The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-12-07
re- ohserrato1ie.. the hra;n os her uuiversi-

ne- ohservato1ie=. the brain OF her uuiver5i-
ties. the wheat oi her Drairies, the rice OF her
sav2naas. the two great ocean bea"hes-the
o2e reaching from B.Ain's Eay to Terra del
Faeco. and the o:ae7 :.ou Be1ing Strait to
Gaze E1rn-aa7 ali the moral al1 temporal
Gr+t s1ir:taal and everlasting interests OF a
r73n:a:iGR vas, h=yo2A all human com2uta'
ti5n: Who sii;itl have the hemisphere? You
an1 VI! decide tlat. OF hslD to decide r,
hv conscientious v1ta. by e:rnest prayer. ny
maintenance 6 Christian Institutions. by
support ns Great paliac'hcooies. by p:ittin:
loiv. rirI IN. sou: oa ths rislt side o. ell
moral. =. ie,j::s and National n5TaMe1ts.
-, i: vii; ut make any difference to yo1
0" to ne wh1t becomes o. this continent. 50
iar as earthly comfort is CONCERNED. All TO
will want % il Till be seye1 feet By three,
Gal that vii take IL TIE largest, and there
vii! 'a room and TO spare. That is al! Of
this country we Will need very Soon--tho
Youngest Of us al. But wa have an anxiety
about ths welfare and TIA happiness OF tho
generations that ara coming on. aod it will
be grand tline If. when the archanceEs
trurnp@t sounds. Tc find that our seprlcare.
like the one josaSh OF Arinathea provided
for Ch.is:. is ii t::e midst OF e garden.
Cne ortae scvaa wonders Of toe worl'! was
the wli:c Marble wat:h tower OF pharos or
Tgvpt S,Stt-atu:, tbs architect and scuip-
to-, after t:.ilin that watch tower, c1s LIS
u::IG. o. i. Thsa he coTera1it ;Titt plaster,
;..;.. % Dir%~=e tns iinc ne put tho rnonacclS
ra27o CT the outside Of the plasterinT, au1
the s:o-:s lalc and the seas da:hed il their
iu-". :,Y1 tiny washed Of the pas ar;n2. AMI
thev ,y2saei i our. az tl"r washed it down,
hut the ~ &c - S0stcatus was deep cut in
tha rav'khah.a S9cI. So across the faca
:of this Nation there have been z great many
names written, across cur finances, across
ou- religions. names worthy OF re'nenoralc2,
names written OF the architecture Of our
churches, and DIR schools. and our asy;ums,
and ouc homes OF mercy. but God is the archi-
teot OF this continent, and Ed was the sculp-
Tor Of ali its cranHeurs, and long after
chroucii the wash O: the ages and the temp
ests Of ceaturies-all ether names shall ba
obliterated the divine signature and divine
name will be brighter aud brighter as the
;nil!eariums 90 by and the world shall seq
that tha God who male this continent has
redeemed it b. His grace from ali its sor-
rows and from. all its crimes.
Have you faith IL such q thing as that?
After al! the chariots have been uuwhce!ed, ,
and after all rhe war cnariots have been
crippled, the 3hariots which Elisha saw on
the morning OF his peril will roll oa in tri-
umpa, followed BY all the armies Of heaven
on white horses God could % It without
us, hu7 He will not. The weakest OF US.
the iaintest OF Us, ths smallest Drained OF
us, shall have 4 part in the triumph. We
linay not have our name, like the name OF
iSoseratus, cut in iuDershable rock and coz
sp;euous for centuries, but we shall be re-
nsnbered in a better place than that, even
in the heart Of Hin who came to redeem
us and redeem the world, and our names
will! De seen close to the signature Of His
wound, for, as today He throws out His
firms to Us, Ee says, ''Behoid. I have
craven thee on TIE palms OF GIy hand" By
the mightics: o. all agencies, the potency Of
prayer, ! bog you seek OUT National VEL
fare.
Some time ago there we're 100000 letters
in tho dead letter p3stoftlee in this ciiy-!et-
tars that had lost their way-opt not one
prayer ever directed to tue heart OF Got mis-.
carried. Tho way is ali clear for the ascent
o? your suopEeations he%veawaci j IN oaaa!t
OF this Natior. Before the postal conmu1i-
100 fee: high on the coast CT England the-o
was barrel fasteced TO q post. and in great
letters on the side Of the rock, SO it could be
seen far out to sea. we're the words tPost-
;oGice,'' and when ships came by q
iboat put out to take and fetch lei
tiers. And 50 sacred were those de-
POSTS or affection in that barre. that no lock
was ever put upon that barrel although i:
contained messages for America and Eu-
rope and Asia and AfEica al all the islands
Of the SEA. Many u storm tossed sailor,
homesic::, got messages Of kindness BY that
rock, ani many e homestead heard good
news frcnl boy long gone. Would thai all
tho heights cs our National prosperity were
il interchange OF synpathies-prayers 60
irsup meeting blessings coming down: pos
tai celestial. not by storm struck rock on
e wirt-y coast, butby the Rock Of Ages,