Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-05-20

Ae~0 GUN eFgs anu saw a.So thorn 8nt
. cluster of berries type of our history
ever since. the piercing sorrows anc
cluster of national joys). until this hou,
our country has been bounded on tn.
north, south. east and west by the
goodness of God. The Hugucnots took
possession of the Carolinas in the name
of God William Penn settled Phila.
delphia in the name of God. The Hol.
ianders took possession of New York in
the name of God. The Pilgrim Father.
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 1879 ar Off.
Ger came to Gen. Andrew Jackson and
said: There is an unusual noise in the
camp; it ought To be stopped" Gen.
jackson said: "What is the noise,n
The officer said: 1T is the voice
of prayer and praise, Then the
general said. God forbid that PRAYER
and praise should be an unusual noise
in the encampment You had better
go and join them" Prayer at Valley
Forge. Prayer Mt Monmouth. PRAYER
at Atlanta Prayer at South Mount.
ain Prayer ut Gettysburg. ..ObIs
says some infidcl. 1.-THE northern pcople
prayed on one side aud the southern
people prayed on the other side, and so
~ did not amount to anything" And I
have heard good Christian people con.
founded with the infidcl statement.
when II Is plain to me
as my right hand. Yes: the
northern people prayed in one way.
and the southern people prayed in
another way, and God answered in his
own way. giving To the North the re-
establishment of the government, and
giving To the South larger opportuni.
ties, larger than she had ever antici.
patcd, the Harvesting of her rivals in
great manufacturing interests. until
the Mobile and the Tallapoosa and the
Chattahoochcc are Southern Merrimacs.
and the unrolling of great Southern
mines of coal and iron, of which the
world knew nothing. and opening be-
fore her opportunities of wealth which
will give nincty-ninc per cent more of af.
fiuence than she ever possessed: and in.
stead of the black hands of American
slaves, there are the more industrious
black hands of the coal and iron min
crs OF the South. which are achieving
for her fabulous and unimarincd
wealth.
And there are domcs OF white blossom,
where spread the white tents
And there are pIows in the track ~h.re the
war wagons went
Aud there are songs where they lifted ur
Enchcls lament"
Oh. you are n stupid man IL YOU do
not understand how God answered.
Abraham Lincoln's prayer in the white
house. aud Stonewall JackSon's PRAYER
in the saddle. and answered all the
prayers of all the cathcdrals on both
sides OF Mason and Dxon's line. Gods
country all the way past: Gods coun.
try now Put his name in your pronun.
ciamcntos. Pat his name on your en-.
signs. Put his name on your city and
state and national Enterprises Put
his name in your hearts. We can not
sleep we'll the last sleep, until we are
assured that the God OF our American
institutions in the past will be the God
OF our American Institutions in the
days that arc to come. Oh, when all
the rivers that empty into Atlantic
and Pacific seas shall pull on factory
bands; when all the great mines of
gold and silver and iron and coal
shall he laid bare for the nation:
when the last swamp shall be re.
claimed. and the last Jungle cleared
and the last American desert Eden
lied. and from sea to sea the CONT.
nent shall be occupied by more than
twelve hundred million souls, NAV il be
found that moral and religious inilu.
ences were multiplied in more rapid
ratio than the population. And then
there shall be four doxoloyies comin.,
In
west. four doxolosics rolling toward
each other, and meeting mid-continent,
with such dash Of holy JOY that they
shall mount TO the Throne
And Heavens high arch resound again
with peace on earth. good will TO men"
/ take a step further, and say that
before the Ravcls of our senate and
house of representatives and our politi-
cal conventions pound Adjournment,
there ought to be passed a law or
adopted plank of intelligent helpful
ness for the great foreign populations
which arc coming among us. 1t is too late
now 10 discuss whether we had better
let them come. They are here. They
are coming this moment through the
Narrows. They are this moment
taking the full inhalation OF the
free air OF America Ard
they will continue to come as long
as this country is the best place TO
live in. You might as we'll pass n law
prohibiting summer bees from alipht-
ing on n field OF blossoming buckwhcat;
you might as well prohibit the stays
OF the mountain from coming down 20
the dccr-licl, as 10 prohibit the hunger.
bitten nations Of Europe from coming
TO this land OF brcad-ns TO prohibit the
people OF England, ireland Scotland,
Italy, Norway, sweden and Germany,
working themselves 10 death on small
wages on the other side the SEQ, from
coming TO this land where there are
the largest congregations under
the sun. Why did God spread out the
prairies OF the Dskotas aud roll tho
precious metal into Colorado? It was
that all the earth might come. and
pillow. and come, and dig. Just as long
as the centrifugal force OF foreign dcs-
potisms throw them of, Just so long
will the ceDtripetal force OF American
institutions draw them here And
that IS what is going 20 make this tho
mighticst nation on earth. Intcrmar-