The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-10-09

closed there was an interruption p
tia ceremonies. and our dead nation
rose from its mortuary surroundings.
God had made for it special kesur-
rection day, and cried: Come ior.ns
thou Repub lic Of Westinghouse and John
Adams, and Thomas jefferson, ana
patrick Henry, and John Hancock,
and Daniel Webster, and .. .. fren
tiss, and Henry Clay. Come for.n'
And she came forth, to DC stron-
GER than she had ever been. Her
mightiest properties have come
since that time. Who would want 10
push back this country to what II was
in 1850 or 1850? But, oh! what hign
gate, what strong gate she .hao 70
push back before she could make ono
step in advance! Gate OF namel pee
Norfolk navy yard, and Columbia, ana
Chambersburg, and Charleston on nre'
Gate of bayonets! See glitterlng rlnes
and carbines fash from the Sus-
ouehanna, and The James, TO the
Mississippi and the Arkansas! Gate OF
heavy artillery, making the mountains
of Tennessee and Kentucky ana VT
GINA tremble as though the eartn NC
self were struggling in its last agony.
The gate was SO fiery and so red that
/ can think Of nothing more approprl.
ate than to take the suggestion OF
Isaiah in the text and call it gate OF
carbuncles.
This country has been for the most
part of its history passing through
crises, and after each crisis was better
off than before it entered 1t, and now
we are another crisis We are told on
one hand that if gold is kept as q
standard and silver is not elevated,
confidence will be restored and this
nation will rise triumphant from all
the financial umisfortunes that
have been affecting us. On
the other hand, we are
told that if the free coinage OF silver
is allowed, all the wheels Of business
will revolve, the poor man will have Q
better chance, and all our industries
will begin to hum and roar. During
the last six presidential elections
have been urged to enter the political
arena. but never have and never will
turn the pulpit in which I preach into
political stump. Every minister
must do as he feels called to do, and
I will not criticise him for doing what
he considers his duty; but all the POI
litical harangues from pulpits from
now until the Sd of November will not
in all the United States change ono
vote, but will leave many ears stopped
AGAINST ANYTHING that such clegrymen
may utter the rest OF their lives.
AS general rule, the laymen
of churches understand politics
better than the clergy, because
they (the laymen) study politics
more than the clergy, and have better
opportunity of being intelligent on
those subjects But good morals, hon
esty, loyalty, Christian patriotism. and
the Ten OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES we
| must preach. God says distinctly in
the Bible: "The silver and the gold are
| mine" and He will settle the con-
troyersy between those two metals.
If ever this country needed Divine
| rescue it needs it now. Never within
nv memory have SO many people lit
erally starved to death as in the past
few months Have you noticed in the
newspapers how many men and women
| here and there have been found dead
the post mortem examination stating
| that the cause of death was hunger'
There is not day that we do not heal
the crash of some great Commercial
establishment, and as a consequence
many people are thrown out CT EN-
ployment. Among what we consid
cred comfortable homes have conn
priyation and close calculation and al
economy that kills. Millions of people
who say nothing about it are at thi
moment at their wits end. There ar
millions of people who do not wan
charity, but want work. The cry ha
gone up to the ears OF the "Lor'
of Sabbath" and the prayer viii
he heard and relief will come
If we have nothing better to de
pend on than American politics, relic
will never come. Whoever is electe
to the presidency, the wheels OF go,
. eminent turn so slowly, and caucus
wonder white building on the hill ma
> tie the hands of any president. Nov
though we who live in the District c
: !, Colum bia can not vote, we can pra,
!. !. and roy prayer day and night sha
! be: ''Oh, God. hear the cry
the souls from under the alta
Thou who hast brought the whes
and corn of this season to sue
= magnitude of supply, give food
man and beast. Thou who hadst M
where to lay Thy head, pity the she
!, terless. Thou who has brought to pc
= lection the cotton of the south and u
fax of the north. clothe the make