The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-01
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: No. 40.
) Mr.. Roosevelt's Fayorite
!, Hymn,
By Rev. Newell Dwight Hills
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By Rev. Newell Dwight Hills
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! ''Ii"w ljrtn :: irundaIi"n. y" saints Of the
l.nr'
. Is laid far your faith IN His excellent
Word.
! What more car IIr say than to you He
hath said.
| y ru. who unto jesus f"r rcfuE" hhth
I he'd
/ Tn" friends and representatives Of the
! various governments wln attended On"
! funeral services "r Eni. H"n$"v"lt, COM
! rn"utrl upon ti. fat rha; only oirH
! hymn WIS sung. That liu" old hymiL
! "U"w rru a. foundation =" saints Of the
! I.nrd.' WAS tn" st.i"*mau's tavoritc
/ hymn through all TIA" years &C his strcn-
/ uruS hfc Tn, genius III that hymn Is
! optimism. 1t is the victor! Of hope
! Ger fear. il nlS i'll i, TN" sweetness
, Oi the song Of III" nightingale, that at
| midnight Forecasts tn" coming Of the
| dawn and Tho defeat Of darkness. il
also holds the cry "C t!c rtGir. BREAST
| ing every storm. locking tn" sun in the
face. and !indIuG ;hc unseen heights.
! New We know tho here's optimism WAS
! brrll Cf his r"ulidrnr" that Liud ~
! stronger than evil. that right is stronger
than wrong that liberty. Is stronger
! rhau ryrtnuy. and that *"nu or lat" SIN
will DC IanQuish"d and the earth b.
com" an ideal commonwealth. lfi The
spirit Of triumphant optimism Mr..
Eno%cv"lt lived and died.
The Duty of Optimism.
This hymn is r"vcla:"r! &c rhc char
1"icr achievements Of the itE"t Anrrl-
can citizen. Mr. Enus"Trlt was D
kuIgh, nf III" new rhi"nlrl. mud ii h"ro
"t n hundred hnltl" fields. Always nc
Fought face forward, and n"Trr doubted
he final triumph "f jus,'c" and free
dom. From The vor! beginning OF TINS
world war. ne struck tn" optimistic
nntc. f. en- 1T the darkest hour. when
il looked us if Franc" might b" ruined.
"ycn England invaded and civilization
Il, StrHyrd. Mr.. KuuSrrrlt furCtnld III"
doom. Of force and typrannT. llr Shw
afar-nF the coming Tirt"r%. and during
the t,v0 years Of thick darkness. when
events J,urrcyci from hai to worse. in
siSrrI that the univrrs" was Just. and
God was good. that right would finally
H.. triumphant. and that the Influence
" liberty would bc thr creator by
reason Of misfortune. and The brighter
because nj tho tragic fires through
whirh it had ras:rd.
Doubt Is Treason
II Is y great thing fer statesman in
the midst nt tho thunder of the worlds
haitIr To knox that tho Tod # all the
earth snail do right. that II" has pledged
all thu" resources of urInirot"n"" 10
those who seek justice. and that there
for" III" victory "f IN" patriots. The
teachers thu parent and the hero is 40
iucritAblr victory. ono" man grips
thai principle. hr is bound. is II were,
Ivy chains nr EOd To the throne OF tinrl.
nur cX-PrcSidGnt expressed IL we'll
when he sail in one OF his recent
papers, II the criminals OF rotsdan,
could succeed. it would b" only after
this moral universe has Crumhlcd into
dust" This is another way nf Sa%iTIE
that thc victory If inITuity would mean
til, death IF 4 just God because Cod
is. victory nj right is inevitable. The
day nr triumph may hc posi- poucd. tho
70 wards of righteous work may b" Scant.
hr wicked muy sr"m Tn flourish like
q green hay tree for Il little time. he
dixnned rin may stand in high places.
while modest virtue is apparently ever
lrnnkcd--hut when n liul" time was
passed there comes a Puff Of wind out
"f The cast. and L.. all the Hog arr Sw"r:
away, one fact nl"n" exposes tho very
illn"rmnSl heart 81 tn" universe in
which We dwell. that is tho fact that
tn" GRAND Of Truth IS II successful -
rand 1t was ibc final *tanza of This
hymu that Erprcd Colonel Roosevelt.
God will never desert just man, nor
lcav" the Truth to Ills Goes.