The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-05-09
TALMAGE's SERMON.
a Pertinent Question: "Sha1l Amer
lea be Reserved for Americans"
This Land of Ours Broad Enough for the
Sons of Every Race, and, IL We Only
Let God Preside, No Danger
Need be Feared.

tinent be Reserved for Americans" His
text was:
And hath made Of one blood all nations
Acts xviii 26
That is, if for some reason general phle-
botomy were ordered, and standing in
row were an American, an Englishman,
a Scotchman and an Irishman, French
man, a German, Norwegian, an Ice
lander. Spaniard, an Italian, Russian |
and representatives of all other national |
tiles barred their right arm and lancet |
we're struck into it, the blood let out would |
have the same characteristics, for it would |
be red. complex, fibrine, globuline. chic
rine, and containing sulphuric acid, potas-
stun, phosphate of magnesia and so on,
and Harvey, and Sir Ashley Cooper, and
Richardson, and Zimmerman, and Brown
Seouard, and all the scientific doctors,
allopathic, homeopathic, hydropathic and
eclectic, would agree with Paul as, stand
ing on Mars Hill, his pulpit ridge OF
limestone rock fifty feet high, and
among the proudest and most ex-
elusive and undemocratic people OF the
earth, he crashed into all their prejudlces
by declaring in the words of my text that
God had made 'sof one blood all nations"
The countenance of the five races of the
human family may be different as re-
suit of climate or education or habits,
and the Malay will have the projecting
upper jaw and the Caucasian the oval
face and small mouth, and the Ethiopian
the retreating forehead and large lip, and
the Monaghan the fiat face of olive hue,
and the American Indian the copper
colored complexion, but the blood is the
same, and indicates that they all had one
origin, and that Adam and Eve were their
ancestor and ancestress.
l think God built this American con-
tinent and organized this United States
Republic to demonstrate the stupendous
idea of the text A man in Persia will al
ways remain Persian, a man in Switzer-
land will always remain Swiss, man
in Austria will always remain an Aus
trian, but all foreign natiOnalities coming
to America were intended to be Amer
leans. This land is the chemical labora-
tory where all foreign bloods are to be
inextricably mixed up and race prejudiees
and race antipathies are to perish, and
this sermon is an axe by which hope to
kill them. 1t is not hard for me to preach
such sermon, because, although my
ancestors came to this country about 250
years ago, some of them. came from
Wales and some from Scotland and some
and am a mixture of so many national
tiles that feel at home with people from
under every sky and have a right to call
them blood relations. There are mad
caps and patriotic lunatics in this country
who are ever and anon crying out, "Amer-
lea for Americans" Down with the Ger
mans Down with the Irishl Down with
Jewsi Down with the Chinesei are in
some directions the popular cries, all of
which vociferations l would drown out by
the full organ of my text, while l pull out
the stops and put my foot on the pedal
that will open the loudest pipes, and run
my fingers over all the four banks of ivory
keys, playing the chant, God hath made
of one blood all nations"
OF course we do well not to allow for
eign nations TO make this country con-
yict colony. We would have wall bull
as high as Heaven and as deep as he'll
against foreign thieves, pickpoekets ant
Anarchists. We would not let them wipe
their feet on the mat of the outside door
of Castle Garden. If England, or Russia
or Germany, or France, send here theil
desperadoes to get clear of them, we
would have these desperadoes sent back
in chains to the places where they came
from. We will not have America become
the dumping place for foreign vagabond.
ism. But you build up wall at the Mar.
rows before New York h1rbor, Oh
at the Golden Gate before San Fran
cisco, and forbid the coming Of the in
dustrious and Woodworking and hon
est population of other lands who want t,
breathe the air of our free institutions ant
get opportunity for better livelihood, an,
1t is only q question of time when Go,
will tumble that wall fiat on our own head
with the red-hot thunderbolts of his ON
nipotent indignation. You are fathe
and you have five children. The parlor i
the best room in your house. Your so
Philip says to the other four children
snow, John, you live in the small room i
the end of the hall and stay there; George
you live in the garnet and stay there
Mary, you live in the cellar and stay there
Fannie, you live in the kitchen and sta,
there. l, Philip, will take the parlor. |
suits me exactly. / like the pictures OF
the wall. like the lambrequins at tn
windows. | like the Administer on til
floor. Now, l, Philip, propose to oe
cupy the parlor, and 1 comman
you to stay out. The parlor only 70
Philippians. You, the father, hear of thi
arrangement, and what will you do
You will get red in the face and saw
John. come out of that small room 8
the end of the hall; George, come dow
out of the garnet; Mary, come up froI
cellar; Fannie, come out of the kitchen
and go into the parlor or anywhere yo
choose and, Philip, for your greedines
and unbrotherly behavior, l put you fo
two hours in the dark closet under tn
stairs" God is the Father of the huma
race. He has at least five sons, a Mort
American, a South American, a European
an Asiatic and an African. The Mort
American shifts the breeze and he says /
his four brothers and sisters: 'tLet til
South American stay in South Amer
les let the European stay in Europ,
let the Asiatic stay in Asia, let til
African stay in Africa; but America
for me. | think it is the parlor of th
whole earth. l like the carpets of gras
and its upholstery of the front window
namely, the American sunrise, and tll
upholstery of the back window, nameI,
the American sunset. Now want vo
all to stay out and keep to your places.
am sure the Father of the whole rae
would hear of it, and chastisement woul
come, and, whether by earthquake, &
flood or ffrauth mr. Heavan. Il a rlrani,,