Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-07

: lares Hall and the Insulting expeetoratior
, on the face of Chris. Behold the Cslva
! resn massacre ard the awful hemorrhsg,
, Of five wounds. Jacob served fourteen years
/ for Rachel. bat Christ. my Lord, his King
: suffered in torture thirty-three years to vii
the love Of this world. As often
J princesses at their very birth
ere pledged in treaty ot
marriage 10 princes or kings of earth, &C
this nation at its birth WAS pledged to
Christ for Divine marriage Before
Columbus and bis hundred and twenty
men embarked on the Santa Maria, the
Pinta and .he Nina, for their wonderful
voyage, what was the last thing they did ?
kneeled down and took the holy sacrament
Of the Lord Jesus Christ. After they
caught the first glimpse ofthis country and
the gun of one ship announced it to the
other vessels that land had been discovered
what was the con that went up from all the
three decksH Gloria in Excelsis
After Columbus and biz hundred and
twenty men had stepped from the ships
decks 10 the solid ground, what did they
do? They all kuelt and consecrated the
New World TO God What did the Hugue,
nots do after they landed in the Csrolinss
What did the Holland refugees do after
they had landed in New York; What did
the Pilgrim Fsthers do after they landed
in New England2 With bended
knee aud uphtted face, and Heaven be
seeching prayer they took possession of this
country for God. How vas the first Amer,
can Congress opened2 By prayer in the
name of Jes1s Christ. From its birth this
nation WAS pledged for holy
MARRIAGE WITH CHRIST.
And then see hoE good Carist has been
TO US! Just open the map OF the continent
and zee how il is shaped for i'm measuresble
prosperities NGvlgsble rivers, more in
uumoer and greater than oil any other land,
rolling down on all sides into the sea,
prophesYing large manufactures and essy
commerce Look at the great ranges Of
mountains timbered with wealth on the
top and sides, metalled with wealth under
meath. 0ae hundred aud eighty thousand
square miles Of coal, 10000 square miles
OF iron. The land SO contoured that ex.
treme weather hardly lssts more
than three dsys-extreme heat
or extreme cold Climate for
the most part bracing and favorable for
Drawn end brain. All fruits, all minerals,
all harvests. Scenery displaying an
autumual pageanrry that no land on earth
pretends TO rival. No South American
earthquakes. No Scotch mists No Lon.
Gon fogs No Egyptian plaques No
Gegmanic 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 sympathy; for the industrious,
more opportunity. Oh, how good God was
to our fathers. and how good De has been
TO us and our children! To Him bless
ed be His mighty namel-to Him Of cross
and triumph 20 HIM who still! remembers
the prayer of HugIenots and Holland
refugees and the Pilgrim FatheIs-to Him
shall this land be married. o, you Chris
tiau patriots by your contributions and
your prayers hasten on the tulfllment Of
the text.
NEW C0NERs.
We have during the past six
or seven years turned a neg leaf in our
national history by the sudden addition OF
millions Of foreigners. AT Kansas City,
| was told t7 gentleman who had op'
portunity Tor large investigation, thst q
great multitude had gone through there
averaging 10 worldly estate eight hundred
dollars. | was told in the city OF Wash
ington by On officer OF the government,
who had opportunity for authentic investi-
CATION, that Thousands srd thousands had
gone, averaging one Thousand dollars in
procession each was told Oy the com
missioner Of emigration that twenty
families that had arrived q; Castle Garden
brought eighty-hve thousand dollars with
them. Mark you, families, not tramps-
additions to tas national wealth, not sub.
traotiors thersiEom. saw come Of them
reading their Bibles and their hymn
books, thanking God tor his kind.
uess 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 railway
trains that every afternoon start tor the
great West. They are being taken hY the
commission Of emigration In New York,
taken from the vessels, protected from the
Shylocks and sharpers ID in the name OF
God and humanity passed on to their des'
,;2a;iou and there they will turn your
Territories ip,a States aud your wilder
ness into gsrdena, il you will build for them
churches ard establish for them schools
and send TO them Christian missionaries.
PLENTY OF ROOM.
Are you afraid this continent is going
so be ovsrcrowded with this popuatlont
Alb. that shows you have not been 10 Cali
(orpis; that shows you have no: been 10
Oregon; that shows you have rot been to
Texas. A fishing smack to day on Lake
Ontario might IS well be afraid Of being
crowded By other shipping before nj ght as
for any Que of the next ten generations OF
Americans to be afraid Of being over
crowded by foreign populations in this
country. The one Sts'e Of Texas is lar
larger than all the Austrian Empire, yet
the Austrian Empire supports 50 1000 UOO
paopie The one State OF Texas is larger
idsn all France, ard France supports 36,-
| 900 600 people The one State OF Texas
far surpssses in size the Germsnic Empire,
yet the Germanic Empire supports 4 ,O0O,.
900 people tel you The gres, want Of
the Territories aud Of the Western States is
more population.
While some may stand at the gates Of
the city Saying, Stand back to foreign
populations, press oct as iar beyond
those gates ss can presa OUT beyond them,
epd beckon TO foreigo nations, saying :
Come, GOMEZ Bot" say you,
Il ON so AFRAID that they will
bnng their prejadices for foreigs
governments, end plant them here" Alb
surd Th5y are sick Of the govsTnnen,s
that bsve oppressed them, aud they want
tree 4 netics Give the the rect gospel
of Eelcoue Throw srouLd them sli Chris
,isn hospitsli:iss They vi! add their IT,
dusuy AID hard earned vsges TO this coup.
irg. and then we will dsl, cate ali 10 Christ,
and ,hT land shall be N srrled"
Bat where shall
TuE MARRIAGE ALTAR