Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-15
ACHEST OF GOLD.
Or. TaImags Speaks About the Wm-
derfaT Sacred Chest 0fthe Ancienfss

yaoSxnyx. " z. WOW 4-TspeeiaII-At
the Tabernacle this morning the Rev =
Dewitt Taimaap, D D., expeunded some pms
maps Of Scripture about ancient p%oifrics. de
gave out the hymn.
sKrm of the Lord. awakas awake
Put onfIiy strength, r-heaarinnssiiade.
Tim doctors TEXT was: 1.-TWO mbits and q
haIf was the length oft, and a cubir amt y
AMI the brandtii of in. and a eubit and a hnii
The height of Tu.g-Ex0,Ius Hi BE snidi
T,oIs nj it--tIia sncrad chest ofthe ancients.
II was about five feet long, three feet wi'ies
and eIivse faed high. Il wis within and out
Of pnrs qnId On the top Of il stood two
angels facing saeh other With outspfaid
wiurs, In that sacnei box was the law and
there we're in IL a great many precinus5rones-
wffl that box went the fare ct the milton.
Carried in 'front.' ct the host, the waters OF che
I,rTtau parted Dfvineig charged, costly
nracious. momentnus box. No unioiT hands
nigs,s law hold Of IL. Ii was called the ark
Of the covenant. Bat you viii understand II
was a box, the mSst p~recioua box OF rhe
aa.s. Where il il now G1ie brewer MOI
n e-yur Of church or museum OF the world
has a fragment ofirs
glt IL not TINS nation God'5 chosen
peoule, Have we not passed Through tiis
Red sea- EIrs We not Been led With a pillar
If Are nv niuiInt Has tins nn5ion NO ark OF
the covenant2 Yes. kie bails5 bnx, tiie
.acra,t chest Of the nation, the ark OF tae
American ~cCvenaAb.
In il il the law, in il i the divine and tins
human will, in IL IL tine fare Of the nh79on.
Ca Frlpd in 'front.' Of her host again asld again
the ya4qrs OF n~nrioual tru ubla have parted-
Mighty ark di the cnsranHnt- the American
ballot box 10 in a very old box.
Tell me. what viii be the frts OF the Amer
ran ba.Int-h0x, the ark Of the AmiairIn
covenant, and twill tell You viIau viii 90 the
fat. OF this natiau. Give the people once 4
week or once in tGur g1aTs al opportunity
To express bheir political seiiti meuts. ann
vsu practically avoid ltsurrsetion and Feyu-
lution.
Eifhe. give them the ballot or tiiey viii
take the sword Ni6loub the bniiat-boz
there can be Go. free republican INSTITUTIONS.
Milton visiting in Etaly nct1ee't chat on the
sides Of V~eslryius gardeners Inii farmers we're
Mt work while the y~uicino was IN eruptloh,
and he asked th1m if they wcrs suie. Yes,
ami the farmers and the glrianprs. TT N
safe; all the danger il before the erupunu;
then comes earthqIake amt terror bur Just
az soon an the volcano begins to pour forth
Java we all feel abrast.' It in the suppression
Of p~slitiraI sentiment the suDgnsssran Of
public opinion, that Hisises mdra4 eHFth-
quaEa and national earthquake Let public
5uiuiou pour forth. and that Gives s~atisfae-
tieu. and that gives pelcs, and 5har gives
permaInenGy to good gBverumsnu- And yer,
though the bulloG. box IL the sacreft chest and
the ark Of the American covenant, yoU know
as we'll as I knowit has ia acknowledgements.
And Z propose shis morning IN Gods name
and an a Christian patriot TO SET before you
the names Of some Of the sworn enemies Of
this saarei chest, the ark Of the American
covenant. the baiio6-box-
FIRST. { remark, ignorance is a mighty fne.
Other things beng equal the mere iHnslii-
renee a man has the better he IL qualified to
exercise uie right of suffrage. leu have been
10. Ii. 20, 30 ygars studying American insti-
~turiuus. you have ranvassed ali the great
aleseiouH abour uariT and home rule ami al
the esIiIenrinnaI qEIestions. and everything ia
American politics you ara we'll acquainted
With. Yen consider Yourself competent to
east q vote IN yaTgInber, and yaI ara eum-
Bsrent. Yen viii taSe your POSITION IN the
iue OF s-isetors You viii Walt for your wIJu to
come. rhis iuIga Of election viii announce
your name, you wiii east your vote aIid
raNIA MHHG adj ton
But rigit behind YOU there viii come a
man wha cannot spell the nams0 q eomp-
trUlleF. or attorney az mayor He eann0u
write, or Il he rsEn WRITE he lses a small 1
for the personal pronnuu- He could aH5 tell
on which side OF the AlIeghany mountains
0hio is. Exhausted canary birds. ednratsd
horses know more than ne He viii east hIs
vote and 10 viii hGlnncs your v8ts- Els Ig-
norancs ~ as mighty as yoHr intelligence.
