The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-02

turn out nal1 a dozen Clay ali equlppeu |
and ready for full sailing. Large lies
and small lies. Lies private and lies
public and lies prurient. Lies cut bias
and lies cut diagonal. Long limbed
lies and lies with double back action.
Lies complimentary and lies defa-
matory. Lies that some people be-
lieve, and lies that all the people
believe, and lies that nobody be-
lieves. Lies with humps like camels
and scales like crocodiles and necks as
long as storks and feet as swift as an
antelope's and stings like adders. Lies
raw and sealloped and panned and |
stewed. Crawling lies and jumping |
lies and soaring lies. Lies with at
tachment screws and rufflers and |
braiders and ready wound bobbers.
Lies by Christian people who never |
lie except during elections, and lies by
people who always lie, but beat them |
selves in presidential campaign.
I confess I am ashamed to have a
foreigner visit this country in such
times. Ishould think he would stand
dazed, his hand on his pocket book,
and dare not go out nights. What
will the hundreds of thousands of for
eigners who come here to live think
of us2 What disgust they must
have for the land of their adoption
The only good thing about it is, many
of them cannot understand the English
language But suppose the German
and Italian and Swedish and French
papers translate it all and peddle out,
the Internal stuff to their subscribers.
THE ONE REMEDY FOR A GREAT EVIL.
Nothing but Christianity will ever
stop such a food of ipdecency. The
while. The billingsgate and low
scandal through which we wade every
year or every four years, must be re-
buked by that religion which speaks
from its two great mountains, from
the one mountain intoning the COM
mand Thou shalt not bear false wit
ness against thy neighbor," and from
the other mount making plea for kind
ness and love and blessing rather than
cursing. Yes, we are going to have
national religion.
There are two kinds of national re-
ligion. The one is supported by the
state, and is matter of human poll
tics, and it has great patronage, and
under it men will struggle for promi-
nence without reference to qualifica-
tions, and its archbishop is supported
by a salary of $75, 900 year. and there
are great cathedrals, with all the ma
chinery of music and canonicals, and
room for a thousand people, yet an
audience of fifty people, or twenty
people, or ten, or two.
We want no such religion as that,
no such national religion but we want
this kind OF national religion-the vast
majority of the people converted and
evangelical, and then they will man
age the secular as well as the religious.
Do you say that this is simpracticable9
No. The time is coming just as GER
tainly as there is God and that this
is his book and that ho has the strength
and the honesty to fulfill his promises.
One of the ancient emperors used to
pride himself on performing that
which his counselors said was impos-
sible, and have to tell you today that
mans impossibles are Gods easies.
Hath be said and shall he not do it2
Hath he commanded, and will he not
bring it to pass4" The Christian re-
ligion is coming to take possession 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, not
withstanding all the evil influences
that are trying to desteoy it, IS going
to live.
Never since, according to John Mil
ton, when Satan was hurled head
loug flaming from the ethereal skies
, in hideous ruin and combustion down, "
: have the powers of darkness been so
! determined to win this continent al
they are now. What jewel it is-s
; level carved in relief, the cameo oi
this planet On one side of us the At
J lantic ocean, dividing us from the
: worn out governments OF Europe. On
the other side the Pacific ocean, digid
/, ing us from the superstitions OF Asia
On the north of us the Arctic sea
; which is the gymnasium In which TN
! explorers and navigators develop
! their courage. A continent 0,50'
J miles long, 1900, 900 square miles
! and all of it but about one-seventl
: capable of rich cultivation. One hun
dred millions of population Q!
;, this continent of North and Soutl
America-one hundred millions, an'
> room for many hundred million
> moss. All flora and all fauna, al
> metals and all precious woods, and al
grains and all fruits. The Appala
chian range the backbone, and tn
' rivers the gapglia carrying life al
: through and out to the extremltle'
J Isthmus of Darien, the narrow wal:
} of q giant continent, all to be unde
= one government, and all free, and q
y Christian, and the scene of Christ
personal reign on earth ii, accordin
> TO the expectation of many good PEI
e pie, he shall at last set up his thror
y In this world. Who shall have tn
u hemisphere. Christ or Satanl WI
- shall have the shore of her inland sea
= The silver of her Nevadas, the gol
of her Colorados, the telescopes of h'
q e obseryatories, the brain of her un
. versities, tho wheat of her prairies, Il
= rice of her savannas. tho two gre
~ ~ ocean beaches-the one reaching fro
~ Baffin's bay to Terra del Fuego, al
- - the other from Behring straits to Cal
20 Horn--and all the moral and tempor
~ and spiritual and everlasting lnteres
+ of a population vast beyond ali n
n man eomputation2 Who shall ha,
~ the hemispherei You and ! wi
80 decide that, or help TO decide
On by conscientious vote, by earnest pra
er. by maintenance of Christian !
nj stations, by support of great pf
ch lanthropies. by putting body, mind al
10 soul on the right side of all moral, I
nj ligious and national movements.
ey All, it will not be long before 1t W
ers not make any difference to you or
OF me what becomes of this continent,
ne far as earthly comfort is concerne
er, All we will want of it will be sew
tn feet by three, and that viii take IN I
ow largest, and there will be room and
no spare. That is all of this country :
'ed will need very soon-the youngest
Jay us. But we have an anxiety about {
out welfare and the happiness of the q
ate erations that are coming on, and 1t W
ssk be n grand thing if, when the archs
the gers trumpet sounds, ge find that G
our sepuloher. like tho one Joseph of A
Is mathea provided for Christ, is in
1ts midst of a garden.
are AN ILLUSTRATION FULL OF sUGGEsTr'
ihs NESS
> IL One of the seven wonders OF
,itv world was tho white marble wal
in tower of pharos OF Egypt sostrat
md the architect and sculptor, after bui
hev ing that watch tower cut his name
i ] it. Then he covered it with plas1
for ing, and 10 please the king he put
ua- monarch's name on the outside OF
,ect plasier;gg; and The storms beat .
,ieh tho seas dashed in their fury, and U
IS washed off tho psasterlng, and u
Ser. washed II out, and they washed
,rtv down, but the name of Sostratus
and deep cut in the imperishable rock.
L. e.f 4l,o nafiAIl III