The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-11

until God settles It, This question of tar
iI and free trade will never be settled un-
This question between the east and the
west IVES which Is ,d getting n r9
republic rep 5'0 Of the SH' Pacific. viii not
be settled until God settles 1T. We needed
God In the one hundred and twenty years
OF our past national life. and we Will need
him still more i'm the next one hundred
and twenty years. Lift up your heads,
We everlasting gates of our glorious con-
sutution, and let the king of glory come
I'M Make one line Of that immortal doc
ument radiant with omnipOtence! Spell
at least one word with thrones! At the
beginning, or at the close or in the center,
recognize him from whom as nation we
have received all the blessing OF the past
and upon whom we are dependent Tor the
future Print that word God" or
Lord" or Eternal Father" or Ruler
of Nations" somewhere between the first
word and the last. The great eXpounder
of the constitution sleeps at Marshheid,
Massachusetts, the Atlantic ocean sun
humming near his pillow of dust its pro-
ionged lullaby; but is there not some one
now living, who. in the white marble pal
ace OF the nation on yonder hill, not ten
minutes away. viii become the irradiator
of the constitution by causing TO be added
the most tremendous word of our English
vocabulary, the name of that being before
whom all nations must bow or go into de-
feat and annihilation,-''G
Again, before the approaching adjourn
ment Of our American congress, II ought
to be decidedly and forever settled that
no appropriations be made TO sectarian
Schools. and that the courtship between
church and state in this country be for
ever broken up. That question already
seems temporarily settled. / wish II might
be completely and forever settled. All
schools and all institutions, as well as
all denominations, should stand on the
same level before American law. En-
peror Alexander Of Russia, at his Peter
hof palace, asked me how many denomi-
nations of religion there were in Amer
lea, and | recited their names as well
as l could. Then he asked me the differ
down. But when / told him that no re-
ligious denomination in America had any
privileges above the others, he could hard-
~ understand it, The Greek church first
in Russia. The Lutheran church first in
Germany. The Episcopal church first in
England. The Catholic church first in
Rome Northumberland first in Constan-
tinople. The emperor wondered now 1t
was possible that all the denominations
in America could stand on the same plat
form. But so II Is, and so let II ever
be- Let there be no preference, no par
TALLY, no attempt TO help one sect an
inch higher than another Washington
and jefferson and all the early PreSl-
dents and all the great statesmen of the
past. have lifted their voice against any
such tendency. If a school or an IN
stitution cannot stand without the prop
of national appropriation, then let that
school or that institution go down. on
the other side of the sea the world has
had plenty of Illustrations of church and
state united Let us have none of the
hypocrisy and decentralization born of that
relation on this side of the Atlantic.
Let that denomination come out aneau
that does the most for the cause of God
and humanity Men, institutions and re-
ligions getting what they achieve by their
own right arm of usefulness, and not
by the favoritism of government. As you
regard the welfare and perpetuity OF our
Institutions, keep politics out OF religion.
But now, that l am speaking OF nation
al affairs from religious standpoint, De
think myself of the fact that two other
gaVels will soon lift and fall, the one at
CT Chicago.
before those national conventions adj
iourn I ask that they acknowledge God
in the platforms. The men who construct
those platforms are here this morning or
will read these words Let no political par
ty think it can do its duty unless it ac-
knowledges that God VINO built this con-
tinent and revealed 1t at the right time
to the discoVerer, and who has reared here
a prosperity which has been given TO no
other people. OH says some one, there
are people in this country who do not
believe in a God, and IL would be an insult
to them" Well, there are people in this
country who do not DelleVe IN common de-
cency, or common honesty or any kind
of government, preferring anarchy. Your
very platform is an insult TO them. You
ought not to regard man who does not
believe in God any more than you should
regard a man who refuses to believe in
common decenCy. You pOcket-book is not
safe a moment in the presence of an athe-
list God is the only source Of good govern
ment. Why not, then, say SO, and let the
chairman of the committee on reSolu-
lions in your national conventions take
a pen fun of ink and with bold hand head
the document with one significant Where
as acknowledging the goodness of God
in the past, and begging his kindness and
protection for the future. Why, my
friends, the country belongs to God, and
we ought in every possible way to ac-
knowledge it. From the moment that, on
an October morning, in 1892. Columbus
looked over the side of the ship and saw
the carved staff which made him think
he was near an inhabited country and
saw also thorn and a cluster of berries
type of our history ever since. the pierre
| ing sorrows and cluster of national joys,
until this hour our country has been
! bounded on the north, south, east and
west by the goodness of God. The Hugue-
nors took possession of the Carolinas i'm
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 Faith
ers settled New England, in the name of
God Preceding the first gun of Bunker
Hill, at the voice of prayer all heads un-
covered. In the war of 1872 an officer
came to Gen. jackson and said: There
is an unusual noise in the camp; it ought
to 2v be stopP PED o,I Gen jackson said:
| 1T is the voice of prayer and praise. -
| Then the general said God forbid that
| prayer and praise should be an unusual
noise in the encampment. You had bet-
ter so and join them" PRAYER at Val
| ley Forge. Prayer at Monmouth PRAYER
| at Atlanta. Prayer at South Mountain.
Prayer at Gettys burg. oh" SAYS some
: infdel, the northern people praved on
one side and the southern people nraved
| ON the other side, and so it did not amount
TO anything" And L have heard good
Christian people COMPOUNDED with the in
ndei statement when it is as plain to me
as my right hand. Yes; the northern peo-
PIE prayed IN one way, and the southern
people prayed in another way and CoJ
answered in his own way. giving to me
| nofIn me re-es adjustment of the gov
ernment and giving to the south larger
opportunities larger than she had ever