West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-03
FROM SEA TO SEA.
ALL FOR CHRIsI's DOMINION.
What Talmage Learned On His
Transcontincntal Journey,

TEXT: he ShdH hove dominion from
sed 70 Sed."-Psalms Xxi, 8.
What two seas are referred tor Some
might say that the texe meant that
Christ was to reign over all the land
between the Arabian Sea and Caspian
Sea, or between the Red Sea and the
Mediterranean Sea, or between the
Black Sea and the North Sea. No; in such
case my text would have named them. It
meant from any large body OF water on the
earth clear across to any other large body Of
water. And so l have n right 20 read it:
He shall have dominion from the Atlantic
sea to the Pacific Sea. Ny theme is,
America for Godl
First consider the immensely OF this Dos
session. If IL were only a small tract OF land
capable OF nothing better than sage brush
and with ability only TO support prairie
dogs 1 should not have much Enthusiasm I'm
wanting Christ TO havo it added to his do
mlnlon. But its immensely and afiusnce no
one can imagine unless, In immigrant wagon
or stage coach or in rail train Of the Union
Pacific or the Northern Pacific or the Can
sdian Pacific or the Southern Pacific h. bos
traversed 1t. Having been privileged six
tlmes to cross this continent and twice
Ihls summer, have come TO
some appreciation OF its magnitude.
hood from its size on the map, WAS a fey
yards across, a ridge of land GA which ono
must walk cautiously lest ho hit his heod
against the Sierra nevada ON one side or ain
on INTO the Facific waters on the other, Cali
fornia, the thin slice of land AZ I s,,nno.ad ~
to be in boyhood, 1 have found il tobe lareer
than all tie States OF New England and al
Now ' ork State and all Pennsylvania addeJ
together; and IL you add them together their
S9uare miles fall far short OF California.
North and South Dakota, Montana and
Washington Territory, 20 bo launched neTt
winter into statehood, will be giants At their
birth. Let the Congress of the United States
S StTaln q point and soon admit also Idaho and
wyoming ana Now Mexico. What is the
use keeping them out in the cold any lonperp
Let us have the whole continent divided into
btateS with Senatorial and Conqreseional
representatives and we will all be nanny
together. III some OF them havu not quite the
requisite number of people, fix I'M the Con-
s~titution TO suit these cases. Even Utah will
oy dropping polygamy soon be ready TO
enter. Monogamy has triumphed in parts az
otah and will probably triumph at this
Tir eiecuon IN Salt Lake City.
Turn all the Territories into States andif
some OF the sisters are smaller than tba older
sisters, give them time and thew will eoon ha
as large as any of them. Because soma ~
tine daughters OF a family may be FIVE feet
~ "a s' 1 ! e1d the Others only four feet do
NOT let rae daughters five feet high shut the
1oor IA the faces Of those who are only fonr
tefG nigh. Among tho dying utteranres of
our good friend, the wise statesman and Great
author, the brilliant orator and magnificent
soul .. 5. Cox, was the expressed dstsrn,inN
ton TO move next winter in Congress for tha
TanIerence OF other Territories into States
oub says some one, sin CALCULATING the
immensely or our continental ACREAGE von
must remember that vast reaches OF our pub
TIC domain are uncultivated, heaps OF drv
SAND, and the bad lands of Montana and tbs
great American desert" Am glad YOU men
Toned that Within twenty-five wears thers
VIII not be between the Atlantic and the
racine coasts a hundred miles OF Land not
reclaimed either by farmers plow or miners;
crowbar. BY irrigation, the waters OF the
MYERS and the Showers Of heaven in what are
called the rainy season will be gathered
NC SreSI reservoirs and through aque-
80. "n IeI down where and when the people
want them. Utah Is an object lesson. Some
parts OF that territory which were so barren
Ihat a spear OF grass could not have been
raised there In n hundred years are now rich
As lancaster County farms OF Pennsylvania
or Westchester farms OF New York or
Somerset County farms Of New Jersey
experiments have proved that ten acres NJ
GROUND irrigated from waters gathered I'm
great neurological basins will nroduce oe
uluOh as nifty acres from the downpour of
ram as seen in our regions Wa hnva o,,r
Teshets and our droughtS but i'm tboee i.nds
"hlch are TO be scientifically irrigated there
Will beneither freshets nor drouphts Ae 20,
take a pitcher and get it full OF water and
~ : seG IL on a table and take a drink out of
" when you are thirsty and never thin
OF drinking a pitcherful all at once so
n.OhIaha ana Wyoming and Idaho will catch
tneralns OF their rainy season and take nm
All the waters of their rivers in great pitch
ers OF reservoirs aud drink out of them vvhsr-
ever they viii and refresh their land when
ever they will.
Inc work has already been grandly begun
by the United States Government. over
-FOUR hundred lakes have already been on-
cla!ly taken possession OF by the na.
ton for the great enterprise OF ira
gatlon. Rivers that have haen
roIlng idly through these regions do;ng
nothing IN their way TO the sea will he IasS
soed and corralled and penned up until such
time as the farmers need them Under tbo
same processes the Ohio, tho Mississinni anJ
al the other rivers will be taught TO behave
themselves better, and great basins will ba
made to catch the surplus OF waters in time
GI Iresnets and keep them for times OF
drought. The irrigating process nv yghicb al
the arid lands between the Atlantic rnJ
racine oceans are 70 be fortified is no uevV
sAReTiihent II mas been going on success.
~; LIZ mundreds OF years, in Spain, in China,
IN INDIA IN Russia, in Egypt.
About eight hundred millions Of neo,Is y,
zoe eaTth to-day are kept alive by food raissd
on irrigated land. And here we have al
lowed 70 lie waste, given up TO rattIesnaEs
M Dat ana prairie dog, lands enough to sup
port whole nations Of industrious r,or,,ia.
uon. The work begun will be co5enm.
mated. Here and there excepfionsl
lands may be stubborn and ref1se e.
Lielu any wheat or corn from their berJ
s1 y"1 the noe Idl 70 make an imUreq-
eloh' the miners Pickax viii discover the rea-
son Tor II and bring mp from beneath those
~uuPIouuctiVe surfaces coal and iron and lead
shd copper and silver and gold. Cod speed
tne Beologists and the surveyors. the en1f-
ueeIs ana the enatOriafcOmmi-sions. and tbe
tapitahsts and the new settlers and the Inns
Dandnen who put their brain and hand and
neart n this TRANSPORTATION Of the American
But while ] speak Of the immeusitv Of N.
CONTINENT must remark e. IS not ana i'm
.nenslty OF monotone a. tamaness. The
larger some countries are. the worse for ths
"0rld. This continent is not more reparka.
ole Tor its magnitude than for st. wonder 81
construction. What n pity the United State
government lid not take possession Of Yose-
mite, California, a, Sc has 81 Yellowstoue
W yomlng. and u Niagara Falls New YORK
1osemite and the adjoining California re-
glDnsi Who that has seen them can fbirt
or them without having bis blood tim
glef Trees now standing there faat
were Old when Christ lived. Thee monarch
OF foliage reignel before Cesar OF AIeran.
Ger ana the next thousand years Will "A
.Hattf their scepter. Trey ere tine masfs =
we continent their canvas spread ON fbo
WINDS while Che old ship bears on a. vev
through the ages. Their dze. Of which t~ay.
eiefs often speak. does not affect mo y, ru5rb
tneir longevity. Though e0 old nov, tbs
Dfahchfs pt some NJ them will crackIa b., fbs
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