The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-09

marck who worships the Lord OF Hosts, and
Gladstone who worships the God OF peace,
and Boulanger who worships himself me
fact is that the nations are sick OF drinking
out of chalices made out Of human skulls
and filed with blood. The United States |
Government is the only government In the
whole world that could successfully can
such congress. Suppose eshould call
II, Germany would not come; or Germany
should call it, France would not come; or
Russia should call 1t, Turkey would not
come; or England should call It, nations
long Jealous of her overshadowing power in
Europe would not come. America, in favor
with all nationalities, standing out inde-
pendent and alone, is the spot, and 1892 Will
be the time. May 1t please the President OF
the United States, may 1t please the Secre-
tary Of State, may 1t please the Caoinet,
may II please the Senate and House OF
Representatives, may 1t please the printing
presses and the churches and the people
who lift up and put down our American
rr'~~''
To them mske this timely and solemn
anu OnrlsLl app ii. DO you not thlnk
people die fast euOdgh without this whole
sale butchery Of war2 Do you not think
that we can trust to pueumonias and con-
sumptions, and apoplexies and palsies, and
yellow fevers, and Asiatic choleras the
work of killing them fast enoughl Do you
not think that the greedy, wide open jaws
Of the grave ought TO be satisfied II filled by
natural causes with hundreds Of corpses
yearl Do you not think we can do some
thing better with men than TO dash their life
out against easements, or blow them into
fragments by torpedos, or send them out
into the world, where they need all their
faculties, footless, armess, eyelessi DO
you not think that women might be ap.
pointed TO an easier place than the edge OF
grave trench to wiring their pale hands and
weep out their eyesight In widowhood and
childlcssnessl Why, the last glory has
gone out Of war.
There was q time when II demanded that
quality which we all admire-namely, cour-
age--for man had TO stand at the hilt Of
his sword when the point pierced the foe,
and while he was Staying another the other
might slay him; or II was bayonet charge.
But now it is cool and deliberate muir
der, and clear out at sea a bombshel
can be hurled miles away into
city, or while thousands OF private soldiers,
who have no interest in the contest,
for they were conscripted, are losing their
lives, their general may sit smoking one Of
the best Havana cigars after dinner OF
quail on toast. II may be well enough for
graduating students OF colleges on COM
mencement day 10 crate about the poetry
Of war, but do not talk about the
poetry Of war TO the men Of the
Federal or Confederate armies who
were at the front, or TO some OF us who,
as members Of the Christian Commission,
saw the ghastly hospitals at Antietam and
Hagerstown. Ali you may worship the
Lord OF hosts, / worship the "God Of peace,
who brought again from the dead our Lord
Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd Of the
sheep"
War Is an accursed monster. and II was
born In the lowest cavern OF perdition, and
/ pray that IL may speedily descend TO the
place from which 1t arose, its last sword and
shield and musket rafting on the bottom Of
the red hot mari OF hell Let there be called
a peace convention for 1892, with delegates
sent by all the decent governments Of
Christendom, and while they are in session,
II you should some night 60 out and look
into the sky above the exposition buildings,
1
that was taken down after the Bethlehem
anthem Of eighteen centuries ago was sung
out, is rebuilt again In the clouds, and the
same angelic singers are returned with the
same librettos OF light TO chant "Glory 10
God In the highest, and on earth peace, good
will 10 men,
Again, suggest in regard TO the worlds
fair that, while appropriate places are pre-
pared for all foreign exhibits, we make no
room for the importation Of foreign vices.
America has enough Of its own, and we
need no new installments Of that kind. A
worlds fair will bring all kinds Of peo-
pie, good and bad. The good we must
prepare 10 welcome, and the bad we must
prepare 10 shun. The attempt will again
be made in 1892, as In 1875, 10 break
up our American Sabbaths. The at
tempt was made at the Philadelphia
Centennial, but was defeated. The Ameri-
can Sabbath Is the best kept Sabbath on
earth. We do not want II broken down,
and substituted In the place thereof the
Brussels Sabbath, the Vienna Sabbath, the
st. Petersburg Sabbath or any Of the for.
eign Sabbaths, which are no Sabbaths al
all. think the Lord Is more than gener
Gus in asking only ffty-two days out OF the
965 for his service. You let the Sabbath &C
and with It WIN 60 your Bible, and after
that your liberties, and your children OF
your grandchildren will be here in Americs
under despotism as bad as In those land.
where they turn the Lords day into wassai
and frolic. ttrfltt ~
Among those who come there will be-, a
at other expositions, lordly people who viii
bring their vices with them. Among thu
, dukes and duchesses and princes and prin
cesses Of other lands are some Of the bes
men and women Of all the earth. Remem
ber Earl Of Kintore, Lord Cairns ant
Lord Shaftesbury. But there is q snob
berry and funteyism In American so
ciety that runs after grandee, duke,
, lord, or prince, though he may be walk
, ing lazaretto and his bresth a plague. i
makes the fortune Of some Of our queens o
society 10 dance one cotillion with one o
these princely lepers. Some people can no
, got their hat on quick enough when the,
: see such foreign lord approaching, AM
they do not care for the miro into whicl
they drop their knees as they bow 10 wor
ship. Let no splendor OF pedigree or an.
, pomp and paraphernalia Of circumstance
/, make him attractive. There Is only one SO
OF Ten Commandments that ever heard Of
and no class OF men or women In all tn
world are excused from obedience 10 thos
!. laws written by finger Of lightning on tn
granite surface Of Mount Sinai. Surely W,
, have enough American vices without max
Ing any drafts upon European vice for 1872
By this sermon would have the natlor
, made aware Of It's opportunity and 60
ready TO improve 1t and Of some perils, an,
got ready 70 combat them. l rejoice u
believe that the advantages viii overtol
every thing in the worlds fair. What al
introduction TO each other Of communities
/, Of States, OF republics, Of empires, OF zones