The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-06-18
NO.42.


stenchful, leprous, pestiferous, rotten
monster, stretches out it's hand, ichorous
with the second death, to take the hand Of
this fepublic. It stretches it out through
ductive magazines and through carica-
res of religion. It asks for all that part
of the continent already fully settled
and the two-thirds not yet 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 Colorado-give me
all the States and Territories west of the
Mississippi, and win take those places
and keep them by right Of possession long
before the gospel can be fully intr0nched"
And this suitor presses his case appalling
ly. Shall the banns of that marriage 90
proclaimed?
"No" say the home missionaries Of the
West--a martyr band Of whom the world
is not worthy, toiling amid fatigues and
malaria and starvation.
'Nol not if we can help it. By what we
and our children have suffered we forbid
the bsnns of that marriage"
"Nol" say all patriotic voices, "our
institutions were Bought at too dear a
price, and were defended at too great a
sacrifice, to be so oheaply 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 married."
But there is another suitor 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
reioiceth over the bride so shall thy God
rejoice over thee" It is not my figure, IL
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
pares his grace to spittle on she eyes of the
blind man. He compares himself TO hen
gathering the chickens, and in nay text he
compares himself 30 a suitor begging a
hand in marriage. Does this Christ, the
king, deserve this landY Behold Pilates
hall and the insulting expeotorabion on
the face of Christ. Behold the Calvarean
massacre and the awful hemorrhage OF
Eve 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 pTin-
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 100
men embarked on the Sante Maria,
the Pinta and the Nina, for
their wonderful voyage, what was 5he
last thing they didp They kneeled 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 90 the solid
ground, what did they doY They all knelt
and consecrated the new world to God.
What did the Huguenots do when they
landed in the Carolinas? What did the
Holland refugees do after they landed i'm
New York; What did che Pilgrim Faith
ers do after they landed in New Englandf
With bended knee and uplifted face and
heaven -besieging prayer they took pos
session of this country for God. How
was the first American Congress openedf
BY prayer in the name Of Jesus Christ.
From its birth this Nation was pledged
for holy marriage with Christ.
We have during the past six or seven
years turned new leaf in our Matt onal
history by the sudden addition Of millions
of foreigners. At Kansas City I was told
by gentleman who had opportunity for
large investigation, that "a great multitude
had gone through there averaging In
worldly estate $500. I wastold Ina the City
of Washington by an officer Of the Govern
ment, who had opportunity for authentic
investigation, that thousands and thou
sands had gone, averaging 81 900 in pos
session each. 1 was told by the
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. 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 steerage 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 10
be overorowded with this populationp Ahi
that shows you have not been TO Cali
fornia; that shows you have not been 20
Oregon; that shows that you have not
been TO Texas. A fishing-smaok 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 gem
srations 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 rs ,O00,-
900 people. The one State Of Texas
is larger than all France, and France sup
ports 80 600, 900 people. The one State of
Texas far surpasses In size the ermanio
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" 70 foreign
population, press out as far beyond those
gates as / can press out beyond them, and
bscicOn to foreign nations. saying: "Come,
come ~ but" say you, 81 am so afraid
that they will bring their preiudices 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 hospitaIities.
They will add their industry and hard
earned wages to this country, and th en- we
viii dedicate all to Christ, "and thy land
shall be married"
But where shall the marriage altar bel
Let it be the Rocky mountains, when,
through artificial and mighty irrigation,
all their tops shall be covered, as they will
be, with whey yards and orchards and grain
fields. Then let the Bostons and the New
YorlKs and the Charlestons of the Pacific
coast come TO the marriage altar on the
one side, and then let the Bostons and the
New orks and the Charlestons OF the At
lantic coast come 20 the marriage altar on
the other side, and there between them LET
this bride Of nations kneel, and then IL the
organ Of the lOudest thuHders that
ever shook the Sierra Neyadas on
on the one side or moved the
foundations Of the Alleghanies on the
other side, should open full diapason of
wedding march, that organ OF thunders
could not drown the voice Of him who
should take the hand Of the bride OF ma
tiOns, saying:
As a bridegroom reioiees over q bride, -
shy God reioiceth over thee.
At that marriage banquet the plattors
shall be of Nevada silver, and the ch alices