Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-29
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
DR.. TAlMAGE TELLS OF HIS JOUR-
NEYs FROM SEA TO SEA.

BROOKLYN, Sept. 22.-It was a
great anthem of praise that went up
from the crowded throngs at the
Brooklyn Tabernacle this morning,
where the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage,
ID. D., preached as usual, The open.
ing hymn was;
No more let human blood bc split
Vain sacrifice for human guilt;
But to each conscience be applied
The blood that lows from Jesus side
The subject Of the sermon WAS, From
Ocean 10 Ocean, or My TanSconti-
mental Journey" Text: Psalms Xxi.
8: He shall have dominion from
sea TO sea- The preacher said
What two seas are referred tor Some
might say that the text meant that
Christ vas TO reign over all the land
between the Arabian sea and Caspian
sea, or between the Red sea and the
Mediterranean sea, or between the
Black sea and the North sea. No; in
such case my text would have named
them. II meant from any large
body Of wateron the earth clrlrarroSs
to any other large body of water. And
so ! have a right 10 read il; lie shall
have dominion from the Atlantis sea
TO the Pacific sal Nv theme is,
America for GOdl
THE DiNESsITY OF AMERICA.
First, consider the immcnsity Of
this procession, II it were only "a
small tract uf land capable If nothing
better than sage brush and with abill
ty only 10 support prairie dog. ]
should not have mUcn enthusiasm in
wanting Christ 10 hgYeit added 10 his
dominion But is ~lmmrusiIy and af
tluCucC no one can imagine uultss, in
immigrant wagon or STAGE coach Uriu
rail train Of tire Union l'acII.c or the
Northern faciic or the CrIadian Pa
ciiiC on the Southern Plclnc, hr has
trayclscd IT, Having been privileged
SIX times 20 cross this continent. and
twice this summer. / have conc 20
some appreciation Of is magnitude.
California, which | supposed in boy
hood from It's size on the mup. was a
few yards acruss, a ridge ul land on
which one must walk cautiously lest
he hit hi, bead against the Sierra Ne.
vada on one SidC or sin OF Into the
Pacific waters on the other, Galifor
mia, the thin slice Of luud Ms | sup
posed il 10 b. in boyhoul. / have
found il 10 BE larger ,lan gIl the states
of New England gnd Ull New York
state and nl Pennsylvania added
together: ana If yOu add tlrm To-
gether their square miles ail far
short Of California. North aud south
Dakota, Montana and 81 ]a-uiugtau
territory 10 he launched most winter
into statehood, viii be Giants a. tleil
birth. Let tac canCrgss Ui tic Uuilel
States strain Il point ana % admit
also Idaho and WyOmiuE and Eew
Mexico. What is the use keeping
them out in the cold amy ioumcr! let
US lave the whole continent divided
into states with senatorial and con.
gresSlUaal representative and we will
all be happy together. " some Of
them have not quite tho requisite
number Of people iiS up tue consrim
ton Ia suit these eases. Even Utah
Will by dropping pJlggTmy sooD be
ready to enter. N0no-any has
triumphcd IN part, uf Cra and
will probably triumph a. this
fall election IN S,il Lake City.
Turn ali tag territories into static, aud
If Some ui Inc sisters are s.ulIlnr than
the elder sisters, give ihHm time and
they E..l soon tD as large as Huv ui
them. I'"rt1Sr some ol 'rn daughter,
Of n taul WaT be Hga ,.pJ ~ sg.Iurc
and Others only four feet. do DOL
let t.uaaugaJags feet llychigh .mtilc
door "a The fares OF those who arr only
four feet high. Among lie dying
utteranccs of our good friend. tie
wise statesman and great author the
brilliant orator aud magnificent
soul, >. :. Cox, was the expressed de.
termination ~ move next winter in
congress for the TRANSFORMED Of other
territorics into states.
But, says some one, lin calculat.
ing the immensely Of our continental
acreage you must remember that vast
reaches of our public domain are un.
cultivated, heaps of dry sand, and the
bad lands of Montana and the great
American desert / am glad you
mentioned that. Within twenty-five
years there will not be between the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts a hundred
miles of land not reclaimed either by
farmers pillow ~ miners crowbar. BY
irrigation the waters of the rivers and
the showers Of heaven in what are
rallaI tbp p.ipp cnay,,, ,rill lao ,r,t1,.,
ed into great reservoirs aud through
aqueducts let down where and when
the people want them. Utah is an OBJ.
lect lesson. Some parts Of that territory
which were so barren that a spear Of
grass could not have been raised there
in u hundred years are now rich as
Lancaster county farms of Peunsyl-
vania or Wcstchester farms Of New
York or Somerset county farms Of
New jersey.
Experiments have proved that ten
acres Of ground irrigated from waters
gathered in great Neurological basins
will produce rs much az fifty acres
from the downpour of rain us seen in
our regions. We have our frrshets
and our droughts, but in those lands
which arc 10 DO scientifically irrigated
there will be neither frgShets nor
droughts. As you take a pitcher and
get il full OF water and then sct il on
"a table aud take adrink uutpf it when
you are thirsty and never think 81
drinking a pitcherful all al once, so
Montana and Wyoming aud Idaho
will catch the rains of their rainy sea