Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-10-17

Dy HlcagO anu ~. IOuts, ny ~. "ui - y,
Minneapolis, by Tacoma and Seattle, and all
| through the states by almost every
| two proximate cities. All cities, IKE
| individuals, have their virtues and Their
vices. All our American cities should be our
eXultation. What churches! What puDhc
| librariesi What asylums of mercy! What
! academies of musirl What mighty men III
law and medicine and art and scholarship
| What schools and colleges and universities
What women radiant ard gracious and an
4 Improvement on all the generations Of
women since Eve! What philanthroplsts
| who do not feel satisfied with their own
! charities until they get Into the hundreds
of thousands of the millions. what
Goods acres" for the dead. gardens OF
beauty and palaces of marble for those
who sleep the last seepl Now stop
your SANDER of American cities. DO
/ YOU say that they are the centres of crime
| and political eorrupti0ng Please admit the
| fact that they are centers of intelligence ahtl
! generosity and the mightiest patrons OF ar
cbtecture and sculpture and painting ana
/ music and reservoirs Of religious niuenf
/ forall the continent. 1t will be well for tl.e
country districts to cease talking against
the cities, and il will well for the city OF
| one locality to stop talking against the cues
of other localities. New York Will not geI
1 the Worlds fair by deprcciatlng Chicago, ana
Chicago will not ret the Worlds fair by bonn
harding New York.
Another suggestion concerning the coming
exposition: Let not The materlallstic ana
monetary idea oyerpower the moral and re-
gous. During that exposition, the first
time in all their lives, there will be thousands
OF people from other lands who viii see
country without state religion. Let
us by an increased harmony among
all denominations Of religion impress
other nationalities, as they come here That
year with the superior advantage. OF having
an denominations equal in the sight OF gov
ernment All the rulers and chief men OF
Europe belong TO the state religion, Whatever
IL may be. Although our last two Presidents
have been Presbyterians, the previous one
was an EpiscOpalian aud the two previous,
Methodists; and going further back m TINT
line of presidents, we find Martin Van buren,
Dutch Reformed and John Quincy Ad-
ans Unitarian and a mans religion IN TINS
country is neither hindrance nor advantage
in the matter of political elevation. All Eu-
rope needs that. All the world needs that.
A mans religion is something between him
self aud his God, and IL must not,
directly or indirectly, be interfered with.
Furthermore, during that exposition,
Christian civilization VIII confront Dar-
barism. We shall rs a nation have greater
opportunity TO make an evangelizing I'M
preston upon foreign nationalitics, than
would otherwise be afforded rs IN quarter
Of century. Let the churches OF the city
where the exposition Is held be open every
dav, and PRAYERS be offered and sermons
preached and d0N0logics sung. Ia The less
than three years between this and Thai
worlds eonyoeaton, let us ret a baptism Of
the Holy Ghost, so that the six months OF
that worlds fair shall bc fifty Pentcc0sts IN
one. and instead OF three thousand con-
verted as in the former PentCcost. hundreds
OF thousands Will be converted. You
must remember that the Pentecost men,
toned in The Bible occurred when there was
no printing press, no books, no Christian
pamphlets. no religious newspapers, and yet
the influence was tremendous. How many
natioHalties were touched? The account
SAWS Parthians aud Modes and Elamitts,N
that Is, people from the eastern countries;
"Phrygia and Pampbylia,' that Is, the
western Countries "Cyrenc and strangers
Of Rome. Cretes and Arabians,n that Is, tie
southern countries; but they were all moved
hy the mighty spectacle. Instead OF the SIX
teen or eighteen tribes Of people reported ut
that Pentecost, al the Chief nations Of
Europe and Asia, North and South America.
will be represented az our Worlds fair In
1892, and q PeutecOst here and then would
mean the salvation of the round world.
But. you say, we may have nj that fair the
people Of al lands aud al the machinery for
gospeizat0n, the religious printing presses
and the churches but all that would rot make
a pentccost; we must have God. Well, you
can have him. Has be not been graciously
waiting. and nothing stands IN tie way but
our own unbelief and Incidence aud sin. May
God break down tie barriers The graudest
opportunity for the eNange.izuiion Of ail
nations since Jesus Christ died on the
cross wll be the worlds exposition Of
1892. God may take us out Of tie harvest
field before that, bat let it be known through /
ont Christendom that that year, between May |
and November, viii he The mountain Of /
Christian advantages, the Alpine and Him
ainYau height Of opportunity overlapping al I
Others Tor salvation. Instead OF The SOW |
process Of having 10 send the gospel 10 other 4
lauds hy Our own American missionaries. 1
who have difficult toll IN acquiring the for I
eign language and then must contend with 4
foreign prciudiccs. what a grand thing 10 4
have able aud influential foreigners converted /
during their visit IN America aud then have 4
them return to their native lands with The 4
glorious tidingsl Oh, for an overwhelming +
work Of grace for the year 1872, that work
beginning m the autumn of iSS9
Another opportunity, II our puhlicmen See
il, and 1t Is tho duty OF pulpit and printing
prCss Go help them 20 see 70, will De the calling
70 that time and place Of great peace con-
gross for all nations. The convention OF rcp-
reseniatiyes from ihe governments Of North
fhN cNutH Alutilths Low NJ " hriltfi giol. D.
only type OF what we may have on q vast
and world wide scale at the international
exposition Of 1872. BY one stroke the gor-
gon Of war might be slain and buried 80 deep
hat neither trumpet of human dispute or Of
irchangefs blowing could rcsurrect IL.
When the last Napoleon called such n con-
grcss Of nations manv did not respond.
ind those that did respond
gathered, wondering what trap that willy de
'troyer Of the French republic aud the
builder Of a French monarchy might spring
IN them. But what IL the most popular gov
'rnmcut on cartl-i mean the United States
practically say 70 AL ma
i0ns: On the American continent ia 1892
We viii hold q worlds fair and an nations
VIII send 70 il specimens 81 their products,
heir manufactures and their arts, aud we in
tic all tie governments Of Europe. Asia and
Alrica 70 send Representatives 20 peace con-
ention that shall lie held at the same time
nd place. and that shall establish an iatcrua-
ioual arbitration commission. 10 whom shall
ie referred al controversies between nation
ud nation. their decision to be nnal. aud 50
ID nations would Lc relieved from the cN-
ieuso Of stluding armies and naval equip
aent. war having been made au everlasting
muosei.fi ifr.