Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-13

that year, between May and Novem-
Der, will be the mountain Of Christian
advantage, the Alpine and Himalayan
height Of opportunity overlapping all
others for salvation. Instead of the
slow process of having to send the
gospelt TO other lands by our own Amer
lean missionaries. who have difficult
toll in acquiring the foreign language
and then must contend with foreign
preiudices, what grand thing TO have
able and influential foreigners con-
verted during their visit i'll America
and then have them return 20 their
native lands with the glorious tidingSl
Oh. for an overwhelming work of
grace for the year 1892, that work be-
ginning in the autumn of 1883!
A BIG PEACE MEETING.
Another opportunity, if our public
men see il, aud il is the duty Of pulpit
and printing press to help them to see
it, will be the calling at that time and
place of a great peace congress for all
nations. The convention of repgcScn-
tatives from the governments of North
and South America, now al Washing
ton, is only n type of what we may
have on Il vast and a world wide scale
at the international exposition OF 1872,
] BY one stroke the gorgonof War might
be slain and buried SO drcpthat neither
trumpet Of human dispute or OF arch
angels blowing could rcSurrcct ii.
When the ESl Napoleon called such q
congress Of nations many dc not re-
spoGd. aud those that did respond
gathered wondering what trap that
willy DESTROYER Of the French republic
and the buildsTui "a French monarchy
might spring on them. But what II
the most popular government on earth
i mean the United States govern
mcut-should practically say 10 oil
nations. On tie American continent
in 1872, We viii hold "A worlds Glir,
and all natious will send 10 il spuci
mems of their products, their manu-
features and their arts, and We invite
all the governments OF Europe. ASIA
and Africa tOsend representative, 10 a
peace convention that shalt bc held at
the same time and place, and that shall
establish an international arbitration
commission 10 whom shall Nu referred
all c0utroycrsirs betwcun nation and
nation, their decision 10 be Iual. aud
SO all nations WOuld be relieved from
the expense Of standing armies and
naval equipment, war having been
made an everlasting impo,sibtlIty.
All The nations Of tic earth worth
consideration would coneto il. mighty
men ot England and Germany and
France and Russia and all The other
great Hatiouaitics, Bismarck who ur-
ships the Lord Of Hosts, aud Gladstone
who wOrships the God uf Peace, aud
BOulanger who w0rsnipS himself. The
fact is That the nations ape sick al
drinking out Of claiicus made OF, OF
human skulls and filled with biUnd
The United States government is lac
only government i'm the whole world
that could successfully ca,i such 81
congress. Suppose France should call
it, Germany would not come; or Ger
many ShuuId call il, France would
not come; OF Russia should call It.
Turkey would not come; or England
should cali il, nations long jealous Gf
her overshaUowmg power IN Europe
would not come. America, in favor
with all uutiUualities, standing out in.
dependent and alone, is the spot and
1882 will BE- the time. May il please
the presidents of the United States, may
it please the secretary of state. may il
please the cabinet, may it please the
senate and house Of Representatives.
may it please the printing presses aud
the churches and the people who lift
up and put down our American rulers!
To them | make this timely and sol.
emn and Christian appeal. Do you
not think people die fastcn0ugh with.
out this wholesale butcllery of war;
Do you not think that we can trust To
pncumonias and cOBsumptions and
apoplcxies and palsics and yellow fe-
ycIs and Asiaiic cbolcras the work Of
killing them fast enough! DO you
not think that the greedy, wide open
jaws of the grave ought 10 be satisfied
if filled by natural causes with hun.
drcds Of thousands of corpses a year,
Do you not think we can do something
better with men than 10 dash their life
out against easements or blow them
into fragments by torpedoes or send
them out into the world, where they
need all their faculties, footless, arm
less, eyelessl DO you not think that
women might be appointed TO an cas-.
Ter place than the edge of a grave
trench TO wiring their pale hands and
weep out their eyesight in widowhood
and childlessnessl Why, the last
glory has gone out of war.
There was a time when il demanded
that quality which we all admire
namely, courage-for a man had 10
stand ut the hilt of his sword when
the point pierced the foe, aud while
he was Staying another the other
might Stay him; or il was bayonet
charge. But now il is cool and de.
liberate murder, and clear out at sea a
bombshell can be hurled miles away
into a city, or while thousands of
private soldiers, who have no interest
in the contest, for they were con
scripted, are losing their lives, their
general may sit smoking one of the
best Havana cigars after a dinner of
quail on toast. II may be well enough
for graduating students of colleges on
commencement day TO crate about the
poetry of war, but do not talk about
the poetry of war TO the men Of the
Federal or Confederate armies who
were at the front, or to some of US
who, as members of the Christian
commission, saw the ghastly hospitals
at AuVi,t,,n md HnroU.tntr, l.