The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-03-03

common fatneT We are All thercIUt-
equal brethren. Artificial distinctions
were thus abolished in this new kingdom
Of hes9en. H1re was planted the dyna~
mite beneath every throne Of the world.
hat sooner or later would explode and
On the ruins draw rs, ler the federated
brotherhood Of man.
TEE TEXTILE OF LIBERTY.
Ont of Christianity also grew the
sublime truth OF grace. Jesus taught
he world first that there IL salvation for
the lost, hope for the hopeless, mercy
for the self ruined. relief for the
vretched, light for those in darkness,
l-eedo1n for tho oppressed, regeneration
Hcr tho unregenerate without this
r,-inciple everv civilization before Christ
;,erished, persisted Of it own weight. 1t
-;.d nowhere within it 4 principle Of re-
"cnerating life. Since Jcsus taught the
world, this process Of salvation for the
weak and helpless has been growing in
.asistiess power. The time was when
istory only dealt with the 70 called
treat and powerful. Jesus declared
hat weakness shall rule strength. In
ICY kingdom the mccl, shall inherit the
rarth;" and az that kingdom grows in
history, we see the eye Of the world cen
cred On the under rna#ara. Now the
only history Of the world is the history
Of the wcak-the great, dark, vulgar
crowd that used 10 have no history.
The books that move the world today DO
not tell Of kings and mobiles, but Of the
poor, of the masses. Here is centcrcd
The heart of literature, the heart Of re-
ligion, the heart Of philanthropy, the
heart Of the social movement. These
four sublime principles are the corner
st0nes on which men have been building
the temple of liberty through the ages
Of the past, and ON which it is now being
reared in beauty and glory to its final
CapstOne.
FOUNDED N PRAYER.
Second-To assert such creed as we
have quoted from the colonel, a man
must believe that the incontroyertible
facts of history are not facts. During
the Dark Ages the cause of liberty makes
10 progress. Why? because Pharisee-
ism has hidden the truth again. Chris
tianity has been throttled for the time
Ivy traditions and institutions. But
printing is invented. The Bible is trans
ilted and scattered over the world
len hear once more the voice of
.esus of Nazareth. There is Il moving
Il tho dry bones. Germany is in com
motion, because the truth is being pro-
claimed. England is in commotion, be-
cause the truth is being proclaimed.
france totters and falls beneath the
shock of free Bible. Voltaire himself
u product of this tremendous move
1lent that swept the world. It was the
movement of the birth of Christ, as the
londerous stones were rolled from the |
tomb In which he had been kept through |
The ages Of darkness. Pioneers land on
the shores of America with the Bible in |
their hands and with some Of it in their |
hearts. They are searching for liberty. |
The secret of that search is found in the |
secret Of that book embodied in their |
hearts. In little while there is COM
motion in America, there is revolution, |
there is a declaration of independence |
that closes with a prayer to God for
Guidance and help. This nation was
founded in prayer.
A DIVINE MIRACLE.
To say that America is the only nation
with which God has had nothing to do is
II contradict every known fact in the |
history of the foundation of this nation.
The founding of this nation is, in fact a
miracle Of Gods mercy and Gods special !
! rovidence. 1t would have been the work
{ mere child's play for tho regular Brit
j II army to have overrun these feeble
{ olories in n single campaign had we
Esen pitted against England single hand
ed, but it pleased God to make England
Lind In those hours, and desperate, until
NJ last the hand of every nation of the
$ nth was grasning at the throat of Eng
lind. England stood single handed and
a -one fighting the known world during
tlase years of conflict with her feeble
colonies. Even then we had been de-
+ ated had not again and again the provi-
teuce of God snatched victory from de-
at. The battles of the Revolutionary
war were child's play. | read the his
tory of one Of these battles lately. 1t
vas very humiliating to my pride as
son of the Revolution. Ifound that when
the British regulars charged they swept
he field like cyclone. There was no5h-
ing left of the rugged band to contest the
ground. They all got away except one
little fellow. who could not run fast
something was the matter with one Of
ais legs. He stepped into hole and fell.
Three great British troopers rushed up.
md raising their bayonets above him
shouted, 'tNow, you wretched rebel. we
ave you at lastw The little fellow pfped
'ut, "All right, kill away: yo1 won't get
-4uch." They spared his life.
LORD Give.
That we We're not defeated md Wall
ngton does not sleep il Il traitct's gr. yels
cot due to our superior power, ua. simply
% the righteousness of the cause and the
Tod who watched over weakness and
hose this nation as the instrument Of
rs will. Even though England were
with all the world in war, We
I'D still been defeated had she been
Iole to have sent to our shores q man a.
military genius to command her trooor
his was finally ordered. Lord Gil
re greatest general of his day, was d.
@ted to take command of the British
-rces in the colonies. Had Lord Give ,
Isumed command. the chances are we I
.ould have been defeated oyerwhelm- :
ely. Just as he was ready to embark t
, take command of the British troops, I
y mystery yet nnsolved he committed |
ncide. Again, when we were in dire I
stress, by most mysterious providence i
!e winds at the command of the God |
no watches over the weak brought into (
IT harbor a French fleet of warships. r
: hen they discovered the situation they 8
nded, went to the rescue of Washing I
n, captured CORVALLIS. The war G
'as ended. The history of America is c
ne story Of a miracle of Gods mercy
i'd love-. If ever there was a nation q
oct of God from its very infancy it is L
AS free republic Of the New World. i
SUBLIME CHEEK. +
The progress of the principles of Chris v
nifty as embodied in the lives of men f
nc nations Is one with the progress of t
le principles of freedom and the retreat Fl
slavery. Of all the absurd statements o