The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-28

and the theaters robbed the day
Of much Of It's Sabbath solemnity. 8 q
at the Opera House the llanion Broth.
crs in. 10 Voyage Ell SUISSE" had two
crowded houses, and at Charley Shay's
the people who crowded it to hear.
the San Francisco Quartettc and the bur
lcsQue on ''rinaiore" left standing room
only soon after the doors were thrown
open.
Everybody seemed to be enjoying tho
day, to have something u DC grateful
for, and to be duly thankful therefor.
A STRIKING SERMON
Atths M%ctl,odists' Union Services Mt Fourth
Street.
At the Fourth street NJ. L. Church, the
Methodists Of the city united in aThanks-
giving service yesterday morning. The
sermon delivered by the pastor, Rev.
DR.. J.. T.. Smith, was in some particulars n
striking discourse. 1t was one that Calm
ed the closest attention from the lurse
congregation which filed the ediicc, from
beginning 10 end. The theme was
"America's Indebtedness 10 the Gospel
the text being taken from Psalms, l47-eO:
s'IIc hath not dealt so with my Nation."
1t opened with u resume OF the Keeping Of
fasts by nations for sins md celebrating
Gods goodness in. appropriate thanksgiv-
ing; and then the circumstances manner
iea's National being that demand graft
tude were taken up. "We are u religious
and a protestant Nation" Under this
heading, the Doctor elo1,lcntly reviewed
the formation OF the Nation and the i'm
p5rtant part taken by protestant religion
and the part that It still takes in the coun
try's life, both civil and military, private
and public.
God has chosen us to work out great
problems md to demonstrate great facts
kept hid from the foundation OF the world.
First, the problem Of self government.
Can man govern himself? Is IL problem
that Americans were to solve and thatthe
nineteenth century was to demonstrate.
Mans history has been q strange one.
Like the flood OF progress his rise has been
real and Is declines now and then have
been only seeming. From tho day man
was driven from Paradise, every fail has
resulted in upward steps; every decline
but the gathering Of forces to rush higher
along the strands ef progress. Scarcely n
century has passed since the old bell pro-
claimed tho eternal jubilee OF ".Liberty
throughout the land aud to all the in
habitants thereof" aud this Nation first
saw light. She has taken hcrplace among
the proudest nations OF tho earth. She
has passed through trials and has had her
dark hours, yet thank God she livod, and
when the tempest was over she WAS
found riding in safety and in the light OF
that early morning. that glorious banner
Of the free was seen floating. and to-day
it still floats and proelaims to tho world
that man is capable OF governing himself.
Proofs OF this fact multiply with every
decade, they crowd upon us at everyquad-
rennium. IN this very month we have
been witnesses and participants in acts Of
self control and unhes!ta.ing submission
to.law, that have never been equaIlel and
can never be surpassed. We have seen u
great party which Tor nearly a quarter OF
Il century has administered the affairs Of
the Nation, dividing among themselves
the spoils Of office, quietly submitting md
preparing to place the reins OF govern
ment IN the hands OF the incoming pres;-
~rondomr n thn action TLa ea,,arnsss NJ
tha ";ctnrs IN tha ono tanI - mos.ass Ia
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