Smyrna times., 1893-05-31

| JerS rev weeks ago, WlGn cannon
throwing balls weighing 200 and 3OC
pounds ten and twelve miles, killing an
enemy before they are in sight, anC
with Europe in such state of appre
hensiOn and preparation, that one
word from Keiser William would sci
the nations ia q blaze.
The gospel of peace was at work, as
manifested in the Peace societies and
the efforts at arbitration that were be.
ing almost universally resOrted to tC
settle difficulties. The world was in .
condition looking to fulflment of the
prophecy such as it never was in
before. The universal brotherhood o.
man was never so recognized as now
He believed the time would literally
come when wars would cease, when
the implements of destruction would
be turned to implements of production
| when they shall sit every man under
his vine, and under his fg-tree viz
he shall have home or the oppor.
! tunity for one, and that in the con.
structive conditions of society in Il e
benevolent and providential care for
Others, there will be no tramps or ne
cessity for them.
We give the last part of the discourse
as taken down geographically by c.
Virgil Gordon:
| PERORATION.
In conclusion, our late war is over. all
is quiet along the historic Potomac
no clashing Of sabre, no rattle of mus
| ketry. No shrill report of picket's RI
hle nor thunder of artillery falls uDon
the listening ear. Nearly all of the
leaders of that great struggle have been
| dismissed from this scene of action and
have gone to their reward.
Both sides were sincere. both vera
determined, both were brave, both
fought valiantly, both sustained losses,
both bled, both wept, both have their
dead equally dear to them. The grave
of the Confederate is as dear to some
as the grave of the Federal soldier is
to others. Thank God, the war is
over, the wounds are healing or are
already healed. We have peace. God
forbid that one word should be uttered
in any quarter, that would tend to mar
our peace or stay our prosperity. Let
us have no North no South. no Fast
no West, but one nation, one great
national brotherhood. | do not feel
that l ought to close, however. with
out lifting voice of warning.
There is trouble ahead for this ma
ton. We can have peace and prosper.
lty only through Christ, and he will
give 1T to us only when we walk in his
paths. | need not remind this con.
gregatiOn that our nation is getting far.
and farther from the paths of God. /
need
has become guilty of fragrant wrongs
which must be righted. Civil and po-
lltlcal corruption are alarminglv on the
increase.
Vast corporations securing mouopo-
lies are expressing the poor. Sacred
treaty regulations with China have
been violated by this nation merely TO
make political capital. We boast of
higher civilization a purer religion:
religion one of whose foundation
stones is truth and power, vet have
broken faith with China, we have dis.
graced ourselves before those heather
millions. We have forever impaired
our influence with them because of
breach of faith.
While nobody claims that this ma
ton has not the right to restrict immi.
grafton, yet 1t has no right to enter
into compact with another nation
and then deliberately break if Of
course l am not attributing this to anv
particular political party; for it was
nrsC passed by a Democratic house, |
tnen oy Republican senate and a |
Republican president signed it, and |
many are already ashamed of the part
they had in the measure.
And at this very time an effort is he. !
ing made to commit our Government |
TO the disregard OF the christian Sab. /
Dath. tremendous pressure is brought |
to bear to get the commissioners to
open the Worlds Fair on the Lords
day and thus take from us bv the
hands of the government our christian
All credit be given Delaware's
worthy representative in the national
commission who has steadfastlv main.
talned an uncomprOmising attitude
with regard to this matter. / am told
they call him the Delaware fog bornn
Well, call him so if you please. there ia
no disgrace in that. You know a foo
horn is an important instrument somes
LINES. In dense fog when vessels are
Ilaole 10 come into collision, the fog
!, 1orn Is necessity to signal danger.
socialism, nihilism, an.
and every other foreign ism.
lOsCile 10 our institutions, have raised
! fog in this country so dense
has even some ministers of the gosnel
nave lost sight of the sancitity of tbe
christian Sabbath. And in the midst
If this fog thank God for Delaware's
og horn. For there is danger that
'ur ship of State will collide with the
aw of God and expose itself tn his
wrath and indignation. ~
God grant that the voice of warn;n.
nay be heeeded and the gates of the
'alr may not be thrown open on the Sab.
'ath and this American nation he ad.
'ertised to the world as a nation that !
Iisregards the day of God.
Then there is one other evil I have
to the last because il il the
reatest evil that has ever smitten this {
POrid. This is the curse of intem Der. :
nee. Let me say that if we do mot /
eed Gods rebuke, if we do not rise i'm 5
ur sovereign capacity and bv balIotg :
ut down these iniquities God will !
OOner or later put them down nv hni- J
cts. 1t is ballots or bullets. You NAV
neer, if you will, at the idea of bullets
ut 1t is matter of histOry-and his. \
Dry repeats itself,-that when nations 9
the past reached a certain stage of y
rosperity they became reckless and !,
evolution and dissolution followed h
Where are the mighty empires that /,
o9rIshed in the past2 Where is v
abylon, Macedonia, Rome, EgyptP q,
hey have gone down. And this I I
rand country of ours which has at. !,
lined a degree of prosperity never a
lualled by any other republic in all E,
le history of the world, is becoming
cry reckless, immoral, wicked. and
Mess a ha It, is called and it must he n
Illed by the voters, it Is not difieult a
read the hand writing on the wall %
Weighed in the balances and found a,
antng." So every Consideration a,
mporal and spiritual appeals To us to IN
aise In the name of God assert our h,
shts and maintains our allegiance to IS
the supreme Sovereign. So also the v,
lmberless graves of the slain In mnte M
oquence remind us of the nriceless -,
easure paid for our country. and an. ~
al to us TO lay aside all minor con. T.
ierations and arise and present a
lid and unbroken front to the enemv =
our institutions, that peace NAV he
and prosperity reign with
our borders. I
While we cherish the memory of the La