Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-05-11

A~ntigonus, their commander, straight.
encd himself up AID said, with indigna
ton and vehemence: How many do
you reckon me to be2" And when we
see the vast armies arrayed against the
cause of sobriety it may sometimes be
very discouraging, but ask you in max.
ing up your estimate OF the forces OF
righteousness--I ask you how many do
you reckon the Lord God Almighty TO
beS He is our commander. The Lord
of Hosts is his name. l have the best
authority for saying that the chariots Of
God are 20, 600, and the mountains are
full Of them,
You wiz take without my saying ii
that my only faith is in Christianity and
in the upper forces suggested in the text.
Political parties come and 60, and they
may be right and they may be wrong;
but God lives and think he has ordained
this nation for a career OF prosperity
that ne demagogisn will be able to halt.
| expect to live to see \ political party
which will have a platform Of two
p anks-the Ten Commandments and the
Sermon on the Mount. When the party
is formed ii will sweep across his land
like a tornado, | was going to say, but
when l think ii is not to be devastation
but resuscitatinn, l change the figure and
say, such a party as that will sweep
across this land like spice gales from
heaven.
Have you n doubt about the need Of
the Christian religion TO purify and make
decent American politicsY AT every
yearly or quadrennial election we have in
this country great manufactures, manu-
factories Of lies, and they run day and
night, ard they turn out half a dozen a
day all equipped and ready for full
sailing. Large lies and small lies. Lies
private and lies public and lies prurient,
Lies cut bias and lies cut diagonal
Long limbed lies and lies with double
back action. Lies complimentary and
lies defamatory. Lies that some people
believe. and lies that nobody believes.
Lies with humps like Camels and scales
like crocodiles and necks as long as
storks and feet as swift as an antelope's
and stings like adders. Lies raw and
scalloped and PANIED and stewed.
Crawling lies and Jumping lies and SORT
ing lies. Lies with attachment screws
and rufies and braiders and ready wound
bobbers. Lies by Christian people VINO
never lie except during elections, and
lies by people who always lie, but beat
themselves in q presidential campaign.
confess l am ashamed to have "a
foreigner visit this country in such times.
| should think he would stand daZed, his
hand on his pocket book, and dare not
go out nights. What will the hundreds
OF thousands of foreigners who come
here to live Think of us2 What a disgust
they must have for the land Of their
adoption! The only good thing about is,
many of them canno understand the
English language. Bot | suppose Ger
man and italian and Swedish and French
papers translate it all and peddle oat
the internal stuff to their subscribers.
Nothing but Christianity will ever stop
such a food of indecency. The Christian
religion will speak after q while. The
~billingsgate and low scandal through
which which we wade every year or
every four years, must be rebuked by
that religion which speaks from its two
great mountains, from the one mountain
informing the companion. Thou shalt
not bear false witness against thy neigh
Dor" and from the other mou making
plea for kindness and love and blessing
rather han cursing. Yes, we are going
To have q national religion.
There are two kinds Of national re-
ligion. The one is supported by the
state, and is a matter of human polite,
and il has great patronage, and under it
men will struggle for prominence without
reference TO qualifications, and its arch
| bishop is supported by a salary Of $50
600 a wear, and there are great cathedraIs,
with all the machinery Of music and
..,,,,s,,lc md rnnpn FAv A ihnIJgAnH moo
pie, vet an audience Of fifty people, or
twenty people, or ten, or two.
We want no such religion as that, no
such national religion; but we want tins
kind OF national ~religion-the vast ma
iority Of the people converted ana evan
grlizrd, and then they will manage the
secular as well as the religious.
DO not say that this is impracticablel
No. The time is coming just as certainly
as there is a God and that this is his book
and that he has the strength and thu
honesty to fulfill his promises. One OF
the ancient emperors used TO pride hlm
self on performing that which his coun
selors said was impossible, and have K
tell you today that mans mpossihles arr
Gods easies. Hath lac said and shall
he not do it? Hath he commanded, ant
will he not bring it to passY' Tn
Christian religion is coming to take pos
session Of every ballot box, of ever.
school house, of every home, of ever.
valley, Of every mountain, of every acr
Of our national domain. This nation
Notwithstanding all the evil influence
that are trying to destroy it, is gong t
live.
Never since, according to John Milton
when Satan was hurled headlong fam
ing from the eternal skies in hideous rulI
and combustion down" have the power
of darkness been SO determined to Wi
this continent as they are now. What
Jewel 1t is, a jewel carved in relief, tn
cameo of this planet On one side of II
the Atlantic ocean, dividing us from tn
worn out governments Of Europe. -
the other side the Pacific ocean, divldin
US from the supcrstitions of Asia. .,
the north of us the Arctic sea, which
the gymnasium IN which the explorer
and navigators develop their courage. !
continent 10, 500 miles long, II, 600, W
square miles, and all of it but about ont
seventh capable Of rich cultivation. Or
hundred millions of population on tn
continen Of North and South America
one hundred millions, and for man
l hundred millions more. All flora and q
, fauna, all metals and all pre.ious wood
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