Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-17
GODS GUIDING HAND.
ON TIE WINGS OF THE MORNING DIR. tai
MAGE JOURNEYS
Excellent Discourse on his Recent Trip to Russia
and Greas Briain-Ssarving Millions Made
Happy BY American Bounty-His Tour
Through England.


terest attached 70 the sermon preached
by Rev. DR.. Talmage this forenoon, it
having been announced that he would
devote the entire discourse 10 q review
of his summers journey. The great
Tabernacle was crowded early by an ex-
pectant audience. Professor Brown,
the orgarist, during the service rem
dered the Russian National Air, the
English National Air, and our own Ma
tional Air. Among other hymns sung
was:
Ny country, Ills Of thee;
Sweet land OF liberty.
The subject was observations In Rus
STA and Great Britain, the text selected
being. Psalm 1899: "If / take the
wings Of the morning and dwell in the
uttermOst parts Of the sea, even there
shall thy hand lead me-"
What an absurd book the Bible must
be to 4 man who has no poetry in his
soul. wings Of the morning" What
kind Of a bird is IL, and how long are its
wings and of what color? An, some OF
US have seen and felt its wings. They
are golden. They are buOyant. They
are swift. They are widespread. The
18th of last June / took "the Wings Of
the morning" and started for Europe.
June goth, on 1.-THE wings Of the morn
ing" ! started from Liverpool. July
10, on 'the wings OF the morning" l
entered Germany, the land OF Martin
Luther and many OF that ilk, living aud
dead. On ''the wings Of the morning"
/ entered st. Petersburg, Russia. On
'sthe wings OF the morning" l entered
Moscow. On ''the wings Of the morn
ing" / entered the palaces OF Russia,
greeted by the Emperor and Empress,
surrounded by lovely brood OF princes
and princesSeS. On
THE WINGS OF THE MORNING"
I entered Inverness, the capital Of the
Scottish Highlands, country OF Robert
Burns and Thomas Chalmers, the one
for poetry, the other for religion. Sep
TENDER 2lst, on "the wings Of the morn
ms" / entered the finest haven OF all
the earth-New York harbor-and
looked of toward the most interesting
place l had seen in three months
South Oxford street, Brooklyn. On, /
like ''the wing of the morning" am,
by nature and by grace, q son or the
morning." ! think l must have been
born in the morning. l would like to
die In the morning. l have notion
that heaven is only an everlasting morn
ing. In the summer OF 1892 my text
was fulfilled 20 me again and again. III
j take the wings Of the morning and
dwell IN the uttermOSt parts Of the sea,
even there shall thy hand lead me"
Yes, he led me as be always has led me
since / took my FIRST walk from the
cradle TO my mothers lap at Bound
Brook until this pulpit where l now
stand, and he will lead me until l stop
for all time about three miles out yOn-
der, where the most Of you will be my
fellOw-slumberers.
You all know why l went to Russia
this summer. There ere many thousands
Rof people who hav- d right 20 say TO me,
b. .-SNa.~sz-i iV Ss5ffss kSible parable: "Giye
AL .Gut of thy stewardship" Through
The Christian Herald, which have the
honor TO edit, we had for months, in
publishers, Elm reportOrial, and editorial
column, put before the people the ghast-
ly facts concerning twenty million Rus
SLAMS who were starving 70 death, and
subscriptions to the relief fund had
come by letters that seemed not so much
written with ink as with tears, some OF
the letters practically saying; I'VE find
IL hard to get
BREAD FOR OUR OWN FAMILIES,
but we cannot stand { his cry or hun
ger from beyond the seas, and so please
to receive the enclosed" And others
had sent jewels from their hands and
necks, saying: "Sell these and turn
them into bread" And another letter
said: Enclosed Is an old gold piece.
Ii was my mothers. She gave it TO me
and told me never TO part with it, ex-
cept for bread, and now l enclose it."
We had gathered thirty-fve thousand
dollars In money, which we turned into
three million pounds OF -four. When
went down TO the Board OF Trade at
Chicago and left S., 600 OF the amount
raised with a prominent -four mer-
chant, taking no receipt, and
leaving all TO him TO do the best thing,
and returned, IL was suggested that l
had not done things in BUSH
ness way. How could we know what
ROrt OF -four would be Sent9 There are
hyles OF -four more fit for the trough Of
The swine than the mouths or hungry
man aud women. Well, as Is customary,
when the -four came to New York, IL
was tested, and We found indeed they
had cheated US. They gave Us better
flour than we had bought. bought in
Chicago fne -four, but they sent US
suUerine. God bless the merchants Of
Chleagol
Now, we know nothing about famine
In America. The grasshOppers may
kill the crops in Kansas, the treShetS
may destroy the crops along the Ohio,
the potato worm may kill the vines OF
Long Island, the rust may get into the
wheat of Michigan, yet when there has
been dreadful scarcity in some parts OF
the land, there has been
PLENTY IN OTHER PARTS.
But In districts Of Russia, vast enough
TO drop several nations into them,
drought for six consecutive years has
devastated, and those districts were
previously the most productive Of all
the empire. 10 was like what we would
ave in America il the hungry tend
tmehOw got out Of hell and alighted in
y land, and swept his wing over Min
TIA, and said; "Let nothing grow
- and over Missouri, and said: LET
grow here, and over Ohio and
aud Massachusetts and Pennsyl-
d Nebraska and Dakota and the
and said; LET nothing grow
the hungry fend had swept
rithering and blasting wing
1t parts OF America in the
SIS, 1889, 1890, 1891 and
all our families were put
ance, and we all had
bic hungry, and after