The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-05-01

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change the figure and say. such a party as
that will sweep across this land like spics
ga.es from Heaven.
Have you any doubt Of the need of the
Christian religion to purify and make de-
cent American poIit,csl AT every yearly
or quadriennia election we have in this
country, great manufactures, manufsc-
tories of lies, and they are run day and
night, and they turn out dozen day all
equipped and ready for full ,ailing. Large
lies and sm vi lies Lies priv t, a1d lies
public ana lies prurisnt. Lies cut bias
and lies cut diagonal. Long-lim o lies,
lies wit double Lack action. Lies compli-
mentary anu lies d famatory. Lies Lnat
some people believe and lies that all peo-
pc believe, aud lies that nobody believes.
Lies with humps like camels and scales
like crocodiles, and neck, as long as
storks and feet as swift as an ante ope's
and stings like add RS. Lies raw and
suall ped and panned and s,ewed. Crawl
Ing lies aud jumping lies and soaring lies.
Lies with attachment screws and ruff RS
and braiders and ready-wound boDb,rs.
Lies by CHRISTIAN people who never lie ex-
cept during elections, and lies by people
VINO always lie but beat themselves In q
Presi lential campaign.
lc1ntess am ashamed to have for
eigner visit th country in such times. I
should think he would stand dazsd, his
hand on his pocket 10 k. and dare not 60
out nights What VIII the hundreds Of
thousands OF foreigners who come here to
live think o u,i What a disgust they
must have for the land of their ad pit on !
The only good thing about |. Is, many of
tnem can not un lerstand the English Ian
~ &c. But | suppose the rnan and
Italian and Swedish and French papers
translate 1t all an peddls on the Internal
stuf to their subscribers
Nothing but Cnd ,tianity II ever stop
sach food o lndecency. The Chri titan
religion W III speak after while. Tue Bill
lingsoate and ON scandal through which
we wade every year or every lon years,
must be rebuked by that rel g,on which
peaks from us two great mountains from
the one mounta into1ing the command,
Thou shalt not bear false wi less against
thy neig hbor," and from the other mount
making pea for kindness and love and
blessing rah r han cursing. Yes, we arc
going to have a aional religion.
There are TWO kinds Of nation Il religion.
The one |, supporte by the Stat, and Is q
matter Of hum IN po itics, aud 1t h great
patronage, and under 1t m IN will struggle
Tor prominence WI hou reference TO quail
ihcatio IS and it, archbishop is sup. orted
by a salary Of ,7j, ,0JO q ear, ami there are
great cAthedrals with al the machinery
Of music and canonicaI~, dnd room 10 q
thousand eopIe yet an au ienc, OF fitty
peop Q. or twenty people, or ten, or two.
We want no sucu religion q, that no
such national religion; but we want this
kind Of national reliyion-the vast ma
jority Of The people converted and evange-
zsd, and then they will manage tue secu-
lar q, well as the religious.
Do you say this is impractical ei No.
The time is coming just as certainly as
there Is a God and that this is HIS book
and that de has the rength and the hon.
esty 10 IN al HIS prom .sss. One Of the
ancient emperors u'ed TO pride himself on
performing that VIII ca his counselors said
was impossibl' and have TO tell you %.
day that mans imposslbles are God'i
easies. "Hath He said and shall He moi
do iti Hath He commanded and Will Ii
not bring II TO plsp The Christian 70.
u ion is coming "a take posses.
sion OF every hnilot,bo Of every
scnool- house, of every home OF every
valley, OF every mountain, Of every acr,
OF our nation ai domain. This nation, not
withstandine oil tie evil influences that
are trying % destroy II, is going to live.
Never sIncs according to John Milton,
when 'GSatan was hur hea long flaming
from the ethereal skies la hid ou, ruin
and combustion down." have the powers
OF darknes, be IN so determined to win this
continent as they are now. What q jewel
IL is-a jewel carved In relief, the cameo OF
this planstl On one side OF us the Atlantic
ocean. dividing us from the worn out gov
-rn ments Of Europ. On the other side
the Pacific ocean, dividing US from the
supartition' Of Asa On the north OF us
the Arctic sea, which Is the gymnasium In
which the explorers and navigators de.
velop their courage. A continent IL, 5Ot
miles long, 100 900 square miles, an al
oil II but about ue-seventh capable OF rict
cditivation. Ono hundred millions O
population on this continent Of North ant
SJuth America-ono hundrel millions
and room Tor m INV millions more Al
fora and ali fauna all metals and al
precious woods and all grains an fruits
The Arpalacnian range the backbone anC
the rivers tie gangia carrying life al
through and out TO the ex remitles
Isthmu' OF Dtrien, the narrow wais
II q giant continent ali to be under on,
government and al free and all Chris
tIan, and he scene OF Christ, persona
elgn on earth II, according 10 the expec
tation OF many good people he shai a
ast set up his th'one in this world Whc
shall have thi, hemis spher,, Christ or Sa
ani Who sh,i have the shores Of her In
land seas, the 81 yer Of her Nevadas, th'
gold Of her Cilora los, the telescopes Of
her obsery1todes, he brain OF he uni.
versities the wheat o her praiii,s, thu
rice OF he savannas, tue two reat ocear
beach s-ths one reaching rom Baffin'i
bay 10 Terra el Fue o. AMI the othei
rom Behrint r,it' TO Cape Horn-anl
! the moral and Tempo a and spritua
and eve lasting interests OF a population
vas be Dad SlI hum n computstionS VIII,
shsl nave tue h.mispnereg You an
vii lie lde hat or nelp to d,'lde II by
consci .ntious vote. by earnest prayer, By
main tenancs Of Christian institu tions, by
iupport Of great ph lanth opie. by put.
ting body, mind aud soul on the right
side OF all moral, reli yioui an nationa