That is not riglE. All men Of far miHd viii
acknowledge that it is not riGir. Enuif a
msEn can read the p~eeiaraflon OF Indnpend-
e1ce and lesousrirn1i8u CT uils Riasd States,
and calcniafE the inssresz Of the American
debt and n the differences hsrNyean n Rs-
~puaiirall fern o yavernman1 a~ntIm0na-shy
or a despouism, be IL unfit to exercise tine
right Of suffrage AZ any bn4los-hux between
key West and Alaska.
In EsT2- in England, there we're 2.G08 Q
children who ouZhu to have been n school.
There were Guly !. a.:N GOO, IN other words
ab0nr 80 Der cent. and of the so per cent
not more uhan5 percent g8talyuhjnG worthy
the name ofan e,tIca1ion. Vow. take that
foreiEn ignorance and ada IL TO cur American
ignorance. and there VIII b. IN November
thousan14 and thausstnds OF peupie who ara
uo more galliisf TO exercise the right o
ssfragH tistn TO isctEreon astronomy How
Irs these things To be caruaetsdf BIZ IMws
OF eompulsOCy education veil execute,t "a
in for a NV whici. after giving fIir warning
fora few yeHrs. snail maSeisuoranne acrime.
There ~ no excuse for ignorance on these sub
lerts IN thIs land. where the common schools
MAKE knowledre az free a. the fresh AIR OF
heaven. would have 4 board of ssImin;.-
ton seated beside the officers OF --pglstratipD.
and let them aarIia whether the men who
came up 10 vote hsEve ATTY capacity 20 be
IN A ianG where We are al mon
AREAS. Que OF tine most awfIi fees ef the
American balt05-box today II popular i-nDr-
anrs. Educate tho people, give tifam al ~
psruInIhy To know aud understand what
they do. II they viii not take the s,asau uion,
deny them the ' ote-
Another powerful enemy Of this sacrrai
eiegt, the arb Of the American covenant. rhs
haltor-box, ~ spurious veEing. In 1850 in
Brooklyn, there we're a thousand names IT,
aorisd Of persons who had no Residence here,
and Il there we're a Thousand attempted
ErsllfIlsH1 votes IN the best efHY on the eua-
haent, what may We expect n cities not so
BRtunates What a grand thing n the law
OF rtfristraTIOuf Without IB elections IN this
country would be a tBFrs. There mnsd BE- a
scrutiny on this subject The law must have
kseRest twists for the netk of rpp4ntsrs.
Something more than s4iGhu fine and short
imprisonment. 70 N an attempt az tine as
s~Issinariou Of the republic. when a maA att
temFtst TO put in a spurious vuCA In ohisn
times when men laid unioIy hands on the
ark OF thscavpnaHH they dropped down deaH.
~ FruffsE IrsRh Ind pbapr ,,..w rr.-,@ -
put unho4y hands On the American ballot
box, the ARK of American covenant, thew d.
serve determination.
Another powerful zoe Of tins sacred chest
u Intimidation
Corporations semstiHDls demand that their
employees vote IN this AMI that wsy. 1t as
sSillfIlIy done II IL non pos54f-eIv in so
many words drmIRsIed, bat the employee un
dsrstands hew be tpagsn ouu Of TIE estab-
hssiment unless he votes as the Srm does. So
you san 50 tlt0 Villages where there arp as
Establishments with hundreds and shousauds
Of employees, and having found ont the poh-
ta.s OF the hsnd men in the factory. YOU can
tel which way the election n going. Vow.
that I. damnable- IF N anv precinct IN the
tinted states q man rinaot vote as he
plnuses, there II something awfIBy wrong
How do Won treat that employee who votes
differently frDnr what yuu dot Oh yuu saw
yea do a0sInterters With has right OF suffrage
But you eEh him ntC your peivate Office. and
yOH ind fIHlb wIHh hfS work, and uaher a
while you tell him there = an uusirs or an
aunt. OF a niece or a nephew that mist have
thar position Ypg do ass saw ID il because
De voted thus or that way, but he knows and
tod Knows Il is IF that ms1n has given to
you IN hard work an equivalent for the wares
you pay him, YOU have Rn rfshtsto 1sS any
thing else OF hIm H. sold yod his work be
uId not se8I you hHs political or Religious prin
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