St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-12-08

Why, a security which has the energy
of our holy Christianity back of it; a
Christianity which has given birth to a
spirit which has and is inspiring men
and women to carry our great national
debt upon their bowed shoulders until
they have challenged the admiration of
the world thereby. Reputation in
this nation, with the people its sOver-
eign and Christianity arbiter, is moral
ly impossible. But note again
THE ENERGY OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE
KINGDOM OF MIND.
1t projects upon the human intellect
the grandest truths, and leads it to eX-
plore the broadest fields within the
range of human conception; fields
which Aristotle and Plato cOnjectured
might exist, the mere mention of which
brought the world at their feet fields
that lie beyond the sweep of telescope 4;
fields where the infinite God displays
the wonders of his power, the glory of
his attributes fields that compass
mems duties and destinies-f fdelity
here and fadeless glory hereafter. .
What power gave us our free
schools? ? How is it that 270 out of the
300 leading universities of learning in
| this land are under the fostering care
of the churches their patient masters
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What power is lifting the incubus of
ignorance, error and superstition from
the mind of the colored race of this
land and why did shareholders i'm
prison young lady for teaching slave
children the alphabet of the spelling
book Simply that shareholders knew
that the Bible and the spelling book
would ruin slavery. In the incidents
of travel by gentleman of the north,
you read of the lounging habits of ne
groes of their standing in groups; of
one at work with two white men stand
ing watch to keep him at it of a young
man (colored) of twenty years crossing
fields with bundle of books under his
arm. The gentleman accosts and ques-
tiOns the young man, is answered cOur-
teously, but ut length the young man
grows restless and breaks forth "Sah,
| can't stop a-standing" This ''can't
stop a-standing" will yet push the col
ored race abreast our civilization. 1t
was this ''can't stop a-standing" that
progress, and has kept it moving until
in the language of another, its wheels
ale all afame. But is not Christianity
operating also in the
DOMAIN OF LAW OF POLITICsP
A new era of government has set in.
An immortal idea has flashed upon the
equality, fraternity. 1t declares that all
are brethren, and bases that declaration
on the fatherhOod of God, "a common
spiritual nature,-a foundation that
cannot he shaken.
The genius born of this idea has
planted and rules to-day the noblest
republic the sun ever shOne upon. But
it stops not here it is marching to the
defence of human rights everywhere
Already it has modified-where it has
not supplanted- form of govern
mrnt on the face of the earth. 1t has
swept like a sirOcco through the pope
doms and monarchies of earth, shout
ing defiance to their bulls and theil
bayonets. 1t has banished the inqui-
sition to the region whence it came
and liberated the religion and the con
science of the world, and made perse
cution for opinions sake outlawry. L
has laid the old feudal system in the
dust. More, it has buried it so deel
beneath the maledictiOns of all liv
ing that it may never hope for resur
rection. 1t has broken the yoke o
serfdom wherever it existed. 1t has de
clared the traffic in human souls pira
cy, and has stricken off the shackle
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Recently in our own it piled up fou
f million pairs of human fetters and to
day stands guard over them, maxim!
| slavery in the future impossible. |
bore up the heart of the nation in tn
. midst of the greatest conflict eve
waged, and secured the greatest victO
: ry ever achieved.
With ever-incTeasing force is thi
5 idea waging its relentless war agains
, caste, oppression, and birthright to rul
D in all lands ; planting republics on tn
f ruins of mOnarchies and Christia
I governments in the islands of the sea
= sending the Car of Russia into eXil
t and demanding a broader freedom an
= fuller manhood for the people; abol
n ishing landlOrdism i'll Ireland and urg
t ing new parliament for and by tn
+ people In our own land it has jus
n rebuked, quick and sharp, bOurbO
- republicanism, machine rule, an aris
t tocracy that had grown up in the nC
# blest party that ever lived in histor!
= and it is hurrying to oblivion the be
e trayers of the trusts of the people, an
}, burying in ignominy the plundelel
= of our treasures. The best-hated ma
T in New England is governor of Mass;
It chusetts to-day because Christian pul
d lie sentiment was treated with col
II tempt. But the grande'
IL achievements of our holy religion are
the empire of
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