Milford chronicle., 1895-12-06

Z billingsgate and low scandal through
which we wade every year Of every fou
years must be rebuked by that religion
which speaks from its two great noun
tains-froIn tho one mountain intoninl
the command, "Thou shalt not bear falls
witness against thy neighbor, p ard from
the other mount, making plea for kindnos
and blessing rather than cursing Yes
we are going TO have national religion
There arc two kinds Of national religion
! The one is supported by he state and is
1 matter Of human politics, AMI il has grgai
1 patronage, and under it lRon Will sirugall
/ for prominence without reference 10 qnaii
dcatiuns, and its archbishop IS support as
1 by a salary of s75, GOO a year, and thcr,
are great cathedrals, with all the machiu
cry Of music and canoniaals, and room fol
| 1000 people, yet hn audience of 90 people
or 90 people, or 10 or 2. We want no such
religion as thnt, no such national religion,
but we want this kind Of national religion
the vast majority Of the people converted
and eyangelizcd--and then they will man
age tho secular as well as the religious.
Church VIII Rule the Ballot BOX.
Do you say that this is impracticablei
No. The time is coming just as certainly
as there is a God, ard that this Is lis
book, and that he has the strength ard the
honesty to fulfill his promises One of the
ancient empcrofs used to pride himself on
performing hat which his counselors said
was impossible, and have to tell you to-
day that mans impossibes aru Gods
easies "IIath he said, ana shall he not
do it, Hath he commanded, and will he
not bring il TO passYn The Christian re-
ligion is coming to take possession Of ev-
cry ballot box, of every schoolhouse, Of
every home, of every valley, Of every
mountain, Of every acre Of our national
domain. This nation, notwithstanding
all the evil influences that are trying to
destroy 1t, is going to live
Never since, according to John Milton,
when satan was hurlod hoadlong flaming
from tine ethereal skies in hideous ruin
and combustion down, have tho powers
Of darkness been so determined to win this
continent rs now. What jewel it is-a
jewel carved in relief, the cameo of this
planet On one side OF us the Atlantic
ocean, dividing us from the wornout gov
eInments Of Europe. On the other side
the Pacific ocean, dividing us from the
superstiuons Of Asia. On the north Of Us
the arctic sea which Is the gymnasium
ia which the explorers and navigators de-
velop their courage A continent 10, 500
miles long, 100000 square miles and
all Of it but about ppa-seyepth capable Of
rich cultivation, Ono hundred millions
Of population On this continent OF North
and South Amorica-lG0, 600, 600 and
room for many hundred millions more.
All fora and all fauna, all metals and al
precious woods and al grains and all
fruits. The Appalachian range the back
bono anu the rivers tho ganglia carrying
life all through and out to the extremities,
lsthmus of Darien the narrow waist Of
giant continent 81 10 ha pnden one gov
ernnont ana all FREQ and all Christian and
the scene of Christ's personal reign on
earth Il according 70 the expectation Of
many good people no shall at last set up
his throne in this world Who shall have
this hemisphere-Christ or satan2 Who
shall have the shore of her inland seas, the
silver Of her Nevadas the gold of her Colo
radios, the telescopes OF her observatories,
the brain Of her universities, the wheat Of
her prairies, tho rice Of her savannas, the
two great ocean beaches. the one reaching
from Bafin's bay to Tiorra del Fuego and
the other from Boring strait to Cape
Horn, and all the moral and temporal and
spiritual and everlasting interests Of a
BbRAAtNNANAt NfA7E IVY AAAf tAA AANAAiAlA fhAAEH
tationY Who shall have the hemisphereq
You and 1 will decide that, or help to dc.
eide it, by conscientious vote, by earnest
prayer, by maintenance OF Christian insti-
tptions, by support of great philanthropies,
by putting body, mind and soul on the
right side of all moral religious and ma
tiopal movements
When the Trump Sounds.
All, It will not DO long before it viii
not make any difference 20 you or to me
what becomes Of this continent so far as
earthly comfort is concerned. All we will |
want Of It viii be Z feet by 3, and that
will take in the largest, and there viii be |
room and to spare. That is all Of this |
country we will need very soon-the |
Of US all But VIC have an Rnx
lety about the welfare and tho happiness |
81 the generations thaI arc coming On and |
It will be a grand thing H. when the |
trumpet sounds, we find that |
our sepulcher, like the ono Joseph Of Ari- |
mathea provided for Christ, is in the midst |
Of a garden.
One of the seven wonders Of the world /
was the white marble watch tower Of |
pharos Of hgypt. sostmtus, the architect 4
and sculptor, after building that watch 1
over cut his name on it, Then no COW
cred it with plaster, and, TO please the
king lac put tho monarohs name on the
outside Of the plasteFing, and the storms
beat and the seas dashed in their fury, and
hey washed of the plastering, and they
washed it out, and they washed 1t down,
1ut the pane OF 5ostratus was deep cut in
he ilnperishable rock. So across the face
# this nation there have been great
many names written-across our finances,
.cross our religions, names worthy Of re-
names written on the archi-
eeture Of our churches and our schools
md our Asylums and our homes Of mercy,
mt God IS the architect Of This continent,
md he was the sculptor Of all its gran
leurs and long after-thrpugh he wash Of
Inc ages ana the tempests Of conturies-
III other names shall be obliterated the
livine signature and divine name will be
brighter and brighter as the millpnniuns
20 by, and the world shall SEQ TINT tho
ipd who 4nado this continent has redeemed
t BY his grace from all its sorrows and
rom all Its crimes
Pray For National Welfare.
Have you faith in such a thing as that9
After all the chariots have been unwheeled
md after all the war chargers have been
gippled, the ehariots which elisha saw on
he morning Of his peril will roll on in tri-
imph, followed BYE thearmies Of heaven
n white horses, God cQuld do 1t without
IS but ha will not, The weakest Of us,
he faintest Of us, the smallest Drained Of
ls shall have part IN the triumph. We
nay not have our name, like the name Of
cut in imperishablo rock and
for centuries, but we shall DO
remembered in botter place than that,
ven in the heart Of him who came to re-
eom us and redeem tie world, and our
James will be seen close to tbs signature
4 hls wound, Tor, as today he throws out
lis arms 10 us, he says, Behold, have
raven thee ON tho palms of my hand T"
3y tho mightiest Of all agencies, tho po-
ency of prayer, beg you seek our ma
ional welfare.
Some time ago there were 4, 600, 600 let
ers in the dead letter postofiioe in this city
--letters hat lost their way--hut not ono
lrayep ever directed 70 the heart Of God
niscarried, The way is all clear for tho