The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-12-11

if, according to the expectation Of many
good people, he shall at last set up his
throne in this world. Who shall have
this hemisphere, Christ or satan: Who
shall have the shore Of her inland seas,
the silver of her Nevadas, the gold OF
her Colorados, the telescopes of her OBJ
seryatories, tho brain of her universities,
tho wheat of her prairies, tho rice OF hef
sayannas, the two great ocean beaches
tho one reaching from Bafiin's bay to
TERRA del Fuogo, and tho other from
Bering strait to Cape Horn-and all
the moral and temporal and spiritual
and everlasting interests of a population
vast beyond all human computation!
Who shall hare the hemisphere: You
and I will dCci;io that, or help to de-
cido it, by conscientious vote, by earnest
prayer, by maintenance CT Christian III
stitutions, by support Of great phlIan-
thropies, by putting body, mind and
soul on the right side of all moral, re-
ligious and national movements.
The final Needs.
Ah, it will not make any difference
to you or to mo what becomes Of this
continent, SO far as earthly comfort is
concerned. All wo will want Of it will
be 7 feet by 3, and that will take in
the largest, and there will be room and
to spare That is all Of this country we
will need very soon-the youngest Of US
all. But we have an anxiety about the
welfare and the happiness Of the genera
tions that are coming on, and it Will be
a grand thing if, when the archangeIs
trumpet sounds, we find that our
sepulchre, like the ono Joseph Of Arima-
thea provided for Christ, is il the
midst CT garden.
Ono Of the seven wonders Of the world
was the white marble watch tower Of
pharos Of Egypt. Sostratus, tie archi-
tect and sculptor, after building that
watch tower, cut his name Oh 1t. Then
he covered it with plaster, and topiease
the king he put the monarch's name On
the outside of the plastering, and the
storms beat and the seas dashed in their
fury, and they washed off tho plaster
ing, and they washed it out, and they
washed it down, but the name of Sos
tratus was deep cut in the imperishable
rock. So across the face Of this nation
there have been great many names
written, across our finances, across our
religions, names worthy Of remembrance,
names written On the architecture of our
churches, and our schools, and our asy-
lums, and our homes of mercy, but God
is the architect of this continent, and he
was the sculptor of all its grandeurs,
and long after-through the wash Of the
ages and the tempests of centuries-all
other names shall be obliterated the
divine signature and divine name will
be brighter and brighter as the millen-
NUNS 60 by, and the world shall see
that the God who made this continent
has redeemed it by his grace from all
it's sorrows and from all its crimes
The Mightiest Agency.
Have you faith in such thing as
that? After all the chariots have been
unwheeled, and after all the war char
gers have been crippled, the chariots
which Elisha saw on the morning Of his
peril will roll on in triumph, followed
by all the armies of heaven on white
horses. God could do it without US, but
he will not. The weakest Of Us, the
faintest Of US, the smallest Drained OF
US, shall have q part IN the triumph.
We may not have our name, like the
name of SCstratuS, cut in impcrishable
rock and conspicuous for centuries, but
wo shall be remembered III better
place than that, even III the heart CT
him who came to redeem Us and redeem
the world, and our names will be seen
close to the signature Ct his wound, for,
as today hc throws ont his arms TO Us,
ho says, "Behold, have craven thee
on tie palms Of my hand" By tho
mish;icSt cf al agencies, the potency Of
prayer, beg you seek our national vel
fare.
Some time ago there were 1900, coo
letters in tho dead letter p0st0fiioe in
this city-lettcrs that lest their way
Int not one prayer ever directed 10 the
heart of God miscarried. Tie way is all
clear for the ascent of your supplica-
tiors heavenward in behalf Of this ma
tion. Before the postal communication
was so easy, and long ago On rock 100
feet high en- the coast of England there
was barrel fastened to post, and in
great letters on the side CT tie rock, SO
it coulG be seen far out at sea, were the
words "PostofIice,n and when ships
came by boat put ont to take and fetch
letters. And 50 sacred were those de-
posts Of affection IN that barrel that 10
lock was ever put upon that barrel, al
though it contained messages for Amer
lea and Europe and Asia and Africa
and al the Islands of the sea. Many a
storm tossed sailor, homesick, got mes
sages Of kindness By that rock, and
many homestead heard good news
from boy long gone. Would that all
the heights of our national prosperity
wero in interchange OF sympathies-
prayers going up meeting blessings com
ing down, postal celestial, rot by
storm struck rock on wintry coast,
but by the Rock of Ages.