The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-22

physical, scientific social. moral are evoked and
all are challenged to show their best results
The age is ready for great fcats- III we are the
LOYAL workers OF progress 0ur lines are, lndeed,
cast amid hopeful surroundings.
The futuref What will it bet Material prog
ress. no doubt will continue onward with ever
increasing velocity. The widest dreams scarcely.
believe. foreshadow the realities; nothing need
be une X pected. The travellers to the Columbian
birilike. sail through the air. journeying IN
halfdoZen hours from the Atlantic coast 70 tEe
city of the Northwest on the banks or the Missis-
sippi. More unlikely would the prophecy Oh
travel by rail, or steam. or electricity, have
seemed to our forefathers one Gentry aEo.
trust in Providence and in humanity, and.l
have confidence that the moral ana social FORCES
which now profoundly agitste the world VIII
work into an increase OF gooo. ess aud happiness
among men, Much will depend upon the lntein-
gence and zeal OF those whom position ana Tar
emit have made the leaders of thought and acton
Seldom in all history did such deep responsible
tiles lay npon the leaders OF their felows as
pregnant with such momentous posi-
bilities: scarcely ever were similar OPP
things. The future will bring no millennium.
There will be no rosebush without thorns' no
day without the nearness OF evening shades, no
life without the menace of death. There VIII De
inequalities among men, and passions VIII ais
turb the peace of souls. But do believe there
VIII be more mercy In the world. more ! us.icc
for manhood, more liberty for the indylduai
The brotherhood OF men will be more widely rec
OEnlLeu ana It's lessons more
Servitude and oppression will he banished even
from the darkest thickets OF African forests Inc
boon of civilization willreach all races or the
human family; civil and political liberty VIII
speed across all seas and oceans. Nations Will
see in one another assemblies OF brothers. ana
peaceful arbitration WILL in settlement OF dis
agreements. take the place Of the murderons
sword. Brute force will more and more yield
before reason; mind will more and more assert
itself over matter, and over passion. All TINS
will not come to pass without delays and BACK
ward movements without reactions ana re,
pressions. but the victory will be for truth anu
justice.
The atmosphere of the day is chilled with the
spirit of unbelief. Need fear for religiOnl IL
Is as IL we asked need we fear Tor eternai truth,
for the reign OF the Almighty Unbehef Is but a
n passing wave. The material and sclentlno
progress OF the age has begotten an overesti-
mate or nature. and draws a film over eyes whicii
would seek the supernatural. The realities OF
the supernatural and mans profound need OF
them endure, and his reason Will not lose slgnt
or them. The protest against unDeliei VIII
bring religion into holder relief; and the
widening thoughts of men along other lines OF
progress will prove more clearly that religion ls
the need or all progress, God Is the need OF al
being. Toward n future as L briefly sketcn IL
| will tend the labors of the congress auxiliary.
F., The Nation of the future. Need name It'll
Your hearts culver loving ii.
"My country. tits OF thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
or thee sing.
We commemorate the discovery OF America
| four hundred years ago. Behold the browning
| gift TO humanity from Columbus. whose cara
wells ploughed oceans uncertain pillows In search
| of a great land. and from the all-ruling Provi,
dence whose wisdom and mercy inspired and
guided the immortal QenOese mariner-the
United States of America.
The meeting closed with an invocation
By DR.. William r. Harper. president of the
| Unworthy of Chicago.