Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-22

sanctuary congresses have little access
Yet il is well that the Importance OF tho
moral life Of the individual and OF society
be emphasized: for righteousness and well
doing are the vital condition OF healthfui-
ness in body and in soul
The health of the body OF man is entrust-
ed to the department Of medicine. There
are. too, the departments Of art, music,
architecture, etc There is the department.
of woman's progress, providing for gen.
eral congress OF representative women OF
al countries. At the same time, as have
already stated, there is in connection with
each congress organized In the several de-
partments of the congress auxiliary.
wherever the mind, heart and finger OF
woman may be invited TO give aid, wo-
mans committee, for the purpose OF OBJ
tanning the cooperation of woman in the
work Of human progress. AT no previous
worlds congress was there the marked
recognition Of woman, which the Colum-
bian auxiliary accords her. In this recog-
milton we rejoice.
Finally, there is the department OF re-
ligion, crowuing the work OF other depart
ments and perfuming them with the ira
GRANGE OF heaven. Sublime the thought 70
have the proclamation go out from tho
great exposition that God reigns, and that
man is His servant, that all progress be-
gins and ends with Him who Is the aipna
and omega of all things. Religion is at
home amid parliaments OF men WORKING
for progress in men. There Is no pro-
gress deserving the name where no pro-
vision exists for the growth OF
MANS SPIRITUAL NATURE.
Religion is the eternal fount OF hope,
and hope il is which sustains man and his
strugglings and impels him 10 deeds or vir-
tue and of valor Positivism can never be
the creed OF progressive people. IL Is
not the creed Of the congress auxiliary or
! the Columbus Exposition.
| Exception has been taken 10 religious
congresses on the ground that on so many
points there will be no harmony OF Thought
| and that truth will suffer by the 1uxtapo-
sition of error There is no force In the
remark. The vital primordial truths re.
| garding the supreme God will be confessed
| nv ALI. The proclamation of these truths
| will be a great gain. Beyond this those
who believe they possess the truth need
not fear. Truth should not be timid.
Rather should she court publicity on this
as on all other occasions, in order that sne
| be known and loved.
Through its varied departments the con-
gress auxiliary unrolls its chart of progress
| for the building up OF the whole man.
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| will be 10 give marked impetus 10 the Tor
ward stream OF progress. Their delioera-
| tions will provide the charts for the march
of future generations.
The congresses organized by the congress
auxiliary will not be meetings OF pleasure
or friendship; they will be solemn conyen-
tions OF earnest men ana women, working
with mind and heart for progress, compar-
ing together their observations ana con-
clusions, drawing from contactwitn one au-
other light and heat, and when separating
more firmly resolved than before toiaoor
for fellow-men.
THE AGE is READY FOR GREAT FEArs.
II we are the loyal workers of progress our
lines are, indeed, cast amid hopefui sur
rOundings.
The futurei What will IL bel Material
progress, no doubt, will continue onward
Win ever Increasing velocity The widest
dreams scarcely, believe, foreshadow too
rsslitiees nothing need he unexpectca'
hundred years hence fbap
like, sail through the air, )eYing ia n
half.dozen hours from the -iantic coast
to the city Of the Northwest on the banks
of the Mississippi. More unlikely would
the prophecy Of travel by rail. or steam, or
electricy have seemed 70 our forefGthers
In the course Of history, Providence sc
lecl edfnow one nation, now another, TO DO
the guide and exempler of humanity's pro-
gress. AT the opening OF tho Christian era,
mighty Rome led the vanguard. Iberia
rose up the mistress Of the times. when
America was TO be born into the family OF
civilized peoples. The great era, the like
Of which has not been seen, Is now dawn
ing upon the horizon. Which will be Pro
vidence's chosen nation 10 guide now the
destinies OF mankind :
The nation OF the future need | nan1e
itl Your hearts culver loving IT,
"My country, It's OF thee
| Sweet land OF liberty,
or thee sing"
We commemorate the discovery OF Amer
ica. four hundred years ago. Behold the
crowning gift to humanity from Columbus.
whose caravels ploughed oceans uncertain
billows in search OF o great land, and from
the all-ruling Providence whose wisdom
and mercy inspired and guided the immor-
tai Genoese msriner-the United States OF
| Americal
The singing OF "AmerIca" by the en-
tire audience came next and then the
benediction was pronounced by DR..
| Harper.