Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-05-16

tions on HIS face, and calvary, WIN iSS
avInl temorrhage. Jacob served four.
teen wears for Rachel, but Christ served
thirty-three wears in torture that he
n.ioht win the heart OF the world.
Moreover, long ago-just as Processes
AT birth are pledged in treaty to earthly
rulers. go this nation at its birth was gel
apart for God. Before Columbus ana
the 100 men embarked on board the
Santa Maria, the Pinto and the Nina, on
their eyentful voyage, what did they do?
Took the sacrament OF our Lord Jesus
Christ. Coming in sight OF land, what
song goes up from all three decks?
"Gloria In Excelsis."
What did they fret do, stepping from
shipDoard to solid ground? All knelt in
PRAYER, consecrating the new world to
God. What did the Hugonots do, lang u
ing in the Carolinas and the Holiandef
landing in New York, and the Pnrltans
landing in New England? With bent
knee. upliited faces and heaven beseech'
ing PRAYER they took possession OF this
continent ior God. How did they open
the first American Congress? With
PRAYER in the name OF Christ.
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Pledged at the Birth
10 this divine marriage was America.
Beside that, see what he has done for
us. Open the map Of our North Amer
lean continent and see how the land was
shaped for immeasurable prosperities.
Behold the navigible rivers, greater and
more numerous than any other land,
running down to the sea in all direc'
tons, prophesy OF large manufactures
and easy commerce. Look at the great
ranges OF mountains tlInbered
with wealth on the TOP
and sides and metalled with wealth un-
dernesth: lS0,000 square miles OF coal;
$50 600 square miles Of iron. The land
80 contoured that extreme weather sell
dom lasts more than three days. For
the most OF the year the climate is
bracing, and Favorable for Drawn and
brain, all fruits, all minerals, all har-
vests, scenery which displays an autum.
nal pageantry which No other land pre-
tends to rival. No South American
earthquakes, no Scotch mists, no Eng
lsh fogs, no Egyptian plaques, no Ger
manic divisions.
The Happiest People on Earth
are the people Of the United States. The
poor man has moe chance, the industri-
Gus man more opportunity. How good
God was to our fathers! How good God
is To US and our children! To Him,
blessed be His mighty name! To Him
of the cross aud the triumph, to Him
who still remembers the prayers OF the
Pilgrim fathers aud Hugenot and Hol-
land refugees, TO Him this land shall be
married o, We patriots and Christians,
by your contributions and prayers has
ten the day for this fultiilment.
We are turning just now a great 'esf
in the pondering tome oi our nations
history. At the different gates OF this
last year over 100000 emigrants arrived
and at the different gates this year over
100000 will come. Who are they?
They are not the paupers OF Europe. l
was told at Kansas City last summer
that a vast multitude OF them passed
through, averaging $500 each. large
number who came through Castle Car
den averaged $1,000 each. Recently
twenty families arrived with SS5OOO
among them. Mind you, famllies-not
tramps, additions 10 tire wealth OF
YOUR country, not subtraction. Some
OF them saw last Tuesday at Caste
Garden reading their Bibles and hymn
books. They hal Christ with them in
the steerage and they have Christ with
them on the emigrant rail train
which every afternoon at five
o'clock bears them westward. Our
Commissioners Of Emigration take
them off the vessel and in the name OF
humanity's God forward them to the
places Of destination. And soon they
will turn the Territories into States and
the wildernesses into gardens ii We
build for them churches and establish
for them schools and send TO them
Christian missionaries. Are you afraid
that this country will be over.crOwded
on account of this immigration? A
fishing smack on Lake Ontario iIht as
well tomorrow morning fear being
crowded as the next ten generations
of our people fear being crowded in
America Do not tell me these foreign
ers bring hither preferences for other
governments. They are sick OF the gov
ernments under which they were op
pressed, and they want free America.
Give them mighty
Gospel Of Welcome.
Throw around them the hOspitalities OF
the Christian religion. They will add
their Industry and their hard.earned
wages to our national prosperity, and
then we will all 20 to Christ and this
land shall be married. Where do you
think the marriage altar shall be lifted?
Let it be on the Rocky MountBins,
when through artificial and mighty lrri.
cation their tops shall be covered with
VINEYARDS aud orchards and greantelds.
The Bostons and New GOrksand Charles.
tons of the Pacific coast shall come
to the altar from one side and the Bos-
tons and New Workers and CharleStons
of the Atlantic coast will come from the
other side and there, amidst them, let
the Bride of all nations kneel. And
though the organ OF the loudest thund-
ers that ever shake the Sierra Nevadas
on the one side or move the foundations
OF the Alleghanies on the other side,
should open iull diapason OF wedding
march, il would not drown the pledge OF
betrothal when Christ the King takes
the hand OF this Bride OF nations, saying:
"As the bridegroom rcjoiceth over the
bride, so thy God rejoiceth over thee"
At that marriage banquet the platters
shall be OF Nevada silver and the chal.
ices Of Californian gold and the fruits
from Northern orchards and the spices
from Southern groves, and the tapestry
from New England looms and the con-
eratulations from all free nations OF
earth. and all the triumphant armies OF
heaven, "And so thy land shall be
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