The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-02

and the flash was not seen. y.t al
through the mountains of the north and
the south and the east and the w-sst.
though the hOOfs did not CHATTER, the cav
airy OF God gallOped by / tell you Gol
is the friend OF this nation In the a" al
excitement at the massacre OF Lincoln
when there was "a prospect inat scTitef
slaughter would open upon TINS h411H,
God hushed the tempest In the AWFUL
excitement al the time of GaTneldS as
sassinarion, God put his foot on the LICK
of the cyclone. To prove God IS on lIe
side Of this nation. / argue from the iist
eight or nine great nauOIal mar 'e''S,
ana from the national health or the Etst
quarter of century, epidemics very y
ccpuonal and from the great reFiFails
of religion and from the spreading 81
the Church of God. and from the c9nti-
rent poisoning with asyluIns anu -e-
fOrClatOry institutions ana from an
Edenization which promises mat Jnis
whole land IS 10 be a paradise where
God shall walk.
am encouraged more than / can tell
YOU as I see the regiments wheeling down
the sky. and my jeremiads turn into doN-
oloeies. and that which was the Good
Friday of the natIOn's cruclhXion becomes
the Easter morn Of its resurrection. Ol
course. God works through human instru-
mentalities, and this national betterment
is 60 come among other thlnSs through
a scrutiniZed ballot-bON. BY the law OF
registration 1t is almost impossible now
10 nave Illegal voting. There was time
well-when droVes OF VasaDohas
election day. and from poll to poll, ana
voted here, and voted there, anu voted
cEeryW here, and there was no challenge,
or. il there were, il amounted to nothing,
because nothing could so suddenly De
proved upon the vagabOnds. Now, in ev-
cry well-urganized neighbOrhCOd, every
voter is watched with severest scrutiny.
II am in a region where l am a!lowed
a vote, must tell the registrar my name,
and how Old 1 am, and how long 1 nave
resided in the state, ana how long nave
resided i'm the ward or the township, and
nfar. nsas
rise and shut me out from the ballOt-bON-
Is not glat great advance? ana then
notice the law that prohibits man vot-
ing If he has bet on the election. step
further needs to be taken, and that man
forbidden a vote who has offered or taken
a bride whether ii be In the shape of
free drink, or cash paid DOWN, the suspic-
ious cases obliged TO put their hand on
the Bible and swear their vote in II they
vote at all SO, through the sacred chest
or our nations sunrageA, redemption Will
come.
COO will save this nation through an
aroused moral sentiment There has new
er been so much discussion of morals and
minerals Men, whether or not they ac-
knowledge what is right have to think
what is right. We have men who have
had their hands in the public treasury the
most of their lifetime, stealing all they
could lay their hands on, discoursng elo-
quently about dishonesty in public ser
wants; and men with two or three families
of their own, preaching eloquently about
the beauties of the seventh commandment
The question of sObriety and drunkenness
is thrust in the face of this nation as new
er before, and takes a part in our political
contests The question of national sobrie-
ty Is going to be respectfully and deferen-
TALLY heard at the bar Of every legislature
and every House of Representatives, and
every state Senate. and an OmnipOtent
voice Will ring down the sky and across
this land and back again, saying to these
rising tides of drunkenness which threat
en- TO whelm home and church and nation:
Thus far shalt thou come, but no fur
Their, and here shall thy proud waves be
stayed"
have not in my mind a shadow of dis
heartment as large as the shadow of
housefiys wing. My faith is in the upper
forces, the upper armies of the text. God
is not dead. The chariots are not un-
wheeled. If you would only pray more
and wash your eyes in the cool, bright
water fresh from the well of Christian re-
form. il would be said of you, as of this
one of the text: 'The Lord opened the
eyes of the young man, and he saw, and
behold the mountain was full of horses
and chariots of fire round about Elisha"
When the army of Antigonus went into
battle his soldiers We're very much dis
couraged, and they rushed up to the gem
eral and said to him: Don't you see we
have a few forces, and they have so many
more%' and the soldiers were affrighted
at the smallness of their number and the
greatness Of the enemy. Antigonus. their
commander, Strengthened himself up and
said, with Indignation and Vehemence:
How many do you reckon me to be?"
And when we see the vast armies arrayed
against the cause of sobriety it may some
times be very dscouraging, but | ask you
I'm making up your estimate of the forces
of righteousness ask you how many
90 you reckon the Lord God Almighty to
be- lie is our commander. The Lord of
Hosts is his name, have the best au-
are twenty thousand, and the mountains
are full of them.
Have you any doubt about the need of
the Christian religion to purify and make
decent American politics? AT every year
ly or quadrennal election we have in this
country great manufactories-manu
tories OF lies; and they are run day and
night, and they turn out half a dozen a
day, all equipped and ready for full
sailing. Large lies and small lies. Lies
private and lies public and lies prurient.
Lies cut bias, and lies cut diagonal Long
limbed lies, and lies with double back
action. Lies complimentary, and lies de-
famatOry Lies that some people believe,
and lies that all the people believe, and
lies that nobody believes. Lies with humps
like camels and scales like crocodiles, and
necks as long as storks, and feet as swift
as an antelope's, and stings like adders
Lies raw and Scalloped and panned and
stewed. Crawling lies and jumping lies,
and soaring lies. Lies with attachment
screws and rutfiers and braiders and ready
wound bobbins. Lies by Christian people
who never lie except during elections
and lies by people who always lie, but
beat themselves in presidential cam
paign.
l confess, l am ashamed to have n
foreigner visit this country in such times.
l should think he would stand dazc1
his hand on his pocketbook, and dare
not go out nights. What will the hun
drCds of thousands of foreigners who
come here to live think of us? What a
disgust they must have for the land of
their adoption! The only good thing about
ii is, many Of them cannot understand
the English language. But | suppose
the German and Italian and Swedish and
French papers translate IL all, and peddle
out the Internal stuff to the subscribers
Nothing but Christianity will every stop
such a food of indecency The Chri stan
religion will speak after awhile. The bill
lingsgate and low scandal through which
wade every year or every four years
must be rebuked by that religion which
speaks from its two great mountains
from the one mountain intOning the com
mand. Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor." and from the other
mount making plea for kindness and
blessing rather than cursing. Yes We
are going to have a national religion
There are two kinds of national religion
The one is supported by the state ard
I is a matter of human politics, and il mas
( great patronage, and under IL men will
! struggle for prominence without refer
ence TO qualifications, and its archbishop
( is supported by salary of $1,000 a year.
| and there are great cathedrals with all
Z bt machinery ~ music and caUnn s.a.tl l.