The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-04
ALL OF ONE BLOOD.


land, for, no matter how much they may
have been oppressed there, in that native
land there are sacred places. cabins or
mansions around whose doors they PLAYED
and perhaps somewhere there Is n grave
into which they would like, when liic's
tolls are over, TO be let down. for Il Is
mothers grave and Il would be like going
again into the loving arms that first held
them and against the bosom that first pill
lowed them. Myl myl howlow down imam
must have descended 10 have no regard for
the place where his cradle was rocked.
Don't mock their brogue or their stumb.
ling attempts at the hardest OF all Ian
guagcs 10 learn, namely, the English Ian
guagc. | warrant they speak English as
well rs you could talk Scandinavian. Treat
them in America AZ you would like 20 be
treated, II for the sake of your honest
principles, or a better livelihood for your
self or your family, you had moved under
the shadow Of Jungirau, or the Rigi, or
the Giants Causeway, or the Bohemian
Forest. or the Fmnconian Jura. II they
get homesick, as some OF them are. sug-
gcst 10 them that God IL IA near TO help
them here as lie was near them before
they crossed the Atlantic, and that the
souls final flight is less than n second,
whether from the beach OF the Caspian
Sea or the banks OF Lake Erie. Eyangcl.
izc their adults through the churches and
their children through the schools, and let
home missions and tract societies aud the
Bible. translated In all the languages Of
these foreign people, have full swing.
Rejoice as Christian patriots that instead
OF being an element OF weakness the for
eign people thoroughly evangelical will be
our mighticst defense against all the world.
The Congress Of the United States recently
ordered built new forts oil up and down
our American coasts, and a new navy Is
about 10 be projected. But LET me say that
$500 900, 900 expended In coast defense
will not be NO mighty rs n vast foreign
population living in America. With hun.
dreds Of thousands Of Germans In New
York. Germany would ~ soon think Of
bombshelling berlin NJ attacking uS With
hundreds OF thousands OF Fenchmen In
New York, France would NJ soon think Of
firing on Paris. With hundreds OF thous.
ands Of Englishmcn In New York, England
would IA soon think OF destroying London.
The mighticst defense against European
nations Is a wall Of Europeans reaching all
up aud down the American conti-
nent, n wall Of heads and hearts con
scented TO free government A bull.
wark Of foreign humanity hcayed
mp all along our shores, REINFORCED by the
Atlantic ocean, armed ~ u is with tenn
pests and Caribbean whiflwinds and giant
pillows ready 10 ding mountains from their
catapault, We need a. a nation fear no one
IN the universe but God. and II found In
his service We need not fear him. As six
hundred million people will yet at down
ut our national table, let God preside. To
him be dedicated the metal OF our mines.
the sheayes Of our harvest lieldS, the fruits
OF our orchards, the fabrics OF our manu-.
factories, the telescopes OF our obsorya-
tories, the volumes OF our libraries, the
songs Of our churches, the affections OF
our hearts, and oil our lakes become bap-
tismal fonts aud all our mountains aliars OF
praise and all our valleys amphitheaiers OF
worship, and our country, having become
fifty nations consolidated In one, may its
every heart throb he a pnlsaiion OF graft.
tudc TO him who made ''oi one blood all
nations" and ransomed that blood by tho
payment Of the last drop OF his own.