The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-03-13


crying tempests and turning rolling seas
into solid sapphire, and for the rescue
of a race submitted to courtroom filled
with bowling miscreants, and to mar
tyrdom at the sight of which the sun
tainted and fell back in the heavens,
and then treading the clouds homeward,
like snowy mountain peaks, till heaven
took him back again, more favorlte
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 HUI
guenots, and uncounted multltndes OF
the past, Joined by about 400, 600, 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 Hosanna! 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 coronets.
The Leader Assures Victory.
With such a leader, do you not think
we can do it? Say, do you think we CAM
Why, many ramparts have already been
taken. Where is American slavery!
Gone, and the south, as heartily as the
north, prays, "Peace n its ashes. "
Where is bestial polygamy? Gone by the
fiat 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 reiterated to Missouri, and
in 1846 retreated to Salt Lake City, now
divorced from it's superfiuity of wives,
will soon retreat into the Pacific, and
no basin smaller than an ocean could
wash out it's pollutions. Illiteracy 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
gressional enactment, the brutal custom
| knocked out in the first round Corrup'
ton at the ballot box, by law Of regis
tration and other safeguards, made al
most impossible! Churches twice as
large as the old ones, the enlarged sup
| ply to meet the enlarged demand Nj
| hilism, getting stunning stroke by the
| summary execution of its opponents aftel
| they had murdered the policemen in
Chicago, received its deathblow from
the recent treaty which sends back TIC
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 it's salvation. Great cities, SC
often mentioned as great obstacl es-the
center of crime and the reservoirs OF all
iniuuities-are to lead in the work OF
gospelization. Who give most to home
missions, to asylums, to religious edn.
cation, to all styles of humanitarian
and Christian institutions? The cities.
From what places did the most relief
90 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
out his q apostles to gospelize the world!
From a city. What place will do more
than any other place, by its contribution
of Christian men and womep and means,
in this work of taking America for Godi
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 issue
Joy of Giving.
Another thing quoted pessimistically
is the vast and overlapping fortunes III
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
or and James Lenox, and sainted Will
liam 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 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 Knight. "
The time is coming-hasten it, Lon
and 1 think you and will see it,
when, as Joseph, the wealthy Arima
thaan, gave for the dead Christ costly
mausoleum, the affluent men and WON
en- of this country will rise in theil
strength and build for our King, one
Iasre tho throne IF this American con.