The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-05
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Dy the inspired bard TO celebrate Jehovah's praise
IN view or the prosperity OF the Jewish nation
III Is a psalm remarkable for its dlctton and
appropriateness. 1t afnrms that all nature Is
subject to. the Divine control. He counts the
stars and the winds are wrapped up In His lists.
The hail and the rain are with Him the elements
OF good or OF evil, This psalm also contains the
solemn assertion that God bestoWs HIS blessings
ON nations for different purposes according TO
the mission that each nation Is TO accomplish.
There is no other psalm In the Bible so appro-
pirate for this day as this. the Doctor called at
tentlen 20 two points suggested by the text and
the day First, the superior rights and advan-
tages that we enjoy as people, and, secondly,
the duties that we owe to God, TO ourselves and
to ether nations God hath made OF one blood
all nations OF men that dwell on tine face OF the
earth, and hath fixed the boundaries OF their habit
tations. If we glance at the earth we shall nnd
that between the twentieth ana thirty sixth de-
erees north latitude all the great nations OF the
past have lived, ana all those OF the present
dwell. Ii narrow zone and yet we may con-
tract it ten degrees and the same remark is true
Of those political Powers that dwell between this
belt. II is that north and south OF that zone
there have and DO exist great nations; bat no
one will claim that either those Of the north or
the south nave been potent IN giving sentiment
TO mankind. Cas- your eye and our mind along
this parallel and you Will lind NineVeh, Babylon,
Persia, Greece ana Rome III that small region
that little patch or land which mas gwen 10 the
GREATEST ELEMENTS OF POWER,
letters, commerce aud Christianity. Within that
same belt or Powers to-day stands Italy and Rus
STA, the coming Power OF Europe; and Austria,
reluvenated aud rising from tine thraldom Of ages;
| limit also stands Prussia, Germany, Poland,
France, Spain and our own Republic, IN which the
psalm are enjoyed. VITA shore line extending
farther tAan the circumference OF the globe; with
q sixth less than all the area OF Europe. BY what
arithmetic shall we estimate our national wealth
or the comforts tnat we possess. Travellers go to
sunny Italy 10 spend their winters under its mild
sky, but there are clearer skies and pleasanter
winters in our own Florida They 60 TO witness the
Alps aud TO climb their sides, but we have afeaJer
and grander mountains IN our own land. They
60 to Switzerland or Sweden or the British Isles
70 glory over lakes and cascades aud cataracts,
but our country mas them In grandeur and great
ness unknown In any other. Where on the globe
shall we go to md wealth 80 0ilfused as mere
Other lands can boast OF more millIonnaires, but
where Is there so much competence among the
masses as may be found here In these Unitsd
States. Here comfort waits upon competence, and
competence is the lruit OF honest toll and ind astry.
Take two facts that will illustrate this point. The
emigrants VINO nave come TO this country have
sent back $50, 900, 600 in gold to their friends
the other side And then take that otner fact that
on the affairs OF Goo and OF the Church. No man
need be pauper here, and TO be a pauper Is to
farm TO every human being on the face OF tho
eartn ana California alone can furnish money 10
all mankind. such Country with such resources,
should draw from every heart
HALLELUJAHS TO GOD,
and oil the eartn should shout ''Amenr The
'amens" came with heartness responsive to the
suRgestion) IL is grand lact In our history (Dr.
Newman contlnued) that our fathers commenced
wnere other nations left on. DR.. Newman then
ske tched the origin OF the nations OF old.
which were founded by barbarians and whose de-
scendants continued IN the same or a seml-bar-
barous condition. But 1t was not so with US. Is
was ordained that the men who laid the foundR-
zion OF this Republic should be true noblemen,
bearing the image the Divine and heavenly
George Washington, the father oil our country
stands out among the statesmen OF tRe past ana
present sublime IN his Christian heroism and
largeness OF conception and without an imitator
in MS utter unselnshness. Nowhere did o nation
start Win 80 much brains, SO much culture, SO
much love and SO mucn conscience as this, vita
one exception, and that was the Jewish nation
founded BY Abraham. Our fathers were not slaves
They were English 1reemeu. And because they were
such they rose in their might and declared that
he mo- Ma' nSo PatIcE Henry heen sdn
ted to tRe British parliament as the representa-
tive oil the American colonies we might have been
to-day the most faithful OF Engrand's posses
slons. Or. Newman next referred to the
revolutions headed by Tell, by Cromwell and
the the narrow ir OF their ideas 1 ana aims aims
with the largeness and universally OF the aims
and principles OF the patriots OF the American
Revolution. The latter warred not Tor State or
a canton, but for ali men. And those grandsires
OF our nation proclaimed that all men are created
Tree and equal, and are endowed Win certain
inallenaole rights. The struggle through winch
our fathers ioaght was not Tor themselves alone
forward TO the future and announced Iact long
hidden in this old book tine Bible, but long forgot
ten or ignoredJ. that armen are free and all ment
are brothers. The Doctor then referred TO the lead
ing ideas or the ancient governments and peoples,
as lor instance the Greeks setting up philosophy
as the ldea which should elevate men, and ths
Jews
THE IDEA oP RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM
as necessary TO insure the greatest good OF man.
but our Iatners took another ides-that or the
equality and brotherhood aud freedom OF ALL.
lhe union OF Churon and state IN tae past con-
tribued much to this nations prosperity We
Stunned 1t as something TO be dreaded by every
wise statesmGn and true minister of tne Gospel.
IL SHOULD be remarked nat0tnose VINO come TO us
as emlgrantS are the best blood or the working
classes OF the OLD World. Fifty per cent come 70
they bring an average OF $50 apiece In gold, and
emlgrants from some districts orlng as hgn an
into this country By eigrants Is 5000 900 600.
They come from oppression and from persecution
and from poverty, ana they lind here an asylum
and home. They bring their preJudices aAd
their Ignorance as well as their gold with them.
IL Is true tnat selhshnesS underlies emigration.
foreigner comes here to make a living ana
he may be under solemn oath 20 do all
come and let US do what we can to Americanlze
ana Chrlstianze all who come 10 US. We bid
them all welcome Our domain Is large enough
for the universe. History repeats ITSELF There
mas mas 9sen alsPe rsioa anu read the signs OF
publication! The dispersion took place
In Asia-the uniacation VIII take place
IN America. To-day, alier more than
OF Noah meetln our land. Here are the sons OF
Ham In our southern States or Shem on our
western border, and OF Japhet spread all over the
land. And old Noah is to-day LOOKING down on
the reunion OF nis sons, who have wandered SO
long over the globe. Tne Doctor referred also TO
our example upon the nations OF the earth, and
remarked that were our fathers permitted TO re-
turn TO earth to-day they would raise their hands
In wonder and In gratitude at the
RESULTS or oNh HUNDRED YEARS. INFLUENCE
OF this Republic on tue world. Time il an I'M
portant element In all the purposes OF COD In the
development oil mind as well as OF matter.
The condltlonsof any people Is inlerable from
the government under which they live. The Doc
tor then contrasted the governments Of the world
hundred years ago-when this Republic was
iounded-Wlth what they are to-day. And, refer
ring TO each, he pointed out some characteristic
OF each wnicn has grown up from the influence OF
American IDEAS on them. No nation In Europe,
he SAID, has more regard to-day for America than
Russia band, as Russian nobleman said to the
Doctor lately, "When the question oil the East
comes up for settlement, as IL must come by and
by, Russia will expect the sympathy Of America,
whose missionaries are spread over all that region
and where our churches nave millions worth Of
properly, and whose institutions are studding the
ORIENT" Look at Prussia to-day, with , Christian