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ing, The kingdom Of heaven is likened unto a ian
when sowed good seed in his field
sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.
| etc.
These verses, said the pastor. teach in
parabolic language that though the begin
ming OF the kingdom of God was small
yet 1t must increase till it becomes great
Some have even claimed that the proph-
ecies OF scripture concerning the king
dom OF heaven have reference to Amer
sea and the United States. Certainly,
could the people of Christ's day have
seen in vision the United States. the free
dom, the general prosperity of the peo-
| pie, the general intelligence, the peace,
order and happiness OF society as they
exist today in contrast with the condition
of the world at that period, they would
have thought it must be the kingdom of
God or something better.
DR.. Taylor here dwelt briefly upon tie
landing Of Columbus. the condition of the
then untrodden continent inhabited only
by few savages; the continent with its
wealth; Of unnumbered harvests stored in
its soil; its great rivers and inland seas.
and the contrast of what it was on that
Friday Oct. 81, 1892, with its presen
condition.
Religious Faith In Every Nation:
Every nation shows the imprint of its
religious faith, and the history of every
in the development of it's national life.
Thus China shows the imprint Of Con-
fucius; India of Brahma; Greece and
Rome showed the imprint OF their gods
many; Arabia of Mahomet; southern
Europe of Romanism; while it was re-
served for America to show the imprint
of the purest christianity yet seen on
earth.
The supreme idea in this land in bait
thing for independence and in organizing
the government was expressed in an ad.
dress of congress issued in 1888. Let it
be remembered that it has been the boast
and pride of America that the rights for
which she contended were the rights of
human nature. How came it that the
people of this land discerned the rights
of human nature' No government had
ever before been formed with any such
supreme idea.
Here the speaker showed how the early
colonists were deeply imbued with the
principles of christianity, and that they
learned of the rights of human nature
and OF its dignity from the scriptures,
which teach that man is in Gods image,
and that Jesus Christ took that nature
into fellowship with the divine, and how
the gospel exalts man and lifts him into
union with Christ.
But" said the speaker. I'VE are
threatened with an abuse of that liberty
of which We are so Justly proud. The
Bsptists were the pioneers OF religious
liberty. We believe in the largest pos
sible liberty; that each man may have
what religion he chooses or no religion
at all. But we do not believe that under
the plea of liberty sin should be licensed
or that all the sanctions Of religion
should be swept away. We see in the
attempt which is being made to eliminate
which religion and the law of God give
to morality in the attempt to make the
| bible q sectsrian book. a perversion Of
liberty. The position of the Catholics
that unless the tenants of q particular
church are taught the schools are goddess
AID immoral, is of course, wrong, and if
allowed would destroy our pubic
schools. But the Catholic is more res,
sonable than those who think to teach
morality without the santions of relig-
ion. and of Gods law"
TWAS a familiar remark of DR.. Toque-
vile that despotism may govern without
faith, but liberty cannot. And. it has
been the teaching of our great statesmen
from Washington that the maintenance
and spread of the Christian religion are
essential to our permauence and prosper
ity. America Is the hope OF the world.
1t has been said that Columbus in his
discovery did more for mankind than
anyone except Christ.
The Columbian Exposition
This Columbian Exposition is fitting
| time for Christians to bestir themselves,
and to see to it that those principles Of
| the Christian religion to which the coun-
| try owes it's beginning and its growth
are not swept away by u goddess mann
mon worship.
An Experience While in Trance.