The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-06-17


lures Of religion. II asks for all that part
Of the continent already fully settled
and the two.thirds not vet occupied.
1t 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 ColorsdO-give me
all the States and Territ-rie west Of the
Mississippi and viii 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
" shall the bauns Of that marriage be
proclaimed;
No. saw the home missionaries OF the
West-a martyr band Of whom the world
is not worthy, to,ling amid fatigues and
malaria and starvation.
NO. not Il we can help it. BY what we
and our children have sun red we forbid
the bsnns Of that MARRIAGE"
"No!" say all patriotic voices, "our
institutions were bought at too dear a
price. and were defended a: too great
sacrifice, TO he 50 cheaply surrendere )"
NO" SAYS TIM Col Of Bunker Hill and
Independence Hall and Gettysburg; ~
did 1T start this Nation for >uca a farce
NO" crv ten thousand voices: "to in
fidelity this land shall not b. married."
But there i another sutton that presents
his hand for the hand Of this republic. He
Is mentioned in the verse following my
text where il says: LAS the bridegroom
rejoireth over tn bride 50 hall thv God
rejoice over thee" II is not nv figure, il
j. the figure Of the Bible. Chris. is SO de-
sir5us 70 have this world love him that he
stops a, no humiliation Of >iuiie. He COM
pares j : race 20 Spite on the ewes Of the
blind man. H compare, himself to a hen
gathering ,h= chi k-ns. and in nv text he
compares himself T. sutton reycing
han3 IN marriage. DOES this Christ, the
king, deserve thi, land: 8enod Pilates
hall and the insulting -xpec,orst.on on
TIL ace o: Christ. Behold the Calvarean
massacre AMI the AWFUL hsmorrhags Of
rve wounds. Jacoa served fourteen years
for Rachel. bu- Christ. my Lord. the King,
suffered IA torture tajrtv-threa years to
win zoe " Of This world. As often prin-
cssse, a. their very bi..A are pledged in
treaty + marriage - princes IT kings Of
earth. 20 this Nation a. its birth was
pledged 70 Christ for divine mar
RAG Before Columbus and his 100
men embarked on the Sante Maria,
tn Pm and the Nina, for
.ne.r wonderful voyage. what was the
las thin. they did, they knee Cd down
and .ooz TN Il ,lv Sacrament Of the Lord
J.sIs Christ. After they caught tue first
gHmps- f this country. and the gun of
one ship had announced it to the other
vessel, that land had been discovered,
Hhat was tn= song tnat Went ~ from all
me three decks: "GlOria III Excelsis."
After Columbus and his l20 men had
stepped from tie ships decks 10 the solid
ground. what did they l.: They all knelt
AMI coasecratel th- new world to God.
Wha. lid the HuEuenoJs do when they
lanlel IN the Car3iinas. What did the
Holland refugees 10 after they landed in
New York: What lid the Pilgrim Faith
ct, 10 after thy Ian led in New England;
With Ten lei knee and uplifted face and
heavel-9e>.eZin- PRAYER they took pos
session If this country for God. How
was the first American Con Zress opened;
By PRAYER in the name Of Jesus Christ.
From is birth this Nation was pledged
for holy maria q with Christ.
W. have during the past SIX or seven
history ~ the sudden addition Of millions
# foreigners At Kansas City | was told
by IA ser Leman who had opportunity for
large invest CATION, that great multitude
had zone through there averaging in
world. estate $50. | was told in the City
OF Washington by an officer Of the Govern
menr. nnl hai opportunity for autheatic
investigation, that thousands and thou
sands had gone, averaging 81 100 in pos
session each. was told by the
Commissioner Of Emigration that
twenty families that had arrived at
Castle Garden trough ~ 600 with
them. Mark you antilles, not tramps-
additions 70 the National wealth. not sub
fractions therefrom. / saw some Of them
reading their Bibles ami their hymn
books. thanking God for His Kindness in
helping them cross the sea. Some Of tn IN
had Christ in the Storage all across the
waves, and they will nave Christ in the
rail trains which every afternoon start for
the great West.
Are you afraid this continent is going TO
be overcrowdsd with this population: All!
that shows you have not been TO Cali
fornia; that shows YOU have not been 10
been TO Texas. A hshng-smack to- day
on Lake Ontario might as well be afraid
Of being crowded by other shipping before
night as for any on Of the next ten gem
erations of Americans 70 be afraid Of be-
/ ing overcrowdel by foreign popul atoms
in this country. The on Safe Of Texas is
far larger than all the Austrian Empire,
yet the Austrian Empire supports &5.OO0,-
'D0 people. The one State of Texas
: larger than all France. and France sup
ports 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 ~, go r. stern
States is more population.
While some NAV stand at the gates of
the city saying: stand back :" TO foreign
population, press out as far beyond those
gates as can press out beyond them, and
beckon 70 foreign nations. saying: Come.
come" 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 the
governments that have oppressed them,
and they want free America. Give them
the great gospel of welcome. Throw
around them all Christian hospitalities.
They will add their industry and hard
earned wages to this country, and then we
will dedicate all to Christ, land thy land
shall be married"
But where shall the marriage altar be:
Let it he the Rocky mountains, when,
through artificial and mighty irrigation
all their tops shall be covered, as they will
be, with vineyards and orchards and grain
fields. Then let the Eostons and the New
. Works and the Charlestons of the Pacific