St. Landry democrat., 1886-06-26

his hand for the hand of this republic. He
is mentioned in the verse following my
text, where it says: Gas the bridegroom
rejoiceth over the bride so shall thy God
rejoice over thee" 1t is not my figure, it
is the figure of the Bible. Christ is so de-
sirous to have this world love him that he
| stops at no humiliation of smile He COM
pares his grace to spittle on the eyes of the
blind man. He compares himself to hen
gathering the chickens, and in my text he
compares himself to sutton begging a
hand in marriage. Does this Christ, the
king, deserve this land? Behold Pilates
hall and the insulting expectoration on
the face of Christ. Behold the Calvarean
massacre and the awful hemorrhage Of
| FIVE wounds. Jacob served fourteen years
| for Rachel, but Christ, my Lard, the King,
suffered in torture thirty three years to
win the love of this world. As often prin-
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
rage. Before Columbus and his 100
| men embarked on the Sante Maria,
| the Pinta and the Nina, for
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| last thing they did? They kneeed 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 120 men had
stepped from the ships decks to the solid
| ground, what did they do? They all knel
| 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 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.
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 I was told
by gentleman who had opportunity for
large investigation, that great multitude
had gone through there averaging in
worldly estate $500. I was told in 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 $1,000 in pos
session each. 1 was told by the
Of hot
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 Storage 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 to
be overcrowded with this population? All!
that shows you have not been to Cali
fornia; that shows you have not been to
Oregon; that shows that you have not
been to Texas. A. fishing smack to- day
of being crowded by other shipping before
night as for any one of the next ten gen.
erations of Americans to be afraid of be-
ing overcrowded by foreign populations
in this country. The one State of Texasis
far larger than all the Austrian Empire,
yet the Austrian Empire supports 35,0O0,-
600 people. The one State of, Texas
is larger than all France, and France sup
ports 100000 people. The one State of
Texas far surpasses in size the Germanie
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 backw to foreign
population, press out as far beyon those
gates as | can press out beyond them, and
beckon to foreign nations, saying: "Come.
comew But" say you, 81 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 Inequalities.
They will add their industry and hard
earned wages to this country, and then we
will dedicate all to Christ, ''and thy land
shall 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
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