The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-12-04

Aside. l!tOu Wofil-Wlle curse, called Ming,
The peoples step is quicker, stronger,
There's a Divinity within
That makes men great, whene'er they will it;
God works with all who dare to win
And the time cometh to reveal it
It's coming, yes, It's coming!
Freedom! the tyrants kill thy braves;
Yet in orr memories live the ~sleepers,
And, the doom'd millions feed the graves
Dug by deaths fierce, red-handcd rcapers;
The world shall not forever bow
To things which mock Gods own endeavor
It's nearer than they think of nov,
When flowers shall wreath the sword forever,
lis coming, yes. It's coming
CONTRASTS.
While some comparisons are singularly simi-
lar in the two countries yet the contrasts are EN-
irently favorable TO America. Let us impartial
~ examine such distinctions. DR.. John Kitto
says: The true interest and Importance of a
country arise, not from its territorial extent, but
from the men who form It's living soul; from its
institutions, bearing the impress of mind and
spirit; and from the events which grow out of
the character of its irhabitapts.'' Well, even
taking that standard, which seems a fair one. |
can demonstrate that there are moro ameliora-
tive, and memorable emancipatory events crowd
ed into America short national existence, than
ever occurred in the long history of the Holy
Land.
We Will simply count from the time of the
settlement at jamestown, in 1903, only about 27S
years ago. but what a record. During the first
century and a half, it was one continuous con-
tict. 1t was a battle of the axe against the
woods; 1t was a contest of the pillow against the
prairie; a daily war of the rifle against TIE toma-
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ton wrestling against native harharisrn. and that
too in many Of its worst forms. Could the tolls
and trials, the barbarities and battles, the ague
and agonies, the wars and woes, the fears and
foes, besetting the pioneer settlers Of America
during ito first fifteen decades. ever be truthfully
written what an undylng ~intereet it would excite
Twelve years after the settlement at jamestown
came the Pilgrim Fathers to Plymouth;a race OF
stalwart, daring Christian men; of the Milton
liampdeu, and Cromwell type; the chivalrous
"lronsides," who taught kings, for Il period, how
to behave themselves. Grand stock, were thos,
e~migrant Pilgrims. Their blood was plebian
but their brain was princely. They brought lit
tie in their pockets. hut they brought mines o
wealth in their hearts, their souls, and thei
character. Undoubtedly God sent them, an,
used tlleln to lay deep and immoyahly the foun
dation for budding up this new world, in thi
new land which God careth for, and on whicl
the eyes of the Lord are always looking The
were men OF good ideas. clear grit and undaun
ted courage, and who had also an unhinchin
faith III God. Look at them then. the germ of
commonwealth; the Seers, the Prophets. the Pa
trlarchs, and the planters of institutions whic
issued IN making q nation. and developing a GOV
erDment which is now the admiration and tn
envy of the universe. In less than three cent?
rles Won have stored your archives with record
Of events that neither Egypt, Phoenicia, Greece
Rome nor Canaan excelled.
EXTENT.
Contrast Canaan and America in territorial es
tent, Imagine a rig;ny and Il pyramid "a sta
and the SUM county ard a continent Pales
tine, with scarcely Il, square miles, would b
dwarfnd even by our own Dakota, TINT is not ye
considered of sufficient age to cast off her terr
toriai swaddlins clothes, yet Dakota would max
fourteen Cananns. But if Palestine feels littl
in thc presence # the baby i'll this large fedel
atlon OF 81 members, how must She feel in III
overshadowing presence of the whole famil
group?
GOVERNMENT.
a settled government was unknown to Israe
They were always experimenting. They tried
Iheocratic governments; they tried judges an
kings. yet all failed. They even tried tribal SO,
creisnty yet that did rot ~sntisfy. They wer
! always gravitatins downwards, through priest
lawyers and kings. They could never rise to ii
true basis and philosophy of permanent and pc
feet government, the sovereignty of the peopl
Any government to be satisfactory to man, an
to be approved and succeeded by God, must |
of all the people, by all the people, and for a
the people. This, then, is another element Co
shutting us a land that God carcth for"
> FERTILITY.
y Canaan is commended as a land of milk al
5 honey, Il land of hills and valleys, and water,
u with rain from Heaven But have we not eve
0 one of these climatic advantages and an intr
tnde of others that they knew nothing Of? 1t
!" POLITICALLY represented as
g "a land OF corn, and wine, and Oil, &C."
i But is there Il land under the sun, except Anne.
g ca, that can grow and produce everything that
nation essentially needs? Can any other count,
in case of blockade. internally sustain itself?
know of none except ur own. Thank &c
that no foreign foe can ever successfully inva
or harm us. In our infancy it was not so, but
our manhood we are invulnerable. Let pea
be within her walls, and prosperity within /
own palaces, then our defence shall be the m
n milton of rocks, our bread shall be gwen, and q
n water shall be sure For it is u land which t
Lord thy God careth for. the eyes of the Lord t
God are always upon it,
INSTITUTIONS
What record have we of benevolent and otf
" institutions. except those of the church. in
land of Canaan? But America is bejewell
with them, almost as numerously as the event
~ heavens with stars. Wrecked bodies and wreck
i minds find welcome asylum almost in every to
and city. To fit men for usefulness on earth,
u, have schools, seminaries, colleges, uniyersit
n and science and art institutions everywhere.
y, prepare men for, and to aid men on their way
i Heaven, we have missions and churches of
III real and imaginable creeds, and several, il adj
e, ton, without creed, The hungry are fed,
- naked are clothed. the homeless are shelter
X ard the stranger that comes to us with moth
at but his heart, his hands. his will, and his fam
nd we give him a free homestead and constitute !
& a peer in the realm of industry. The sick p
at we provide for. the prisoner we release, the b'
ne we set free, and welcome them to all theh homo
by privileges of citizenship. For these natin
benefits, then, let us thank God. Thank Him
ia the harvest: thank Him for preserving our CO
Try III peace: thank Him fer sunshine. for T
'as for snow, for friends. for health, for life, for
nd gift of His Son, His word, His comforter;
dc past of His present of Joy. and His
ture of promised reward. Serve tho Lord v
L. gladness: come before His presence with sing
nd know ye that the Lord lie is God; it IL He
tu- made US, and not we ourselves: we are His pee
nat and the sheep of his pasture: enter, then,
be His gates with thanksgiving, and unto Hisco
on with praise: be thankful unto Him. and
ice His name. for the Lord is good. His mere
is everlasting, and His truth endnreth to all
He ~erations. Then let us all unitedly. and siuco
rod bless and magnify His holy name FOR casting
md lot by birth or adoption in this land of milk
ac- honey: Of political and religious freedom
md hills aud valleys and of rain from HEAVIER
this good Land which the Lord thy God ca