The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-12-06
REV. DR. TALMAGR,
rHE BROOKLYN DiVTNEs
DAY SERMON.
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NJ IransconfinentaU
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= g sea- p Psalms lEEjjkkrsd To- Some
ha- two seas arskert meant that
slt saT tha1 BFer al tire lad
3 i was 10 IN Sea and Caspian
Hean ne 40 Red Sea and shs
= ~ daipss or between i.he
'liisf fsorth Sra. 10: in sIleh
Ia 9ea and "a have named 1hem. II
~ fzt 1argz body Of water on the
1911 ii7il g e any ether large body of
- p Il haEe a right 30 read Il:
-Ae d0uiuifn from the Atlantic
- Pacific Sea My theme is
70 on Cod
t0usider Tie immensely Of this pos
III If were only a small tract Of land
e noihiag bslter than sage brush
Niln 1tilrF eulT 90 support prairie
- ] should nor have much enthusiasm IN
faEtinF tEFisf ~ aage Il added 70 his do
fliulcl- But rs University and u1fuence no
ons cau i7uaeine uulass in immigrant wagon
or stage coach OF in rdll train Of the Ugion
Pacific ~ she AortlHln Pacific or The Can
a5ian Pacific OF the Southern Pacific. be has
frarersel it Ha7iag sbgen privileged *
tlne- 70 cross this continent. and twice
tlE summer. have come -
soue Appreciation II its magnitude.
lzlllaz1i1t which ] supposed in boy
tood tIain rs size on the map was Few
Esr.ls acIr'ss. . ridge af land on which one
~ {, cautiously lest De hit his head
acEinst iI',es-sra Ses1da ou one side or slip
offiuto file Pacii6 Hefers ca the other, Cali
ffruia flse THO slice q land as ! supposed DC
- i,e "a tarhoaf . hsre found il 70 be larger
tl.ar al f.ia STATES Of AeH England and al
EeT york state and 81 Pennsylvania added
4orrlheI. a1l 4 you odd them together their
-.1nnre miles faA Ear snort q California.
4rHrIHr aItH
II Washington Territory. - be launched next
ninlr into statehood wiB be giants at their
hirih. LEI The ccnEress ~ the United stafes
asrsiu 4 point and soon admit also idaho and
IF7uslinE and New Mexico What is the
lsa EeeqIlg them out 81 the cold any loneer7
IT us isaTc the whole continent divided into
Eteles with Senatorial and Congressional
hepressutu5lfes and we VIII all he happy
f1eefhe-. 4 some Of raeIu have not quits the
requisite number of paople, fix mp The Con
Etliutlou fo sult rhesa Gases. Even Utah VII
~ aruIpiug IolFganiF soon y ready 70
enter. A1uogauy las trimnphed 10 parts Of
lat AID vii pronaaly triumph at this
I.En III fte Territorjas into States ard 4
some q rae sisters are smaller -aau the elder
sIsisrs eife tlan time aud they slll soon be
Is large Is aug If thstn. Because some Of
tn da11ltefs Of e family may % Eve feet
IL s-str-n and the Others oniV four feet do
doar Ia fhs t1c.S oi those who're only four
ieef hiEh Among TIE eying utterauces Of
var Fold frieud The WISE statesman and great
auttar RE 1filil1-r urstar aud magnificent
sou = S. Cox was tho expressed dstermir-
non - move next rInfer Ia LonEress FOR the
trzutereucs 81 other Territories into States.
