Telegram-herald., 1889-09-23
OCEAN TO OCEAN
Subject 0f DR.. Tzlmzse's sermea.
September -.
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ocean 10 Ocean, or NJ Iranseon unsnial
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have e91ai1.sa .rcE. 50 - soa- Ias qrescLsE
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AMERICA FoE con.
What two seas are here referred To- Some
might ssy that ths text meant that CHRIST
was 70 reign over al the lsnd between the
Ar4blaa ssa AM Caspian seA. or bstseen the
Red sea and the Mediterranean see. or be-
twe-o the Black soa and the North ssa 30.
In such case my text would have named
them a meant fron any large body of
water on the earth clear soross 20 any other
large BODY II water And - have = right
10 read 10: Hs saail have domain from tbs
Atlantic SEA 70 the Pacific sea. Ny theme is,
America for God
First, consider tho inmensty Of this pro
cession- II lt were only a small tract Of and
capable of nothing better than sage brush
and wita ability only - support prairie dogs
l should not have much enthusiasm In want
ing Cnrlst 70 have 10 added 60 his dominion.
but its lmmeuaity and af.iuencs no one can
imagine unless, in immigrant wagon or Ia
page coach or IN rail train Os the Union Pa
rife or the Northern facldc or the Canadian
Pacific or the Southern Pacific, he has tray
srsod - Having been privileged SIX times
10 cross this continent, snd twice this sum
mer, l have come 10 some appreciation of rs
magnitude. California, which | supposed ia
boyhood from It's size on the map was few
yards across, ridge Of land on which one must
walk cautiously lest he nit bis head against
the Sierra Ncvades on one side or slip of
into the Pacific waters on the other. Cali
fornLa. this thin slice Of land as l supposed it
10 be in boyhood, l have fol,ld u DO larger
than all the states in New England and all
New York state and all Pennsylvania
added together; aud If you add them
together their square miles fall far
short Of California. North and South
Dakota, Montana and Washington ter
ritory, 70 be launched next winter into state
hood will oe giants at their birth Let the
congress Of the United States strain point
and soon admit also Idaho and Wyoming, and
New Mexico What is the use in keeping
them out in the cold any longerl Let us
have the whole continent divided into states,
with senatorial and congressional representa-
tives, and we will all be happy together. II
some Of them haze not quite the requisite
number Of people, fix up the constitution to
suit these cases. Even Utah will, by drop
ping polygamy, soon DO ready TO enter.
Monogamy has triumphed ia parts OF Utah,
and viii probably triumph at this fall cleo
tiou in Salt Lake City Turn all the terri
tories into states, and IL some OF the sisters
are smaller than the elder sisters, give them
time and they VIII be as large as any Of
them. Because some OF the daughters Of
family NAV be five feet in stature and the
other daughters only four feat, do not let
the daughters five feet high shut the door an
the faces Of those who are only four feet
high. Among the dying utterances Of our
good friend the wise statesman and great
author, the brilliant orator and the magnif
cent soul. S. 5. Cox, was the expressed de-
termination TO move next winter in congress
for the transference of other territories into
states
THE CoUNTRY's POSSIBILITIES.
"But, says some one, ''in calculating the
inmensity Of our continental acreage YOU
must remember that vast reaches OF our pub
lie domain ara uncultivated, heaps of dry
sand, the bad lands Of Montana and TIE
great American desert" | an glad you
mentioned that. Within twenty-five years
there viii not be between the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts a hundred miles Of land not re-
claimed either by farmers plow or miner 3
crowbsr. By irrigation the waters Of the
rivers and tho showers Of heaven III what
arc called the rainy season viii DO gathered
into great reservoirs and through aqueducts
let down where ard when the people want
them Utah Is an object lesson. Some parts
Of that territory which were 50 barren that
@ spear Of grass could not have been raised
there In a hundred years are now rich as
Lancaster county farms Of Pennsylvania, or
Wcstchester farms OF New YORK, or Somer-
SET county farms Of New Jersey. Expert
ments have proved that ten acres Of ground
irrigated from waters gathered in great
Psychological basins viii produce as much
e. ffty ncrcs from tho downpour Of
rain, rs seen in our regions. We have
our frcShets and our droughts, but in
gated VIII be neither frcshets nor droughts
AS you take pitcher and get full Of water
and then set Il on a table and takc a drink
out OF it when you Gre thirsty and never
think Of drinking p.tchersul all st once. 50
Montana and Wyoming and Idaho viii catch
tho rains q their rainy season and take up
Al the waters q thsir rivers il great pitch
ers of reservoirs and drink out II them
a. af--.. -. 4
whenever they viii Tho work has already
been r-sndly begun by the United States
government Over four hundred axes have
already been ofTicially taken possession Of by
the nation for the great enter prise % irriga-
ton. Rivers that have been rolling IDLY
through these regions. doing nothing On
their way % The sea. wiz be lassoed and cor
ralsd and perned up until such times
AZ the farmers need t6em. Under the same
processes TIE Ohio. the Mississiprs and
al ne Other rivers VII be taught
70 behavs themselves betteT. anil great
basins viii Ia made q catch the surplus
o. water IN times of fres,ss anf keep them
far tl-nss 4 drought TIE irri-ating process
bT which all tae arid lands between tho A.
ianti- sn~ TIA Tsciac oceans are 70 he fertil-
izei IS no rer experiment. II has been soiug :
IN successfully hundre8s - years. in spain,
in Cana. in India. In russia. IN ECTD-
Ahclt eirat hr.n.irei u- .liion = p-orie ~ he
earth todsT ara Eert slva tv foof rsiaed on
irri1ate6 suA A. hsrs re have slI7Vei tC
( O. waste gwen uD fIra-- sVr1,- sni Hat and
v-sl~s dog ards er~1-h FL sl7p-Tt whc.a
{ rsti,ns ~ i-ilv-r.c.s pr-slati-n. Ihe r1~s
+ le--ln ~Il ~ o0-s--r rarei Hs-e s13 there
sr.-rt.rrsi lsr.is rns r ~ staaborn ard rs'uzs