Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-06-25

treaty of marriage to princes or kings Of
earth, SO this Nation at it's 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 the
last thing hsMsdid? They kneeled down
and took thsA1E Sacrament Of the Lord
Jesus Christ.8sAfter they caught the first
glimpse of this country, and the gun Of
one snip 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 Carolinas? What did tbs
Holland refugees do after they landed in
New York? What did the Pilgrim Faith.
ers do after they landed in New England:
With Bonded knee and uplifted face and
heaven-besieging 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.
And then see how good God has been
to US! just open the map of the continent
and see how it is shaped for unreasonable
prosperity. Navigable rivers, more in
number and greater than of any other
land, rolling down on all sides into the sea,
prophesying large manufacturers and
easy commerce.. Look at the greatranges
of mountains, timbered with wealth on the
top and sides, metalled with wealth under.
meath. One hundred and eighty square
miles of coal, 100000 square miles of iron.
The n so contoured that extreme
weather hardly]asts more than three days
extreme heat or extreme cold. Climate
for the most part bracing and favorable
for Drawn and brain. All fruits, all min
erals, all harvests. Scenery displaying
an autumnal pageantry that no land on
earth pretends to rival. No South Ameri-
can earthquakes. No Scotch mists. No
London fogs. No Egyptian plaques. No
Germanic divisions. The people of the
United States are happier than any peo-
pie on earth. 1t is the testimony of every
man that has travelled abroad. For the
poor more sympathy, for the Industrious
more opportunity. Oh, how good God
was to our fathers, and how good He has
been to us and our children! To Him.
blessed be his mighty name!-to him Of
cross and triumph, to him who still re.
members the prayer of thu Euguenots and
Holland refugees and the Pilgrim Fathers
to him shall this land be married. O.,
Won Ehr.c%;o, vofr;of,f ~, ~, oo,4,:l,,
tions and your prayers hasten on the full
fillment of the text.
We have during the past six or seven
years turned a new leaf in our National
history by the sudden addition of millions
of foreigners. AT Kansas City / was told
by a gentleman who had opportunity for
large investigation, that a great multitude
had gone through there averaging in
worldly estate $500. I was told in the City
of Washington by an officer of the G,vern-
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
Commissioner of Emigration that
twenty families that had arrived al
Castle Garden brought $4,000 with
them. Mark you, families, not tra1nps-
additions to the National wealth, not sub.
fractions therefrom. 1 saw some of then
reading their Bibles and their hymn.
books, thanking God for His kindness il
helping them cross the sea. Some of then
had Christ in the Storage all across the
waves, and they will nave Christ in the
rail trains which every afternoon start foi
the great West.
Are you afraid this continent is going te
be overcrowded with this population? All
that shows you have not been to Cali.
%fornia; that shows you lave not been tt
Oregon; that shows that you rave no
been to Texas. A tishing-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
e%rations of Americans to be afraid of be,
ing ov%ercrowded by foreign population,
in this country. The one Stat of Texasi.
far larger than all the Austrian Empire
yet the Austrian Empire supports 81, 600,
coo people. The one State of Texai
is larger than all France, and France sup.
ports 100000 people. The one State o,
Texas far surpasses in size the Germanit
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 o.
the city saying: "Stand back" to foreign
population, I press out as far beyond thos.
gates as I can press out beyond them, and
beckon to foreign nations, saying: "Come
comet" "But," say you, 81 am so afraid
that they will bring their prejudices fol
foreign governments and plant them
here" Absurd. They are sick Of the
governments that have oppressed them
and they wan 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
hall be married"
But where shall the marriage altar be!
Let it be 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 Bostons and the New
Yorks and the Charlestons of the Pacific
coast come to the marriage altar on the
one side, and then let the Bostons and the
New Works and the Charlestons of the At
lantic coast come to the marriage altar on