Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-03-13


took him back again, more fayorite
than he had ever been; but, coming
again, he is on earth now, and the ma
tions are gathering to his standard. Fol-
lowing him were the Scotch covenanters,
the Theban legion, the victims Of the
London Haymarket, the Piedmontese
sufferers, the Pilgrim fathers, the Hu.
euenots, and uncounted multitudes OF
the past, Joined by about 400, 900, 600 Of
the present, and with the certainty that
all nations shall huzza at his chariot
wheel he goes forth, the moon under
his feet and the stars of heaven for his
tiara-the mighty leader, he of Drum
clog and Boutwell, Bridge and Bannock-
burn and the one who whelmed Spanish
armada, Coming up from Edom, with
dyed garments from Bozrah, travelling in
the greatness Of his strength, mighty to
save" and behind whom we fall into
line today and march in the campaign
that is TO take America for God. Hosan-
nal Hosannal Wave all the palm
branches At his feet put down your sill
YER and your gold, as in heaven you
will cast before him your ooronets.
The Leader Assures Victory.
With such leader, do you not think
we can do it? Say, do you think we can?
Why, many ramparts have already been
taken. Where is American slavery?
Gone. and the south, as heartily as the
north. prays, "Peace 10 its ashes. "
Where is bestial polygamy? Gone by the
fat of the United States government,
urged on by Christian sentiment, and
Mormonism, having retreated in 1880
from Fayette, N. Y, to Kirkland, o.,
and in 1888 retreated 20 Missouri, and
in 1916 retreated to Salt Lake City, now
divorced from its superhuity Of wives,
will soon retreat into the Pacific, and
no basin smaller than an ocean could
wash out its pollutions. llliteracy 60
ing down under the work of Slater and
Peabody funds and Sabbath schools of
all the churches of all denominations
Pugilism, now made unlawful by con-
pressional enactment, the brutal custom
knocked out in the first round COrrup-
ton at tbs ballot box, by law Of regis
tration and other safeguards, made al
most impossiblel Churches twice as
large as the old ones, the enlarged sup
ply to meet the enlarged demand Nj
hilism, getting a stunning stroke by the
summary execution Of its opponents after
they had murdered the policemen in
Chicago. received its deatbblow from
the recent treaty which sends back to
Russia the blatant criminals who had
been regurgitated on our American
shore. The very things that have been
quoted as perils to this nation are going
to help its salvation. Great cities, so
often mentioned as great obstacles-the
center of crime aDd the reservoirs OF all
iniouities-are to lead in the work OF
gospelization. Who give most to home
missions, to asylums, to religious edu-
cation, to all styles Of humanitarian
and Christian institutions? The cities.
From what places did the most relief
70 at the time Of Jamestown flood, and
Michigan fires. and Charleston earth
quake. and Ohio freshets? From the
cities. From what place did Christ send
ont his 70 apostles TO gospelize the worldF
From a city. What place will do more
than any other place, by its contribution
of Christian men and women and means,
in this work of taking America for GodF
New York city. The way Paris goes.
goes France. The way Berlin goes, goes
Germany. The way Edinburgh goes,
goes Scotland. The way London goes,
goes England. The way New York and
a couple other cities go, goes America.
May the Eternal God wake us up TO the
stupendous issuel
Joy of Giving.
Another thing quoted pessimistically
is the vast and overlapping fortunes in
this country. and they say it means
concentrating wealth and luxuriousness
and display and moral ruin. 1t Is my
observation that it is people who have
but limited resources who make the
most splurge and ask you, Who are en-
downing colleges and theological semi
naries? Did you ever hear Of Peter Coop
er and James Lenox. and sainted VIII
liam E. Dodge, and the LawreDees.
Amos and Abbott, while l refrain from
mentioning living benefactors who,
quite as generous and Christian, are in
this assembly at this moment planning
what they can do in these days, and III
their last will and testament in tins
campaign that proposes taking America
for God? The widows mite, hoDored Of
the Lord, is to have its part in this con-
tinental capture, but we must have
more than that, and more right away.
Many of the men that expect to get the
blessing for bestowing the widow S mite
will not get the blessing. In the first
place, they are not widows, and in the
next place, they have no might.
The time is coming-hasten it, Lord
and think you and l will see it,
when, as Joseph, the wealthy Arima-
thaan, gave for the dead Christ costly
mausoleum, the affiuent men and wom'
en- of this country will rise in their
strength and build for our King, one
Jesus, the throne Of this American con-
tineDt.
Another thing quoted for disco ,rage-
ment, but which 1 quote for encourage
ment, is foreign immigration. Now that
from Castle Garden we turn back by
the first poor ship the foreign vagabond-
ism, we are getting people, the vast
majority Of whom come to make an
honest living. among them some Of the
bravest and the best. If you should turn
back from this land to Europe the for
eign ministers OF the gospel, and the
foreign attorneys, and the foreign mer-
chants, and the foreign philanthropists,
what robbery Of our pulpits, our court
rooms, our storehouses and our benefi-
cent institutions, and what a putting
back Of every monetary, merciful, moral
and religious interest Of the land This
commingling here of all nationalities
under the blessing of God will produce
in 70 or 100 years the most magnificent
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