BIZ aE9s some s1e, 'lu calculating The
immensifr n OR continental acreage Won
fnust remember that #s,sst reaehesof cur pub
lie domain are unculssta heaps OF dry
saud ard he had Ind ~ Montana and the
Erest American d-ssri52 J Am glad you mem
Coned t11t Within t4enty -iiEc years there
wi not be between the Atlantic and the
Facifc coasts q hiiiiirej ;hiles Of land not
reclaimed either hF farmers ploW or miners
crow bar By irrigation, the waters of the
rrels and tle showers ~ heaven "a what are
called the raiar SEASON VIII b. gathered
Into great reservoirs and tlr8lgn auua-
c1ris ist down where and when the people
wasn't lhe-n tab is aa object Lesson Some
paris ~ that territory which were So barren
that 3 spear Of graas could not have been
raisel there in q hundrsa years are no'r rich
as Lancaster Comfy farms Of Feunsylvs
o. NesrcleStar farms of New York or
Homers1. County farms; Of New Jersey
Experiments haFe proved that ten acres Of
creund irrigated from waters gathered in
greet hfllrolo1.ie1A hasins VIII produce as
much a5 iftT az from the doWnpour Of
tres1si. and 1Isr dr1ughts, but ID those lands
WEla are q - scientifically irrigated there
MI 1-nsi--ier ir6Slets NOR drouEhfs- As vou
ttSe & pl1clsr and get il full 81 water and
then 50 ~ cu table AMI take q drink ont Of
Il Nh5u sou are thirsty aud never think
Of arin1Fg pitehefful ah at once. 50
-aqnlal- and " yolnluz aud Idaho VIII catch
taa i1llis q tleir rainy SEASON and take mp
al the waters 81 their rivers in great pit.'h-
IN 81 .irz efsi isiflr ont ~ siin=n when
srer they VII End ralrEEh rleir land U1er-
ever they Will
TIE Horl has already been grauily begun
By he Uuiied States s5oFesnnent- Over
four huusrsl ldi-as have slready been off
cialiT taken possession of By the na-
figz for the great enterprise OF iTTi-
eation. Rivers that have heen
rolling idly through these regions, dong
seed and carraliei sud pepned II until SUCH
tine rs the farnsrs need them Under the
sane process the Ohio. the Mississippi and
ell the other rivers VIII ba taught 70 behave
theuselTlri better. and great basins VIII he
made 70 catch the surplus of waters in times
Of tr.slets and Keep them for times OF
drougat The irrigatins process gg which an
tie aid lands between the Atlantic and
pa-ifc Oceans are 70 Be fsrtiliasd Is no new
ezl'eriu M Il mas been going on success
fully Au1lfeds Of years, 10 SPAN IN Chlna,
10 India ID Russia, IN Egypt
A1ort slrdt hundred millions Of people Of
the earth tl-5izr aTt--kspt olive BY teei Tsissd-
On ir4rlted And And here we have al
80 u lie waste. gwen ~ 10 rattiesnake
60 llat and prairie daz- lands enough 70 sup
80 hole iiari1ns Of Industrious popnia-
ron The work begun VII be con1uni-
rrated here and there exceptional I
lands rlar Be- stubborn end refuse -
Fieid any wheat ~ cora from their hard /
hsts. b1t u Ice hoe fan ~ make an inpres-
= j ga
son for Is ald bring up from beneath those
uunzc,iretiVe surfaces coai and iron aud lead 1
and eouper and silver aud god. God speed ]
fise refC.1isrs aud the surveyors the cngl- I
ra.es end IT, sratoriaf Commissions and tee /
cantalis,s sid the new settlers, and tho has 4
hzrsin.eu who put thsir brain and hand and |
heaz1 r. tbs trlnsl gsliiation Of the American !
-rosrireuti
RI ~7il.le 1 sreal 81 the fnmsnsity Of the I
csnzneus must remark it is moi an in
rsansirr ~ uolotoue Or f1menezs. The
1sr-af some countries are. the wors1 for the
world. 'rnis coutinaat is lot more re-1nrEa-
BIZ for IT. magnitude than for is wonders Of
construction 3 hat 3 pity the United states
l551ernneni did MT take possession Of Aose-
I1lt4 callloruia. e Il has Of 1eilo7stone,
W.-olnine and II Eizglra Fails View York
Ttseuife snl the adjoining California re-
e1gust VINO hat has sleH them can think
81 thcn without having his blood tin-
ria@ Tree now sanding rlero tual
were Cd rhez Christ lived. These nionarchs
q FOLIAGE reiened before Gear OF Ale1an-
der. AMI he nezr thouzlrd years viii not
sHstter tiieir sc=pter. They 1retise uasts Of
ms coalileut, tEe.r c1nras sprsad on the
winds while the cd ship bears On Is way
tirogeh the aeas- Thar SIZE, Of With trav-
eleEs often 1IiaaE, deas not affect Eue Sc much
Is their iongeElty- Though 81 I'D npv, the
hfzt.ch1scf sou.a q them VIII craclcie 10 the
last oo1.iae grafton 81 TIE planet
that valley 0f she Yosemite Is eight miles
lonz and nall mile wide and three thousand
feet dep Itseazz as II Ii had been the
meaning u f3znnipoteucs 70 crowd into as
small placs as possi6le some OF the most
stupenlous scenery Of the world Some OF
tbs cliffs gu do not stop 70 measure By feet
for they are literally q mile high Step 50
fnat lisither loot II man nor beast ever scaled
fhern. they stand IN everlasting defiance II
Jehovah has e throne on earth thess are Is
white pillar Standing down ia this great
ciasn of the valley Tou l6G up
ard ronde- s. Cnthadral Rock
vast gloomy minister built for the silent
worship ~ the mountains. 4onder is Sen
fiuel Rocz. $40 feet high, bold, solitary,
stantsiug cuarl among the ages. SIS top Sci
dom touched until q bride one Fourth Of July
mounted i snd planted The national stand
ards ard the people down in the valley