The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-30

some people talk one would suppose that
as American citizens we have nothing for
which to be thankful. Our vices are dig
glng the graves Of our liberties. Our IN
situations have outlived their usefulness.
l have heard these croaking cries for
quarter OF century, yet our institutions
still live. Be thankful ard stop croaking.
Our political cup runneth over. Yes
answers one, mine runneth over with
gall and NORWOOD. My party was over
whelmingly defeated at the last election.
l have nothing to be thankful for. politi-
cally.' You have--we all have. When
Judge Jetfreys heard that the Free Church
ministers and elders, SIX hundred
strong, were marching down High
street, Edinburgh, although he was
movement, he threw up his hat and
shouted: 'Hurrah! The like could have
happened in no country but Scotland.
When l com pare the quietness with which
the political revolution of the last election
was accomplished with the huTly-burly of
an election day on the other side of the
sea throw up my hat and say: 'Hurrah!
The like could nave happened in potter
country but the United States.'"
The reverend speaker then touched upon
topics watch are pertinent to the COM
munity. He said:
81 speak on this Thanksgiving day a. a
prophet rather than as a preacher, for you
will bear in mind that the old prophets
had much to say on national Issues. And
surveying national issues ike one of the
old prophets l find many reasons for
thanksgiving. The cause of good morals
has gained several noteworthy victories
in the last decade. Let me indi-
cate five of them: First, of the
eight candidates for the Presidency ana
ce-Presidency in the last Presidential
election all were avowed believers in
Christ, and seven enrolled members of the
n hrIC fewk,N l.
power OF Christian sen timent in this land.
Second-Ihe Louisiana lottery, which so
long debauched the people OF his land.
mas come at last to An end. Third
The decision Of the Supreme Court of the
United States that this is a Christian
Na,ion.' FoGrth-The decision of our
National legislature that the gates of the
Columbian Exposition must be closed on
the Sabbath. Our legislators laid heir
five millions in the lap of the Sabbath
and opened window through which we
may see tie great while throne of the
king of kings. Flfth-The scheduling of
tne Iammany tiger. l regard the over
throw of that alien beast as the greatest
victory for good morals of the nineteenth
century, and to that piueky little Presby-
terrain preacher-CharIes Henry Park
hurst-belongs the glory of the victory"
La conclusion the reverend gentleman
said: There are many evils IN the midst
of US. and many perils ahead of us. I'm
migration Is one of them. Shall we Amer
Icanze it, or shall it foreignlze US? Our
nationality is heavenborn. 1t conquered
all pasl perils by splendid faith in God, and
it must all coming ones in the same way.
Once our nation was homogeneous; now
it is heterogeneous. Can we fuse these
heterogeneous materials? We can do it
only by the gospel of Christ. Let America
be true to herself and the anarchists from
the Sums of Europe will peep and mutter
in vain. Let her be true 10 hersel and the
strife between capital and labor will find
righteous settlement. Some favor high
tariff and some tariff reform. | am in
favor of high tariff on aliens who spit in
the face of liberty. IwouId make it so
high as to be practically prohibitory.
Your son, born here, cannot vote until he
is 81 Why should an alien vote sooner?
Il have spoken of an Overfio@ing cup
on this Thanksgiving day. What does
this demand from us? An OVERLOOKING re-
turn-a full surrender of the life to God"