The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-29

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tho,i,y. The >u,re,h government
Ia in the disot e. NE to obey
law. The woiS ttn of an rchy 10 that
which degrades cu nigh ot'icinls in the
opinions of tho people. The reckless
abuse of politicians heaped on the Presi-
dent OF the United States carries ruin
in it. He holds the sacred rights and
destiny of seventy millions Of people. lie
should be clothed with the sacred regard
of all true Americans, and so he is.
Again. this day is a recognition Of
divine superintendency. No man can
solve our history if he leaves out the
fact Of divine superintendency. His
aims have always been the deepest fact
of history Atheism can not solve these
problems. The God who holds the stars
above, holds the star under which you
slumber This world is not the creation of
chance nor the slave of fatalism. God
rules.
This is a national day and l wish to
call your attention to national blessings,
We should be thankful for the vastness
Of our country and the mission it has
been called to serve This is the home
of the common people 1t is Gods trial
of them II was their cries that opened
it up. We are all common people. Geor-
gia the best State in the South, was
colonized with criminals; some of the fair
women Of Virginia are the offspring Of
girls sold as wives for hundred pounds
of tobacco; New England was settled
by the poor, and so was this State. But
this is the common mans country and
here he rises to greatness. We have
very many social and civil problems to
solve for the world. Here the idea Of a
Republican form of government is to be
settled. AS yet it is an experiment.
A century cannot settle such a deep
question. This is the battle ground of
the coming centuries.
We can never be grateful enough for
the church. From it we get all that is
best and surest i'm our land. There is
a growing class of church haters in this
land. They lose no opportunity to sneer
at the church. and like Voltaire they seek
to enthrone the politicians above the
preacher, and the platform above the gos-
pei. They would have us worship the
State instead of the Son OF God. The
preachers of America have done more to
civilize it than all the armies and sheriffs.
There is not a road on all this vast con-
tinent along which the preacher has not
sung, prayed and wept. He has turned
the hills into temples of worship, and
made the valleys echo with the sound of
the gospel trumpet The first ray Of
the morning sun falls on the spire of Old
Trinity and the day dies upon the spire
of temple in San Francisco. Woe to
the hand that smites the churchl
Through it the nation is to get its best
promises.
We should be thankful for material
wealth. We complain, and men tell us
that the country is bankrupt. Yet we
dress better and live better than at any
other time. Our poverty is the poverty
Of the miser, it complains in the shadow
of bursting barns. A sane, healthy
pauper in America is a criminal Millions
Of acres are begging men to touch them
and live. The South is a great country
for lazy people. 1t can feed more people
with less work than any land on earth.
1t is d sin to complain amid such fields.
Take your last meal from the hills, and
dying snatch from the valley the sweet
est flowers to lay at the feet OF God.
/ want to remind you Of some things
we need. In the South we must outgrow
sectionalism. There are men who will
never leave Appomattox. We foster
feelings that weigh us down. We nurse
prejudices and foster local ideals. We
must rise to that great height Of patriot
ism that loves Maine as well as Caro-
lima. We must carry in us that breadth
of spirit that obliterates the Mason and
Dixon line The warmth Of Southern
patriotism must melt the ice Of Maine
and plant the flowers Of Florida in the
yards OF the North. l am glad to feel
that / could dine with the Son Of Grant
beneath the trees under which Lee sur
rendered his tired veterans. This is no
time to feed passion and nurse narrow
ness. Men must be Americans rather than
Carolinians. He whose great soul
swept the nations OF the earth with its
love calls us to spirit unbounded by
rivers, lakes and seas
We need a heightened and true jour
nalism. Not papers that dump into our
homes the gossip Of the land. We need
papers that can treat enemies fairly, and
see the right in an opponent. We have
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provoking journalism. 1t is time to call
these papers to repentance.
We need larger educational facilities
and better free schools. We need better
type OF educators. But above all. we
need q faith eternally fixed in God.
Mr.. Sayford, Of Massachusetts, repre-
senting the Amherst Students Move
ment closed Friday a very profitable
three-days' religious meeting.
The college community were made glad
Friday by a visit from Dr. A. d. Belts,
OF the North Carolina Conference. His
short but impressive talk at prayers Fri
day morning was productive Of much
good.
Friday morning about 7:30 o'clock, the
barn and stables Of Capt w. X. Par
| IRISH, fourteen miles from Durham were
entirely consumed by fire In addition