The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-03-21

mighty 70 save" and behind whom We
fall into line to-day and march In the
campaign that Is TO take America for
God. Hosanna! Hosannal Wave all the
palm branchesl At His feet put down
your silver and your gold, as In Heav-
en- you viii cast before Him your cor
onets.
The very things that have been
quoted rs perils to this nation are
going to help It's salvation. Great
cities, SO often mentioned as great OBJ
stacles-the center of crime and the
reservoirs of all iniquities-are to lead
in the work of Gospelization. Who give
most to home missions, to asylums, to
religious education, to all styles of hui
manitarian and Christian institutions?
The cities. From what places did the
most relief go at the time of Johns
town food, and Michigan fires, and
Charleston earthquake, and Ohio fresh
cts? From the cities. From what place
did Christ send out His twelve apostles
to Gospelize the world? From a city.
What place will do more than any
other place, by its contribution Of Chris
tian men and women and means, In
this work of taking America for GodP
New York city. The way Paris goes,
goes France. The way Berlin goes,
Germany. The way Edinburgh goes,
goes Scotland. The way London goes,
goes England. The way New York
and couple other cities 60, COOS Amer
lea. May the eternal God wake US up
to the stupendous issue
Another thing quoted pessimistically
is the vast and overlapping fortunes
In this country, and they say 1t means
concentrated wealth, and luxurious
ness, and display, and moral ruin. II
is my observation that tits the people
who have but limited resources who
make the most splurge, and l ask you,
Who are endowing colleges and
theological seminaries? Did you ever
hear of Peter Cooper, and James
Lonox, and sainted William E. Dodge,
and the Lawrences, 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 in their last will
and testament in this campaign that
proposes taking America for God? The
widows mite, honored Of the Lord, is
to have it's part in this continental
that, and more right away. Many OF
the men that expect to get the blessing
for bestowing the widows 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 add l will see it,
when, as Joseph, the wealthy Arima-
thean, gave for the dead Christ n cost
ly mausoleum, the affiuent men and
women of this country will rise in
their strength and build for our King,
our Jesus, the throne of this American
But now what are the weapons by
which, under our omnipotent leader,
the real obstacles in the way of our
country's evangelization, the 10000
mile Sebastopols, are to be levsled?
The first columbiad, with range
enough to sweep from eternity to
eternity, is the Bible, millions of its
copies going out, millions on millions
this, the monarch of books, that has
made all the difference between China
and the United States, between Africa
and America; book declaring
in every style of phraseology that
all nations are to be converted, and
does not that include our nation? II
the Apocalyptic angel is to fly across
the continents, will he not fly across
this continent? The worst insult
could offer you would be to doubt
your veracity, and shall we doubt
Gods promise? Then there are all the
Gospel batteries, manned by 10000 pas
tors and home missionaries, over the
head of each one of whom is the shield
of Divine protection, and in the RICH
hand of each one the cleaning, two
edged sword of the Infininite Spiritl
Hundreds of thousands of private SOL
diers for Christ, marching under the
one-starred, blood-striped flag OF Inn
manuel!
! They are marching on! Episcopa cy,
with the sublime roll of its liturgies;
Methodism, with its battle cry of The
sword of the Lord and John Wesley"
the Baptist church, with it's glorious
navy sailing up our Oregons and Sac
ramentos and Mississippis; and Pres
byterianism, moving on with the bat
tie cry of THE sword of the Lord and
John Knox"
And then, after awhile, will come
the great tides of revival, sweeping
over the land, the 100000 conversions
in 1857 eclipsed by tho salvation
of millions in a day, and the
four American armies of the Lords
host marching toward each other, the
eastern army marching west, the west
ern army marching east, the northern
army marching south, the southern
army marching north; shoulder to
shoulderl Tramp! Tramp! Trampl
Until they meet midcontinent, having
taken America for God!
The thunder of the bombardment il
alreadv in the air and when the las