The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-06-18

Of the century Is the attempt to destroy
this book; yet infidelity, loathsome,
stenchful, leprous, pestiferous, rotten
monster, stretches out its hand, ichorous
with the second death, to take the hand Of
this republic. It stretches it out through
seductive magazines and through carica.
lures of religion. 1t asks for all that part
Of the continent already fully settled
and the two thirds not yet occupied.
It says: "Give me all east of the
Mississippi with the keys of the Church
and the Christian printing presses; then
give me Wyoming, give me Alaska, give
me Montana, give me Colorado-give mo
all the States and Territories west of the
Mississippi, and will take those places
and keep them by right Of possession long
before the gospel can be fully intrenched."
And this sutton presses his case appalling
ly. Shall the banns of that marriage be
proclaimed!
"No!" say the home missionaries of the
West-a martyr band of whom the world
is not worthy, toilips amid fatigues and
malaria and starvation.
"No! not il we can help it. By what we
and our children have suffered we forbid
the banns Of that marriage!"
"Nol" say all patriotic voices, sour
institutions were bought at too dear
price. and were defended at too great a
sacrifice, to be so cheaply surrendered"
"Now says the God of Bunker Hill and
Independence Hall and Gettysburg; 81
did not start this Nation for such farce"
"No," cry ten thousand voices: "to in.
fidelity this land shall not be marriedw
But there is another sutton that presents
his hand for the hand of this republic. He
is mentioned in the verse following my
text, where it says: GAS the bridegroom
rejoiceth over the bride SO shall thy God
rejoice over thee" 1t is not my figure. it
is the figure of the Bible. Christ is so de-
sirous to have this world love him that he
stops at no humiliation of simile. He COM
parcs his grace to spittle on the ewes of the
blind man. He compares himself to a hen
gathering the chickens, and in nv text he
compares himself to a sutton begging a
hand in marriage. Does this Christ, the
king, deserve this land? Behold Pilates
hall and the insulting expectoration on
the face Of Christ. Behold the Calvarean
five wounds. Jacob served fourteen years
for Rachel, but Christ. my Lord, the King,
suffered in torture thirty three years to
win the love of this world. As often prin.
cesses at their very birth are pledged in
treaty of marriage to princes or kings of
earth, SO this Nation at its birth was
pledged to Christ for divine mar
riage. Before Columbus and his 40
men embarked on the Sante Maria,
the Pinta and the Nina, for
their wonderful voyage, what was the
last thing they did? They kneeied down
and took the Holy Sacrament Of the Lord
Jesus Christ. After they caught the first
glimpse of this country, and the gun of
one ship had announced it to the other
vessels that land had been discovered,
what was the song that went up from all
the three decks? "Gloria in Excelsis."
After Columbus and his 100 men had
stepped from the ships decks to the solid
ground, what did they do: They all knelt
and consecrated the new world to God.
What did the Huguenots do when they
landed in the Caroliuas. What did the
Holland refugees do after they landed in
ers do after they landed in New England?
With Blended knee and uplifted face and
heaven-b esieging prayer they took pos
session of this country for God. How
was the first American Congress opened?
By prayer in the name of Jesus Christ.
From its birth this Nation was pledged
for holy marriage with Christ.
We have during tho past six or seven
years turned new leaf in our National
history by the sudden addition of millions
of foreigners. At Kansas City was told
by gentleman who had opportunity for
large investigation, that great multitude
had gone through there averaging in
worldly estate $500. l was told in the City
of Washington by an officer of the Govern
ment, who had opportunity for authentic
that thousands and thou
sands had gone, averaging $1,000 in pos
session each. l was told by the
Commissioner Of Emigration that
twenty families that had arrived at
Castle Garden brought $4,000 with
them. Mark you. families. not tramps-
additions to the National wealth. not SUBJ
fractions therefrom. I saw some Of them
reading their Bibles and their hymn
books. thanking God for His kindness in
helping them cross the sea. Some of them
had Christ in the Storage all across the
waves, and they will have Christ in the
rail trains which every afternoon start for
the great West.
Are you afraid this continent is going to
be overcrowded with this population? All!
that shows you have not been to Cali.
fornia; that shows you have not been to
Oregon; that shows that you have not
been to Texas. A fishing-smack to-day
on Lake Ontario might as well be afraid
of being crowded by other shipping before
night as for any one of the next ten gen.
erations of Americans to be afraid of be-
ing overcrowded by foreign populations
in this country. The one State of Texas is
far larger than all the Austrian Empire,
yet the Austrian Empire supports IS .O0O,-
600 people. The one State of Texas
is larger than all France, and France sup.
ports sc, 100000 people. The one State of |
Texas far surpasses in size the Germanic |
Empire, yet the Germanic Empire sup
ports Al, 100000 people. tell you the great |
want Of the Territories and of the Western
States is more population.
While some may stand at the gates OF |
the city saying: "Stand back" to foreign !
press out as far beyond those |
gates as l can press out beyond them, and |
beckon to foreign nations, saying: "Come.
comew "But," say you, II am so afraid
that they will bring their prejudices for
foreign governments and plant them
here" Absurd. They are sick of tine !
that have oppressed them,
and they want free America. Give them
the great gospel of welcome. Throw