The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-10-01

ttuuf tHu NuOs VeTudUSt uuu Deon IN moro
Indian wars than any other officer, and who
had been wounded aoain and again In behalf
OF our Government Ia battle against the In
dians, told me that all tho wars that had
ever occurred between Indians aud white
men had been provoked by white mon, and
that there was no exception TO the rule.
While VIC are arbitrating with Christian Ma
tions let US toward barbarians carry our
selves In manner unprovoca tive Of con-
test.
Lot me put myself in their place: In
herlt large estate. and the waters are rich
with fish, and the woods are soDgful with
birds, and my cornfelds are silker and
golden. Here is my sisters grave. Out
yonder, under the large tree, my father died.
An invader comes, and proposes to drive me
OF and take possession OF my property. He
crowds me back. he crowds mo on, and
crowds me into closer corner until, after
n while, l say; "Stand back, don't crowd
me any more, or I'll strike. what right have
you to como here and drive me Off my prem
isesi got this farm from my father and he
got II from his father. What right have you
to come here and polcst meg" You bland
ly says "Oh, know more than you do.
belong to higher civilization. cut my
hair shorter than you do. l could put
this ground TO great deal better use
than you d." And you keep crowding me
bnck and crowding mo on into the closer
corner and closer corner, until one day
look around upon my suffering family. and
fired by their hardships l hew you In twain.
Forthwith all the world comes TO your fu-
neral to pronounce eulogium. comes to my
execution to anathematize me. You are the
hero, am the culprit. Behold the United
States Government aud the North American
Indian. The red man has stood more
wrongs than l would, or you. We would
have struck sooner, deeper. That which
Is right In defence of n Washington home
is right in defence Of home on top
OF the Sierrn Nevada. Before this dwlndling
rcd race dies completely ont, wish that
this generation might by common justice
atone for the inhuman.ty of its predecessors.
In the day OF Gods Judgment, l would
rather be u blood-smearcd Modoc than n
swindling United States officer on an Indian
reservation One was q barbarian and q
savage, and never pretended 10 be anything
but barbarian and % savage. The other
pretended to bo representative OF n Chris
tian Nation. Notwithstanding all this the
general disgust with war and the substitu-
tlon OF diplomatic skill for the glitterin;
edge OF keen steel Is n sign unmlstakable
that "the day Is at hand"
find another ray OF dawn In tho COM
preston Of the worlds distances. What
| slow. snail-likc, almost impossible thing
would have been the worlds rccti1catiou
with fourteen hundred millions OF popula-
tion and no facial means OF communication
but now. through telegraphy for the eye aud
| telephone intimacy FOR the ear, and through
| steamboating and railroading, the twcuty-
| five thousand miles OF the worlds circum-
| ference arc shriveling up into inslgnfant
| brevityl Hong Kong T. nearer New York
| than few years ago New Haven was; Bonn
bay, Moscow. Madras, Melbourne. within
| speaking distance. Purchase tolegraphic
| chart, and by the blue lines see the tee
graphs OF the land, and by the red lines the
cables under the ocean. You see what op.
| portunity this Is going 10 give for the final
| movements o. Christianity. A fortress may
Is constructed Il may do all its work In TWEEN
| ty minutes. Christianity has been planting
| its batteries for nineteen centuries, and may
go on IN the work through other centuries;
but when those batteries are thoroughly
| planted, those fortresses are fully built, they
may all do their work In twenty-four hours.
Suppose Christ should descend on tho
Nauons--many expect that Christ will come
| among the Nations personully-suppose that
| tomorrow morning the Son OF God from a
lowering cloud should descend upon these
cities, Should not thatfact,be known all the
world over in twenty-f6ur hourss Suppose
| Heshould present His Gospel In n few words,
saying: II am the Son OF God; came TO
pardon all your sins and to heal all your sor-
| row; 10 prove that / am n supernatural
being, | have just descended from the clouds.
Do you believe Ne, aud DO you believe M
now?' Why. all tho telegraph stations OF
| the earth would be crowded as none OF them
| were ever crowded Just after n shipwreck.
| tell you all these things TO show you IL Is not
| among the impossibilities or even the i'm
| probabilities that Christ will conquer the
| whole earth, and do 1t instautcr, when the
| time comes.
There are foretokcnings in the air. Some
| thing great Is going to happen. | do not
think that Jupiter Is going 10 run us down,
or that tho axle OF the world Is going TO
| break; but | mean something great for the
worlds blessing and not for the worlds
damage Is going to happen. | think tho
world has had 1t hard enough. Enough, the
| famines and plaques. Enough. the Asatic
| cholcras. Enough, the wars. Enough, the
shipwrecks. Enough, the conlugratiors.
think our world could stand right we'll n
| procession of properties and triumphs.
| Better be on the lookout. Better have your
observatories open toward tho heavens, and
the lenses or your most powerful telescopes
| well polished. Better have all your Leyden
jars ready for some new pulsation OF mighty
influence. Better have new fonts Of type in
your printing Offices TO set up some astound-
| ing good news. Better have some new ban
| ner, that has never been carried, ready for
sudden professions. Better have the bells
in your church tower well hung, and rope
| within reach, that you may ring out the
marriage OF the Kings Son. Cleanse all
your court houses, for the Judge OF all the
earth may appear. Let all your Legislative
halls be gilded, for the great Lawgiyer may
| be about TO come. Drive of the thrones OF
depotism all the occupants, for the King OF
heaven aud earth may be about TO reign.
The darkness OF the night is blooming and
| whitening into the lilies Of morning clouds,
and the lilies reddening into the roses OF
stronger day-ht garlands, whether white
or red, for Him on whose hend are many
crowns. 1.-THE day Is at hand"
One more ray OF the dawn | see in facts
| chronological and mathematical. Come,
now. do not let Us DO another stroke OF work
until we have settled ono matter. What is
going 20 be the final issue Of this great con-
test between sin aud righteousness? Which
is going TO prove himself the stronger, God
or Diabolusl Is this world going TO be all
garden or all desert? Now let Us have that
matter settled. II we believe Isaiah, and
Ezekiel, and Hosea, and Micah, and Malachi,
and John, and Peter, ana Paul, and the Lord
| Himself, we believe that IL Is going to be all
| garden. But let US have II settled. Let us
| knOw WhathpF "a rp WORKING toward "A