Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-01
THE CHURCHES.


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.. and even its debt is counted ~ u y
f,.1cisrs a source OF national staDui'y'
-,'seraral nniyersite3 that rank ataO1i
ths richest and greatest IN Cnils'enuo'ii
10 domain is dotted with places ltsnoua l.
b;s.o~v. ia poets Corner IN Me5tInin
ster Abbev contains only a small PAI' y
49, nernss which tel how great the con
t-:t,-,tio-g bar scholars in aL the Walks o
i;,srstr-s and science and art have maze
a. 61wan knowledge and greatness *
er,,s1i-sd industries for tire employ men
- s,,,s,5a-irsl aud scientific Inventions, II
e. rss nj bunsn Labor snd the forces Of
-ot1rs excite the wonder % all VINO sN
e-rina them. With its mines reacnlng IN
a. tba mountains and even under the sesi
;,sv,st and numerous manufactures OF al
sort and It's unriyalisd mercantile ana
armed nayiss, and It's railways running
over it To- every direction, Eng'a21 ASPIRE
10 be the worlds workshop. w max SIC
hls effected reaches al astoalsnlAs sum
total. Grsat in the arts o, pe2ee, sne mas
90 b-en GREAT ID the arts Of war. Now
do not mean any inyidlcus COM a'i %
,ybeD 7 exr-ess the belief that very ie"
people among cur 90, Ol0UOO nave any
partiCu'ar longing for BRUSH clti1sus 81 =
oar love for our Own country Is soC1i ',1t
when AZ home millions OF rs sing, Lahu U
The brave and the home o. the Tree anu
when an American Is abroad, II mat
ters not whether his feet press the hOly
soil of Palestine, or the immortal places OF
the lands OF
rrrHER. CALVIN OF OF SHAKESPEARE,
bs refers 10 bis country as Home, Sweet
Nome. OF SAYS with L)ngtellow:-
.swee. the memory i' 20 me-
ora and neyo-d the sea
"a te-s me waves ana mountains meet
And in statiog ny reasons for this opin-
ion. I do not mean 70 discreolt unduly
other nations. as if there is nothing desir-
able in them. nor 20 magnify our country
undulv.s SO If there "a nothing IN when We
were different. There are many things
which need amendment and reform. We
have done much to offend our God; ana
vel with divine and tathesly compassion
the Lord has maic tanned our To-. Many
millions have sung OF Him IS Our fathers
God and prayed to Him as Our Father
in Heaven WHAT a gOOdly heritage we
have Il il large, il is an empire IN It's pro
portions: but its vastness is not its chief
ehsrsc.eristic; its richness in the natural
elements of wealth, and its adaptations to
fnr,ish a great population with work and
bread. are grander than the vastness oil It's
territory. M0re than >. 900, goo are work
ingin our manufacturing, mechanical ana
mining industries What an inheritance
we have in our coal fields, IN our non
precious and cur precious metals. what
An enpire Of industries IN our gain fields,
oar Gotten bslts, and our limltless
pastursge for h0cks and herds What
grandeur in orr means for employing all
sorts of skilled and unskilled labor. Inc
earth and tee waters give Us the materials;
our population furnishes every grade OF
labor with which to prspl,e these raw
materials for the market, and MI llons,are
here bv homes. labor 20 earn right 70 a
share 10 the stupendous aggregate OF mar
ketable products. What an inheritance OF
these physical forces are represented IN our
soils aud mines and labor and products ard
people, But these are Instrumental, look
ingto something nobier ana better. These
people are not merely 10 eat food and wear
clothes, and 10 be warmed in h-usesi but
Is citizens they are % live under civil IN
situations. and as moral aod immortal be
iugs .hey arc TO get ready 20 meet God IN
psace. AS compared with any Other La
zion. these United States OF America are
furnished with extraordinary facilities for
moral education and opm-n-. Goa
Words is accessible % al our people, aru
there Gre abundant means IN our churches
and schools 90 help them iu the same On
rscti9r How much is included IN the
opsp Bible and the Free Schools and Re-
liz ous Freedom. Surely We have divine
inheIi.an the lines have fallen TO Us IA
pleasant places; and We have goodly her
itsge. 60,
Thiri-Au true, patriotic c,tizens viii
thank God to-day
FOR THE GOODLY HERITAGE or THE HOLY
SABBATH.
Our country would not be wha
il ~. were 10 no. for the blessing
al The Sabbath. A public recognition o
the sabbath, as q holy time, has from The
first BEEN accorded 20 the day 10y our Fed
eral Constitution. Ga t1at day, the high
civil functions eff the Chief Magistrate Of
The natiOr-tha business of the Supreme
Court-the sessions Of both houses OF Con
gress-the operations Of the War and Treas
ury and Navy departments, al are sus
pended By constitutional provisions. Anc
80 an tae Individual States Of the Union
in their capsc.ty Of sovereign powers, d.
provide for the Sabbatl's Observance. By
precep. and penalty.
The sabbath i5 mar s spiritual blessinl
not only. but bis great Temporal blessing
COnfesssdiy. Sabbath breaking, as crime
is the grand source Of al crimes. Phlo
sophically considered, the Sabbath Is tn
worlds great public recognition Of the be
ing and sovereignty Of a God, whose law
are over us. And so TO degrade 1t from 1t
sauctity, is % ling a loose rein on IN
neck of al the Wild passions that sprin
ont Of Atheism. And as a fact OF observe
ton. last as you blot out the Sabbath, 20
blot out civilization. How was it wit
France Why so long IS the Sabbat
stood untouched, so long there rose
strong buiwark OF sdamant to stay an
beat back the wilder Good-tides Of iniqui
". But so soon as with insane hands the
bottad that hallowed day from th
caIeudlr, end enac,ei a decade 20 th
Goddess OF Reason Jus, so soon WIS th
reused ocean let loose from It's bounds, AZ
q tide OF crimson and fiery desolati0r ovel
whelmed TIE whole nation. The Sabbat
is not merely a saints day OF religion, It
Gods git 20 the race as q great temper,
blessing IL ia identified with maa's pu
suits, art with ali his moral Tendencies
Ana, therefore, - a7 uslitesIy the pier,
gativs OF earthly governments, 60 lsgisiat
for i.s 0bs1rvanle-I0 see TO 10 that u
breath Of bIssplswons in6delity breath
stain upon i.s thinning g,rmenta-to guar
% CAREFUL, ir0m every rolling wheel an
every iumD,ing ioot. As, manifss:ly, 81
this. theprsroEa,iye of human gove-nme1t
as Co protect NV dwelling from an inCer
dngv's torch, ana you- fields from an II
vaduE enemy. Praise Gcd for the gooil
heritage ol on American s bbath.
WHAT UEEIrAGE wEuNyE IL OH FIRE
AND OPEN BIBLE.
What would this nation have been witt