The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-30
REV. DR.. 1ALMAGE.
THE EMINENT DrvINE'S SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
Subject. Victories OF Peaoe-The Many
blessings For which We should lie
MISUNDERSTANDING Has LighteDed
Burdens-God Sent tho Wheel.


Burdens-God Sent tho wheel.
Copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1897
WASHINGTON, d. C.-This discourse OF DR..
Talmage is sermon OF preparation Tor the
national observance and in nm unusual way
sails for tho gratitude OF the people; the
.ext, Ezekiel K. 13, "As for the wheels, II
was cried unto them in My hearing, y
whecll"
The last Thursday OF the eleventh month,
by proclamation OF President ana cover
uors, Ia observed In thanksgiving for
fem poral mercles. With what spirit SHALL
we enter upon II? For nearly year ana
hnlf this milton has been celebrating the
triumph Of tho sword and gun and bat
,ery, We have sung martial airs and
cheered returning heroes and sounded the
renulem for the slain in battle. Methinks
| 1t will be healthlu change II this Thanks
| giving week in church and homestead, We
celebrate the victories OF peace, Tor moth
| ing was done Mt Santiago or Manila that
was OF more importance than that which
| in the last year has been done In farmers
| field and mechanics shop and authors
study by those who never wore an epaulet
| or shot Spanlard or went hundred
miles from their own doorsill. And now
| | call your attention to the wheel Of the
| text.
Man, n small speck In tho universe, was
| set down I'm II big world, high mountains
| rising before him, deep seas arresting his
| pathway and wild BEASTS capable OF his
| destruction, yet he was to conquer. 1t
could not DO by physical force, for com
! pnre his arm with the ox's horn and the
| elephants tusk, and how weak no isl 1t
| could not be by physical speed, for COM
pnre him to the antelope's foot and ptnrJ
migan's wing, and how slow he Isl 1t
| could not be by physical capacity to soar
| or plunge, for the condor beats him In one
direction and the porpolse In the other.
Vail ha tO tlp world. Two
| eyes, two hands and two feet were insufh!
| Client He must be re-enforced, so God
| sent the wheel.
Twenty-Five times is tho wheel men
I toned In tho Bible, sometimes, as IN
| Ezekiel, illustrating provldentlal move
| ment; sometimes, as In the Psalms, crush
| ing the bad; sometimes, us in Judges rep
| resenting Gods charloted progress. The
| wheel that started in Exodus rolls on
| through Proverbs through Isaiah, through
| Jeremiah, through Daniel through Nahum,
! through the centuries, all the time gather
| ing momentum and splendor, until, seeing
| what 1t has done for the worlds progress
and happiness, we clap our hands In thanks.
| giving and employ the apostrophe of the
| text, crying, 30 WHEEL"
| 1 call on YOU in this Thanksgiving week
to praise God for the trlumphs OF machin-
cry, which have revolutionized the world
| and multiplied its attractions. Even para
disc though very picturesque, must have
| been comparatively dull, hardly anything
going on, no agriculture needed. for the
| harvest was spontaneous; no architecture
required, for they slept under the trees; no
| manufacturers loom necessary for the
| weaving OF apparel, for tho fashions were
exceedingly simple To dress the garden
could not have required ten minutes a day.
Having nothing to do, they got into mis-
| chief and ruined themselves and the race.
1t was sad thing to be turned olt OF par
adlse, but, once turned out, benellcent
thing to be compelled to work. To help
man up and on God sent the wheel. II
| turned ahead, the race advances; IL turned
back, the race retreats. To arouse your
gratitude and exalt your praise l would
show you what the wheel has done for the
domestic world, for the agricultural world
for the travelling world, for the literary
world. "As for the wheels, 1t was cried
unto them in my hearing, o WHEEL"
In domestic life the wheel has wrought
revolution. Behold the sewing machine! 1t
has shattered the housewives bondage and
prolonged woman's life and added lmmeas.
urable advantages. The needle for ngeI
had punctured tho eyes and pierced thu
side and made terrible massacre. Te pre-
pare the garments OF the whole household
In the spring for summer and in the au!
tumn for winter was an exhaustlng pro.
cess. "Stitch, stitch, stitchl' Thomal
Hood set it to poetry, but millions OF per-
sons hnye found 1t agonizing prose.
Slain by the sword, we buried the hero
with the sd cad March" In "Saul" and fiaga
at half mast. Slain by the needle. no one
knew 1t but the household that wntchc }
her health giving way. The winter after
that the children were ragged and col J
and hungry or In the almshouse. The hand
that welded tho needle had forgotten its
cunning. Soul and body had parted Mt tho
seam. The thimble had dropped from the
palsied finger. The thread OF life had
snapped and let q suffering human life
drop into the grave. The spool was all I'M.
wound. Her sepulcher was diRged not
with sections spade, but with sharper and
shorter implement-a needle. Federal and
Confederate dead have ornamented grave,
at Arlington Heights and Richmond and
Gettysburg, thousands by thousands, but
Il will take the archangel's trumpet to find
the million graves OF the vaster army OF
women needle slain.
Besides all the sewing done for'the house.
hold at home, there arc hundreds OF thou
sands OF sewing women. The tragedy oil
the needle is the tragedy OF hunger and
cold and insult and home sickness and sui.
cide-llve acts.
puts on the band and adjusts the instru.
ment, puts her foot on the treadle and be.
gins. Before the whir and rattle pleurlses
consumptions, headaches, backaches,
heartaches, are routed. The needle, once
IN oppressive tyrant, becomes cheerful
oidNo-IOll unu TuuDlb uuu roar until tue
family wardrobe is gathered, and winter IL
dehed, and summer Is welcomed, and the
ardors and seventies OF the seasons are
overcome; winding the bobbing, threading
the shuttle, tucking, quilting, ruffling
cording, embrolderlng, under braiding sci
to music; lock stitch, twisted loop stitch
crocket stitch, u fascinating ingenuity.
No wonder that at some of tho learned
institutions, like the New Jersey State
Normal school, and Rutgers Female insti'
tute, and Elmira Female college. acquaint.
nnce with the sewing machine Is requisi
tion, young lady not being considered
educated until she understands It. Winter
Is coming on, and the household must bC
warmly clad. "The Last Rose of Summer
will sound better played on a sewing ma
chine than on a piano. Roll on, o whee
OF the sewing machine, until the last
shackled woman OF toll shall be enamel
patedl Roll on
Secondly 1 look into the agriculture
world to see what the wheel has accom-
plished. Look ut the stalks OF wheat ant
oats, the one bread for man, the othel
bread for horses. Coat off aud with
cradle made out Of Ave or six fingers o
wood and one OF sharp steel, tho harveste
went across the field, stroke after stroke
perspiratlon rolling down forehead an,
cheek and chest, head blistered by the con
suming sun and lip parched by the mercl
less August air, at noon the workmen lyinl
half dead under the trees. One OF my mos
painful boyhood memories Is that OF m,
father In harvest time reeling from ex
haustion over the doorstep, too tired t,
eat, pale and falntlng as he sat down. Th
grain brought to the barn, the sheave
| were unbound md armand on n thraahin,