Milford chronicle., 1889-10-11
MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER II, 1889.

DO YOU say they are the centerS OF Grim
and political corIUptiOnl Please admit tn
fact that they are the centers Of intelligence
and generosity and the mightiest patrons o
architecture and sculpture and painting an,
;sss.sic and reservoirs Of religious ibgu ence 70
all the continent 1t will be well for tn
country districts &c cease taking against tn
cities, and it will be well for thacity Of on
locality to stop talking against the cities o
other localities. New York will not get tn
Worlds fair by depreciating Chicago an,
Chicago will not get the Worlds fair by BON
harding New York
RELIGION SHOULD NOT YIELD TO MONEY.
Another suggestion concerning the comm,
exposition: let not the materialistic an,
monetary idea overpower the moral and re
ligious. During that exposition, the frs
time in all their lives, there will be thousand
OF people from other lands who will see
country without a state religion. Let us b,
an increased harmony among all denonina
tions of religion impress other nationalities a
they come here that year, with the superior
advantage Of having all denominations equa
in the sight OF government All the ruler
and chief men of Europe belong to the stat,
religion, whatever it may bo.
Although our last two presidents have beer
Presbyterians, the previous one was an Epis
copalan; and the two previous, Methodists
and going further back in that line OF presi
dents, we find Martin Van Buren, a DutcI
Reformed; and John Quincy Adams, Uni
tartan; and a mans religion in this country
is neither hindrance nor advantage in the
matter Of political elevation All EurOps
needs that All the world needs that A
mans religion is something between himself
and his God, and it must not, directly or IN
directly, be interfered with.
CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION AGAINST BARBARIsN
Furthermore, during thatexposition Chris
tian civilization will confront barbarism We
shall as a nation have a greater opportunity
to make an evangelizing impression upon
foreign nationalities than would otherwise
be afforded Us in aquarter Of a century. Let
the churches of the city where the exposition
is held be open every day and prayers be Of
fered and sermons preached and doxologies
sung In the less than three years between
this and that worlds convocation let us get a
baptism Of the Holy Ghost, so that the six
months of that worlds fair shall be fifty
Pentecosts in one, and Instead Of three thou
sand converted, as In the former Pentecost,
hundreds of thousands will be converted.
You must remember that the Pentecost
mentioned in the Bible occurred when there
was no printing press, no books, no Christian
no religious newspapers, and vet
the influence was tremendous. How many
were touched3 The account saws:
''Parthians and Modes and Elamites,n that
is, people from the eastern countries; "Phry-
gia and Pamphylia,n that is, the western
"Cyreno and strangers OF Rome,
Cretes and Arabians,n that is, the western
countries; but they were all moved by the
mighty spectacle. Instead OF the sixteen or
eighteen tribes of people reported at that Pen
tecost, all the chief nations of Europe and
Asia, North and South America, will be rep
resented at our worlds fair in 1892. and a
here and then would mean the sal
walton of the round world But, you say,
we may have at that fair the people Of all
lands and all the machinery Of gospclization,
the religious printing presses and the
but all that would not make a PEN
tecost; we must have God Well, you can
have him. Has he not been graciously wait
ings and nothing stands in the way but our
own unbeliaf and Incidence and sin. May
God break down the barriers!
The grandest opportunity for the evangel-
ization of all nations since Jesus Christ died
Oh Ille cross VII DG llAt W oItl AlllSLlOn
1892 God may take us out of the harvest
field before that, but let it be known through
cut Christpndom that that year, between
May and November, will be the mountain Of
Christian advantage, the Alpine and Hima-
layan height Of opportunity overlapping all
others for salvation. Instead Of the slow
process Of having TO send the gospel to other
lands by our own American missionaries,
who have difficult toll in acquiring the for
aign language and then must contend with
foreign prejudices, what a grand thing to
have able and influential foreigners convert
ed during their visit in America and then
have them return to tleir native lands with
the glorious tidings. Oh, for an overwhelm-
ing work Of grace for the year 1892 that
work beginning in the autumn of 1889.
GREAT WORLDS PEACE CONGRESS-.
Another opportunity, If our public men
see it, and it is the duty Of pulpit and print
ne press to help them to see it, will be the
Ealing at that time and place Of a great
Deace congress for all nations. The conven-
ion of representatives from the govern
nents Of North and South America now at
Washington is only type Of what we may
nave on a vast and world wide scale at the
exposition of 1902 By one
trolze the gBrgoa Of war might be slain aud
buried so deep that neither trumpet Of hui
nan dispute or Of archangcl's blowing could
'esurrect it, When the last Napoleon called
uch n congress of nations, many did not re-
pond, and those that did respond gathered
what trap that willy destroyer Of
he French republic and the builder of
french monarchy might spring on them
But what if the most popular government
N earth-l mean the United States govern
nent-should practically say to all nations:
IN the American continent in 1892 we will
.old q worlds fair, and all nations will send to
specimens of their products, their manufac-
ures and their arts, and We invite all the
governments of Europe, Asia and Africa to
end representatives to a peace convention
hat shall be held at the same time and place,
nd that shall establish an international arbi
ration commission, TO whom shall DO re-
erred all controversies between nation and
ation, their decision to be final, and 50 all |
ationS would be relieved from the expense
I standing armies and naval equipment, war
aving been made an everlasting imPossihili- |
y. All the nations az the earth worth CON |
Iteration would come to it, mighty men OF |
England and Germany and France and Rus |
ia and all the other great natiOnalities. Bis |
larck, who worships the Lord % Hosts, and 1
iladstone, who worslips the God of Peace. |
nd Roulanger, who worships him,olf
Tho fact is that the nations are sick of |
rinking out Of chalices made out of human |
lulls and filled with blood The United |
,tates government is the only government in |
be whole world that eoqld successfully call /
qoh a congress, Suppose France should call |
!, Germany would not come; or Germany
iould call 1t, France would not come, or
ussia should call it, Turkey would not come;
: England should call it, nations long jeal-
is Of her OvershadOwing power in Europe
opld not come. America, in favor with all /
standing out lpdependtnt aud
one, Is the spot and 1892 will be the time.
.ay it please the president Of the United
tates, may it please the secretary Of state,
Jay it please the cabinet, may Il please the
mate apd house IF representatives, may it
ease the printing presses and the churches
nd the people who lift up and put down our
merican rulers
To them make this timely and solemn and