The Penn's Grove record., 1899-12-01
DR.. TALMAGES SERMON.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE Hy THE NOTED
DIVINE.


blessings For which We should BE
MISUNDERSTANDING Has Lightened
Bnrdens-God Sent the Wheel.
Copyright, Louis Klopsch. 1891
WAsnrSGToS, D. Ul--This discourse Of DR.
Tnlmage is a sermon Of preparation for the
national pbser vance and In an unusual way
sails for the gratitude Of the people; the
EStsxt, Ezekiel X, 10, As for the wheels, 1t
was cried unto them ~ My hearing, .
! wheelp' IS
The last Thursday OF the eleventh month.
BY proclamation Of President and faovat.
nors, Is observed In thanksgiving for
temporal mercies. With what spirit shall
| We enter upon 1t? For nearly a year and q
| half this nation has been celebrating the
triumph OF the sword n gun and bat
terry. We have sung martial airs and
elfeered retur ng heroes and sounded the
requiem for 4e slain In battle. Methinks
1t will be a heaithful change ifthis Thanks
giving week. In church and homestead. wa
celebrate the victories Of pence, for moth
Ing was done at Santiago or Manila that
was Of more Importance than that which
In the last year has been don In farmers
field and mechanics shop and authors
study by those who never wore an epaulet
or shot a Spaniard or went a hundred
miles from their WI doersiil. And now
l call your attention to the wheel Of the
text.
Man, a small speck In the universe, was
set down In a 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 be by physical force, for com
.-re his arm with the ox's horn and the
' lphant's tusk, mi how weak he Isl II
5uld not be by physical speed, for COM,
burs him to the antelope's foot and ptar-
/migan's wing, and how slow he Isl 1t
could not be by physical capacity to soar
or plunge, for the condor beats hin In one
direction and tho porpolse In the other.
Yet he was to conquer the world. Two
eyes, two hands and two feet were INSULT
Client. He must be re-enforced, SO God
sent tho wheel.
Twenty-Five times is ths wheel mem
toned In the Bible, sometimes, as In
Ezekiel, illustrating providentiai move
| ment; sometimes, as In the Psalms, crush
ing the bad; sometimes. as In Judges. rep
resenting Gods charioted progress. The
wheel that started in Exodus rolls on
through Proverbs, through Isaiah, through
Jeremiah, through D aniel 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 ourhands In thanks
giving and employ the apostrophe Of the
text, crying, 20 wheeI!"
/ call on you In this Thanksgiving week
to praise God for the ~triunphs Of machth-
cry, which have reyolutionized the world
mi multiplied its attractions. Even para
hasn compsrafiyetv dull hardy anvthinr
going an M aoricultnra neeied, fnr tha
Rsrvest was snnntaneons, M arehitsctnre
required, for they slept under the trees; no
manufacturers loom necessary for the
weaving Of apparel, for the fashions were
conM nof hava renuired ten minntes \ dav
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thing to Be compelled to work. 70 help
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back ina race ref treats. To aronse vonr
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