Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-05-15

none of the hypocrisy and demoraliza-
tion born Of that relation on this side
If the Atlantic. Let that denomination
dome out ahead that does the most for
the cause Of God and humanity, men,,
institutions and religions getting what
they achieve by their own right arm Of
ssefulness and not by the fayoritism Of
government. AS you regard the well
fare and perpetuity Of our institutions,
Keep politics out Of religion.
National Conventions.
But now that am speaking Of ma
slonal affairs from a religious stand
soint 1 bethink myself Of the fact that
two other gavels will soon lift and fall,
the one at st. Louis and the other at
chicago, and before those national con-
Xentions adjourn l ask that they ac-
knowledge God in the platforms. The
nien who construct those platforms are
Aere this morning or will read these
words. Let no political party think it
IAN do its duty unless 1t Acknowledges
hat God who built this continent and
revealed it at the right time to the dis
poverer, and who has reared here
prosperity which has been given to no
lther people. "Oh," says some one,
there are people in this country who
10 not believe in a God, and it would
le an insult to them. Well, there are
people in this country who do not be-
ieve in common dece,cy, or common
honesty, or any hind Of government,
Dreferring anarchy. Your very platform
q an insult to them. You ought not to
egard man who does not believe in
sod any more than you should regard a
nan who refuses to believe in common
,lecency. Your pocketbook is not safe
moment in the presence Of an atheist.
God is the only source Of good govern
hent. Why not, then, say so and let
khe chairman of the committee on reso-
buttons in your national conventions
nke a pen full Of ink and with bold
hand head the document with one sig
hifcant Whereas" acknowledging the
foodness Of God in the past and beg
ring his kindness and protection for
HE future. Why, my friends, this coun-
hy belongs to God, and we ought in ev-
sy possible way to acknowledge IT.
From the moment that, on an October
morning in 1892, Columbus looked over
lhe side If the ship and saw the carved
Itaff which made him think he was
hear an inhabited country, and saw also
4 thorn and cluster Of berries type Of
bur history ever since, the piercing sor-
lows and cluster Of national joys, until
This hour our country has been bounded
pn the north, south, east and west by
the goodness Of God. The Huguenots
look possession Of the Carolinas in the
name Of God William Penn settled
Philadelphia in the name Of God. The
Hollanders took possession Of New York
In the name of God. The pilgrim IA
Ihers settled New England in the name
Of God. Preceding the first gun OF
Bunker Hill, at the voice Of prayer all
heads uncovered.
In the war Of 1912 an officer came TO
Eeneral Andrew jackson and said:
There is an unusual noise in the camp.
It ought to be stopped" General Jack
bon said, "What is the noise!' The
officer said, 1T is the voice Of prayer
and praise" Then the general said:
"God forbid that prayer and praise
Ihould be an unusual noise III the en-
sampment. You had better go and join
them. " Prayer at Valley Forge. Prayer
1t Monmouth. Prayer at Atlanta. Pray
er at South Mountain Prayer at Gettys-
burg. "Oh," says some intidel, the
northern people prayed on one side, the
the southern people prayed on the other
ide, and so it did not amount to any
thingr' And have heard good Chris
han people confounded with the in1del
uatement, when it is as plain to me as
ny right hand. Yes, the northern peo-
pie prayed in one way, and the southern
people prayed in another way, and God
answered in his own way, giving TO the
north the re-establishment Of the gov
trnment and giving to the south larger
opportunities, larger than she had ever
bnticipated-the harnessing Of her rivers
In great manufacturing interests, until
The Mobile and the Tallapoosa and the
| chattahoochee are southern Merrlmacs
md the unrolling of great southern
mines of coal and iron, Of which the
world knew nothing, and opening be-
lore her opportunities Of wealth which
will give so per cent more Of afiuence
lhan she ever possessed, and, instead OF
The black hands Of American slaves,
there are the more industrious black
hands Of the coal and iron mines Of The
puth, which are achieving for her fab
nlous and unimagined wealth.
And there are domes Of white blossoms where
spread the white tents.
Ind there are plows in the track where the
| war wagons went,
Ind there arr songs where they hited up
| Rachel's lament.
LincoIn's Prayer.
Oh. YOU are a stupid man if you dc
not understand how God answered
Abraham Lincoln's prayer in the White
House, and Stonewall Jackson's prayer
h the saddle, and answered all the
prayers Of all the cathedrals on both
ndes Of Mason and Dixon's line Gods
country all the way past, Gods country
bow! Put his name in your pronuncia'
nentos. Put his name on your ensignsl
Put his name on your city and state
And national enterprises! Put his name
h vour hearts. We cannot sleep well
he last sleep until we are assured that
Ihe God Of our American institutions IN
Ehe past will be the God Of our Ameri'
IAN institutions in the days that are &c
some. Oh, when all the rivers th't emp
" into Atlantic and Pacific seas shall
pull on factory bands; when all the
treat mines of gold and silver and iror
md coal shall be laid bare for the ma
hon; when the last swamp shall be re
llaimed, and the last jungle cleared
md the last American desert Edenzed
md from sea to sea the continent shal
le occupied by more than /, 200, 600, OO'
ouls, may it be found that moral an'
eliqious influences were multiplied II
uore rapid ratio than the population
ind then there shall be four doxoiogie
oming from north and south and eas