The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-29
WHY WE ARE THANKFUL
The Subject of n Very Appropriate Sermon
by Dr. swope at 81. Mathews,

Az st. Mathews L. L. church, the
rector, Rev, DR., Il. Rush swope, deliy.
cred a short but very appropriate and
interesting sermon to an appreclative
congregation, His text was taken from
tile 10th Psalm :-"The lines are fallen
unto me In pleasant places; yea, 1 have
agoodly heritage"
II was y thanksgiving day with David
when he set to music these melodious
words Of cheer. He cultivated the TEN.
per that looks on the bright side OF
things. II Is the habit OF our preachers
and orators on these occasions to dwell
TOO often on our social deficiencies aud
national sins. They parade our faults,
follies and miseries rather than our Joys.
They drop the one letter that turns feast
into fast, crowding the banquet table
with bitter herbs, and pointing to the
stains on the table cloth.
We share with David the knowledge
Of a gOodly heritage. On the fair face
Of every blessing may be written a gift
from God. ALI our bodily grace and
comfort, our mental and moral faculties,
every genial, sympathy, every noble im.
pulse, all high notions and lofty aims,
the reason, memory and imagination,
are bestowments that only a God could
give and only the offspring Of God re-
Ceive.
II we were going To return the good
things we enjoy TO their author and
glyer, We should have 10 mout them like
jewels in single setting and lay them
ln the palm Of Him who openeth His
hand and we are filled with good.
This morning, Us consonant with the
purpose that has brought US together, l
propose TO present you n bill Tor what
you have received OF good from God.
And first, you are alive How great a
blessing is that mystery OF life which
comes out OF the darkness and kindles
in US the light OF conscious thought
Does any one say the things that little
word means for man are not worth hay.
ingR l for one am glad to have had a
look at this brave show OF the world: |
have seen the stars and the ocean, heard
the birds sing, have Clasped the hand OF
a friend, and no power can make this
not To have been.
Next this goodly land, our national
heritage, challenges our thankiplneSs.
We have inherited the estates OF society
released FROM the mortgage left upon
1t by the ByBtems Of the past. The
American system is the survival Of the
httest, socially aud politically. Amer.
lea has escaped the conflict between Pa.
ganism aud Christianity, Vaticanism
and religious liberty, absoluteism aud
democracy. Some Of these old forces
linger 10 dispute the field, but they
tight In broken columns, over territorial!
insulation, exalting the nation above
the militant type Of society and 40 pro.
duCing aBimple, wonderful industrialtsm,
Another gilt conferred on niUst OF rs,
and through no merit Of ours, Is a
healthy physical organization. A yalua.
ble gilt, for II We have outStrlppsd some
competitor In the race for money, station
or fame, IL may have been no merit OF
ours, neither ability nor goodness, but
only through better digestion.
Next, think ot the remedial RgunOles (;
the rare energies Of recppOration placed
In the human body, indeed In all things,
TO neuNaliSe the injurious effects oi
disease or the Incorporate use OF our
faculties, The success that attends any
one In any given direction is because
humanity has taken him into partner.
ship. Qehet men labor aud We enter
into their labor. The lnilliOuAirea'
wealth is the result OF The TOLL OF the
thous9nls 81 men aud women who have
opened the minea, raised tbp crops, built
tie towns ol the Mltsiaalppi Valley aud
the Pacific HlopO,
ConeldeF our Obligation 10 tho intel.
leotual lie oil the world, Nothing ID
more wonderful than q library Of books.
The thought Of how much Of all that ID
BaddeSt and sweetest in hNlp8n LlIe ind
history have zone 10 Tie ma King OF thobR
books eaug LOT Our highest gratitude,
The lAst point 70 W noted is tliu call
tor ktalltdie for our religious Ia,
herltanCe. You may hold the free
and BinpleN and ttuStiul service
va afv privileged 10 Join Ia to-day
q lliHht ln9llgri but II unly you will
reckon up the cost Al which II has been
secured, you will 6nd NJ genl Ia all The
earth a1 flCh and rare, and estimating
10 Significance % II looks out toward the
tNture, no Kingdom Of all the world were
rich enough 70 buy II from yOu "YUt
We have d goodly heritage"
Owing oil this 10 God We should carry
In 0uf hearts a sense Of gFaLOll rCCognl'
ton. We can NY 10 make OlheJa happy
We eau blesa the world around With au
aroma oil hHnetCienCg, We eau mlnIstoi
" the lempebl.losaed and hOtConloiied
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