The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-11-25


Lord allow that most Iilustrious sailor
Of all time 20 look over the amethystlne
hattlcments long enough to see some Of
the garland wrcathcd around his name
and hear something Of the hemlspheric
shout that shall greet his memory.
What most imprcsscs me In all that
wondrous life, which. for the next
twelve months. we will be commemor-
aung by sermon aud song and military
parade and Worlds fair and congress
of nations, IL something have never
heard stated, and that Ia. that the dis
covcry Of America was religious dis
covcry, and In the name Of God, Column.
bus, by the study OF the prophcsics and
10y what Zachariah and Micah and na-
vid and Isaiah had said about the ENDS
OF the carth," was persuaded to 80 out
and find the lends of the earth" aud no
felt himself called by God To carry Chris.
uanity tn the 'cnds of the Garth" Then
the administration ~ the Last supper
before they left the Gulf Of CadiL and
tho evening prayers during the voyage.
and the dcVout ascription rs soon N
they saw the new world, and the doNol.
ogics with which they landed. confirm
mo IN saying that the discovery of
America was religious discovery,
Atheism has NO right here; iniidclity has
me- RICH, here; pagnniSm has no right
here Aud ~ God Is not apt 10 fail In
any ~ his undertakings tat any rate, |
have never heard ~ him having any
thing To do with failurcl, America Is
going to bc gospcligcd. and from the
Golden Cato ~ California To the
Narrows of New York harbor. and
from the top III North America Ia
tho foot ~ South America, from
nchring Straits tn Cape Horn. this Is
going To- bc lmmanucrS Land. All
the forms of irrcliglnn aud abomination
that have cursed other parts of the
world will land hero yea, they have
already landed-and they will wranglc
FOR the possession ~ this hemisphere,
and they will make great Roadway and
feel themselves almost established Hut
God will not forget the prophecies
which encourages Columbus about the
lends OF the earth seeing the salvation
OF God" nor the Christian anthem
which Columbus led ON the morning Of
the l2th ~ October. i4p1, on the coast
~ san Salvador Like that flock OF land
birds which met the Santa Maria and the
Pinto and the Nina far out at sea, indica.
ting to the commanders of that fleet
that they were approaching some
country, 80 n whole flock Of promises
and hopes, gold>n winged and songful,
this morning alight around us, rcassur'
ing us that wc are approaching
tho glorious period OF American
\ divine influence will
yet sweep the continent that will mniSc
iniquity drop like Stacked lime md
make the most blatant inhdcl dccla'c IL
was only Joking when IL said the niblc
was not true, and the worst atheism
announce that IL always did believe In
the God of nations Let others call for
requiem and dead march. | call for
George Frederick llandcrs hallclujah
chorus, There has been much talk ~
late about communication with other
worlds.
Mars has come 50 near we can see its
canals. and It has boon hoped that hy
signals after while we may communi.
ratc with other stars, All, that will
not bc possible until our world has been
reformed and evangelical. IL would
not do for our world In its lost and
ruined state 90 have communication
with other worlds, II would spoil
their morals l,ut wait until this
world Is fully redeemed, ~ IL will hc
and then, perhaps, intcrstcliar CORE.
,popdcncc may b. opened. TIN then
this smit,cn and sickcncd world of
ours must hc quarantincd from coming
too near the uniallcn worlds liut,
thank Cod, tho prophecies which
chccrcd Columbus In his great under
taking cheer MS America for Cod Yea,
the round world for Cod, There can bc
no doubt about IL, That great Italian
navigator also imprcsscs nae with the
idea that when one docs gouh thing,
he can not appreciate its ramitcationS
To the momcn, 81 his death, Columbus
mover knew that he had discovered
America. hut thought that Cuba was n
part 81 Asia. lie thought the island Ills
PAMELA was the ophir of Solomon. lie
thought he had only opened anew way Ia
old Asia Had he known what North
aud south America were and are, and
that he had found country 5000 miles
wide. 10000 miles long. 81 1900, 900
square miles. and four times ~ large rs
Europe, the happiness would have been
too much for mortal man tn endure.
lie had no idca that the time would
come when nation of 90. 600. 900 people
on this side 81 the sea would bc Joined
by all the intelligent nations on the
other side Of the sea, for the most part
~ year rcciting his wonderful deeds
II took centuries To reveal the result Of
that one transatlantic voyage, 80 II has