The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-29

their adoption The only good thing about
| IL Is, many OF them cannot understand the
| English language. But suppose the Ger
man and Italian and Swedish and French
papers translate il all and peddle out the
Internal stuff 10 their subscribers.
Nothing but Christianity will ever stop
such food Of indecency The Christian
religion will speak after a while. The bill
lingsgate and low scandal through which We
wade every year or every four years, must
be rebulcd by that religion which speaks
from its two great mountains, from the one
mountain intoning the command, Chou
shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbor," and from the other mount
making plea for kindness and loveRnd
blessing rather than cursing. Yes, weare
going 10 have a national religion.
There are two kinds OF national religion.
Tho one is supported by the State aud is
matter OF human politics. aud it has
great patronage. and under IL men will
struggle for prominence without references
10 qualifications, aud its archbishop is sup
ported by salary OF $4,000 n year, and
there are great cathcdrals, with all the ma
chinery OF music and canonicals, and room
for thousand people. yet an audience of
fifty people, or twenty people, or ten, or
two.
We want no such religion rs that no
such national religion; hut we want this
kind Of national religion-the vast major
ity OF the people converted and evangol.
lied, aud then they will manage the secu-
lar rs well Ms the religious.
DO YOU say that this Is impracticable?
No. The time is coming just rs certainly
us there is God and that this Is His
book and that lie has the strength and
the honesty 10 fulfill His promises. One
OF the ancient Empcrors used 10 pride
himself on performing that which his
counselors said was impossible and have
TO tell you today that mans impossiblcs
are Gods castles. Hath lie said and
shall lie not do il? Hath llec commanded,
and will lie not bring IL to pass2' Tho
Christian religion is coming to take possess
sion OF every ballot-box, OF every school
house, Of every home, OF every valley. OF
every mountain. OF every acre OF our
national domain. This nation, nolwith-
standing all the evil influences that are
trying TO destroy IT, il going TO live.
Never since, according to John Milton,
when "Satan was hurled headong flaming
from the ethereal skies in hidcous ruin and
combustion down." have the powers OF
darkness been 20 determined ~ win this
continent Ms they are now. What jewel
II is-a jewel carved in relief, the cameo Of
this planet On one side OF US the Atlantic
| Ocean, dividing us from The worn out
Governments OF Europe. On the other side
the Pacific Ocean, dividing US from the
supeBtitions OF Asia. On the north OF Us
the Arctic Sea, which IL the gymnasium la
which theexplors aud nayiga,ors develop
| latN A NJ 81 "A r. tI.ta
/ long, l7,0OO, 900 square miles, aud all oi IL
but about one-seyenth capable OF rich cul-
| uyation. One hundred millions Of popu-
laton on this continent Of North and
South Amorica-lOO, OOO, 900, aud room for
many hundred millions more. Al fora aud
all fauna all metals and all precious woods,
and all grains aud all fruits. The Appaa.
chan FRANCE the backbone. and the
rivers the ganglia carrying life all through
and out 10 the cxtrcmiirs lsthmus Of
Darien, the narrow waist OF giant con-
tincnt, all TO bo under one government,
aud all free, and all Christian, aud the
scene Of Christ's personal reign on earth
! II, according to the expectation Of many
good people lie shall at last set up his
throne la this world. Who shall have
this hemisphere, Christ or saianl Who
shall have the shore OF her inland seas,
the silver of her Ncvadas. the gold Of hcI
Colonados, the telescopes ol her obscrya'
tories, the leaning ol her univcrsitirs, the
wheat OF her puiirics. the rice OF her ~
vannas, the two great ocean beaches the
one reaching from Btilin's bay 10 Terra del
Fucgo, and the other from Brhnng Straits
10 Cape Hom-and all the moral and tom.
poral aud spiritual and everlasting inter.
csis OF population vast beyond ali human
computation Who shall have the hem
isphcrcg You and | will decide that, OF
help TO decide Il, by conscientious vote,
by earnest prayer, by maintenance OF
Christian institutions. by support OF great
philanthropica, by putting body mind and
soul ON the right side OF all moral religion.
and national movements.
Ali IL will not be- long before Il will not
make any difference 10 YOU or 10 mo what
becomes of this continent So iar as earthly
comfort Is concerned. An We will want
oi II will be seven feet by three, and that
will take In the largest, aud there will bC
room and TO spare That IL all OF this
country that We will need very soon til,
youngest of US hut We have an anxiety
about the welfare aud the happiness O
the generations that are coming on, aud II
will he a grand thing II, when the arch
angels trumpet sounds, We iind that on
sopulchor. like the one OF Joseph OF Ari
/. mathca provided for Christ, Is m th,
midst OF u garden.
One Of the seven wonders 81 the worl,
/ was the white marble watch tower q
} PharOs Of Egypt Sostratus the architoc
r aud sculptor, after building that watcl
| tower cut his name on H. Then he coycrr'
Il with plaslerng, and TO please the hin
hc put the monaIch'H name ON the outsid
OF the plastcring. and thc storms beat anu
the seas dashed In their fury, aud the
/ washed Oh the plasicrIny and they washcl
! Il out, and they washed ID down, but Oh
, . name ui Sosimtus was iccp cut in the ian
2 | pcflshablc rock So across the face Of thi
! / nation there have been a great man
Z names written, across our finances. acrus
! / our religions, names worthy VI rcmcu
bfnncc, names written ON the architecture
4 OF our churches aud our schools aud on
g asylums and our homes OF mercy, but Go
J. II the architect II this continent, aud h
y was the sculptor Vt all H. grandurrs, nu
i long alter through the WASH ul the ugc
h aud the tcmpusls OF the centuries. al othc
% names shall b. obliicratcd. the divine sil
{ nature and divine name will be hughtu
II aud brighter ~ the millcnniums 20 los
"A aud the world shall see that the God VIII
g made this continent has redeemed Il b
II lis grace lrom all L. sorrOws aud from a
u ~ crimes.
o Have you faith In such thing rs that
n After all the charioia have been ur
n wheeled, aud after all the war charger
m have been crippled, the chariols whic
Elisha saw ON the morning ol his peril wi
n ! roll ON in tftumuh folloWpl by all ia