Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-07

/ TO take the hanG ~ this republic 1t stretches
It ont through seductive magazines ana
through CarlCatures Of religion. 1t asks Tor
ali that part OF the continent already iuly
settled, and the two-third, not yet occupied.
IL says, "Ciive me all east of tue Mississippi
with the krY5 Of the church and the CHRISTIAN
printing presses; then give me wyoming
give me A ldska. give me Montana, give me
Co oradO-givc me all the StaJes ana IerI r.
tories west of the Mississippi, and Will take
those places and keep them by right OF pos
session, long before the Gospel can De luIly
lntrenched."
And tins sutton presses his case appallingly.
Shall the bans of that marriage be pro-
clalmedy "NOW saws the home IN lssonarles
of the West-a martyr band Of whom the
world is not worthy, tOiling amid fatlgues ana
malaria aud starvation mo, not II we can
help 1t. BY what we and our children have
suffered, We forbid the bans of that marriage"
"NO!' say all patriotic voice; 'Our instltu-
tiOns were bought at too dear price, and
were defended AT too great sa rldce, to be
s. cheaply surrendered" "A0' says the
COD of Bunker Hill and independence Hall
and Gettysburg; 81 did not start this nation
for such a farce" "NOW cry Ten thousand
voices; TO InGdelityl this Land shall not be
But there is another sultor that presents his
hand for the hand Of this republic. He is men
TONED IN the verse following my text, wnere
II says: AS the bridegroom rejOiceth over
the bride. so shall thy God rejoice over thee"
Is not my figure, II is the figure OF the Bible.
Christ IS 50 drslrous to have this world love
hlln that he stops at no humiliation OF smile.
lie CONS ares his grace TO Bplttle on the ewes
of the bind man. lie compares himself 10 a
hen gathering the chickens, and IN my text
he compares himself to a suitor begging a
hand IN marriage. Does this Christ, the Is ing,
deserve TINS landy Behold Plates hall and
the insulting eXpcctoratiOn on the lace
Of Christ Behold the Calvarean mas
eacre and the awful hemOrrhage OF
live wounds. Jacob served fourteen
wears for Rachael, but Christ my Lord, the
King, suffered IN torture thirty three years
to WIN the love Of this world. As often Prln-
cesses at their very br h are pledged in
treaty Of marriage To Princes or Kings Of
earth 50 this nstlOn at its birth was pied ged
to Christ Tor divine marriage. Before Co.
ulnbus and his hundred and twenty men en-
barked on the Santa Maria. the PiBta and the
Nina, for their wonderful voyage, what was
The last thing they did? 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 If one
ship had announced IL to the other vessels that
land had been discovered what was the song
that went up from all the three decks;
GLORIA in Excesis." After Col
umbus and his hundred and twenty men had
stepped from the ships decks TO the solid
around, v It did they do? 1hey all knelt and
cunsecrated the New World To God. What did
the Huguenots do after they landed IN the
Carolinas2 What did the Holland refugees
do after they landed in New GorN? WHAT did
the Pilgrim Fathers do after they landed in
New England? With bended knee and up
hi ted face and Heaven-besieging p aver they
took ossession of this country for God. II w
was the first american Congress opened? By
prayer in the name of Jesus Christ. From the
birth this nation was pledged for holy mar
rage with Christ.
And then see how good God has been to MS /!
just open the map of The continent and see
how l. Is shaped for Unreasonable Urosperi-
ties. Navigable rivers, more in number and
greater than of any other land, rolling down
on all sides into the sea, prOphesyinC lar. G
manufactures and iOnz a
the great ranges OF mountains timbered with
wealth on the top and sizes, metalled with
wealth underneath. One hundred and eighty
thousand square mi es of coal, $50, square
miles of iron. The land so cOntoured that
extreme weather hardly lasts more than three
days-eNtreme heat or extreme cold. Climate
for the most part bracing and favorable for
Drawn and brain. All fruits, all minerals,
ali harvests. Scenery displaying an
autumnal pageantry that no land
on earth preteuds TO rival. No South
American earthquakes. No Scotch mists. No
London fO2s. No Egyptian plaques. No Ger
manic divisions. The people of the United
states are happier than any people on earth.
1t is the testimony of every man that has
travelled abroad. For the poor, more sympa-
thy; for the industrious, more opportunity
On, how good God was to our fathers. and
how good ne has been to us and our children
To Him blessed be HIS mighty name Ito
Him of cross and triumph, TO Him who still
remembers the prayer OF the Huguenots and
Holland refugees and the Pilgrim Falhers-to
Him shall this land be married. .. YOU Chris
tan patriots! by your contributions and
your prayers hasten on the fulfllment 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.
Az Kansas CIV | was told by gentleman
who mad opportunity for large inves figati0n,
that great multitude had gone throu Oh
there averaging in worldly estate $500. | was
told in he city OF Washington by an Office r
of the government, who had opportunity for
authentic investigation, that thousands and
thousands had gOne, averaging 81 ,OUQ
In possession each | was told by the
Commissioner of Emigration that twenty
families that had arrived at Castle Garden
brought $50, 900 with them. Mark you. iaml-
lies, not tramp s-additions to the national
wealth, not subtracuOns therefrom. | saw
some of them reading heir Bibles. and their
hymn books, thanking God for his kindnes, in
helping them across the sea. some of them
had Christ in the Storage all across the
waves, and they Will have CCrlst in the ran
trains VIII CHI every afternoon start for the
great West. They are being taken by The
Comm issiOn of Emigration in New York
taken from the vessels, protected from the
shylocks and the sharpers. and in the name OF
God aud humanity passed on to their desti
nation, and there they VIII turn your Terri
tories into states, and your WidcrnesSes
into gardens, If YOU will build for them
churches and establish for them schools, and
send to them Christian missionaries.
Are YOU AFRAID this continent is going to be
overcrowded with this population? All, that
shows YOU have not been to California; that
shows you have not been to Oregon: that
shows YOU have not been 10 Texas. A fishing
smack to-day on Lake Ontario might as we II
be afraid of being crowded by other shipping
before night As for anyone of the next ten
generations of Americans to be afraid of be-
ang oVercroWdcd by foreign populat ions in
this country. The one state of Texas is FAR
larger than all the Austrian empire; yet the
the Austrian empire supports 85,0OO,000 peo-
pie. The one state of Texas is larger than all
France. and France supports $4,000 900 peo-
pie. The one State Of Texas surpasses IN size
the Gcrmanic empire; vet the Germanic EN-
plre supports 4 ,0OO, 00O people tell YOU the
great want OF the Territories and OF the
Western states Is more population.
While some may stand az the gates Of the
city saying, "Stand back - to foreign popnla-
tons. press out rs TAR bevund those gate. rs
| can press out beyond them. and beckon to
foreign nations. saying, Come, come ;"
But say you, II am 70 alraid that they will
bring their preiudices for foreign govern
ments and plant them here" Absurd. They
are sick OF the governments that have on
pressed them and they want free merica
Give them the great gospel of welcome.
Throw around them an Christian Inequalities.
They will AID their industry and hard earned
wages to tins country, and then we will dedi-
cate all to Christ, and thy land shall be
married.
But where shall the marriage altar be ?
bet It be the Rocky Mountains. when through
artificial and mighty irrigation all their tops
shall he covered, as they Will be, with vine
yards, and orchards, and grain fields. Then
let the Bostons, aud the New Yorks aud the
Charlcstons OF the Pacihc coast come 20 the
marriage altar on the one side. and then let
the Bostons, and the New forks. and the
Charlcstous OF the Atlantic coast come % the
marriage altar on the other eide. and there
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