Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-11-12

In SOuOLn. WeuJ OVcT W Ohu EOuCin~
CO ten or fifteen years ago-that beau
tiful city, that queen of the Pacifc.
May the blessing of God come down up
on her great churches and her noble
men and women! When got into the
city Of San Francisco, the mayor OF the
city and the president OF the board OF
health called on me and insisted that l
go and See the Chinese quarter. no
doubt 80 that on my return 10 the At
lantic coast might tell what dreadful
people the Chinese are. But on the last
night of my stay in Fan Francisco be-
fore thousands Of people in their great
opera house, l said: Would you like me
to tell you just what think plainly and
honestly?" They said: Eyes, yes, yes!"
l said: do you think you can stand 1t
ALP" They said: Yes, yes, yes!"
Then" said, my opinion is that the
curse Of San Francisco is not your Chi
nese quarter, but your millionaire liber-
tines!'
There is enough out-and-out licen-
tiousness in American cities to-day to
bring down upon them the wrath OF
that God who, on the cath of August,
70, buried Herculaneum and Pompeii so
deep in ashes that the eighteen hum
bred and thirteen subsequent .'ears
have not been able to complete the eA-
humation. There are in some OF tho
American cities to-day whole blocks OF
houses which the authorities know to
be infamous, and yet by purchase they
are silenced, by hush money, so that
such places are us much under the de-
Tense of government as public libraries
and asylums of mercy. These ulcers
on the body polite bleed and ganSrene
away the life of the nation, and
public authority in many of the cities
look the other way. You cannot
cure such wounds as these with n silken
bandage. You will have to cure them
by putting deep in the lancet OF moral
surgery and burning them out with the
caustic Of holy wrath and with most
decisive amputation cutting off the
scabrous and putrefying denominations
Iwant to put all of the matter before
you, SO that every honest man and
woman will know just how matters
stand, and what they ought to do II
they vote, ana what they ought to do If
they pray. This nation is not going to
perish Alexander, when he heard OF
the wealth of the Indies, divided Mace
donia among his soldiers Some one
asked him what he had kept for himself
and he replied: II Inn keeping hope"
And that jewel keep bright and shin
ing in my soul whatever else
shall surrender. Hspe thou in God.
He will set back these oceanic
tides of moral devastation Do
Won know what is the prize for
which contention is made to-day? 1t Is
the prize OF this continent Never
since, according to John Milton, when
Satan was hurled headlong flaming
from the ETHEREAL skies in hideous ruin
and combustion down." have the pow
ers of darkness been SO determined to
win this continent as they are now.
What a jewel it is-a jewel carved in
relief, the cameo of this planet On
one side of us the Atlantic ocean, divid-
ing us from the worn out governments
of Europe. On the other side the Pacific
ocean, dividing us from the supcrstitions
of Asia On the north of us the Arctic
sea, which is the gymnasium in which the
explorers and navigators develop their
courage. A continent 10, 500 miles long,
II, 900, 900 square miles. and all OF 1t but
about one-seventh capable Of rich culti-
walton. One hundred millions Vt popu-
lation on this continent OF North and
South America-10o. O0o, 900, and room
for many hundred millions more. All
fora and all fauna all metals, and all
precious woods, and all grains and all
fruits The Appalachian range the
backbone and the rivers the ganglia car
rying life all through and out to the
extremities. Isthmus OF Darien, the
narrow waist Of giant continent,
all to be under one government,
and all free and all Christians
and the scene of Christ's personal reign
on earth, it, according to the expecta-
ton Of many good people, he shall at
last set up His throne in this world.
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or Satan? Who shall have tho shore OF
her inland seas, the silver Of her Neva-
das, the gold Of her Colorados, the tel
escapes Of her observstories, the brain
Of her universities, the wheat OF her
prairies, the rice of her savannahs, the
two great ocean beaches-the one
reaching from Bafin's bay to Terra del
Fuego. and the other from Behring
straits to Cape Horn-and all the moral,
and temporal, and spiritual, Snd ever
lasting interests of q population vast
beyond all computation saved by Him
with whom thousand years are as one
day? Who shall have the hemisphere
You and will decide that or help to
decide it, by conscientious vote, by ear
nest prayer, by maintenance OF Chris
tan institutions, by support OF great
philanthropies, by putting body, mind
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