St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-06
IN A. ID. 2OSG.
1.-THE Things Which Shall Be
Hereafter"

DR.. David James Burrell preached at
the Westminster last night, in prophecy
of the things to come, taking the above
text from Revelations l., 10.
He said: 1--WE have recently been re-
viewing the past and clarifying the
days of the fathers. 1t is pleasant to
remember, but more hopeful to look off
toward the future. We cannot afford to
copy China in worshiping our ancestors.
What about the next hundred years?
The political status of the world will
IN all probability be changed beyond
recognition. 1t is doubtful whether
either of the three great powers-Eng-
land, Germany or Russa-will retain its
present predominance. We confidently
expect our young republic to assume
the foremost place among the nations.
but God only foreknows the calamities
which may btfall us. To-day we are
young and hopeful, hearing, like the
poet who walked in pensive mood the
voice of the genius of Freedom calling:
columbia, Columbia, to glory arise:o
The queen of the world and the child of the
SKIES
There are three things which are
likely to die in the next hundred years.
First-War. The blOod-red fury will
probably give way to peaceful arbitra-
ton. Why not? There is really no
tiOnal differences Oh the embattled field
than there is for boys tsticuffS.
Second-The dramshop. We have
lately had occasion to remember George
Washington's punch bowl. In his day
it was customary. even among clergy
men, to use Intoxicating liquors in more
or less moderation. We have moved on
since then, so that the public sentiment
is overwhelmingly in favor OF total alb
stinence and the public conscience
leans toward prohibition. There is
reason to believe that we are on the
verge of mighty movement in behalf
of temperance, which may, in the
course of the next century, realize the
happy consummation portrayed in the
aphOrism: "a SchooihOuse on every
hilltop and not saloon in the valley"
Third-The vassalage of labor. We
NAV we'll rejoice over the advancement
of the last century in respect to the dig
nifty of handicraft: but there is still
much to be done toward the proper adj
justment of capital and labor. The set
Element of the problem will not be
brought about by strikes, nor by any
device of the communists. The Lord,
with his golden rule, is abroad in the
earth, looking into our offices and work.
shops, and tempering the popular mind.
There are certain
OTHER THINGS
which are sure to live.
First-The church. ''The gates of hell
shall not prevail against it,
Second-The Bible. 1t is founded on
eternal principles, and adjusted to the
uses of all classes and generations. The
world cannot Outlive it.
Third-The cross. There never will
be any improvement made on the gospel
plan of salvation. Christ died ''once
for ALL" and "There remaineth no more
sacrifice for SIM"
Fourth-The Banner. 1t will be up
held and carried forward in the next
hundred years. There are people who
say the world grows worse, but to reach
that conclusion they must prevent all
divine prophecy and give the lie to all
history. In the first century of the
Christian era there were 100000 Chris
tians; in the second, 2.000,000; in the
tenth, 5O,OOO.OO0; in the fifteenth, 100,-
100000; in the eighteenth, 100000, 900;
and to-day there are $50, 600, 900 who pro-
feSs to believe in the Christian system.
What sort OF eyes must they be which,
facing such figures, weep. over the de-
cay of goodness on earth! 1.-The royal
banners onward CO."
Practical duties. First, live to-day;
second, CHI erish all that the past has ac-
complished of good; third, fall into line
with the advancing columns.
There's fount about to stream;
There's light about to BEAM
There's midnight blackness changing
Into gray.
Men of thought and men of action,
Clear the way.