News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14


revealed it at the right time to the dis.
coyerer, and who has reared here q
prosperity which has been given to no
other people "Oh," says some one,
"there are people i'll this country who
do not believe i'll God, and it would
be an insult to them. Well, there are
people in this country who do not be-
lieve in common dece,cy, or common
honesty, or any kind of government,
preferring anarchy. Your very platform
is an insult to them. You ought not to
regard a man who does not believe in
God any more than you should regard
man who refuses to believe in common
decency. Your pocketbook is not safe a
moment i'll the presence of an atheist
God is the only source of good govern
mept Why not, then, say so and let
the chairman of the committee ON reso-
buttons in your national conventions
take pen full of ink and with bold
hand head the document with one Zig
nificant whereas" acknowledging the
goodness of God in the past and beg
ging his kindness and protection for
the future. Why my friends, this coun-
try belongs TO God, and we ought in ev-
cry possible way to acknowledge it.
From the moment that, on an October
morning i'll 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 cluster of berries type of
our history ever since, the piercing sor-
rows 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 Huguenots
took possession of the Carolinas i'll the
name Of God. William Penn settled
Philadelphia in the name Of God The
Hollanders took possession Of New York
i'll the name Of God The pilgrim ia
Tiers 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
General Andrew jackson and said
'"There is an unusual noise in the camp
1t ought to be stopped" General Jack
son said, "What is the noise?' The
officer said, ct is the voice Of prayer
and praise. Then the general said:
God forbid that prayer and praise
should be an unusual noise i'll the ell
campment. You had better go and join
them" Prayer at Valley Forge. Prayer
at Monmouth. Prayer at Atlanta. Pray
er at South Mountain. Prayer at Gettys-
burg "Oh," says some infdel, "the
northern people prayed Oh one side, the
the southern people prayed on the othe1
side, and so it did not amount to any
thingP' And | have heard good Chris,
tian people COMPOUNDED with the illfdel
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 GCd
answered III his own way, giving to the
north the re-establishment of the gov
eminent and giving to the south larger
opportunities larger than she had ever
anticipated-the Harvesting Of her rivers
i'll great-s~7l Aaaspes nrsa smaBas .
the Mobile ard the Tallapoosa and the
ChattahoCchee are southern Merrimacs
and the unrolling of great southern
mines CT coal and iron, Of which the
world knew nothing, and opening be
fore her opportunities Of wealth which
will give SO per cent more Of affluencC
than 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 CT the
south, which are achieving for her fab
ulous and unimagined wealth.
And there are domes of white blossoms wher,
spread the white tents,
And there are plows in the track where tn,
war wagons went,
And there are songs where they lifted NJ
Rachel's lament.
Lincoln's Prayer.
Oh, you are a stupid man if you d.
not understand how God answered
Abraham Lincoln's prayer in the Whit,
House, Gnd StOnewall Jackson's prayel
, in the saddle, and answered all thu
prayers Of all the cathedrals ON boil
sides of Mason and Dixon's line Cod
country all the way past, Gods country
nowl Put his name in your pronuncia
mentos. Put his name on your ensigns
Put his name on your city and stat
and national enterprises Put his nam,
J in your hearts. We cannot sleep wei
the last sleep until we are assured tina
the God of our American institutions il
t the past will be the God of our Ameri
can institutions in the days that are Il
{ come. Oh, when all the rivers that emp
{ ty into Atlantic and Pacific seas shall
l pull ON factory bands; when all tn
| great mines Of gold and silver and irol
and coal shall be laid bare for the ma
, ton; when the last swamp shall be re
t claimed, and the last jungle cleared
and the last American desert Edenized
3 and from sea to sea the continent shall
be occupied by more than 1, 200, 900, 00v
, souls, may it be found that moral ant
: religious influences were multiplied il
) more rapid ratio than the population
| And then there shall be four doxologie
t coming from north and south and cas-
/ and west, four doxologies rolling to
} ward each other and meeting midcon
> tinent with such dash of holy joy tina
{ they shall mount to the throne
. And heavens high arch resound again
= With peace on earth, good will to men.
D / take step farther and say tina
l before the gavels of our senate an,
r house of representatives and our politi
| cal conventions nOund adiOurnrnen