Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-12


"The Golden Age".wa the topic of
an interesting lecture given by Hon.
q. T. Sweeney at the First Christian
Church last evening. The lecture was
under the auspices of The Kings
Daughters, of the church. and was
heard by a large and appreciative au-
dience. His remarks in part were as
follows:
In his opening remarks Rev. Swee-
ney said that the golden age of any
thing. is the period that administers
and is administered to in the highest
degree, and in speaking of measuring
mans greatness thought that he is the
most wonderful thing in the world. He
is greater in value than anything he
has ever acquired. He can set a stamp
for his inner manhood, but not for his
outer manhood. Let me say that man
is greater than anything that he has
ever organized in the world. He is also
superior to what he has achieved. Man
was never created to be subject to slav-
around him. Let us take possession of
natures riches and joys for they are
ours. Science, culture and art are
what combine to make up the unit of
humanity.
In his opinion men have achieved
nineteen-twentieths of the things that
were at n time pronounced to be
impossible and that they promise to
accomplish still greater things in the
future.
In referring to the telephone among
other things that have been invented
by men in science he said that the
first message sent over the wire was
a mistake. 1t was, What God Hath
Wrought Now, why it was a mis-
take is that God furnished the raw
material and men did the rest.
The lecturer advised that every
young man should not choose any
profession, calling or vocation that he
does not think will administer to. him
some good in the days to come. Not
only is a profession to be judged in
it's administering of good to man, but
the keynote of good government. Let
us look at government as the servant
of man. 1t has been said that we are
the greatest nation. 1t is true that
we are great but we must not feel
that we are the greatest country in
the world. Our British brethren are
far superior to us in naval power. If
we are not great in our military and
naval power in what are we great?
We are not as great in art, or science,
are great in our broad acres. And
yet, Notwithstanding that we do not
compare favorably with other nations
in science, art, literature and naval
and military power. | am a patriotic
Yankee, and here to say that our
country is the greatest nation ON the
face of the earth. And why is it said?
Because, u government is for the
good of every individual. There is no
institution that b greater in the world
than the American school house, and
nothing that is better than the play
ground of the school. If | had a son
and wanted the starch taken out Of
him I would rather put him on the
playground of an American school
than any other place to have this ac-
complished.
DR.. Sweeney then took occasion to
highly commend the character of
President Mckinley, to approve of his
administration and to speak of the
history Of the star spangled banner
as being more glorious than the flag
of any other country.
Continuing he said that truth, candor
and patriotism cause me to throw out
a keynote of warning. Do you know
that there are men who are organizing
to wipe out the system of free schools
the little red school house in this
country.
There are ten foolish and worthless
newspapers to every good one in this
country. There is many a newspaper
e 10 IslogIeqo eql ssmeJsp oqM uBut
man just because he is a political can
didate on the other side.
He next called attention to the poor
literature in circulation and to the
great extent to which it is read and told
an amusing story of a girl who had
gotten an idea of an angel from the
books she read. She was disappointed
in love and took rough on rats and died.
She left behind her. a note requesting
that she be buried with her hair hang
ing down her back and her feet bare,
so that she might look like an angel.
The lecturer thought she had gotten
the wrong idea Of an angel, for women,
he remarked facetiously, are not angels.
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