The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-03

hnkiHnA, Aui way Sew York aud % rdunlr 4
other elite. 90, zoos America. May iho !
tlef9hi Goa wake us nap Co tho aiupsndoua /
Another thins quoted pessimisUcally IA the /
Yasi ana ovfFi9pplng fortune La this country. /
aud they Soy ID means concentrating wealth /
ana luNuu1aaura und display and moral /
ruin. 20 D. my observation that 10 Dr. poodle I
who have bai limited resources who maes /
the mos. sp.arwa. and / ask Won. Who nre /
enaowing colleges and theological eml- !
n1rief hii you ever hear uf Peter Conner Z
and james Lsu0K. and snlntad William /
| Dodge, and the Lawrence Amos aud 40. /
| bot, while refrain from mentioning living F.
| honeihetou who. quito as generous and /
Christian. ar1 iu This assembly no this mo.
/ ment planning what they can do ln these /
/ days. Hnd in their last viii and testament ln
| lhis rampalen that proposes taking America
/ for 9od3 The widows mite. h5norrd OF
/ the Lord is 90 bnYc its part On this con-
| unenial capture, but we must have moro
/ than that. and mort right away Many of
/ the men thnt expect 10 get the blessing for
/ basiOw.ug the widoW.s mite will not get the
/ blessing. Ia the first place. tbov are no,
widow.., aud Ia the next place they have no
/ "mite"
Th8 time is coming-has,en ~. LorI-nnd
! think you and 4 viii soc it. when. ns 10.
! seph, The wealthy Arimaihman. gave lor the
/ dead Christ costly mnusOleum, tho aniuent
! men and women OF thls country will rise ln
! their strength and build Tor our King,
/ one Jesus, the throne Of this American conti-
nent
Another thing quoted for discouragement,
but which quote for encouragement, A. for
eign immigration. Now that from Castle
Garden we turn back by the first poor ship
the foreign yagabondism, We are getting
| people, the vast majority Of whom come 70
make an honest living. among them some OF
| the bravest and the best II you should turn
| back from this land 70 Europe the foreign
ministers Of the gospel, and the foreign at
torneys, and the foreign merchants, and the
foreign phianthropists, what robbery OF
/ our pulpits. our cOurtrOOms, our store
houses aud our benedcent institutions, and
what putting back OF every monetary,
merciful. moral and religious interest OF the
land This commingling here Of all Ma
4 tiOnRliuos under the blessing OF God will
produce in sevsnty-nye or 100 years
the most magnificent style OF man
and woman the world ever saw.
They will have the wit Of one race,
the eloquence OF another race, the kindness
Of another, the generosity Of another, the
msinetie taste Of another, the high moral
character OF another aud when that man
and woman step forth. their brain and nerve
/ and muscle an INTERVENING Of the ilhers OF
all Nationalities, nothing but the new elec-
tre Photographic apparatus. that can see
clear through body, mind and soul can take
OF them an adequate picture. But the
foreign population Of America Is less than
onc-eleYenth OF all our population, and why
] all this fuss about foreign immigration?
! Eighty-nine born Americans TO eleven for
! eignersi II eighty-nlne OF US New Jersey
) men or eighty-nine Of US New Workers or
p eighty-nine OF us Ohioans or eighty-nine OF
o us Georgians or eighty-nine Of us Yankees
D arc not equal 10 eleven foreigners, then we
1 are starveling, lilliputian group othumun-
Q Gull that ought to be wiped out OF existence,
But now what are the weapons by which,
o under our omnipotent leauer, the real
r obstacles in the way Of our country's
evangelization, the 10000 mile Seyastopols,
= arc to be leveed? The first cOlumbiad, with
. range enough to sweep from eternity ia
q eternity, is the Bible, millions OF its copies
g going out, millions on mlllions-this, the
q monarch OF books, that has made all the
It difference between China aud the United
y States, between Africa and America; oooH
d declaring in every style OF phraseolo6y tina
q all Nations are to be converted, and doe!
l. not that include our Nation? III tn
It Apocalyptic angel IS to fly across the con
& tinents, will he not fly across this con
IS tinent? The worst insult could offer yol
Il would be to doubt your veracity. and shat
h we doubt Gods promise? Then there are al
N the gospel batteries, manned by 1O,UO
II pastors and home missionaries, over tn
10 head of each one Of whom is the shield o
II divine protection. and in the right nan
/, of each the cleaning, tWo-edged sWor
t, Of the Infinite Spirit! Hundreds Q
"a thousands OF private soldiers for Christ
l. marching under the one starred, bloc
8, striped flag Of Emanuel! They are marchin
10 on Episcopacy, with the sublime roll OF ii
20 liturgies; Methodism, with its battle or
Of Of Hon
Of Wesley" the Baptist church, wit
10 its glorious navy sailing up on
a- Oregons and Sacramentos and Mississippi
Ie and Presbytaranismj moving on with IN
ne battle cry of "The sword Of the Lord an
ty John Knox" And then, after awhile wi
III come the great tides ofrevival sweeping ovt
10 the land, the 500, 900 conversions in 1856
m eclipsed by the salvation ofmillions In dal
b, and the four American armies OF the Lord
h, host marching toward each other, the easter
Ill army marching west, the western arm
IN marching east, the northern army marchin
h! south, the southern army marching mort
At Shoulder to shoulder! Tramp, tramp, tram
d, Until they meet mid-continent having take
1r America for God!
The thunder of the bombRrdment is a
va ready in the air, and when the last bridge {
~ opposition Is taken, and the last portcullis
~ satan is lifted, and the last gun spiked, an
"a the last tower dismantled, and the la
. charger of iniquity shall have been hurlt
III back upon its launches, what a time OF r
al ioicingl We will see it, not with these eye
an which before that will be closed in blessC
I'd sleep. but with strong and better visto
when the Lord once in awhile gives US V
~ cation among the doxologes to come dow
n, and see the dear old land which 1 pray mt
an always be the lamb OF the text, mild ar
IN peaceful, inoffensive, but, in case foreie
rs Nations assail it, having two horns Of arm
be and navy strong enough to hook them baC
h and hook them down aud a voice loud
o. tnan u uIeBoni yoa louu9I t tiS zen ~ A.
y, attic superstition and European arroganc
an ''Thus far shalt thou go, and no farther, al
nd here shall thy proud waves be staid"