Connecticut western news., 1889-10-02

old miscreant never owned an acre or an inch of ground on this planet. For that res son protest against something I heard and saw this summer and other summers in Mon- and Colorado and California. They have given devilistic names to many places in the west and northwest.
 As soon as you get in Yellowstone park or California you have pointed ont to you places Slide," "The Devils Kitchen" ''The Devils Thumb" ;" 'sThe Devils Pulpit" "The Devils Mush Pot" "The Devils Tea Kettle," "The Devils Saw Mill," "The Devils Machine Shop" "The Devils Gate," aud so on. Now veyor or congressional committee or group of distinguished tourists go through MOn- tana and Wyoming and California and Col orado and give other names to these places. All these regions belong to the Lord and to a Christian Nation, and away with such Plu- tonic nomenclature.
 But how Is this continent to be gospelized ? The pulpit and Christian printing press harnessed together will be the mightiest team for the first blow. Not by the power of cold formalistic theology, not by ecclesiastical world is sick of them. But it will be done by warm hearted, sympathetic presentation of the fact that Christ is ready to pardon all our sins and heal all our wounds and save us both for this world and the next. Let your FelSlOu Ol SIaClcTS cTdCk Ou auu 1all lNtO Iuc Gulf Stream and get melted. Take all your creeds of all denominations and drop out of
 hem all human phraseology and put in only scriptural phraseology and you will see how quick the people will jump after them.
 On the Columbia river few days ago we in different places, suppose for the purpose of getting the insects. And If when we want to fish for men we could only have the right kind of bait they will spring out above the flood of their sins and sorrows to reach it. The Young Mems Christian associations of America will also do part of the work. All over the continent saw this summer their new buildings rising. In Vancouver's 1 asked: "What are you going to put on that slightly placew The answer was: "A At Lincoln, Neb., said: "What are they making those excavations forT' Answer {: "For our Young Mems Christian association building" At Des Moines, h., saw noble structure rising and asked for what purpose it was being built, and they told me for the Young Mems Christian association.
 These institutions are going to take the young men of this nation for God. These institutions seem in better favor with God and man then ever before. Business men they can do nothing better in the way of liS- ing beneficence or in last will and testament than to do what MT. Marquand did for Brook lyn when he made our Young Mems Christ ian palace possible. These institutions will get our young men all over the land into a stampede for heaven. Thus we will all in some way help on the work, you with your ten talents, with five, somebody else with three. It is estimated that to irri- gate the arid and desert lands of America as they ought to be irrigated, 1t will cost about one hundred million dollars to gather the waters into reservoirs. As much contribution and effort as that would irrigate with gospel influences all the waste places of this continent. Let us by prayer and contri- button and right living all help to fill the res- ervoirs. You will carry bucket and you a cup, ard even thimbleful would help. And after a while God will send the floods of mercy so gathered, pouring down over all the land, and some of us on earth and some of us in heaven will sing with Isaiah: "In the wilderness waters have broken out and streams in the desert," and with David "There Is river the streams whereof shall make glad the sight of God" Oh, fill up the reservoirs! America for God!