The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-04

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velop the Nation-The People May
be Relied on to Stand for the Right.
At the First Christian church, on
Sunday morning, the pastor. Rev. c. NJ.
oliphant, delivered sermon on
Thanksgiving Day" in which he took
occasion to discuss the nations history.
morally speaking. Rev. Mr.. oliphant
took an optimistic view Of the situation.
He did not believe any gigantic evil
could envelop the nation, for the bulk
Of It's people were pure in heart. He
said:
Thanksgiving reaches back to Ply
mouth Rock; there 1t was born. It's
memory Is fragrant with happy gath
erlngs at the quiet church, when state.
ly' sermons took cheerful hue, as
Providence was found in history and
mercies everywhere. Its memory Is
also fragrant with the holIest home
gatherings that human hearts ever
knew. Not till the angels Of God walk
with men will earth feel toller Infiu-
HAASH1 NAAGtAA NpsAAG WAGl BNtAE
fathers and mothers, on THANKSGIVING
Day, welcomed the children and the
chlldren's children home. Even the
goOd-byes spoken at the close lose their
sharper grief II the soul had been true
to the day, and has felt its happy de-
pendenCe upon God. Paul learned that
the one way to meet sharp separations
was to kneel down and pray tOEetnet.
The one way we can endure our heart
hunger over lonely partings Is to part
In prayer and praise, and then live on
as we parted.
l wish to review our part, and then
consider some results seen In the pres
ent for which we have great reason
to be grateful. Morally speaking. our
nations history may be divided in three
great periods: /. Self-assertion. 9.
Self restriction. 3. Self-purihcation
and elimination.
First elf-Assertlon.-Three hun
dred years ago klng-craft and PRIEST
craft ruled the world. Suppression
abounded. Bondage Of old customs and
superstltlons that was relentless waa
seen everywhere. Our fathers, against
the suppression and bondage, asserted
themselves. In doing so they asserted
themselves against the suppression of
the royalest thing on earth-a simple
manhood.
All superiority Of Inherited rank is
essentially lie. The fact that your
grand father came to this coun-
try in the Mayflower makes you no
better. 1t Is unwiSe to boast Of an
cestry, whether good or bad. and the
man who presumes to be above his fell
lows by some accident of birth, which
he could not avoid, deserves to be pit
led or detested by manller men.
Against such spirit our fathers as
serted themselves And 1t was no.
child's play for those who took the
lead. There was cruel taunt and tor
ture on every hand, but they estab-
llshed the beginning of the inevitable
end. The period Of self-assertion es-
tabllshed these facts: The successors
Of kings are those who act as kings.
The successors OF the apostles are those
who have their spirit.
This struggle for liberty from sup
preston began in the struggle for re-
lIglOus liberty The fathers asserted
themselves with respect and that which
concerned them most. They must be
free to worship God. No hoary tyranny
should suppress the free law. To inn
aglne that 1t could through its super
stitious slaves conquer the world again
is to think too meanly Of mankind. To
say in the full light OF divine truth
maj ma! a nun may not StSseIt nls own IN.
ii!.s .I. anu mus
trusT sne lnte'. .s llt anu consGlence o.
dhoIleT man ~ ps .t.. FespeSt'hs the
s stl lHtereS. 70 lnOIe man 70 HV oN
Ihe sn ~ paeh ten 9estees on tn le
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~ a.. CNilAeu EIStoLS mUE'!ns oacH upon .S
lts SoulG ~ L at Mas Ssseltlal ! IN, Sne
peEloS 3l SelL Ls t Jt oeSHh AZ FIy-
h9 IVY 5.oeK anu en T Ut toEhtoWn.
,.aa t, " HeH tne CoIoHIes
~ ~ TOO stoSI DsaOts w "U ,IiS aS aII az
knoWsuseu LV ! ~ was sun grave
gueS S, Wne'nst ths pLIiClpIes 9atieo
lor mao neen seGuIey salneu' II was
QUESTION whetneF men VINO mao re,
tuseu 70 oe soyeElleu Sy KING would
cOnSent 10 De ,goNerneu Oy any power
even thoG II the power were 'ths si
selves IneFs were tnose Nmahy IKE
tneIn uVe o-uAyI VINO carried tnelr
lueas OF personal L,,, !iDerty 70 he widest
extreme; Iney 'houBnt LneH nDerty
wa, WAS MCenSe 70 40 as Lhey pleased
Ihey even thousnt tnat the lhdepend-
ence OF part was OF more conse-
quehce tnah the WelIare OF tne whole.
Even now many people mink that
hDerty ana anarchy are the same thing,
ana that freedom HNes almost
with lawIessness. out OF TINS spirit
comes much OF me trouble OF the pres
ent' seen IN me INJUSTICE between men,
tne uhreasonhOIe ueHlands OF DOth cap
ital ana labor, ana the disregard OF
law. Many men are unwilling to be
governed. PoitlcaI ana moral liberty
are only possible 70 MIN who accepts
certain JUST restraints Thus we see