The Red Cloud chief., 1889-10-11

though our last two Presidents have baen
Prssbytsrisns the previous 0ns was an
E~piscopaiian and the two previous
Msthodisis and going further back in that
line Of Presidents we lind Martin Van
Buren, . Dutch Reformed and John Quincy
Adams q Unitarian. and . mans religion
in this country 10 neither hindrance nOr
advantage in the matter of political eie-
walton. All Europe needs that. All the
world needs hat A mans religion is
some hing bstween b imself and his God,
and il mu st not. directly or indirectly, he
Interfered with.
Furthermore. during thai: Exposition.
Christian civil! z ,tiOn will confront bar
barism. We. shall. as n Nation, have o
greater opportunity to make an evangeii1-
ing impression upon foreign nationaiities
than would otherwise not be afforded US in
a quarter of . century. Lot the hes
of the city " here the Exposition is held be
open every day and prayers be offered
and sermons preached and dOxolOgies
sung. In h less than three years be-
tween this and hat worlds cO~nvocatiOn
let US get a baptism Of the Holy Ghost. so
that the six months Of that Worlds Fair
shall be- fifty PentecOsts in one. and in-
stead of three converted. as in the former
Pentecos. hundreds Of thousands will be
converted. You must remember that the
Pentecost mentioned in the Bible occurred
when there was no printing press, no
books, no Christian pamphlets. no relig-
iCu newspapers, n yet the influence
was tremendous How many NATIONAL
tiles were touched? The account says:
'.Parthians anu Meles and Elamite-,"
that is, people from the Eastern cOun-
tries; '!Phrygi, and Pamphylia." thai is,
the Western cOun;rie-; 'Cyrene and
strangers of Rome. the Cretes aud Arab
ans" that is, the Southern countries; hut
they were al moved by the mighty spec.
tacle.
Instead of the S xteen or eighteen tribes
Of people reported at that Pehiecost al
the chief nations of Europe and Asia,
North and South America, will be repre-.
scented at our Worlds Fair in 1892 aud q
PentecOst here and then would mean the
salvation OF the round world. But, you
say, We have at that fair the people Of all
lands and all the machinery for gOspsliza-
ton, the religious printing presses
and the churches, but all that would not
make q PentecO,t; We must have God.
Well, you can have Him. Has He not been
graciously waiting; and nothing stands
In the way but our " unbeliet and III.
dolencs aud sin. May Tod break down
the barrier,! The grandest opportunity
for ihe evangellzatiOn OF all nations since
Jesus Christ died on the cross will b. the
Worlds Exposition OF 1892 God may
take US out of the harvest field before
that, but let it be known throughout
~ .-. aNurA0 M0V
and November, will DO h mOuniaih Of
Christian advantage, b Alpine and
HimaIayan height of opportunity over
topping all others for salvation. Instead
Of the slow process Of having to
send the Gospel to other lands by
our own American missionaries,
who have difficult toll in overcoming
foreign prejudices. what a grand thing 10
have ahle and influential foreigners con-
verted during their visit to America and
then have them re,urn to their native
lands with the glorious tidingsl O. for an
Overwhelming work OF grace for The year
1882, that work beginning in the autumn
of loS9.
Another opportunity. il our public men
see it. and it is the duty OF pulpit and
printing press to help Q to SEQ i, will
be the calling at that time and place OF .
great peace congress for ali nations The
convention Of representatives from the
Governments of North and South America
now at Washington is only . type OF what
we may have on . vast and a world wide
scale at the International Exposition in
1892 BY one stl 0Se he GOrG0n Of war
might be slain and buried so deep taat
neither trumpet Of human dispute or Of
~archangel's blowing couii resurrect il.
When the last Napoleon called such q o
! gress of nations many did moi respond.
and those who did respond gathered
| wondering what trap the willy destroyer
OF the French Republic and the builder Of
a French Monarchy might spring on them.
But what if { % most popular govern
ment on earth-I mean the United States
Government-'hOuld practically say to
| all nations: On the American continent
in 1892. We will hold q Worlds Fair, and
| all nations wi l send to it specimens of
| their products. their manufactures and
| their aris. and we invite all the Govern.
ments of Europe. Asia and Africa to send
representatives to q peace convention that
| shall be held at this same time aud p,acs.
| and tina shall establish On international
arbitration commission to whom shall be
referred all controversies between nation
and nation. their decision to be final. and
80 ali nations would be relieved o! the
expense Of standing armies and naval
equipment, wal having been made IN
everlasting impossiti!ity.
AL the nations of the earth worth con-
alteration would come to il. mighty men
of England mt Germany and France and
all the other great natiOnalities. Bismarck
who worships the Lord Of Hosts, and
Gladstone, who wOrships the God OF
Peace. and Boulanger who worships him
self. The fac. 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 tbs only
Government in the whole world that
G ,uld successfully call such . c'ngress.
suppose France shouli call it Germany
would not c me: or Germany should call
it, Franc, would not come; or Russia
should cal il, Turkey would not come; Oh
England should call it. nations long jeal-
GUS of her overshadowing power in Eu-
rope would not come. America, In fAt>l
with all na~tionalities, %standin. out inde-
pendent and alone, 10 the spot and $50!
will be the time. Nav it please the Presi.
dent Of the United States, may it please
the Secretary Ct State. may it please the