West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-06-13
Her ways are ways OF pleasantncss,
And all her paths are peace
Or. TaImage on the Johnstown Flood

Or. Talmage on the Johnstown Flood.
"A CRY of anguish has rung across the
and" Thus Rev. L. Dewitt Talmace smoke
% five thousand people ut night, in his SER
non upon the disaster at Jamestown Penn
me text from tho 93d Psalm was this: Tho
io .'S . Lord, have lifted up their voice"
me rivers OF America" DIR. Talmage
ald, are her pride and her wealth The
glory of New York is its Hudson. Pennsyl.
wanna has her Susquehanna her Al
eghany, her Mononghela, and least.
YET mightiest in the history of tho worlds
'hese latter days the floods have lifted nm
.helr voice In 1877, 10000 souls were
crowned at the mouth of the Gauges Oceans
wrath is uncurbed. Where is the Vile dc
liayreY Where is tho President? Where is
ne Atlantic? Where is the City of Boston,
Last Thursday night the dam broke above
sne Guy OF Johnstown and away went
lomesteads, factories churches and
isyIuins OF mercy. Ten thousand persisted.
buildings were piled in debris fifty feet high,
Wool Wool Wool In that place the
'oices OF peace, industry, friendship, good
leighborhood have given way TO the voices
~ despair, agony and desolation. The
loo III, nave iltted up their voice. What does
= tell us OFF The merciessness of natural
orces, the emptiness OF natural religion.
There are those who tell us they want onlV the
religion of sunshine, art, blue sky and beau
niul grass. The book of nature must be
their book. Let me ask such persons what
they make out Of the floods in PennsyIyaniaS
IhoSe pitiless waters whelmed father
mother, son and daughter, with rs lit
tie feeling as though they had been
muskrats. They sundered families as pitt
leSsly as they would the planlls of n raft.
And over all that scene of misery mako hold
% say there was not one tear save those of
human anguish. People tell us the rain is tho
tears OF nature, the wind in the branches her
Ign OF sympathy. But that is poetry. Tho
clouds smile, but they never yveeD. they do
.troy, but never save. The wind in cyclone
Jury sweeps TO death whole cities but n never
Hghs. Natural forces cut, bruise, burn. do
Hroy, but never pity.
Natural religion is not enough for mo. II
yhe people in the valley of the Conemaugh
aad prayed to the clouds to save their chit
dren, what would have been tho answer
only the Hash of falling water. the roaring
on the Hoods, the crash Of falling tifnbars
l know but one religion which saws; III I
axe away a life I'll give a better
one' III make an explanation, if not in
this world, in the ono TO Gomez It is not an
emeritus religion. The faith that inspired the
martyrs, burned with molten lead torn aDart
by horses-that is the faith which undertake
20 say, is tonight sustaining hundreds OF
missry-strlcken souls in the valley of the
Conemaugh.
Our advantage may in the end prove TO
De disaster The properties Of mon be-
c0ine thelr overthrow. The greater the run
~ prosperity the better, but there are men
10 tlis land graping In their selnshness and
Br,ide' Ihey pray heaven and earth and hell
1--WE i've olVeF They gulp down such credi-
OIs as cannot pay: thew s,vaIIovy
me result of market fluctuations Of
-, IN W,heat, OF mortgages which poor
men cannot meet Thoy swallow. syyafiov,
Iil they become rivers OF dannation rolling
through the land. You red-moutbod rivc,s.s,
on fennnylvania, go back into yotIr channels
LOU, ou rivers OF greed, cease your impetuous
Calamities. L am persuaded. do NOT moan
1lWays 9od's dlspleasure. have been in tho
Vahey o. the COnemaugh. / know tho No.
ple on youngstown. There is none kiDdiier.
eohe more hospitable, more Christian. Men
t.io,l. ii y. ~, nc judgments Of God. don't
DeiicVe IN That kind Of argument. This Bihle
says whom God lOvoth He chastonafh. Ho{e
gong - pour blessing through fhgqo vaIiovg
@i1er mud deeper than the torrent Of dieaafer
'llslortunes como IN herds In 1914 fortunes
~. oc eiah4 sccptrcs were at the feet Of Wal.
~ 21Dttt but one disaster after auother foII
UPON him. One day be asked his dau0bfer
tI DIS pen, nud that wizard hand which
stVe y me world Guy Mauncrinvi Ivan
noe Maid of Perth 'Kmilworth.' could not
nIIV5 DIS name Tho multiplication Of dfeoe-
tors means the multiplication on cor,gor,s
ut tnis world is nll. iCs tho deadest foiluro
pm INC uuiver3e and life is not worth Hvins,
~ us be practical in our rympathia3
~ ~. e..hiiYb 80 70 tho relief Yuenffug
70 De held at the Park Theatre then e,i,ys
~ your conscience dictates. / shall he Al
mat meeting and hOpo You an will -
Think lovingly Of your fellovmoa 80
women who tonight while you nre sheI.
tered m comfortable homes, are hudlIling a.
ne bushes on the mountains Of PennsyIvenis
,lOl nave mercy on them Tho time h arod
tof an our departures. i am Glad We ~, ,,,.f
NOV y. All want "a ~ be righf vgifb coi
ana rght with man. Then let tho sea roar.
,nd the fulnes thereof Let the foods clan
heir HaurIa N-''F