The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-18

Another opportunity. IL our public mer
ses 1t, and it is the duty OF pulpit and print.
ing press to help. them to see It, will be til.
calling at that time and place Of a grea,
peace congress- for oil nations, The conven
tton OF rppresentativesf from the government.
OF North and South America, now at Wash
ington, is only type Of what We may have
on vast and a world wide scale at the in.
ternational exposition of 1892 By ont
stroke the gorgon OF war might be slain and
buried no deep that neither trumpet ofhuman
dispute orarchangel's bio wing could resurrec'
gress Of nations many did not respond, and
those that did respond gathered wondering
what trap that willy destroyer OF the French
monarchy might spring on them. But whay
u the most popular government on earth-I
mean the United States government-should
practically soy to all nations; On the Ameri.
can continent. in 1892, we will hold n
worlds fair. and oil nations will send to il
specimen. Of their products, their manufnc.
lures and their arts, and We invite all the
governments OF Europe, Asia and Africa to
send representatives to q pence convention
that shall l,s held at the same time and
place, and that shall establish an interna.
,lonal arbitration commission to whom shall
be referred all controversies between nation
and nation. their decision to be final, and 30
oil nations would he relieved from the ex.
pense Of standing armies and naval equip.
inent, war having been made an everlasting
impOssibility.
All the nations Of the earth worth consid.
grafton would come to 1t. mighty men Of
sia and all the other nationalities, Bismarck
who worslips the Lord Of Hosts, and Glad.
stone who worships the God of Peace, and
Boulanger who worships himself The fact
is that the nntions are sick of drinking out
OF o., clalices made out Of human skulls and
flled with blood. The United States govern.
world that could successfully cali such a
congress. Suppose France should call 1t,
Germany would not come; or Germany cnllit,
France would not come; or Russia should
call It. Turkey would not Gomez or England
should call it. nations long jealous oi her
overshadow power in Europe would not
come. America, in favor with all national.
tiles, standing out independent and
alone, is the spot and 1892 will be
the time: May it please the President of
the United States, may it plcnse the secre.
tary of state, may II please the cabinet, NAV
IT pleas" tho senate and house Of Representa-.
tives, may it please the printing presses and
the churces aud tho people who lift up and
put down our Americans rulers!
To them make this timely and solemn
and Christian appeal. Do you not think
people die fast enough without this whole.
sale butcliery of war? Doyou not think that
We can trust to pneumonus aud c0nsump.
Ions and apoplexies and palses and yellow
levers and Asiatic choleras the work Of kill.
ing ing them fast enough? DO you not think
onght to be satisfied II filled by natural
couses with hundreds of corpses year? Do
you not think we can do some
thing better with men than to dash their lite
ont aguinst easements or blow them into
fragments by tOrpc.lOes OF send them out in.
to the world, where they need atl their fncul-
ties, footIess, armless, eycless? DO you not
think that women might be appointed to an
easier place than the edge of grave trench
to wiring their pale hands and weep out their
eycsight In wilOwhood and chiidlessnesso
Why, the lust glory has gone out Of war.
There was u time when it demanded TINT
quality which We all admire namely, courage
Tor nun to stand at the hlt Of his sword
when the point pierced the foe and while he
was slaying another the other might slay
him; as it was bnyonet charge. But now it
IL cool and deliberately murder, and rlenr
out ut sea n bombshell can he hurled miles
away into city. or while thousands of pri-
vate soldiers: who have no interest in the
contest, for they were conscriptcd, nre losing
their lives. their general may sit smoking
one OF the best Havana cigurs after dinner
OF quail on tonst. II may be we'll enough for
students fcolIeges on commence.
ment day to orate about the poetry of war
but do not talk about the poetry Of war to
the men ofthe Federal or Confederate ormien
who were at the front, or to some ofus
who, as members of the Christian com
mission saw the ghnstly hospitals Mt Antie-
tam and lingerstown. All! you may wor-
ship the Lord of Hosts, worship the God
OF Fence, who brought again from the dend
our Lord Jesus Christ. that great Sheyhari
of the sheep"
War is an accursed monster and it was born
n the lowest cavern Of ofperditIon. and pruy
that 1t may speedily descend to the nlncs
from which it arose, it's Inst sword nnd
shield anu musket rattling on the bottom of
the rcd hot marl of hell. Let there bc called
a peace convention for 1892, with Delegates
sent by all the decent governments of Christ.
endom, and while they are in session, IL you
should some night 70 out and look into the
find that the old gallery of crystal, TINT vas
taken down nfter the bethlehem anthem OF
1S centuries ngO was sung out is rebuilt
again in the clouds, and the same angelo,
returned with the same lbretto.
oflight to chnnt GLORY to God in the high.
est, aud on earth peace, good will TO men,
Again: suggest in regard to the Worlds
pared lor all foreign exhibits. We make no
room for the importation Of foreign vices.
Americh has enough of it's own, and We
need no new installments Of that kind. A
worlds FUR will bring all kinds of people.
good and bad. The good must prepare to
welcome, the bad must prepare to shun. The
attempt will again be nude in 1892, as in
1876, to break up our American Sabhaths.
! hat attempt was made ut the philadelphia
Centennial, but was defeated The American
Sabbath 10 the best kept Sabbath on
rnrth. We do not, want it broken down. and
substituted in tho place thereof the Brussels
Sabbath. the Vienna Sabbath, the st. Peters.
burgh Sabbath or nny Of the foreign Sab.
think the Lord is more than generous in nsk.
ing only 52 days out of3G5 for his service.
You let the Sabbath 10 and with it will no
your Bible. and nfter that your liberties, and
your children or your grand children will he
here in America under despotsm as bad ns
in those lands where they turn the I.ord's