Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-10-16
sail and frnlic

sail and frolic
Among those who come there will be, al
at other expositions, lordly people who viii
bring their VICES with them. Among tbt
dukes and duchesses and princes aud prin
cesses of other lands are some of tho besl
men and women of all the earth. Remem
Der Earl of Kintore, Lord Cairns and Lord
SALISBURY. But there is a snobbery and
funkeyisnl in American society that runs
after grandee, duke, lord or a prince
though he may be walking lazaretto and
his breath plague. 1t makes the fortune
of some of our queens of society to dance
one cotillon with one of these princely lep.
ers. Some people cannot get their hat of
quick enough when they see such a foreign
lord approaching, and they do not care for
the mire into which they drop their knees
as they bow to worship. Let no splendor
okpedigree or any pomp and paraphernalia
OF circumstance make him attractive
There is only one set of Ten Command
ments that ever heard Of and no class vi
men or women in all the world are excused
from obedience to those laws written by
Mount Sinai. Surely we have enough
American vices without making any drafts
upon European vice for 1899.
By this sermon / would have the nation
made aware Of its opportunity and get
ready to improve it, and of some perils and
get ready to combat them. / rejoice to be-
ieve that the advantages will overtop every
thing in that worlds fair What an intro
duction to each other of communities, of
States, of republics, of empires, of zones, of
hemispheres! What doors of information
will be swung wide open for the boys and
girls now on the threshold! What national
and international education! What crown
ing of industry with sheaves of grain, and
what imperial robiug of her with embroid-
cred fabrics. What scientific apparatusl
What telescopes for the infinitude above
and microscopes for the inflnitude beneath,
and instruments to put nature to the torture
until she tells hfr last secret! What a dis
play of the munifcence Of the God who has
grown enough wheat to make a loaf of good
bread large enough for the human race, and
enough cotton to stocking every foot, and
enough timber to shelter every head, max
ing 1t manifest that it is not Gods fault,
but either mans oppression or Incidence or
dissipation if there be any without supply.
Under the arches of the chief building of
that exposition let Capital and Labor, too
lopg estranged, at last be married, each tax
ing the hand of each in the pledge of eter-
tions stand round rejoicing at the nuptials,
and saying: "What God hath Joined to-
gether let not man pat asunder." Then
shall the threuody of the needle woman no
longer be heard:
Work. work, work!
Till the brain begins to swim;
Work, work. work.
Till the eyes are heavy and dim.
Seam and gusset and band,
Band and gusset and seam
Till over the buttons fall asleep
And sew them on in a dream,
o. Christian America! Make ready for
the grandest exposition ever seen under the
sunl Have Bibles enough bound Have
churches enough established. Have scisn.
tific halls enough endowed. Have printing
presses enough set up. Havs revivals of
religion enough in full blast. l believe yon
will. "Hosanna to the Son of David
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of
the Lordp'
Through the harsh, voices ofo day
A low. sweet prelude finds its way;
Through clouds of doubt and cresds of fear
A light is breaking calm and clear.
That song of love. now low and far,
Ere long shall swell from star to star;
That light. the breaking day, hich tips
The golden spired Apocalypse!
Among the places at which DR.. Talmage
will probably preach during this extended
trip are Rome, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Beth
lehem, Bethany, Samaria, Joppa, Athens
and Corinth, and Mr.. Louis Klopsch, the
reverend gentleman's press agent las per-
fecSed such arrangements as will enable him
to promptly and regularly report this ex-
ceedingly Interesting series of diseourses
which will be published in the columns of
this paper.