The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-05

tell you God is the friend OF this Nation. In
the awful excitement at the massacre OF Lin
coin, when there was prospect that greater
slaughter would open upon this Nation, God
hushed the tempest. In the awful excite
ment at the time OF Garfleld's assassination
God put His foot on the neck OF the cyclone.
To prove God is on the side OF this Nation |
argue from the last eight or nine great Ma
tional harvests, and from the National health
OF the last quarter Of century. epidemlcs
very exceptional. and from the great revi-
walls Of religion. and from the spreading OF
the church OF God, aud from the continent
blossoming with asylums and reformatory
institutions, and from nm Edenization which
promises that this whole land is TO be para
disc, where God shall walk.
am encouraged more than can tell you
as see the regiments wheeling down the
sky, and my ieremiads turn into doxologies,
and that which was the Good Friday OF the
Nations cruoinxlon becomes the Easter
morn OF its resurrection. or course God
works through human instrumeptalities, and
this National betterment Is to come among
other things through sorutlnized ballot
box. BY the law of registration II Is almost
impossible now TO have illegal voting. There
was time--you and I remember Il very
well-when droves OF vagabonds wandered
up and down on Election Day, and from
poll to poll, voted here, aud voted there,
and voted everywhere. and there was
no challenge, or IL there were,
1t amounted TO nothing, because
nothing could SO suddenly be proved upon
the vagabonds. Now, in every we'll or
ganized neighSorhood, every voter is
watched with severest scrutiny. II I am Ia
a region whore / am allowed vote, I must
tell the registrar my name. and how old L
am. and how long I have resided In the
State, and how long have resided In the
ward or the township. and II mlsrepre.
x,it uvtll nj ahut mi a
from heballot box. Il not that great ad-
vance? And then notice the law that pro-
hlbits n man voting IL he has bet on the elec-
tion. A step farther needs to bs taken and
that man forbidden vote who has offered
or taken bribe, whether II be in the shape
OF a free drink. or cash paid down. the
suspicious cases Obliged to put their hand on
the Bible and swear their vote In II they
vote nj oil. SO. through ths sacred chest OF
our Nations suffrage redemption will come.
God will save this Nation through an
aroused moral sentiment. There has never
been so much discussion OF morals and Inn
morals. Men, whether or act they acknowl-
edge what IL 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. dlscoursing eloquently about
dishonesty in public servants. and men with
two or three families OF their own preaching
eloquently about tho beauties OF the seventh
commandment. The question OF sobrlety
and drunkenness Is thrust In the face OF this
Nation as never before and takes part In
our political contests. The question OF Ma
tional soOriety Is going so be respectfully apd
deierentially heard Mt the bar OF every Lesis-
laturs, and every House OF Representatives,,
AMI every State Senate. and an omnipotent
voice win ring down the sky and across this
land and back again, saying to these rising
II xt,nt tab thra ata 10 tvh al m,
homo and church AMI Nation, "rhus far
shalt thou come, but no farther, and here
shall thy proud waves be staid" . e. e.s
have not In my mind shadow Of dis
heartment as large as the shadow OF n house
ily's wing. My faith is In the upper forces,
the upper armies Of the text. God is not
dead. The chariots are not unwhesle1 II
you would only pray more and wash your
eyes in the cool, bright water fresh from the
we'll Of Christian reform, II would be said OF
you, "a OF this one OF the text. 1.-THE Lord
opened the eyes OF the young man, and he
saw. and. behold, the mountain was full OF
horses aud chariots OF fro round a22lt
Elisha" -, ua.1Ess ss--r1ssss : -rl-Isx xrtXySER
Whep the army OF Autigonu5 went into bat
tie. his soldiers we're very much discouraged,
hey rushed up to the general aud said
to hin. "Don'tyou ses we have few forces
aud they have so many2" Aud the soldiers
we're affrighted at the smallness oftheir num-
Der AMI the greatness OF the enemy. Anti
gonus, their commau ier, Strengthened him
self up and said. with Indignation and vehe-
mence, "How many do you reckon mo to
be?" Aud when we see the vast armies ar
rayel against the cause OF sobrety IL
may sometimes be very discouraging, but
ask you in making up your estimate OF the
fOr,eS OF righteOusness-t ask you how many
do you reckon the Lord God Almighty to be?
He Is our cOmmanier. The Lord OF Hosts Is
His name. | have the best authority for say
ing that the chariots Of God are 10000, and
the mountains ara full Of them.
Have you any doubt about the need OF the
Christian religion to purify aud make dec ent
American politics! Al every yearly or
quairenuial election we hav1 In this country
great manufactures manufactures OF lies
and they are run day and night, and they
turn out half dozen a day. all equipped aud
rsaiy for full sailing. Large lies aud small
lies Lies private AMI lies public and lies
prurlent. Lies cut bias and lies cut dag
onaL Long limbel lies and lies with double
back action. Lies complimentary and lies
defamatory. Lies that some people balieve
and lies that all the people balieye, and lies
that nobody believes. Lies with humps like
camels, aud scales like crocodiles, and necks
as long as storks, and feet as swift rs an an
telops's, and stings like adders Lies raw
and scallopei AMI pannei and stewei.
Crawling lies and jumping lies and soaring
lies. Lies with attachment screws and ruff
llers and tratders aud reaiy wound bob
bins. Lies by Christian people who never
lie except during elections, ani lies by peo-
ple who always lie but beat themselves in o
Presidential campaign.
l confess am ashamed to have foreign
or visit this country In such times. should
think he would stand dazei, his hand on his
pocketbook, aud dare not 20 out nights.
What will the hundreds of thousands of for
eigners who CONS here to live think OF US?
what a disgust they must have for the land
of their adoption. The only good thing
about 1t is many OF them cannot understand
the English language. But l suppose the
German aud Italian and Swedish and French
papers translate it all and peidle out the In
| fernal stuff TO the subscribers
Nothing but Christianity will ever stop
such q Hood OF indecency. The Christian
religion will speak after awhile. The bill
lingsgate aud low scandal through which we
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 command, Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy