Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-07

ty faith and obedience, when We prove
rrcreant to the trust committed To u,
He will raise up people that will dis
place US.
How to "dress and keep" this inheri>
lance implies that the forest shal! give
way before the steady advance of the
yeoman aD.l fruitful fields aud velvet
lawns shall take its place. II msans the
conversion Of hills and mountains into
green pastures, the change of dismal
swamps into meadow vaies and the play
ground of babbIing brooks; it means
that our rich prairias shall become like
rolling seas Of gold bending down be
meath the weight Of their yellow harvest ;
it means that our whole land shall be-
/ come dotted over with cities and villages
and The abodes Of civilized man, the
woods that rang with the wild war
whoop, and noise of the chase shall echo
with the sound of the church going bell,
the din and busy hum of industry, the
rafting of the rail car, and shrill wills
tie of the steam pipe. Yes it means all
this, and abundant more. For this We
have no Tears, pecuniary interest will Sc
cure it all, but God has entrusted US with
a social and moral heritage to be kept
and fostered for the benefit Of all whom
he may send to enjoy it. He has en-
! trusted us with the boon of civil liberty
The young child found too many Her
DDS in the Oh world that sought its life
and God placed it here and reared II
amid the western wilds of n new world
where it has been rocked in adversely
and reared anil the storms of revolu
ton. Thank God it lives to day and
sheds its blessings upon the millions
free. He has appointed US to decide
the vexed question of self government
it has been on "probation" before the
world for centuries past, We have taken
the principle of self government into
full connection" and by the grace of
God helping the child shall not "back
slide" The old world has been working
the problem backward, by promising
that man should govern the millions.
instead of the millions govern the man
They have made the ruler the source of
authority. instead the recipient of it
They made the ruler King to whom
the people should be amenable, instead of
q servant amenablo to the people. Thus
they pnt the cart before the horse ana
could not draw humanity upward. He
has appointed us to solve the vexcd
question of the relation of church and
state. Rome put the church before the
state making the latter . dependency
and to derive all its powers from "Peter :
England dashed the church to the state
and took it in tow "a the steamer tows
the barge. the state boarding the whole
crew, furnishing food. lights and fire
Is 1t any wonder they all got cold and
somewhat in the dark? What of the
American churches, if all their fire was
to come from Washington? Our iath
ers wisely concluded that a church tina;
cannot stand alone. cannot he support
to the state, or individual, and had bet
ter fall, that the church had one office
work, and the state another, which were
and should bs separate. Ia other words
they concluded that the Kingdom of
tlcdNtH WIS UOt VI LUIS WGIhus no
the church represented that Kingdom up
on the earth. its supper. with all lis APP
purtenances. including its light and fire
should come from higher source than
the state. A wise conclusion, which
trust may remain unchanged. The vol
antary principle as recognized by our
fathers and inaugurated by our Lord,
has been proven by its history with us to
be the proper relations of these powers
He has appointed our land 10 be the
theater of social reform How the great
evil of intemperance can be ex i-pated
compatible with the genius Of our lusti
tutions is not SO clear as desirable. |
think that we are not all out into sun
light Oh this question. Our liberties
which we prize so highly, are Ly some
! interpretations, widening out into license
especially is it true when we license what
is plainly crime. And it is crime.
and should be SO heralded from every
pulpit and rostrum, to kill our fellow
men. And no less crime when otco
hol instead of the knife be the instru
ment we use for the murder. We thank
God for what has been accomplished for
suffering humanity through the cause of
temperance, but We blush at our folies
and sins and half doings in this matter.
The status of woman. her sphere of &C
ton, "what she is and what she ought
to be- ia question which is beleaguered
with much of misrepresentation. In the
minds of some of our elect ladies
there seems TO be conviction that they
are s'fenced in" with chains of iron, and
the cry is .sbreak the chains" Is it not
a delusion? The things demanded are
at her pleasure. They are in her hands.
We have not man among us, the Pres
ident not excepted but what comes to
see US from her hands, just as she makes
them, they are Of her creation. Presi
dent Grant has right to the presiding.
but he has no right 10 be a woman
Her sphere is beyond and above his.
she makes our presidents. we are in
great measure Just what our mothers
make us to be. No good woman, ev
er desires to be man, or like men,.
You make poor bargain to sell your
'birlhright" for such "mess of pot
tager 1t is quite unnatural for the
"potter" to be like the vessel that he
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