Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-19
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these are Christians, but that the on
ward march of Professionalism during
the century Is an incontestlble evidence
of its vigor and Its progress. Univer-
salty of worship comes before purity,
but incense and pure offering is vet
to rise to Jehovah from the rising
of the sun to the going down IF
the same" In the widespread rule of
the British Empire, followed 10y the
intense personal effort of reason.
| we see the hope Of Christianizing the
many millions of heather now tow wing 10
the British scepter. India is already
yielding to its power.
LANGUAGE.
The wide spread of the English lang
| uage IN close associate of the Protest.
| ant faith, now spoken by SO.OO0,0OC, or
one-twelfth the entire population of the
earth, and il the ruling power among
aDWOW0 of people, seems indicative
of a great future. and IN its ready ao-
csptance and assimilation Of all lang
uage many see promise of Its coming
universally. II is Protestant in lts his
tory and make up. and may Yet be the
| language of all the earth. Like the
Greek and Roman languages, it started
from a diminutive province which has
| proved its right to existence by winning
| its way. Ii may be limited IN its AS
| oendancy, AS were the Greek and Latin
| languages. but Homer and Virgil rule
the intellectual thought of the world to-
day, aud the Greek and Latin literature
seems destined to be interviewer with
every other. Perhaps the English lang
uage, As the expression of Protestant
faith. may incorporate German, French
and Scandinavian, and like the Greek,
prepare the way for easy common inter
course among the peoples of all ma
tions. Today, China and Japan. Scan
dinavia and India are busy learning tue
English languages: and America. swung
midway between the Continents, seesls
| destined 10 become the Armageddon of
the future. the battlefield Of all opinion.
where the light Of art, science and rel
gion is to struggle with outlawry, free
love and communism On the one hand,
and heathenish darkness on the other
Ia IL time when America, like ancient
Rome, il threatened by countless ber-
barian hordes, crowdinR upon our shores.
To fritter away our golden opportunity
in seeking To put out the light that 10 in
dissolubly connected with European
and American glory, that il the soul of
painting. sculpture and art for ZOO
years; that has gwen birth To the peak
ed architecture of Europe. denominated
| Christian by the British Cyclopadia;
that has inspired the genius Of Dante.
| Tasso and Milton. and adorned the uu
| equalled glory II Shakespeare; that is 80
interviewer with our sec ular literature.
that the two must stand or fall together.
and that is today CO ordinate with the
civilization of earth, and promises to be
universal Better far to accept the in
depreciation of that quaint old hymn
which sounds like a Christian battle cry
under the shadow of the Almighty:
ave are living, we are dwelling
In \ grand and awful time,
In an age ON ages telling
To be living Is sublime.
Hark the onset, will We fold your
Faith clad arms in lazy lock?
Up. . up, thou drowsy soldier,
Worlds are charging To the shock.
Will We play. then. will We daily
With your music and yonr wire?
Up, il is Jehovah's rally;
God = own hand hath need of thine.
| Worlds are charging. heaven behold,ny,
Thou hast but an hour to fight.
On. the etnblaxoaed cross unfolding:
On right Onward for the right"