Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-27

some OF the many temples Of worship at d
take silent part in tue services OF
praise and thsnkfulness for the manifold
blessings enjoyed during the past twelve
months.
At the Fourth Street u. Z. Church.
Rev. r. F. Randolph, pastor of this
church, preached at 1890 q. m. from the
text
"rnter into the ssts, with thaplssirirs sai
into hi. courts vita praise. - ssalm c -
AN genuine thankiulness," said the
reverend gentleman. has the soul OF
thought in il. II Is born Of the sen.e Of
responsibility and keeps itself a, once 10
the tones OF obligation. Words Of praise
or Of song do not constitute il. They may
express it, but genuine ,hankialness Its
back Of these in the intense ardor of nosls
souls, in the vivid awakening and expeota
tion Of ambitious minds. The bold
Minute Men OF New Hampshire
and Massachusetts, we're the truly
thankful men OF l775, the tread OF whose
heroic bands, ald the crack OF whose un.
erring musketry were the pesns Of prAise
which awoke the slumbeiirg patriotism OF
New England. The grand armies OF free
dom, whose tramping shook the heart o.
the nation until Its quiveriDg chords re-
sponded in urmistakable tones % failh.
we're the thankful men of 1861, and the
echoes OF the battlefelds on which they
fought and the dangers which they suffered
we're clearer choral Of praise to God than
the loudest tones Of the organ or the
purest harmonies Of voice. These were
men Of duty. TO whose open eyes the
future revealed the possibilities Of holy
achievement, and the hallowed harmonies OF
duty achieved sounded forth TO the world
as they touched with their hands the keys
Of opportunity. As il was with these msn,
so il ever has been and ever will be. The
thaukfulness which is worthy o! the name
is the echo Of heaven born ambitions and
purposes. II has the ri0g Of manly conss-
Grafton in IL. Without ,his, the wealth Of
music is q mockery and the anthem oi
praise dies in nottipgness with ,be exsr
ton which sent It forth
Further on in his remarks hs said
VIA; can be more appropriate to-day, ~
we meet together for Thanksgiving md
song. than that We should bring before our
minds and grsvely consider the re
sponsbiliIies which rest upon us
as American citizens. We ore
here as part Of the people whose lives
will be the fruitful sources Of future hero
ism and growth, il these shall be seen, snd
we shall only be worthy OF our opportuni.
ties when we have 10 mingle honest though,
with our devotions. IL WAS though, which
made the log churches oi New EnglsDc
the nurseries Of our liberties; il WA
thought which wrote the noble records Of
our Colonial years, and set forever ia tho
background Of our nations lie the holy
characters Of Winthrope. Hopkins and Ed
wards; II Is thought which has forged every
link in the chain OF our greatness. and Il is
thought-pure, honest, ardent thought.
which will forge out Of the elemenn OF
our lives still another link 70
add to the chain. Whs, are our respopsi
bilities2 What are our dangers' These
were questions which our fathers asked
themselves, and answered for US in tbs
gloomy wids Of their forest homes, among
the tnows and damps OF winter campsipns
at Valley Forge, at Trenton, and a. York
town. There are the questions which the
beroes Of Gettysburg and Chicksmauan
heard and responded to in the thunde.s OF
righteous war, and these are tho ques
Mons which press upon Us to-day and de-
mani response from US, Our thAnksgiv
ipgs and songs will be as meaningless a.
he winds which murnur in the fofests II
they do no, embody answers 10 these ones
ions, while the answers which come up
from manly hearts in which glow the Gree
of patriotism will res9und through the
world about US in loftier strains than thosa
o choirs or altsrs."
Speaking Of the dangers and evils which
good Citizens should seek to eliminate from
our every day life. he said
Every breath OF social life is tainted
With the missms Of folly, ard every move
uent Of political machinery reveals the
eauut form OF corruption, and the insidi-
ous serpents Of dishonor are creeping into
every part Of our natural heritage. Our
caucuses are hot beds Of immortality snd in
,rigue, our press teens with the products
Of falsehood and abuse, Our election pre-,
cinc,s are polluted with charges Of fraud,
and the risks Of the gaming table s:e tsle.
graphed through the land as par. Of our
political news. These and . thousand
forms Of evil darken tho picture Of our
co1ntrys honor and endsnger her safety,
sed We are the men and women who are
% cry 'svuntp 10 this unholJ tide; We ars
the men and women 10 whose hands ia
committed the sacred duty Of fighting the
demons which thrust themselves into Sof
daily life, and we must not fah to par
form II.
The discussion throughout sss ssrnes.
and thoughtful, and wsa listen ID TO with
interest.