a q good world a1d Gs we stand today,
six thousand years from the advent Of man
upon II, We mSy echo, with glad hearts, the
word OF Its maker and Lord, as He looked
upon Its perfect form aud glorious beauty,
and pronounced It good.
Let Us thank God Tor every beautiful thing
OF His creation, and every gift OF His love.
Lst rs thank Him for this earth, for its
mountai "a and plains, rocks and hills, oceans,
lakes and streams; its prairies aud deAers,
woods and lawns, Its hanging foliage, spring
ing grass and flowers; the music OF Its winds
and waterfalls; its murmurs and songs; for
its times Bnd seasons, the young spring and
laughing summer, the sombre autumn and
braoing winter for Its rains in season, and
gently distilling dews; forts balmy airs and
healtnful frostsi for Its plants and seeds, and
animalcu'R, It's shells and co.als, fishes,
birds and beasts "Thess are the works Of
Thy hands, o Lord In wisdom hast Thou
made them all" ~ ...s
Q. Again, let US give thanks for our coun-
try, and that 1t Is our privilege 10 live in the
lat quarter Of the nineteenth century.
We have q goodly heritsge, which we must
conserve and pass down unimpaired to the
gerei atoms to come. We taye great civil
AMI religious privileges, wealth Of soil, riches
Of commerce, means 81 education, an open
Bible, an unlettered conscience. It Is o
land which the Lord has blessed. The poe,
sibtlities Of our country are beyond compu-
tatioa. II Connecticut be taken q, the unit
OF measurement, It could be contained in our
whole country from six to eight hundred
times. Within such territory we could
lake the whole population Of the globe and
give two acres 10 each inhaeitant. The ILL
yer and gold lying In our mountain ridges
wopld suffice to regulate worlds COM
meIce and conduct 9 worlds eyangel!sa'
ton. y s-s- L.
a RID AGE. -.---'" i !
Our marvellous growth aud the westward
coulss Of empire can scarcely bsappteclated.
The wave Of population dsshes on more than
thirty miles each year, and the center oil
popuIstion moves westward Eve miles year.
We live very fast now. Events rush upon
Us With ;horeasirg rapidity, The rap
growth Of the county, the increase OF bust,
ness which outruns population, the develop
ment OF material resources, the building up
Of great cities, the incr asirg use Of the rail
way and telegraph and telephone, the multi
plication OF mechanical arts and Inventions,
crowd our days with activities and anx.
Ietiss and excitements Of which our fathers
knew nothing. The use Of the telegraph
alons is reyoiltion!stng orr LIE. Every Gag
We share the 'lite of the whole world. 4
there great FIRE in london, ., battle In
Egypt, an epidemic In 0hina-if anything
happens any where on the globe, we are made
spectators OF It, as 1t were, or participants In
II, by the instantaneous communication oil
intelligence. Every morning we have the
his.o:y OF The globe for q whole day laid'on
eur plate at the breakfast tapis. W. age In
the surSes Of an ocean Of life, while our
fathers BAL quietly by the brink OF pool.
To live to-dey, with all the vast intere.ta
Of the globe 20 pitadng about Us and report.
ing thenlSelyes III olE cars; 10 do businee3 In
the Tremendous rEsh Of ono q orr gsea,
citios, 10 belong to Q family whose mem.
bars are separated by thoug,tda Of miltg and
yet can communicate In q day, 10 q vastly
more intense and wearing thing than It was
century bgo. People complain OF being
nrld. They are weary without knowing
Why. The wear and tear Of modern
Iss p es n5ss s,sHS y9aPassa assi
and soul, are incallulable and
thoprs9dg break and 50 down under the
strain. .:'a.
OUR PRIVILEGE.
tits yalt privilege to live in these dayp,
Notwithstanding the strain and the pressure.
To think backward oyer year, and recall
what It has produced, is 10 get new imuree-
sion OF life's richness. How much has pcsn
seen, felt, enjoyed, experienced, and done In
these twelve month"; Multiply single In:
diyidual hiG!ory BY fifty millions, and our
mathematics give way. Take the United
statea. Besides the natural increase OF pop.
ulation by births, over SIX hundred thousand
foreigners, fiom Germany, Scandiynla,
France, Italy, England, Russia and Ireland
have come here 70 stay. More than enough
10 make one grea State mofe thGnten times
o. nany people % Dakota has, have added
themselves 70 our life within . yesr. few
centurits ago such migration would. have
involved war and col quest; 1t would have
meant revolution. Yet these people have
melted noiselesgly out Of sight like'a snow.
bank in May, and have distributed them.
selves over the country 80 that their presence
10 scarcely felt Take the prodRc-
tlons OF the country, with haryests