The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-08

n,9s etSl U.s. O,ONJU illleS OF 49WaI0r.
lhen came Lexington, and Bunker
Hill, and Monmouth, and Long Island
ga ttles, and Valley Forge, and York
town, and starvation, and widowhood.
and orphanage, and the thirteen colo
mes a. 8 Went EN- through sufferings which the
historian has attempted to put upon
paper, and the artist to put upon cam
vas, but all in vain. Engraver,s knife.
and reporters skill, and telegraphic
Wire, and daily press, which nave
made us acquainted with the horrors
of modern battlefield had not vet be-
gun their vigilance, and the story of
the American revolution has never
been told, and never will be told. It I
did not take much ink to sign the Dec
laration Of independence, but it took
a terrific y Tic amount of blood to maintain
It. 1t was an awful gate of opposition
that the men and women-and the
women as much as the men-pushed
back. 1t was a gate of self-sacrifice.
1t was a gate of blood. 1t was gate
Of carbuncle
This country has been for the most
part OF its history passing through
crises, and after each crisis was Better
of than before it entered it, and now
we are at another crisis We are told
on one hand that if gold is kept as a
standard and silver is not elevated
confidence will be restored and this ma
ton will rise triumphant from all the
financial misfortunes that have been
aH1lctlng us. On the other hand. we q
are told that if the free coinage of sill
yer is allowed all the wheels of bust
ness Will revolve, the poor man will
have better chance, and all our in
dustries will begin to hum and roar.
ItJrlno eli
tons | have been urged to enter the
political arena, but l never have and
never will turn the pulpit in Which I
preach into a political stump Every
minister must do as he feeds called to
DO, and l will not criticise him for do
ing what he considers his duty; but all
the political harrangues from pulpits
from now until the Sd of November
will not in all the United States change
one vote, but will leave many ears
stopped against anything that such
clergymen may utter the rest of their
lives. AS a general rule the laymen of
churches understand politics better
than the clergy, because they (the lay
mem study politics more than the
clergy, and have better opportunity of
being Intelligent on those subjects. But
good morals, honesty. loyalty, Chris
tan patriotism and the Ten Command
ments-these we. must preach. God
says distinctly in the Bible, .'The sill
yer and the gold are mine,'' and he will
settle the! controversy between those
two metals. If ever this country need
ed the Divine rescue it needs it now
Never within my memory have so
many people literally starved to death
as in the past few months. Have you
noticed in the newspapers how many
men and women here and there have
been found dead, the post mortem ex-
animation stating that the cause of
death was hunger?
There is not day that we do not
hear the crash of some great CONNER
cial establishment, and as conse-
quence many people are thrown out of
employment. Among what we consid-
cred comfortable homes nave come pri-
walton and close calculation and an
economy that kills. Millions of people
who say nothing about it are at this
moment at their wits ends. There are
millions of people who 10 not want
charity, but want work. The cry has
gone up TO the ears of the Lord of
Sabaoth," and the prayer will be heard
and relief will come. If we have moth
ing better to depend on than American
politics relief will never come. Who
ever is elected to the presidency, the
wheels of government turn SO slowly,
and a caucus in yonder white building
on the hill may tie the hands Of any
president. Now, though we who live
in the District of Columbia cannot
vote, we can pray, and my prayer day
and night shall be, 80, God, hear the
cry Of the souls from under the altar!
Thou who hast brought the wheat and
corn of this season to such magnitude Il
of supply, give food to man and beast. Il
Thou who hast not where to lay Thy
head, pity the shelterless. Thou who
hast brought to perfection the cotton
Of the South and the flax Of the North.
clothe the naked. Thou who hast filled
the mine with coal. give fuel to the
shivering. Bring bread to the body,
intelligence to the mind, and salvation
to the soul of all the people! God save
the nation!
But we must admit that it is a hard
gate to. push back. Millions of thin
hands have pushed at it without maxi
ing it swing on it's hard hinges. It is b
a gate made out Of empty flour barrels,
and cold fire CRATES. and worn out APP
parel, and cheerless homes, and I'M
indicated sickness, and ghastliness,
and horror. It, is a gate of struggle.
A gate of penury. A gate of want.
A gate of disappointment A red gate,
or what Isaiah would have called
gate of carbuncleS. ~