The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-20

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is completed. In eloquent language
the speaker pa~rticulaTized the mag I
nitude of the difficulties overcome II
Is construction, and the advantages
that would accrue to the world from
its completion. He said: To-day orl-
entail travel and trade have their d.
reetest and speediest route across the
nosomof the American States. To-day
the London tea merchant finds q
.nuick transit-the quickest of all
and the most convenient of all, II not
the cheapest, by a Cunar3er to New
York, ten days; by railroad lines to
San Francisco, ten days; by Paclhc
steamer to Yeddo or PekID, thirty
days, more or less-fifty days, more
or less, from the metropolis OF
Europe to the metropolis Of Asia.
and the longest route becomes the
shortest way. The traveller to the
East takes his journey Westward
He then gave a very interesting
contrast between the Episcopal visit
alton Of Bishop THOMPSON TO India
and China. three or four years ago,
and that Bishop KINGSLEY is now
making around the world, showing
how wonderfully the completion OF
the Pacific Road has annihllated time
and space.
cial Conventions which lave been
held during the past year. While the
promotion of business interests was
the prime aim of these Conventions,
the character of the men who took
the lead in them, conviuces those
who look deep into the question OF
results, that more than the CONNER
eial idea is to be found In these gath
erings. They are doing much towards
reconciling and harmonizing antagon-
I istie sections of the country, and
making Cancellation complete.
LET the men of the South and the
! men of the North know that their
I personal interests as men of business,
c will be best subserved by ~cultlvating
s the most friendly relations; that they
will most surely become progressive
: in enterprise, thrift and power IN
q proportion as they have cordial in
terchange, and hen to the largest e.
4 tent is the chasm separating them
: not bridged over, but rather filed W
so that there may remain no sem
blanee of division"
v. 3. GOOD hope for u country a:
also for humanity is found In the fac
that the thought of the denomina
Ct tional Christian Church become
We more and more nearly one Tn
rs hearts of truly christian people draE
,e more nearly together"
This thought was illustrated by tn
10 recent union of the two branches o
Tie great Presbyterian Church after
,,e separation Of thirty-one gears.
"@No true christian but is gratlhe
and regards it as one of the creates
OF moral denominations of the preseU
TT generation. That great Church
truly Evangelical. 1t has intelli
cence, wealth, and piety. May Go
. grant to ii multiplied increases of a
be these elementsl And may he sanctll
ir them thoroughly to the salvation {
90 III uurJTng THeTr r0rvv5s uup u.s---
cant, the speaker argued, for a similG
OF triumph In his own Church, whic
he had already been inaugurated. II
le- same year that Witnessed the onsun
;ts nation Of one union saw the begil
- ming Of another. The Method
We Church had been divided tWenty-iy
on years, and good hope could be enter
Ia tanned hat at the close of thirty-on
prs years of separation. christian poop
could shout oyer Methodlsm as OF
again.
4OOhs AONs q &4ONANA AGGh w
W. which VIC have occasion to rejo:c
gu This is becoming really the day
God-as God is making it the day
7Lr the people. This Is the period
OF which the dominancy of the few ov
the many is waning. A period it is
which the many are asserting for ii
essential rights belonging TO theI
MS and which have hitherto been exc
I'D cised only too much by the few"
he Ecelesiasticism technically
called) is, here and there. more al
more being supplanted by a libero
large-hearted gospel evangelism.
ity Men are asserting for the largest Ii
he erty of thought and conscience, al
a as they never did before"
,os THE assertion is more and mo
= for principle-nOs so much for fOrI
NJ for great truth-not so much I
ers show; for the mind of God-not
de- much for the deliverances of priest
eel for moving men towards Christ al
making them better-not so mui
imposing ceremony holding them
awe; for common sense in religiC
and simplicity-nOt so much for c
traordinary dignity aud gra
speeches.
tn Il tell you, my brethren, to-day
evangelical thought has more po'
er over the people and the regard
God than do wax candles, linen So
hat plices, or walls frescoed all over wi
lch tokens of Mariolatryl | tell you, t
an soul of Christian Interpretation h
~ this day more worth among the
" millions of Christ's redeemed ch.
-aa- dren, than all the s%tereotyped on
ned scriptions Of Ritual service th
rere Priests ever mumbied at the alt,
One man, all alive, with
! oeare on IRE of the Holy Ghost, go;i
u a U among men with great truth
ap- making his life full Of activity and G
Mr.. ergy-preaehing Jesus Ohrist's &c
pei to sinners as a minister, or preac
n ing 1T by a consistent aud pure life,
IT ~ a business man, Is this day of mo
soI force in bringing this world into COZ
had partnership with God, than all 1
ne hooded nuns and monks convent
NIT monastery ever imprisoned"
Ae' Reference was made to the trials
DR.. Tying, in New York, and \
M Cheney, in Chicago, illustrative
us this part of the theme.
cen 4. Our country having no hon
AeF' genelty In Its population, we may 10
rae out beyond, and facts from beyo
are abundant to prove that I
the marches Of the Divine Purpose a
TO not limited to u continent. In ii
wi connection the speaker alluded to (
in struggle in Ireland over the Chur
lest Establishment, which, being sucee
III full there, was now being inaugural
Jog in Wales. The protests against /
en- Pope's Ecumenical Council, viii
Tor were coming up from every part
ng, Europe, and the present visit Of PC
for Hyacinthe to our own shores, VI,