Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-09

! NdHcys Oh every Va tft3g e@~tN -
our national domain. This nation notwith-
standing all the evil influences that are trying
to destroy it, is going to live.
Never since, according 10 John Milton.
when Satan was hurled headlong flaming
/ from the ethereal skies in hideous ruin and
combustion down, have the powers Of dark
ness been so determined to win this continent
as they are now What jewel it is-a jewel
/ carved in relief, the cameo of this planetl
/ On one side of us the Atlantic ocean, dividing
us from the worn out governments of Europe.
On the other side the Pacific ocean, dividing
us from the superstitions Of Asia. On the
north Of us the Arctic sea. which is the gym
nasiuln in which the explorers and navigators
develop their courage. A continent ten thou
sand five hundred miles long. seventeen
million square miles, and all of it but
about one-seyenth capable of rich culti-
vation Quo hundred millions of popula-
ton on this continent Of North and South
Ameriea-one hundred millions and room
for many hundred millions more. All nora
and all fauna, all metals and al precious
woods, and all grains and all fruits. The
Appalachian range the backbone, and the riv-
ers the ganglia carrying life all through and
out to the extremities. Isthmus Of Darien
the narrow waist Of a giant continent, all to
be under one government, and all free, and
all Christian, and the scene Of Christ's per-
sonal reign on earth IT, according to the OK
pectation of many good people, he shall az
last set up his throne in this world. Who
shall leave this hemisphere, Christ or Satans
Who shall have the shore OF her inland seas,
the silver Of her Nevedas, the gold OF her Colo
RADIOS the telescopes Of her observatories. the
brain Of her universities, the wheat OF her
pIairies, the rice OF her savannas, the two
great ocean beaches-the one reaching from
Bafiins bay TO Terra del Fgego, and the
other from Behring straits to Cape Horn
and all the normal and temporal and spiritual
and everlasting interests of a population
vast beyond all human computations Who
shall have the hemisphere? You and | will
decide that, or help 10 decide il byconsciea-
tious vote, by earnest prayer by maintenance
Of Christian institutions, by support OF great
philanthropies, by putting body, mind and
soul on the right side Of all moral, religious
and national movements.
All. il win not be long before it will not
make any difference to You or 10 me what b.
comes Of this continent, so far as earthly eon-
fort is concerned. All we win want Of it will
be seven feet by three, and that win take in
the largest, and there will be room and to
spare. ihsu IS All or tnis country we VII neea
very soon--the youngest of us. But we have
an anxiety about the welfare and the happi-
ness of the generations that are coming on,
and it will bea grand thing il, when the arch
angels trumpet sounds we find that our sop
ulcher, like the one Joseph Of Arimathea pro
yided for Christ, is in the midst OF garden.
One Of the seven wonders of the world was
the white marble watch tower Of Pharos OF
Egypt Sostratus the architect and SCULPTOR.
AFTER building that watch tower cut his name
on It. Then he covered it with plastering,
and to please the King he put the monarch's
name ON the outside of the plastering; and
the storms beat, and the seas dashed in their
fury, and they washed Off the plastering, and
they washed il out and they washed it
down, but the name of Sostratus was deep
cut IN the mperishable rock. So across the
.aff loo trx~. E..1..
many names written, across our finances,
across cur religions, names worthy
of remembrance names written on the
architecture of our churches, and cur
schools, and our asyluins, and our homes
of mercy, but God is the architect of this
continent, and he was the sculptor OF all its
grandeurs and long after through the wash
Of the ages and the tempests of centuries, all
other names shall be obliterated. the Divine
signature and Divine name viii be brighter
and brighter as the millenniums 60 by, and
the world shall see that tho God who made
this continent has redeemed it by His grace
from all its sorrows and from all its crimes.
Have you faith in such a thing rs that?
After all the char'iots have been unwheeled,
and after all the war chargers have been
crippled, the chariots which Elishn saw on
the morning of his peril will roll on in tri-
umph, followed by al the armies of heaven
on white horses. God could do il without us,
but He viii not. The weakest Of us the
faintest Of US, the smallest Drained OF us
shall have a part in tho triumph We may
not have our name, like TIE nslne of Sos
tratus. cut in iInperislable rock and conspic-
uous for centuries but we shall be remem-
bered in better place than that even in the
heart of Him who came TO redeem us and re-
deem the world, and our names viii be seen
close to the signature OF His wound. for as
to-day He throws cut His arms toward us He
says: Behold, / have craven thee on the
palms ON My hand.n BY the mightiust Of all
agencies, the potency Of prayer, beg you
seek our national welfare
Some time ago there were l. COO, 600 letters
in the dead letter postonicc ut Washing ten
letters that lost their waT--but not one
prayer ever directed 10 the heart of God mis-
carried. The way is all clear for the ascent
of your supphcations hcaverward in behalf
of this nation. Before tie postal oommuni-
cation was so easy, and long ago, on i rock
one hundred feet high on the coast OF Eng
land. there was barrel fastened 20 a post, I
and in great letters on the SIDE OF the rock. so
il could be seen far cat ut SEA, were the /
words: sPostofiice:n and when ships came by, Z
a boat put out TO takc and fetch letters. And
so sacred were those deposits Of affection in /
that barrel that 70 lock was ever put upon
that barrel. although il contained messages I
for America. and Europe, and Asia, and
AFRICA and ell the islands OF the sea Many 4
a storm tossed sailor, homesicll, got message 1
of kindness by that rock, and many home /
stead heard good news from a boy long gone.
Would that all the heights OF our national /
were in Interchange Of sympathies +
prayers going mp meeting blessings coming /
down. Postal celestial, ncs by storm struck /
rock ON a wtnuy coast, bat by the Rock Of .
Ages
L. N. MCCARTNEY, of Ellensburg,
W. L., has a tomcat that catches ducks.
he hides in The brake by the creek and
'ounces upon its prey as it swims past.
The other day he seized large green
read which few off with him. But
roln finally brought the duck to earth
nd killed it.
MR. AND Mrs. CLEVELAND viii spend
he entire summer at Saratoga, Sara
lac, Narragansott, Port Chester, Bar
1arbor, Newport, Bethlehem, Lenox,
4ong Branch and all points north,