Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-03-12

ter anO EeADO0y IuuuS anu CaDudbn sCuooln
Of all the churches Of all denominations
Pugilism now made unlawful by congress
sional enactment the brutal custom
knocked out In the first roundl Corrup-
tion at the ballot box, by law Of registra-
tion and other safeguards, made almost
impossiblel Churches twice as large as the
old ones, the enlarged supply to meet the
demandi Nihilism getting a
stroke by the summary execution
sf its exponents after they had murdered
the policemen In Chicago, received its
deathblow from the recent treaty which
sends back to Russia the blatant criminals |
who had been regurgitated on our Ameri-
can shore.
The very things that have been quoted
as perils to this nation are going to help |
it's salvation. Great cities, SO often men
toned as great obstaoles-the center Of
crime and the reservoirs Of all iniquities-
are to lead In the work of gospelization.
Who give most to home missions, to asy-
lums, to religious education, to all styles
of humanitarian and Christian institu-
tionsp The cities. From what places did
the most relief go at the time of Johns
town food, and Michigan fires, and
Charleston earthquake, and Ohio freshetsS
From the cities. From what place did
Christ send out his 12 apostles to gospel
ize the worldp From city. What place
will do more than any other place, by its
contribution of Christian men and women
and means, In this work of taking Amer
lea for GodP 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 rs up to the
stupendous issuei
Another thing quoted pessimistically Is
the vast and overtopping fortunes in this
country, and they say it means concen-
trated wealth, and luxuriousness, and dis
play and moral ruin. 1t Is my observation
that it is people who have but limited re-
sources who make the most splurge, and
ask you, Who are endowing colleges and
theological seminariesf Did you ever hear
of Peter Cooper, and James Lenox, and
sainted William K. Dodge and the Law
rences, Amos and Abbott, while 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 cam-
paign that proposes taking America for
Godp The Widows mite, honored of the
Lord, is to have its part In this continent
al 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 Widows mite will not get
II Tn, kho Arot Y1la "a
not widows, and in the next place, they
have no might"
A Grand Assimilation.
The time is coming--hasten it, Lord
and think you and will see it, when,
as Joseph, the wealthy Arimathaan, gave
for the dead Christ costly mausoleum,
| the affluent men and women of this coun-
try will rise in their strength and build
| for our King, one Jesus, the throne of thi'
| American continent.
| Another thing quoted for discourage
ment, but which I quote for encourage
ment is foreign immigration--now that
| from Castle Garden we turn back by the
| first poor ship the foreign vagabondism-
| we are getting people the vast majority
of whom come to make an honest living,
| among them some of the bravest and the
best. If you should turn back from this
land to Europe the foreign ministers OF
the gospel, and the foreign attorneys, and
the foreign merchants, and the foreign
philanthropists, what robbery Of ouI
pulpits, our courtrooms, our storehouses
and our benefcen5 institutions, and what
putting back of every monetary, merci
full, moral and religious interest OF the
landl This commingling here of all ma
tionalities under the blessing of God will
produce in 70 or 100 years the most mag
nificent style Of man and woman the world
ever saw. They will have the wit of one
race, the eloquence of another race, tht
kindness of another, the generosity of an
other, the aesthetic taste Of another, tht
high moral character of another, and wheI
that man and woman step forth, theil
brain and nerve and muscle an intertwin
ing of the fibers of all nationalities, moth
ing but the new electric Photographic ap
paratus, that can see clear through body
mind and soul, can take of them an ade
quate picture. But the foreign population
Of America Is less than one-eleventh of al
J our population, and why all this fuss abou
foreign immigration2 Eighty-nine Amer
J leans to II .foreignersl IL SO Of us New
Jerseymen, or 80 of us New Workers. or 8
of US Ohioans, or SO of us Georgians, or s.
Oh US hahkees' are noo oquni " ,.,,,.4s'., ,lon
ers, 'hen We are s0al, Nv, - ~ =
group OF nununcuil On''O ousu0 W
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Useful Weapons
But now what are the weapons b
which, under our omnipotent leader, th
real obstacles in the way of our country
evangelization, the 10000 mile Sevasto
polls, are to be leveledS The first columbiad
, with range enough to sweep from eternit
to eternity, is the Bible, millions of its copie
, going out, millions on millions-this tn
difference between China and the Unite