St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-12-06

premacy to promote the interests of
his kingdom. AS we make our way
up through the history of governments
we pass from Egyptian supremacy to
Assyrian, from Assyrian to Macedo-
nian, from that to the Roman, and on
at last to the Anglo Saxon. Geograph-
ically each advance is a step north
ward, and, after the first, a step west
ward. Northward and westward the
star of empire makes its way. God
used Egyptian supremacy to embalm
in monument and tomb the historical
evidences of the truthfulness of Moses,
in order that they might be brought
forth to strengthen the faith of the
nineteenth century. Assyrian suprema-
cy brought the Jews in touch with the
great mOnarchies of the East, and gave
Daniel his opportunity to witness for
the Lord Jehovah in Babylon, and pos
sibly to prepare the Magi to bring their
homage to the infant Saviour in later
years. Macedonian supremacy, by the
diffusion of the Greek language and
literature, and by the distribution OF
Jews in Greek colonies, made possible
the great results of the missionary
journeys of Paul the apostle. Roman
supremacy sped gospel messages, borne
upon the wings of the Roman eagles,
to all the countries of Europe. Now
shall not Anglo Saxon supremacy, the
best and strongest of all, accomplish
more than all others for the kingdom
of our love2 In America national SUI
premacy is to pause. There is no foot
hold further north and west on which
it can stand. Who can doubt that
here we have the place and the people
in which the greatest works of Jesus
are to appearP
We see that in this age more than in
any other, aud in this land more than
in any other, our Christ is massing all
his forces in the field. We have made
a great deal of the fact that woman
was the first to partake of forbidden
fruit. Perhaps we have not made quite
enough of the declaration that enmity
is put between the serpent and the
woman, and that the final issue shall
be disastrous to the serpent. The
spirit of that prophecy would teach us
that the forces of womanhood are to
days the Spirit is poured out on all
flesh. The young men see visions, the
old men dream dreams, but the daugh
Providence are sure. If by woman
Satan found entrance to the strong
holds of human nature, by the help of
woman the Omnipotent Lord will
drive him out. just now Christ mar
shals womanhOOd in his service as he
has not in the past. In her crusades
and unions she antagonizes the saloon.
In her missionary societies she trav-
l., Il
the sanctifcation of America. Never
did the old serpent writhe as now
under woman's heel. Let us hope and
pray that the uprising of Christian
women in these years shall prove to be
the last grand movement in the strate
gy of Providence for the evangelical
ton of the world. Encouraged by the
achievements, character, and evident
destiny of the Anglo Saxon, by the
contributions of national supremacy to
the onward march of the everlasting
kingdom, and by the new uprising Of
Christian wOmanhood in our land, let
us believe that God will purge away
the nations drOss, restore her judges
us at the first and her counsellors as at
the beginning, so that afterward she
shall be called the land of righteous
ness. the faithful land. Yes, away in
the hazy distance we see the end, the
triumph of the kingdom. What shall
be the fate of existing forms of govern
ment or of parties and sects we know
not, and we care not so Gods kingdom
shall come and his will be done in
earth as it is in Heaven.
Our duty as individual Christians
and citizens of this republic is to keep
our standards high and our hearts
wholly cOnsecrated to our Lord.
Christian citizenship is cunningly be-
set by Undertaking. tendencies. A
leading western journal in it's issue of
November II, declares that "American
politics are getting down to the level
of bread and butter. The fundament-
al object of the national constitution,
reduced to the absolute concrete form,
means only bread and butter. Every
man is free to strive and vote for the
most bread and the best butter for
himself. The day of the heroic in
American politics is gone forever"
Such a newspaper Office might appro-
priately be smOthered and entombed
in bread and butter by an indignant
populace. "The day of the heroic is
gone forever" but across the Missouri
river in Iowa Haddock is shot down
by saloon assassins. "The day of the
heroic gone forever" when in Georgia
Il preacher of the gospel is warned
that dynamite will be placed under his
dwelling to blow his wife and babe in
to eternity unless he shall cease to de-
nounce the saloons2 "The day of the |
heroic gone forever" when in prollibi-
ton Vermont men decline to enter
against the illegal sale of
alcoholic liquors, pleading as excuse
their fear of the consequences to their
business or their dwellings9 No, the
day of the heroic is not gone. There
is yet opportunity for heroism in
Christian citizenship. There is yet a
demand for heroes and herOines. The
one who stands by the right in all the
duties of citizenship must be heroic.
The one who shall faithfully follow
his Lord in serving his land and age
shall find self denial, and cross bear
ing, and some persecution for right
sake. Let us walk in the
way of Christian loyalty with thanks
giving. May blessings this day fall on
you, your homes, your family gather
lngs, and our native land.