Democratic messenger., 1896-03-14

With such leader do you not think we
can de 1t. Say, do you think we can?
Why. many ramparts have already been
taken. Whore is American slavery? Gone,
ana the sDuth. as heartily ~ the north,
pray> Peace to its ashes" Where Is bes-
tial polygamy: Gonc. 10y the fiat of the
United States government urged on by
Christian sentiment. and Mormonism,
having retrrntcd in 1880 from Fayeite, y.
y, to- kirkland, ., and in 1888 rctrcated
to Missouri and in 1916 retrcated 20 Salt
Lake City, now divorced from lis super
iiuiiy of wives will soon retreat into the
Pacific, and no basin smaller than an
ocean cnuld wash ont its pollutions Hit
Cracy going down under the work Cf Sla-
ter and Peabody funds and sabbath schools
Of all the churches OF all denominations! /!
Pugiiism now made unlawful by congress
siunal enactment. the brutal custom
knocked out in the first round Corrup-
tion nj the ballot box. by law of rcgistra-
tion and other safeguards. made almost
impossible Churches twice as large as tho
old Ones. the enlarged supply To meet tho
enlarged demand Nihlism getting a
stunning stroke hy the summary execution
Of its expurents after they had murdered
the policemen In Chicago. received its
dcathbluw from the recent treaty which
sends back to Russia the blatant criminals
who had been rcgurgiiaicd on our Ameri-
can shore.
The very things that have been quoted
rs Icrils 10 this nation are going To help
its salvation. Great cities ~ often men
toned rs great ohsiaclcs-ihc center If
crime and tho reservoirs OF all iniquitics-
are TO lead in the work of goSpclzatiun.
Who give most to home missions. To aSy-
lums. 10 religious education. To all styles
ot Humanitarian and Christian inStitu-
tionS: The cities. From what places did
the most relief 90 Il, the time Of Johns
town Hood. and Michigan fires, and
Charleston earthquake. and Ohio frcShcis?
From tie CITIES From what place did
Christ send out III, /. apostles To gospel
izc the world From city. What place
will do more than any other place. 10y its
contribution of Christian men and women
and means in this work of taking Amer
ica for God 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 couple uihcr cities 90. GOES America
May the eternal God wake US up la the
stupcudouS sue
Auoti,r thing quoted pcssimisiically is
the vast ana oNoriupping fortunes in this
country, and they say it means conccn-
traicd wealth, and luNuriou>ncss, and dis
play and moral ruin. Il is my ub>erNatio ion
that it is people Tha have hui limited re
sources who make the most >pluree, and
ask you. WHO arr cndowiug colleges and
theological spminaric~s Did yuu ever hear
Of Peter Cooper, and james l.cnox. and
saintod William T.. Dodge. and the Law
rcnccS. Amos and Abbott. while refrain
from mcutiuniug living hcncfactors who,
quite as generous ard Christian are in
this assembly ~ This moment planning
what they ram do in these days, and in
their last will and testament in this cam
paign that ~, ,luscs taking America for
God: Tie widow mite honurcd of tho
Lord, Is 10 haze it, part in this continent
al capture, hat We must have more than
that, and more right away. Many of the
men that expect L. get thu blessing for
hcstowing the widows mite will not get
the blessing In the first place, they uro
not widows, and IN the next place, they
have no might.
\ Grand Assimilation.
The time is cuminr-hnston il. Lord
and | think yuu and | will see it, when.
as Joseph the wealthy Arimnthaan, gave
for tho dead Christ costly mausulcum,
the nillucui men and women uf this coun-
try viii rise in their strength and build
for our King, ,nc Jesus, the throne of this
American continent.
Another thing quoted fur discourage
mrui. hut which | quote for encourage
mcnt. j. foreign nmmigration- now that
from Castle Garden we turn back hv the
first poor ship the foreign vagahundism-
we are getting people the vast majority
of whom como to make an honest living.
among them some of the bravcst and the
best II you should turn back from this
land to Europe The foreign ministers Of
the gu~pcl, and the foreign attorneys. and
the foreign merchants and the foreign
philanthrupists, what "A robbery uf our
Iulpts, uur cuurtroums. our sturchouscs
aud our h-ncicent institutions, and what
u putting back uf every monetary, merci-
ful, moral and religious intcrts st of the
land This cnmminRliug here of all ma
tiunalitics under the blessing nf God will
produce In - or loo years the most mag
niicCnt style of man ana woman the world
ever SAM. They will have the wit of ono
race. the eloqucncc uf another race, the
kindness 81 another, the generosity of an
other, the aesthetic taste uf another, tho
high moral character uf another. and when
That man aud woman step forth, their
brain nud urr~t, aud t1us,.l,. mn iufert vim