The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-11-29

@HIS discourse of DR.. Talmage IS
sermon of preparation for the ma
Il tional observance Of this week and
in an unusual way calls for the gratitude
of the people; the text, Ezekiel x, IL,
"As for the wheels. it was cried unto
them in my hearing, o WHEEL"
For nearly a year and half this ma
ton has been celebrating the triumph OF
sword and gun and battery. We have
sung martial airs and cheered returning
heroes and sounded the requiem for the
slain in battle. Methinks it will be
healthful change. in church and home
stead. we celebrate the victories OF peace,
for nothing was done at Santiago or MA
Mia that was of more Importance IMAM
that which in the last year mas peen
done in farmers field and mechanic S
shop and authors study by those VINO
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. a small speck in the universe,
was set down in big world, high noun
tains rising before him, deep seas arrest
ing his pathway and wild beasts capable
of his destruction, yet he was to con-
quer 1t could not be by physical force,
for compare his arm with the ox's horn
and the elephants tusk, and how weak
he is! 1t could not be by physical speed,
for compare him to the antelope's foot
and ptarmigan's wing, and how slow he
is! 1t could not be by physical capacity
to soar or plunge, for the condor beats
him in one direction and the porpoise III
the other. Yet he was to conquer the
world. Two eyes. two hands, and two
feet were insufficient. He must be re-en-
forced, so God sent the wheel
Twenty-Five times is the wheel men
toned in the Bible, sometimes, as in
Ezekiel, illustrating providential move
ment; sometimes. as in the Psalms
crushing the bad; sometimes. as III
Judges, representing Gods charioted
progress. The wheel that started III Ex-
odus rolls on through Proverbs, through
Isaiah, through jeremiah, through Dan
iel. through Nahum, through the CEN
turies. all the time gathering momentum
and splendor, until. seeing what it has
done for the worlds progress and happi-
ness, we clap our hands in thanksgiving
and employ the apostrophe Of the text,
crying, 20 wheel!' / call on you to
praise God for the triumphs of machin-
cry, which have revolutionized the world
and multiplied it's attractions.
Turned Out of Paradise.
Having nothing to do, they got into
mischief and ruined themselves and the
race. 1t was a sad thing to be turned
out of paradise, but, once turned out, a
bene6cent thing to be compelled to work.
To help man up and ON God sent the
wheel If turned ahead, the race adj
vances; if turned back, the race retreats.
To arouse your gratitude and exalt your
praise | 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, it was cried unto them in my
hearing, 0 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
Unreasonable advantages. The needle
for ages had punctured the eyes and
pierced the side and made terrible mas
sacre. To prepare the garments of a
whole household in the spring for sum-
mer and in the autumn for winter was an
exhausting process. 'Stitch, stitch,
stitch!' Thomas Hood set it to poetry,
but millions OF persons have found it
agonizing prose.
Besides all the sewing done for the
household at home, there are hundreds
Of thousands Of sewing women. The ira
gedy of the needle is the tragedy Of hun
ger and cold and insult and homesick-
ness and suicide-fve acts.
p1t T boor tho ry1SI of yx,boaJ XNop,
an puts on the band and adjusts the
instrument, puts her foot on the treadle
and begins. Before the Whir and rattle
pleurisies, consumptions, headaches,
backaches, heartaches, are routed The
needle, once an oppressive tyrant, be-
comes a cheerful slave--roll and rumble
and roar until the family wardrobe is
gathered, and winter is defied, and sum
mer is welcomed, and the ardors and Sc
VeritieS Of the seasons are overcome:
winding the bobbin, threading the shut
tie, tucking, quilting, ruf11ing, cording,
embroidering, undertaking. set to ,nu-
sic; lock stitch. twisted loop stitch, cro-
Chef stitch, a fascinating ingenuity. All
honor to the inventors Of the sewing ma
chine. Roll on, 0 wheel of the sewing
machine, until the last shackled woman
OF toll shall be emancipated! Roll on!
Secondly, look into the agricultural
world to see what the wheel has accom-
plished. Look at the stalks of wheat and
oats, the one bread for man, the other
bread for horses. Coat off and with a
cardle made out Of five or six fingers of
wood and one of sharp steel, the harvest
er went across the field, stroke after
stroke, perspiration rolling down force
head and cheek and chest, head blistered
by the consuming sun and lip parched by
the merciless August air, at noon the
workmen lying half dead under the trees
One of my most painful boyhood memo
ries is that Of my father in harvest time
reeling from exhaustion over the door
step, too tired to eat, pale and fainting as
he sat down. The grain brought to the
barn. the sheaves were unbound and
spread on thrashing floor, and two men
with fails stood opposite each other, hour
after hour and day after day, pounding
the wheat out of the stalk. Two strokes,
and then a cessation of sound Thump,
thump, thump, thump, thump, thump!
Pounded once. and then turned over to
be pounded again, slow, very slow. The
hens cackled and clucked by the door