The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-17
DR.. 4. T. WOLFF.
A Cultured Lecture on 1.-THE Irrepressible
Conflict, or Who Shall Rule Amer
ica"-A. W. Lamar, aud the
Usual Attractions.

usual AtLraCGl0nS.
The equal suffrage platform meeting
yesterday afternoon was we'll attended
and addresses were made by Mrs. Pick
Ter, who presided, by Congressman Pick
Ter and DR.. E. L. Parks of Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Picker told Of the part equal suf-
frage played in the great women's coun-
Gil at Washington last winter, the Major
gave some very potent reasons why he
thought women entitled to the ballot
and DR.. Parks told OF the hold the ques.
ton was beginning to take on the lead
ing ladies Of the south.
1.-THE IRREPREssIBLE CONFLICT"
or who shall rule America? was the
theme OF Rev. DR.. VOLTS discourse ut
$3.50. A large audience greeted the
Doctor and before he got through he
stirred the audience up to a high pitch
OF enthusiasm and interest in his SUBJ
ject. He started out with the planting
OF two opposing civilizations on this con-
tinent in the landing Of the Pilgrim
Fathers at Plymouth Rock on the one
hand and the landing of the shipload Of
slaves at jamestown on the other in the
same year. The strife between these
~contending civilizations disturbed our
country for hundreds Of years of it's
national existence and eliminated in the
civil war, 1t was the contest Of right and
wrong, and right triumphed. But other
questions are still to settle. The infidel-
ity OF France which eliminated in the
horrors Of the French revolution was
brought over to this country and cast it's
blightiEg influence on our institutions.
Nations and rulers are responsible TO
God and divine law or they, too, will
perish. The recognition of God was
kept out OF our constitution, and the
same atheist influ snce is still at work to
undermine law and moral living.
Church and state should be kept separ-
ate; but religion and politics should not
be divorced. Men should take their
religion with them when they go to the
ballot box. As regards. states, all legis-
lation should harmonic with divine law.
Only in this way al a nation endure.
The other, the French theory, has no
higher authority for law than the will
OF the majority. This in the case of a
goddess majority, would simply be the
law of might makes right" the outcome
Of which was the Reign of Terror" dur
ing the French revolution. Again the
legitimate consequences of voting God
out Of the affairs of nations was witness
ed in France only "a years ago during
the commune. Murder, arson, plumber,
savagery. That same spirit Of intidelity
permeates our social fabric today and is
a standing menace to the perpetuity oil
our nation. Church property should
not be exempt from taxation nor should
public money be appropriated for sec.
tartan purposes. Liberal societies de
mand the abolition Of the oath in courts
Of justice, the abrogation of the Sabbath,
the abolition Of worship, Of sacred mar.
riage, Of property rights, all atheistic
demands and destructive of good society.
Restrictions should be placed upon i'm.
migration, upon the BALLOT, upon out
breaks by mobs; and all reforms to be
good and lasting must go deep down in
to the ground principles Of Christian
life. This is the broad question, o.
partisan, non-sectarian, "Shall atheism
or Jehovah;rule this nationT' The Doc
tors propositions we're echoed frequent.
ly by spirited applause from his magnifi.
cent audience, more especially after he
had been interrupted by some anarchist
sympathizers who sought to break up
his discourse. But the Doctor believes
in the right of free and loyal speech and
from that time on poured forth a torrent
Of patriotic argument that cowed his
assailants and commanded the admira.
ton of the rest Of his audience.
BAND CONCERT.
From 7 to 8 last evening the Brook.
ings band gave a delightful concert on
the lawn in front of tho Grand View fol.
lowing out the program given previously
in the The DAILY LEADER. The fine
playing of this band brings new enthu.
siasm to the Assembly and inspires on
all sides. The concert will be given
each evening.
At the auditorium, after the Chorus
singing, the Artistic company entertain
cd the audience, the largest since Sam
Jones day, in delightful style. The sing
ing, the reciting. the instrumental play
ing, but especially the violin playing
was par excellence.
DIXIE DURING THE WAR
was A. w. Lamar's subject last evening
and as on former occasions the Doctor
afforded his auditors no end of enter
tainment and delioht. He d;aconrao