Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-01
Fer the Blessings That Are and the
Evils That Are Not.
YEARS OF oyERREAcHINe MERCY.
Dr.. Talmage's Thanksgiving Sermon In
Which He Reviews the Blessings
Of the Year.
THE FRUITS OF THE EARTH.
SecSal 70 tAe RegiKer.

OrEed with corn from The West, sugar
from Lcu;sisns, w. eat from the North, and
cotton from Georgia. The opening hymn
NaS
| ~Hark, the sound Of jsAllee
Loud - mighty hun 'srs roar"
The subject Of the sermon by Dr.. Tai
mage was IT ssnksg y:n.. Day 1854" The
texts were: Ezekiel. xlS IL; Another
door toward the sou:I,' aud Revelation,
xxi; l3; "Ou the souta three gates" DR..
TSlmsge said. %.
King George, Of England, at the close Of
the revolutionary war, in which he had lost
the thirteen colo7eg, SO apart day for na-
tional thanksgiving because Of the return Of
peace. A chaplain of the King asked hin;
Are you going TO give thanks for the loss
Of the thirteen brightest j we's o: your
crowuT No not 20 4 a. answered the
Ming. Because so many millions have
h,en added 10 the national debtY No, no.
Tor thai, " answered the Klug. Because So
many thousands have been slain, though
belonging to the same race and relisioa3
No, not for that" answered tue King.
For what then" insisted the chaplain,
does your majesty wan US to giva hanks?
Thank G,C," vehement cried the King
thank cd i is noi any worse" And If the
year now past has been to = o you mis-.
fortune, or calamity, or bereaverne ,, you
have 30 many m-Tc es left that you ought
TO thank Gcd that things are no worse with
! you than they are.
But to vast throngs OF US il has been
yesr Of over reaching !metcy, and as inii-
,idusls, ss $ church, as nation We keep
! jubilee, and would to God that our habit o;
! gratitude might become as fixed rs that o.
/ II. Felix, he monk Of the CantiGces, who,
on ell occasions, whether stopping tigh
or soliciting aims for the monastery, criea
out "Dso Grst;as," thanks be to God, unit
| the church called him Brother Dec Grstiss
| and the children hailed him along tn
street as Father Dec Grstias After yea
| in which other nat ons ,s:e fel; the scourge
Of epidemics that this Ian has been spared
after emer ing unhurt from Presiden,ia
contest in which the nj Samson o psrti
sanship threatened to pu down the pillar,
of State and to leave the temple fiat in the
dust, aud after Sos more days Of kiudness
from our God, We sge here. In the grace
full and splendid decoration Of this churc'
to-day. W n e grains snd fruits Of sll sec
,ions, we lave an American congress
national prolucts. Delegsnons from North,
South, East ard Nes.. Here are delega
hons with white hair from the
cotton feds OF the South Her
are those With auburn bsarC
ard locks from the 60 den wheat fields o.
the North. Here are ru.ts thst have in
tteir round checks the blush Of the setting
sun Of the West. Bybod this moss from
Southern ", DDS the bridal We Of .hs forest
Behold these p pmss Of psuPss from the far
! West Behold this rice rom rom ,se Ss'oHns'
and these rspes and pears from CslifOrn,-.
Behold these spples from Connecticut, the
land Of steady habits. Behold these groa
banana trees, standing sentinel at either end
IF the D stform b. last steamer from Florida
but tie fruit this moment growing sni on
one of them in blossom Of resplendent orb
Behold this coal from Pennsy lTsnis, and
,his iron ore from Idaho, and this silver
from NJ yada, and this lead from Colorado
and tbs copper from Lake Superior, suo
rhsss great blossoms Of New York, New
Jersey aud Long Island cereal luxuriance.
Hsryests of 1884 looking down upon al
their predecessors. The waves Of teupors
,ltssiu. has dashed to tn top o. the ma
ions corn bin.
| Ave, the prosperity Of this nation has
oiled until the crest Of the wave has broken
md recoi cd upon Itself More corn a'd
sheat and cotton and rice than We csn Ind
profitable market tor. More manufactured
yoods than we can dispose Of The grain
markets are gluttsd and the factories oy the
hundreds stopped or run with Ons-hslt thr
-pindles harnessed and wages are cut down
because the supply has sUSmPed the de
mand. No;hirg is the matter to-day but
oyer.product'on and uuder-consunPaon'
Where there is work for ten there are twenty
xbo ,fEer their ,erv ces, and the hundred
,bopsapd wheels OF American industry ars
slowing up not because there Is toe
Eule but because there is too much. Gof
has showed upon the track Of the nation such
vas, accumulation of prosperity that the
engine which draws the train cannot ploust
= ,Dy further through. The American M
ton is being
Choked to Death
with surplus OF production and manufsc
urss Too much wheat, too much corn, tot
much cotton, too much fruit too much Goa
and iron, too much hsrdsarp, too many
dry roOdS,too many shoes, too many carpets
too many philosophical instru nents, to-
many cattle. too many sheep, too many ar
,isaps too many merchants. too ussy Law
yers. too many doctors, and, from the larg
, npnbers Of excellent men in my own pro
; Eass;ou without settlements, some nigh
l think too many ministers
The deluse Of supply rises Is cubits aooT
|, ! the mountains Of demand The load of na
,;on.I SeSlth is greater than the team caI
dnw. The man Who dies for lack Of
crust Of bread is no worse OF than the ns'
= ubo is smothered to desth in q wheat bin
!. The nation suffers to-day not Of usrssmu
|. but Of plethera, no. from consumption eu
from apoplpxy. What shall ws dof lie
: us rush righ, down to Washington aud hav
= the tariff changed, say q multisade. Bl
z nut up the tariff as high as the TiE
Ion house of Mount Wsshinstot
and while you might keep su
a forrign goods, no have enough mills Of OF
: | o~o lelt 90 weave ten fanael shirts vhsr