Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-03-18

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can do il? Say, do you thinA we cant
Why. many ranpsrts have already
been taken. Where is American slav.
cry? Gone, and the .-~th. as heartily
as the north. prays peace to its ashes.-
Where is bestial polygamy? Gone. by
the fat of the United States govern
ment. urged on by Christian sentiment,
and Moiaonism, having rctrcated in
1850 from Fayette, \. ". to Kirkland.
Ohio, and in ISIS retreated to Salt Lake
City, now divorced from its superiority
of wives. Will soon retreat into the Pa
citic, and no basin smaller than an
ocean could wash out its pollutions.
llliteracy going down under the work
of Slater and Peabody funds. and Sab
bath schools of all the churches and all
denomination. Pugilism made unlawful
by congressional enactment. the brutal
custom knocked out in the first round.
Corruption at the ballot box. by law Of
registration and other safeguards. made
almost impossible, Churches twice M
large as the old ones the enlarged sup
ply TO meet the enlarged demand!
NihiliSm getting n stunning stroke by
the summary execution of its opponents
after they received its death blow from
the recent treaty which sends back to
Russia the blatant criminals who had
been regurgitated ons our American
shore. The very things that have been
quoted as perils to this nation are going
To help its salvation. Great cities. SO
often mentioned as great obstacles-the
center of crimes and the reservoirs OF
all iniquitics-are to lead in the work
of GoSpelization. Who give most to
home missions, to asylums, to reli-
gious education. to all styles of human
itarian and Christian institutions?
The cities From what places did tho
most relief 60 at the time of Johustown
flood, and Michigan fires. and Charles
ton earthquake, and Ohio freshetsp
From the cities. From what place did
Christ send out his IL apostles 90 gos-
pelize the world? From a city. What
place will do more than anv other
place. by its contribution of Christian
men and women and means. in this
work of taking America for God? New
York city. The way Paris goes, goes
France. The way Berlin goes, goes
Germany. Tho way Edinburgh goes,
goes Scotland. The way London goes,
goes England. The way New York
and couple other cities go, goes Amer
lea. May the Eternal God wake us up
To the stupendous issue!
Another thing quoted pesSimistically
Is the vast and overlapping fortunes in
this country, and they say it means
concentrated wealth and luxurious
ness and display and moral ruin. IL is
my observation that il is people who
have but limited resources who make
the most splurge, and l ask you, Who
are endowing colleges and theological
seminarics? Did YOU ever hear of Peter
Cooper and James LcnoX and sainted
VIM. T.. Dodge and the Lawrences,
Amos and Abbott, while | refrain from
mentioning living bcnefactors who,
quite as generous and Christian, arc
at this moment planning what they
can do in these days, and in their last
will and testament in this campaign
that proposes taking America for God?
The widows mite, honorcd of the Lord,
is to have its part in the continental
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 the blessing. In the first place,
place they have no might
The time is coming-hasten II, Lord!
and | think You and / will see it,
when, as Joseph, the wealthy Arim-
athean, gave for the dead Christ "A cost
ly mausoleum, the afiiuent men and
women of this country will rise i'm their
strength and build for our King, one
Jesus. the throne of this American con-
tincnt.
Another thing quoted for discourage-
ment, but which / quote for encourage
ment, is foreign immigration-now that
from Castle Garden we turn back by
the first poor ship the foreign vaga-
bondism-we are getting people. the
vast majority of whom come to make
an honest living; among them some Of
the braveSt and best If you should
turn back from this land TO Europe the
foreign ministers of the Gospel, and the
foreign attorneys, and the foreign mer-
chants, and the foreign philanthropists.
what robbery of our pulpits, our
courtrooms, our store houses, and
out benefcent institutions. and what
putting back Of every monetary, mcr-
ciful. moral and religious interest Of
the land. This commingling here Of all
nationalitieS under the blessing Of God
will produce in - 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 aesthetic
taste of another. the high moral char
actcr of another.and when that man and
woman step forth. their brain and nerve
and muscle an INTERVIEWING of the f.
bcrs Of all nationalities, noting but the
new electric 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 eleven per cent. OF
all our population. and why all this
fuss about foreign immigration?
Eighty-Dinc born Americans 90 II for
eigners. If 50 OF us New .TerseyIneu,
or 50 Of us New Workers. or 50 Of US
Ohioans or - 81 us Georgians. or -
of us Yankees are not equal 90 II for
eigncrs, then we are starveling, ILL
iputian group Of humunculi that ought
TO be wiped ont of existence.
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