Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-27
nay OF THANKS.
CUNNINGHAM pRBlCasS An LBiS
~ AND BLoQUSSF SERMON
va,,,;, Services Ct TIE Fourth Stree
.''l Raw. DR.. Rksr Ably DiscOCrsss.
Other Sermons Of the Day.

mas an unusually large congre-
Il or the United Presbyterian.
llD.- , Yesterday, the occasion being
thanksgiving union services Of the
il' second and Third Presbyterian
,turches. s..:,,,,od mo,
ID A. Cunningham pastor Of the
p ~. Presbyterian, who ably acquitted
~, IN a most eloquent and telling
ll- .nr.a The singing was excellent,
u.s.. - admirable rendition OF several
all ,-oriate HYMNS was listened 70 with
'gpUrs DR.. Cunningham took his
P'51'sL I'm the Psalms, 1912, blessed Is
,sA' - -, whose God is the Lord"
l1o subject Of the discourse was, "Ine
.I,-,ss5 of the nation whose God Is the
80 800 The following is synopsis OF
ne 49, - 1soole Of Israel were happy In
~ ,rorsbiD OF che only true God. Ii
'l' ~ H. blessednoSS Of the chosen
va. .,,, ~ have received q revelation
-a.s rebovab. While others bowed
ia ,bair idols, the chosen people
-. re,evated by spiritual religion
49, introduced them TO the lnVlS-
'sa God. and led them TO trust IN Him
IN, IN Vino coufde in the Lord are
Al I'm the highest and deepest
~., and now can reverse the bless
n was true in ancient times; 1t Is
H. g. tho last decade Of the nine
..-otb century. Fresh conviction OF
,r5ivIdual responsibility TO the
-.,or has been developed In the re-
IN, Years. in the new and Joyous con-
wa. ..',rsress that we have common and
.,Drsforth indisSolvabie national life.
Fl, s,ite of divisions now healed, and
.,on 10 be- forgotten, we realize with
DEvOUr THANKSGIVING
., God. that as people, we are one in
emory. one In affection, one in
-,,-'ors destiny. Oar countrymen
..,va,irg I'm Europe, whether they
one from the North or South, East or
vsst. think and speak Of themselves
o.. Americans, rather than citizens Of
any particular State.
Tbisis hopeful sign.
With profound sense OF our nation
,v,v there comes fuller realization OF
~r responsibilitieS. Clearly enough,
maj is one of the purposes that God
has iD freighting our nationality and
ir8Ividuality with a Thanksgiving in
yioct. By running through our souls
-ls p'ough-share of remembered mer-
ria. ard cherished events of the past,
tcrpmbles the stifened soil, and Stirs
te deep productive juices. The ma
r,B8I consciousness is aroused, the ma
tonal pulse strengthened and quick
51ed.
II means more to-day to be an Ameri-
can than it did "a century ago.
We are trebly drawn upon oy the
great divine presence, in whose ktngiy
hand our national deStinieS are held
BY the wide aud generous past, from
whose liberal supplies OF wisdom, Prov
e,s and sacrifices our national life has
been from the beginning nOurished; by
The long future, toward whose ShOreleSS
waters the treasure drawn from the past
augmented, we hope, in the present, TO
be- added TO, we pray God, in every sue
caeding age-shaN still move with q
current ever Quieter and broader, when
We are an influence only and our past
Years but an impalpable memory.
There is q good deal OF religion In
MANY AN AMERICAN
citizen. You may have to bore through
q pretty thick crust Of dollars, and an
other deep stratum OF seli-coneeit be-
fore you reach il, but it is there; aud
when YOU reach it, IL is genuine metal
and stamped with the image aud super
,cr.ptiOn Of Jesus OF Nazareth. Ameri-
&c In It's antecedentS, America in its his
tory, America in its laws and in its con-
sclOusnesS is not only religious hut II is
argely Christian. A citizen has not
come to the limit Of bis OppOrtu-
mites and powers till in his char
acter as a citizen be feels God and all
tue heavens above him. We rejoice to-
day in the fact that God has been in
our national life and History from the
beginning. Let no man imagine that
tlis nation was born in Philadelphia,
or Graded in the trenches Of York
town; Of older lineage and nObler pa
rentage is the great Republic. Shall
We, with great historians, like Bancroft,
ind her germiual form in the compact
made In the maydower? Shall We, with
others, seek the origin in the pulpit Of
John Kuox in EliEburg? Shall we,
With the great German historians, de-
clare that John Calvin Ia Geneva was
the virtual founder Of the United
States OF American" Were the roots Of
cur nationality fastened, rs many be-
leye, IN the soil OF MarstOn Moor,
where Cromwell'S ironsides broke IN
pieces the army Of King Charles? Or
shall we not rather look back OF all
these TO the holy fields of the Old and
New TeStaments which the sixteenth
century opened up again 10 mankind.
we may say with truth that Free
America was born in the Bole." 81.
From the Bible came many OF the
strongest impulses that cOIonized these
shores. From the Bible came the sim
pest forms Of seli-government in town
ana church that have gone with our
ggVlzatiou in its westward march.
LLelce came the observance OF the Lords
,uAy' the OulwarkS Of our freedom, and
-elce the teaching OF Biblical truth
70 TIE young, which Daniel Webster
S,ecared "haS done more TO preserve our