Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-12-18
REv oRANr,s InoruRE
A Brief Synopsis Of His Statements
ana Beliefs.


was we'll flied last night to hear the
lecture 10y rev. Roland %. Grant on
1.-THE Nations Perlls :" The lee
ture was delivered In a clear, concise,
convincing manner, and the speaker
was at times heartily spplauded.
Rev. GrSut stated at the commence.
ment that he was not au A, p. A.
organizer, nor did he belong to any
secret organization. His lecture was
n 1t specially for anything or anybody,
except the land In which we live, and
that nothing else had influence with
him. Rev. Grant also receives no
compensation for his work, the pro-
coed Of last nights lecture being
gwen to the church.
Said be: / know that these are
quiet times. We have no war on our
hands, and 1t is considered as almost
out Of place in a time Of quietness TO
think Of trouble. Today In the nations
Of Europe the balance of power Is just
In the balance, with the prospect Of
bee ming unbalanced. Nothing but
policy is today holding the four winds
of Heaven from blowing across the
earth. The nations are watching each
other just AS men watch upon a
check er-board for the other to make q
false move 30 that he can take advan-
tage Of the Others disadvantage. The
nation Of Turkey In the providence Of
God, has been allowed to continue her
outrages, when Il would seem as II the
nations of tie earth would become 80
royalty mad that they would wiring her
neck aud rid the world of one Of the
deepest-dyed infamies. Yet am not
certain that God is not permitting her
20 go to the end of her meanness so
that the nations shall be stirred to the
utmost Indignation. Our own nation
Ia young; not yet ripe In judgment or
settled in her processes OF government;
is still In the experimental stage; devel-
opment having been very rapid, new
things have been pressed upon us as q
people, new adjustments are now
being called for, aud tremendous
changes are liable to take place. These
new adjustments, like, for instance,
the freeing Of the slaves, caused the
South to re.adjust all her processes Of
existence. We would not have been
nalf az decent TO accept these condi
tlons as they have been. 1 say this
with high regard for the South. There
have been developments within this
century that are the surprise OF the
W rid.
Our size is the very greatest danger
to us as nation. Because we are con-
tent to allow this far western part Of
the country TO be governed by Wash
ington 800 miles away, our children
may not be willing. IL the Mason and
Dixon line had been as marked as the
Rocky mountains there would not
have been today United country. 1t
is barely possible that we may find
that the balance Of power In our ma
tlon may be as difficult TO maintain as
the balance Of power between nations.
Mark the difference in Great Britain
as governing power from the fact the
area 10 80 much smaller than ours. 1t
Is not question Of self-control In other
nations, but selfcontrol here.
The element of success is also an
element Of danger. The resources of
our nation are 30 ample that we have
q sense that we can live upon them.
Another danger lies In our mistaken
idea Of liberty. Too many may come
TO our shores for liberty, meaning to do
exactly as they please. Their is diff.
ference between liberty and libertln-
lam, which is liberty that has no re-
gard for others. We have failed to
give the word a proper definition, until
millions have said 1--WE may do as we
please" and they are here for that pur.
pose. They are here TO destroy the
very elements Of liberty. Liberty
means manliness. When God gives
liberty to humanity II is that we may
put restraints upon ourselves. We
have also a mistaken Idea of patriot
ism. The pop of iire-crsckers OH the
Fourth Of July Is not patriotism. We
think noise means patriotism.
Our next danger lies In Capitalization.
The city is one of the largest menaces
to our civilization, for very many rea-
ons. Too many cities are In the con-
troll OF councilmen aud aldermen who |
are largely from come other country
than this. The most Of them care
nothing for the city, but wish only to
crafty some party whim. Cities today
represent danger. France is anxious
TO become republic, but Is afraid to
turn over the power of government to
the people because they are not
to self government. We hRYe
given Il, and are losing power of self. !,
government.
Another very great danger is class