The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-07-28
The G RMAN
Pulpit Review of Currents by Rev. Thos'
Dixon, Jr., for Sunday, July II, 1891.

Dixon, Jr., for Sunday, July II, 1891.
The sermon in Association Hall was
preceded this morning by the following
review of current events by Rev. Thos.
Dixon, Jr.:
The eyes of all the world are just
now upon the young Emperor of Ger
many. If he sneezed while Oh his re
cent English tour Europe knew it in a
| few moments. AS Americans we have
little interest in the Difference paid to
| royalty based on the accident of birth.
| But we are interested in q real king
| among men whether he wear the crown
of an empire or the SLOUGH hat OF a
horny-handed farmer. The Emperor
| William is showing the world that a
man may wear a crown and be a man
among men.
REAL RULER. "a
From the day he assembled the throne
| he has been the ruler of the German
Empire. He is the youngest crowned
head among the powers Of Europe and
the mightiest ruler of the world. He
| has made and is making a most inter
! esting figure in the great drama of his
tory.
He is of peculiar interest to us be
cause he is the ruler of Germany. Ger
many leads the word in manufacture
of guns and all the arts of war. But
Germany also leads the world in the
manufacture of brains. Germans do
the advance thinking for other people.
THE LABOR BIBLE.
The great social movement Of this
| century that is now beginningt to shake
the world was all thought out years
ago in Germany by Robertus and Karl
! Marx. You must read Karl Marx to
! find the Labor Bible, understand the
| philosophy of the Farmers Alliance IN
America, and the labor agitatlOns OF
modern times. We are interested IN
William, not only because he Is the
ruler of so great a people, but also be
cause he is with US bound up in a com
mon destiny-the destiny Of the Anglo
Saxon race-the world-conquering
race.
WILLIAMS BLOOD.
This brilliant young ruler is, in a
peculiar sense, the highest product of
that race. He is the offspring Of the
highest culture of mind and the stern
est discipline of war known III the his
tory of man. Yet his father was a
philanthropist, and his mother is the
embodiment of the noblest genius of
English womanhood. All that blood
can give he possessed on the day of his
birth. All that the highest civilization
of the foremost nation of the old world
could add he received in his training.
He holds in his hand the opportunity
of his generation. VIII he fulfil the
possibilities of his high calling2 He is
certain to make history. Will it be
good or bad? Unjust confess | admire
the young king and emperor. If his
later career fulfills the high promise
of the record he has already made, he
may give to Germany the record of
her great king.
BISMARCK a TRADITION.
He thinks for himself. Moreover,
he has opinions and convictions. These
convictions seem clear cut and to the
point. When Bismarck, the foremost
man Of all the world, a name at which
kings and emperors 7hivered, dared to
stand in his pathway, he pushed him
aside. The ease and audacity with
which he accomplished that feat can
not fail to elicit our admiration. Bis
marck, the glim old man of blood and
iron, dreamed that he was Germany.
Young William threw him overheard
with as much UncOncern as he threw
away the last cigar stub, and still Ger
many was as quiet as ever. He has
shown himself aggressive and progress
sive. He has high ambitions, and so
far they seem to be noble ones. When
traditions have stood in his waY he has
smashed traditions. Bismarck has be
come a tradition. The world regarded
him with superstitiOus awe. People
thought the world could not be run
without him. Yet the world does not
miss him. There is a silrnt grandeur
in the sweep of the events of genera
tiOns and ages, that make our little
individual lives seem very small. Let
no great leader think too much of him
self. The world will go sweeping on
in its appointed course without him.
There are some great men in America
who hold high places in office who
who have the big head. They think
the country could not Get alnngw with