The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-22

Last night. at the First Christian
church. the pastor, Rev. C. NJ. oliphant
held a Peace Thanksgiving service
which was largely attended. The music
was in accord with the character OF the
service. The topic discussed by Mr., OIL
plant included consideration of some OF
the perlls that must be looked to by the
American people. Mr.. oliphant said:
We oil rejoice that the war has ceased.
1t was a humane war waged to lift the
oppression from our fellow men. Spain
should have known better than to have
allowed it. She should have known
that 1t would have been only a short
dime when she would have to yield. The
United States has made no compromise.
She does not enter into contests for
which she has to apologize.
1t is not my mission as a Christian
minister to discuss the Philippine Is
lands question in all its bearings. We
are satisfied that the United States can
do better by the people OF these Islands
than Spain. If we had control of the
islands, opportunity would be given for
missionary work. On humanitarian
grounds we possibly could well afford to
possess these islands.
1 wish TO speak OF some Internal con-
tests in the United States,
FIrst-That of the union of church and
state. This contest has been waged in
righteousness and victory is almost ours.
Our personality must not be aIIenated.
The surrender of the individual conscience
to anything external, a6 state is the
degradation OF personality. The state
should take care OF national things and
the church should take care Of spiritual
things and leave the state and civil
things alone.
Christ's was spiritual kingdom. The
established church of Europe is in some
respects curse. Our American cIvlli-
cation is the better because our church
life is freer. We should thank God that
we have an open Bible, free ministry
and that each person may act according
to the dictates of conscience.
second-For the preservation of free
education and the public school system.
No nation has SO advanced as ours in
popular education. This is because OF
free education. Here the masses as well
as the classes are educated DR.. Nc
Glynn says: 1.-THE American people have
Justly looked upon the public school as
the palladium of their liberties and the
necessary safe guard of the republic"
Let us labor for free press. free speech,
free thought.
Thlrd-Unrestrlcted immigration is
another thing against which we must
battle herolcally. More than 100000
foreigners and their children are on our
shores from Europe alone. Eighty per
cent of New York Is made up Of for
cIgners. Many are noble men ana wo-
men, and all who come to us desring
to be good citizens are welcome. Many
foreigners make better citizens than
nntive born. But we need TO be on our
guard against the immigrants who
bring with them anarchy, nihilism and
socialism, with all their bancful intlu-
ences. Immigration differs in the pres
ent from that Of previous centuries.
Many who nov come TO our shores come
from places in Europe where the Bible
IS not taught, and God Is not feared and
served. The English people who FOL,
lowed In the wake Of the Mayflower ana
landed on New England shores brought
with them the word OF God. The Scotch
men who came in IT'S brought with them
the Bible, the church and the fear of the
| ORD. The Dutch who laid the foundn-
lions OF New York City and others were
God-fearinG aud Christ
loving people.
Different from these are many who
come now. Many come from lands where |
the Bible is unknown,
Fourth-InhGelity ts another eVil |
against which we must battle.
only one out OF every thirty-oue OF !
our population is willing to be classcd |
ms an Infdel Yet that may do great
harm and poison many others. Many |
prople In certain sections Of our coun-
try know not Of God and Christ. Among |
classes in cities inhdelity Is doing much |
harm, and the apostles of shepuclsm
ARE doing their evil work with energy |
and success. The Christian people must |
preach and live consistently the religion /
of the Master, Then The word OF God |
will run and be glorlfed. All these evils |
viii be nvcrtel and God will bcstow |
upon us greater privileges.