The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-29
A UNION SGRYlCB
At the First Presb, terlan chuCh-Rev. DR.
McClure,s sermon.

AT the First PresbS terian Chucli-Rev. DR..
1ICClure's Sermon.
Following out the custom they have
observed for number OF years past, the
congregations OF the First, Second and
United Presbyterian Churches Joined in
a Union Thanksgiving service yester.
day. 1t was held In the First Presby.
terian Church, and the sermon was de-.
liyered by Bev. DR.. j. T. Mcclure, oil the
United Presbyterian Church. The con.
gregation was large one, and listened
with interest 10 the able discourse. A
collection taken up Tor the benefit Of the
ChildreA'a Home, netted a goodly sum.
"Regard for Human Life" was the
subject Of DR.. McClure's discourse and
lie found his textin Deuteronomy aa:8-
"When thou buildest new house then
thou shalt make a hattlement for thy
roof, that thoN bring not blood upon
thine house, II any man fall from
thence" tis certain the moral law has
not been and never can be- changed, and
this Is a part Of that law, The law de.
clares, "thou shalt not KILL aud this Is
but one Of the Ways In which the law Is
practically applied,
This application Of tho law teaches us
that we arc resposlble for the lives Of
others, as well as our own.
What Is the value Of human life and
how should It's value he estimated ?
What ig the value Of your lltO 10 your.
seli2 To answer this question satlsiAc.
torily another was aBkud-what is the
world With all that you value In II,
worth 10 you, unless you are able 10 en-.
Joy itP Death separates one from money, F.,
power, Misunderstanding this world
can afford. The question now Ia not Az
TO the yalNe Of the life 10 society, hut 10
is pos9cSsoh One man may BE- Of far
more use in the world than another,
but this will not impair the statement
that every mans lie 10 10 himself, Ills
Highest possession. Add 10 this the
unQueSti1ned fact, that our social and
domestic relations are such that every
ones lilo is, 10 q greater or less extent.
wrapped up In the lives Of others,
II nattral life be valuable its pEeSsr.
yation becomes question Of tbe IImoSt
Importance. Run 40 NpneCPSSaTy risks
where life and health are Conrsrned,
There aIQ many which iIay be called
AeTeDsaFy rtakss-auch hs must be incur.
red OF the wheels Of business will b.
stOpnht.-anl In these cases every effort
is bGing made 10 lltnlsh the riSk. Serious
Us arc tho disks, that are involved under
tliis head, they appear tflnlng when com.
pared 10 some othets for which the Claim
Of necessity cannot be urged.
Don't 10 afraid Of being considered
Limld or even a coward In matters whore
lie aud health are concerned, Dy iat
tie hravest Of men Is he who has Cour.
aye 10 do right, whether the world will
aDnlaud or condemn. SlfangN lhei
moral CowafdlCe should hO 90 llvhtly
regarded, while phySIcal courage Il
laudpd 10 the GGiea'
In thlg connection we are met lace Il
iauA with another condition Of lhln6a
Ia which regard lot human lilo is Badly
overlooked. II y found, strange 10 say
only among nOniinally Christian people
WHO would no doubt he hofrlled al tht
charge Of dIaregArdlng human life. IL
this class belong what Ia commonly
known aS the Faith Cure" ihpOfy,and
what has been given tho hIsh BounhinI
and more pfutphtlOus natno Of uChis
tian Science" The latter Of these theo
tlea ls too absurd 10 deserve the name o
BcIenCei and shnuld be branded "A III,
, y Continued on Fourth pdOs.1