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

suSfS Huss nave oeen Supcrnal super
visal. Since then the war of 1912. and
ours the yictoryi Since then great
financial prostrations. out of which we
came TO greater prosperity than any
thing that preceded. Since then san
culinary isG2. 1868, 1864 and 1865. md
Notwithstanding the fact that all the
foreign dcspotisms were planning for
our demolition, we are n united pcople
and Tomorrow You will fiud in both
houses OF congress the men who fought
for the north and the south. now
sitting side by side, armed with no
weapon except the pen. with which they
write home To their constituents who
want to be appointed postmas;crs- The
man who can not see God in our Amer
lean history is as blind of soul as he
would be blind of body If he could not
at IL o'clock of an unclouded noon see
the sun in the heavens. Asa matter of
gratitude TO Almighty God. gentlemen
of the American congress. be pleased
To insert the four words suggested by
the Methodist conference. Not only
because of the kindness of God to this
nation in the past should n revercntinl
insertion be made. but because of the
fact that we are to want divine inter
position still further in our ma.
tional history. This gold and
silver question will never be set
tied until God settles il. This question
OF tariff and free trade will never bc set
tied until God settles it. The question
between the East n nd West. which is get
ting hotter and hotter. and looks toward
n republic of the Pacific. will not be
settled until God settles it. We needed
Tod in the 40 years OF our past ma
tonal life, and we will need him still
more in the next 100 years. Lift up
your heads, We everlasting gates of our
glorious constitution, and let the King
of Glory come in, Make one line of
that immortal document radiant
with omnipotencel Spell ut least one
word with thrones, At the beginning.
or ut the close, or i'm the center.
recognize him from whom as n ma
ton we have received all the blessings
OF the past and upon whom we are de-
pendent for the future. Print that
word God" or Lord" or Eternal
Father" or Ruler of Nations" some
where between the first word and the
last The Great Expounder of the
Constitution sleeps ut Marshiield
Mass, the Atlantic ocean still hum
ming near his pillow of dust its pro-
longed lullaby; but is there not some
one now living who. i'm the white mar
bic palace on yondcr hill. not ten min
utes away, will become the Irradintor
OF the constitution by causing TO be
added the most tremendous word of
our English vocabulary, the name OF
that Being before whom all nations
must bow or go into defeat and an
nihilation-'God?"
Again, before the approaching adj
journment of our American congress.
1t ought To be decidedly and forever
settled that no appropriations be made
TO scctarian schools. and that the court
ship between church and state in this
country be forever broken up. That
question seems already temporarily
settled. ! wish il might be completely
and forever settled. All schools and
institutions, rs well as all dcnomina-
tions, should stand on the same level
before American law. Emperor Alex
ander. of Russia, at his Peterhof palace.
asked me how many denominations OF
religion there were in America, recitcd
their names rs well as could Then he
asked me the difference between them.
and there l broke down. But when |
told him that no religious denomina-
tions in America had any privileges
above the others he could hardly uu-
derstand il. The Greek church first
In Russia. The Lutheran church first
in Germany. The Episcopal church first
in England. The Catholic church first
in Rome. The Mobammedunism G-st
in Constantinople. The emperor won
dcrcd how il was that all tho dcnomi-
nations in America could stand on the
same platform. But so il is. and so let
1T ever be. Let there be no preference.
no Partially, no attempt TO help one
sect an inch higher than another
Washington and jefferson and all
the early presidents and all the
great statesmen OF the past have lifted
their voice against any such tendency.
IT a school or an institution can not
stand without the prop of national APP
preparation. then let that school or in
stitution go down. On the other side
OF the sea the world has had plenty OF
illustrations of church and state united
Let us have none OF the hypocrisy and
generalization born of that relation on
this side OF the Atlantic. Let that de-
nomination come out ahead that does
the most for the cause OF God aud hu-
manity. Men, institution and religions
getting what they achieve by their own
right arm Of usefulness, and not by the
favoritism OF government As you re-
gard the welfare and perpetuity Of our
institutions, keep politics out OF re-
ligion.
But now, that 1 am speaking Of ma
tional affairs from religious stand
point. ] bethink myself of the fact that
two other gavels Will soon lift and fall.
the one at st. Louis and the other at
Chicago, and before those national con-
ventions adjourn, ask that they ac-
knowledge God in the platforms The
men who construct those platforms
are here this morning or sill read
these words Let no political party
think IL can do its duty unless IL nc
knowledgcs that God who built this
continent, and revealed at the right
time TO the discover. and who has
has reared here prosperity which
has been given 20 no other pcople.
On" says some one. there are
people in this country who do not bc-
lieve in n God and IA would 10 90, -;