Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-06

When Tie army OF Antigonus went
into battle, his soldiers wsre very much
discouraged, and they rushed up to tho
general and said TO him, "Don't you
zee we have q few forces and they have
60 many more?" And the soldiers woro
aGrighted at the smallness Of theirunm-
ber and tho greatness Of tho enemy.
Antigonus, their commando, a.raight-
ened himself up and said, with indigna-
tion and vehemence, "How many 60 y0u
reckon me to be-" And when We eco
the vast armies arrayed against tho
cause OF sobriety Il may sometimes 30
very diScouraging, but I ask you in
making up your estimate Of tie forces
Of righteousness-I ask Jon loY meny
do you reckon the Lord God tImlgHY
10 be? de is cur commando. -Ia --r-
Of Hoats is his name. Ila7c sae ll3
authority Tor saying that tho chaiic2 "
God are 20, coo. aud the mountains arc
full Of them.
Have you any doutt Ebous the seed
OF the Christian religion TO purity and
mako decent American poli.icsl At g.
cry yearly CT auadEennial election wo
ha7o in this country great manuIactories
--manuiactcries q lies-and they ara
Zun DAY and night, snd they turn ous
half G dozen q dag, al equipped and
ready Tor 2ull sailing. Largo lies and
small lies. LieI private ana lies public
and lies prurient. Lies ca. biaI and le5
sut diagonal Long limbsd liss aud lies
with double back action. Lis5 conpli-
mentsry and lies defanatory Lies th0s
aome psoDlo believe and lies that all thu
people believe, and lics that nobody be-
loys5 Liss with humps ike cameis, and
0cales ike srooOdiles, and necks a. long
cs storks, and fso5 20 avis az ca ante
icpo'a, and atings like addorl. Lies raw
aud fcalloped and canned and fleWed.
Crawlizg lies ard Jumping lies oud
soaring lice. Liss with attachment
ccrewg and ruflsrs and braiders and
ready woszd tObbiaA Lies By Chriltian
psoDls vhe nsyeE lie szcspt during slec-
SioaG, ara lies By ps0pls who always lie,
bss koaA themselves Ia a pEssidsRsiAl
osapaign-
i 1sB1a2 Torso
= ooniess ara ashanGd 70 haTo q for
eigaeg vista shis eOsniEy IA Guch timea.
3 shsulA thiak he veald stana dazsd,
bis hand on ais pocketoook, and dsrS
nos CO sab nights. What will the huE-
drsds CT thousands oE foreigncr5 VEo
como here 70 h7o think Of usi VIA.
disgust they must hayo for the land q
their adoption. The cnly good thing
about 1t IS many o. them csnu0. uude--
stand the English language. But ! sup
pose ths German and Italian aud Swed-
ish and French pHpo-s translate IL al
and peddlo oas the internal c.ud TO tAo
subscribers.
Nothing bus ChEirtianity Will sycr
stop such food o. indccercy. The
Christian religion will speak after
awhile. The billingsgate ard low scandal
through which ve wade every ycar c.
every four years Euss ID Esbuked u
Shat religion which speaks from its two
g-eot the one mountain
!ntoning the command, "Ibou shait not
bear false witness against thy nai g-bor,"
and from tne other mount malalg plea
Ior kindness and blessing rather tlaa
cursiug. Yes, W0 are going TO baYo
national religion. There aIe two s.lls
CT national religion. The cuessuplort-
Cd By tho state, and Is matter OK Lu-
man politics, and il las great patronage,
and under Il men viii stl-go lcr
prominence without reference % lla---
fca.ions, and its archbishop isGlg. cr.ad
by salary OF $4,000 year, ard Lefs
arc greas cathedTas, with al tho ma'
chinory Of music eud caucuical, and
room fcr thousand people, yct 90 az
6ience Of fifty people, OF twenty people,
OF tea or two. Wewant oiuc-fe..fioa
az that, Nc such national Io a5
va H.st this kind q nat.C-.l le.
tho vast majority of TIE I-.r.e c---
vartcd and ev2-golized--and .lcl t--Y
will manage the eeeular as gsA ~ Ia
golisioVG
% yea cay thss this is imDractioablei
Ee The time g coming just as cer-
saialy % thcro IL Goa and that this -
bis book, end that lie has tho strength
and the honesty 70 fuldl bis promises
Ore q the ancient enipercrs vscd 70
prids himseR on performing that which
his eounsalora said was impossible, and
hays 10 tell yoa today .ha. mana i'm
possible. arc Gods aasieo. "Hath ~
said. and shall ne r0S DO itf Hath la
commanded, and viii he not brlng it 70
paasi" Tha Christian religion IS coming
to take possession q every ballot box, oi
every schoolhouse, Of evey home, o. e.
sry valley, of every movntain, Ct every
csro q eay uatioaal dsBlzin. This na-
Hoa, notwithstanding oil tAe evil inna-
eDcss shat arc trying 70 dessroy It. u
geins 80 live 80,
EsveT sineo, according 20 Join NIL
ten. vh1n "sstaa Was huRled hsadlon3
gazaiaz IRON shs ethereal skies in bid
eoaa ypiA ozd eoGsbsstion doWR, have
tho oovors ef dsEknsss been 70 dsssE-
mixed ~ win tais eossiRsct as nov.
What fsuol Is ia jevel sNrvea Ia
rolio4. tAo oaraso eE this planet Ga
ono siae e2 "a tAo Atlantic ocesD, divid'
Ing rs SSoa tho vogrert government
Of Exroso On thO eshar eide the Pseihe
tcsaa, dividing N Eoa Aho supeEsu-
tions Of AsiA On ths Eozth q ~ ths
arctic sss, which Is tho gymnasium IN
which tho explorers and nGYiSators &C.
yelop gheir courage A continent lO,6OO
miles long, l7ooo,o coo square miles,
and all Of it but about one-Geyenth oala-
BE Of rich cultivation. One hundred
millions OF popglation On this continens
OF North sld South America-lCo,O OOO,-
600, and room for many hundred nil
lions more. All fora and all fauna all
metals and all precious woods, and al
grains and all fruits. Tho ApPaiachion
range ths backbone, and the riye-s the
Ranslia carrying lifO ali throOSA ana
oEs 10 ths extreInities, isthmus ok
DArisn, sbe narrow waist Of giant con-
sipeut, all 50 b under one government
ond all FREQ, and oil Christian, and tho
scene Of Chriss's personal reign Oh earth
II, sseordinR to the expectation of many
good psople, ho shsli as last set Up hlS