Democratic messenger., 1889-09-28

ernacle this morning. where the Rev. J..
DE Wit Talmage. ID, d., preached as
usual. The opening hymn was:
No more let human blood bc split.
Vain sacrifice for human guilt:
hut to each conscience bc applied
The blo0i that flows from Jesus side.
The subject Of the sermon was From
Ocean TO Ocean; or, My Transcontincntal
Journey Text: Psalms ixxii., Sale
shall have dominion from sea To sea" -
The preacher said
What two seas are referred to. Some
might say that the text meant that Christ
was to reign over all the land between the
Arabian Sea and Caspian Sea, or between
the Red Sea aud the Mediterranean Sea,
ur between the Black Sea or North Sea.
No; in such case my text would have
named them. II meant from any large
body Of water on the earth clear across TO
any other large body OF water. And so ]
have u right to read j.: lie shall have do.
minion from the Atlantic Sea to the Pa.
cific Sea. My theme is. America for God!
First, consider the immensely of this
possession. lfit were onlya small tract
ofland capable Of nothing better than sage
brush and with ability only To supper,
prairie dogs. | should not have much en-.
thusiasm in wanting Christ 10 have II
added to lI,s dominion. But its immcn-
sity and aiilucncc no one can imagine I'M
less, in immigrant wagon or in stage
coach. or in rail train of the Union Pacific
or the Northern Pacific or the Canadian
Pacific or the Southern Pacific. he has
trayerse'i II. Having been privileged six
times 10 cross this continent, and twice
this summer, hav, come 10 some appre.
citation of its magnitude California, which
supposed in hoyh0Od from its size ON
the map. was few ya,is across, ridge
Of land on which one must walk cautious.
~ lest he hit his head against the Sierra
ciiic waters on the other. California.
the thin slice Of land as | supposed II TO
&c in bOyhoOd. have found il 10 be larger
than all the States nf New England and
all New York State and all Pennsylvania
added together; and if you add them to.
gcthcr their square miles fall far short Of
California. North and South Dakota,
Montana, and Washington Territory, To
he launched mex; winter into statehood,
will be giants at their birth. Let the Con.
grcss of the United States strain n point
and soon admit also Idaho and Wyoming
aud New Mexico. What is the Use of
keeping them out in the cold any longer I:
Let us have the whole continent divided
into States, with Senatorial and Congress.
sional representatives, aud we will all he
happy together lf some of them have
not quite the requisite number Of people,
fix up the constitution to suit these cases.
Even Utah will. by dropping polygamy,
soon he ready 10 enter. Monogamy has
,riumphcd in parts of Utah, and will prob
ably triumph at this fall election IN Salt
Lake City. Turn all the territories into
states and II some of the sisters are small.
er than the elder sisters, give them time
aud they will soon be as large AS any of
them. Because some Of the daughters of
family may he five feet in stature AMI
the others only ionr feet. do not let the
daughters five feet high shut the door in
the faces Of those who are only four feet
high. Among the dying ntterances of
our good friend, the wise statesman and
great author, the brilliant orator aud mag
niticent soul, :. y. Cox, was the expressed
determination 10 move next winter In
Congress for the trHnsfrrcncc of other
territories into states.
But, says some one, lin calculating the
immensity Of our continental acreage you
must remember that vast reaches of our
public domain are uncultiyated. heaps Of
dry sand, and the bad lands of Montana
and the great American desert" | am glad
you mciioncd that. Within 81 years there
will not be between the Atlantic and Pa.
citic coasts 100 miles of land not reclaim
ed either by farmers plow or miner. :
crowbar. by irrigation, the waters of the
rivers and the showers oi heaven in what
are called the rainy reason will be gather.
ed into reservoirs and through aquc,lucts
let down where and when the people want
them. Utah Is an object lesson. Some
parts Of TINT territory which were so bar.
rem that spear Of grass could not have
been raised there in 100 years are now as
rich Ms Lancaster county farms of Penn.
sylvania or Wcstchestcr farms of New
York or Somerset county farms of New
Jersey.
RENEFIrs OF IRRiGA
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