Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-16

number as circumstances may demand
The public school system has been the
bulwark and glory of our nation. but of
late it has become an object of
assault by the Romish clergy. The
high officials of that politico.religious
system are bent on destroying or con-
trolling it. The church we represent is
In duty bound to meet these enemies of
our common schools. They should and
probably can be improved in certain
particulars. But the system in its main
features and fundamental principles
must be upheld at the cost, if needs be.
OF blood and treasure. The perpetuation
OF our free institutions demands yirtne
and homo-geneousness in our nation.
BUT this cannot be realized without
the moulding influence of christianity.
The Romanist must be brought to ac-
cept our common schools; the Mormons
to practice monogamy; the Indians to
worship the only living and true God:
the Chlnaman to adopt the principles of
the Christian religion, ,and the anarchists
TO keep the Sabbath and honor the eter-
nal principles OF Gods word. The
alarming condition of portions of orr
country calls for. still greater vigilance
and effort on the part of the church
Even New England. which in many re-
spects, is the most favored part Of our
country, is threatened by an avalanche
OF propagandists of the Romish church
The middle states are threatened with a
tldal-wave OF emigrants from Europe the
majority OF whom would gladly wash
away the old landmarks of Puritanism
If not religion.
The country is today standing aghast
before the rising cloud of ignorance and
immortality among the freedmen of the
south, which threaten to overspread our
political sky with gloom. The north
west is trembling on the top.of volcano
tnat may at any moment shake into
pieces the proudest political and reli-
glous fabrics. The southwest is groan.
ing under the domination of Rome
The Wahsatch mountains are holding
today in their bosoms fetid pool that
threatens to devastate the contiguous
states and territories. The Pacific coast
is threatened with heathenism. Inf
deity, intellectual and practical is
everywhere striving to overthrow orr
Protestant Christianity. 1t has the
tongue OF the crater and the ear of the
populace. 1t is becoming every dav
more and more resolute, formidable and
boastful. What, but Christ's gospel.
the power of God unto salvation. can
meet such threatened evils ?''
DIR. Roberts adds that notwithstand-
ing all this, hopeful prospects are not
wanting. to encourage the church in it's
nome missionary work, and urges re-
newed effort. More men are needed,
particularly in the west. The foreign
field is also calling for more men and
means. Another task to which the
church should bend her energies is tc in
struct her members in the meantime of
the true stewardship and use of money.
No department of Christian work is SO
poorly developed as that of pecuniary
offerings. The church must set forth
more emphatically the connection that
exists between the accumulation of
riches and Gods blessing.
AT the afternoon meeting Rev. w. E.
Moore, OF Columbus, was elected mod
orator. Several committee reports were
accepted, and dates set for debates
thereon. The report of the committee
on church unity stated that a. cordial
response had been made to the overtures
to the bishops of the Protestant Episco-
pal church. Correspondence had also
been had with the chairman of the Com
gregatiOnal council. The resolutions
accompanying the report deprecate the
undue multiplicity of different denomi-
nations in small communities. A con-
tlnuance OF negotiations with the Prot
estantt Episcopal and Congregational
churches was recommended.