The Yale expositor., 1896-12-04

~ lnOCu.aL.On OF one Oh me Woflu
worst plaques. Doctor Keeley's eman-
cipation for inebriety. Intimation that
the virus of maddened canine. and can
Ger. and consumption are yet to be
baked by magnificent medical treat
ment. The eyesight of tho doctor
sharpened until he can look through
thick flesh and find the hiding place
of the bullet. What advancement in
geology, or the catechism of the noun
tains; chemistry, or the catechism or
the elements: astronomy, or the cate
chism of the stars; electrology, or the
catechism of the lightnings. What adj
vancement In music. At the beginning
of this century, combining ITSELF so far
as the great masses of the people were
concerned, to few airs drawn out on
accordion or massacred on church bass
viol; now enchantingly dropping from
thousands of fingers in HandePs Con-
certo in B fiat, or Claimants Sonata In
ID minor. Thanks to you, Century!
before you die, for the asyluns OF mer-
cy that you have founded-the blind
seeing with their fingers, the deaf hear
ing by the motion Of your lips, the born
imbecile by skillful object-lesson lifted
to tolerate intelligence. Thanks to
this century for the improved condition
of most nations. The reason that Ma
poleon made such a successful sweep
across Europe at the beginning Of the
century was that most of the thrones
Of Europe were occupied either by i'm
beetles or profligates. But the most
Of the thrones of Europe are to-day
occupied by kings and queens compe-
tent. France a republic, Switzerland
a republic, and about fifty free const!-
tutions, am tod. in Europe. Twenty
million serfs of Russia manumitted. On
this western continent | can call the
roll of many republics. Mexico. Qua
temala. San Salvador Costa Rica, Para
quay, Uruguay, Honduras, New Gran
ada, Venezuela, Peru. Ecuador, Bolivia,
Chilli, Argentine Republic, Brazil. The
once struggling village Of Washington
to which tho United States government
moved, its entire baggage and equip
ment packed up In seven boxes which
got lost in the woods near this place.
now the architectural glory OF the
continent. and admiration of the world.
The money power, so much denounc-
ed and often justly criticised, has COW
cred this continent with universities,
and free libraries, and asylums of mer-
cy. The newspaper press which, at the
| beginning of the century was an ink
roller by hand moved over one sheet
of paper at a time, has become the
miraculous manufacturer of four or
| five, or six hundred thousand sheets
/ for one daily newspapers issue. With
In your memory, o Dying Century! has
| been the genesis of nearly all the great
/ institutions evangelistic. At London
| Tavern, March z, 1902. British and
Foreign Bible Society was born. In
1916 American Bible Society was born.
| In 1924 American Sunday School Union
was born. In 1910 American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions,
which has put it's saving hand on every
nation of the round earth. was born
at haystack in Massachusetts. The
National Temperance Society. The
Woman's Temperance Society, and all
| the other temperance movements born
in this century. Africa, hidden TO
other centuries, by exploration in this
century has been put at the feet OF
civilization, to be occupied by COM
merce and Christianity. The Chinese
wall, once an impossible barrier. nov
is a useless pile of stone and brick.
Our American nation at the opening OF
this century only slice OF land along
! the Atlantic coast, now the whole con-
tinent in possession of our schools and
churches and missionary stations. Ser
mons and religious intelligence which
in other times, IL noticed at all by the
newspaper press, were allowed only a
paragraph of three or four lines, now
find the columns of the secular press
in all the cities, thrown wide open. and
every week for twenty-six years with
out the omission of a single week,
have been permitted TO preach one en-
tire Gospel sermon through the news
paper press. thank God for this great
opportunity. Glorious Old Century
You shall not be entombed until We
| nave, ldCt W lcIts tANOiith gOus Il w
were rocked in a rough cradle, and
the inheritance you received was fol
the most part poverty. and struggle
and hardship, and poorly covered
graves of heroes and heroines OF whom
the world had not been worthy. anC
atheism, and military despot!sm. art
the wreck of the French revolution
You inherited the influences that re.
suited in Aaron Burr's treason. and
another war with England, and Battle
of Lake Erie, and Indian savagcry, ant
Lundy's Lane, and Dartmoor massa'
ere, and dissension, bitter and W.
beyond measurement, and Afr!c9T
slavery, which was yet 10 cost al
tional hemorrhage of four awful ycs.i
and a million precious lives. Yes, deal
Old Century, you had an awful start
and you have done more than we'll
considering your parentage and you
early environment. 1t is a wonder yol
did not turn out TO be the vagabonC
century of all time. You had BAT
mother and a bad grandmother. Som
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