St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-02

century WAS that most Of tho thrones
Of Europe were occupied by i'm
beetles or prodigates. But most
of the thrones Of Europe are to
day occupied by kings and queens
competent FIR ance q republic, Swits
erland q republic, and about fifty FREQ
constitutions, am told, in Europe.
Twenty million serfs Of Russia manu-
mitted. On this western continent
can call the roll Of many republics
Mexico, Guatemala, San salvador,
Costa Rica, Paraguay, Uruguay. Hon
duras, New Grenada, Venezuels, Peru,
| Ecuador. BOLIVIA, Chilli. Argentine Re.
public. Brazil The once struggling
village of Warrington. to which the
United States government moved, it,
entire baggage and equipment packed
up in seven boxes. which got lost in
the woods near this place. now the
architectural glory of the continent
and admiration Of the world.
| The money power, 90 much de-
nounced and often justly criticised,
has covered this continent with uni
versities, and free libraries, and asy-
lums Of mercy. The newspaper press
which. at the beginning Of the con-
fury was IN ink-roller, by hand moved
over one sheet Of paper It : time, has
become the miraculous manufactures
Of four or Eve or six hundred thou
/ sand sheets for one daily newspapers
issue. Within your own memory, O
dying century, has been the genesis Of
nearly all the great institutions evan
gelistic. At London Tavern, March z,
British and Foreign Bible society was
born. In 1916 American Bible So
ciety was born. In 1924 American
Sunday-school union was born. In
1910 American Board Of Commission.
ers for Foreign Missions, which
has put its saving hand ON
every nation Of the round earth. WAS
born ut . havstack In Massachusetts,.
The National Temperance society, the
Women's Temperance society, and all
the other Temperance movements born
in the century. Africa, hidden to
other centuries, by exploration in this
century has been put at the feet Of
civilization, to be occupied by com
merce and Christianity. The Chinese
wall. once an impossible barrier, now
Is = useless pile Of stone and brick.
Our American nation 1t the opening
Of this century only = slice Of land
along the Atlantic coast, now the
whole continent in posseesion Of our
schools and churches and missionary
stationA Sermons and religious In
telligence which in other times, II no.
ticed 1t Ill by the newspaper press.
were allowed only . paragraph
Of three or four lines, now
find the columns of the secular
press in all the cities thrown wide
open, and every week for 26 years
without the omission of single week.
I have been permitted to preach one
entire Gospel sermon through the
newspaper press I thank God for
this great opportunity. Glorious old
century. You shall not he entombed
until we have. face to face. extolled
you. You were rocked in . rough
cradle, and the inheritance you re-
ceived was for the most part poverty,
and struggle, and hardship. and poor
Uncovered graves of heroes and hero
ines of whom the world had not been
worthy. and atheism, and military
despotism, and the wreck Of the French
revolution. You inherited the influ-
ences that resulted in Aaron Burr's
treason, and another war with England
and battle Of Lake Erie, and Indian
savagry. and Lundy's Lane and Dart
moor massacre, and discussions, bitter
and wild beyond measurement, and
African slavery, which was yet to cost
= national -hemOrhage Of four awful
years and . million precious lives.
Yes dear old century. you had N
awful start, and you have done more
than well. considering your parentage
and your early, e9yironment II !. :
, wsssss sGs Fl time ss b r 'a:
had bad mother and bad grand
mother. Some of+tke. preceding CEN
turtles were not at to live in-the,r
mor1h .were SO b0d, their fashions
were so Outrageous; their ignorance
wasso.dense, theiisiahumsnity 30 ter.
ritc :. Ls...-..s, s.si ia. .~sss
q. DYING aipeteApkh century, before
you. 60 We take this opportunity Of
telling ron that you are the best and
the mightiest of all the centuries of
the Christine AsE Except the frst.
which gave d Christ. and you rival
thatceut6fy "a the fact that You, more
than all the other centuries put to-
gether. are giving the Christ to all the
world. One hundred and twelve thou
sand dollars 1t one meeting . few days
ago contributed for tho worlds evan.
Relization. Look 1t what you have
done. o. thou abused and deprecated
century, All the Pacific isles, barred
and bolted against the Gospel when
you began to reign, now Ill open. and
some Of them more Christianized than
America. No more, ~ once. writ.
ten over tho church doors in Caps
Colony. Dogs and Hottentos not
admitted" The late Mr.. Oar.
win contributing e25 to the
Southern missionary society. Canni-
balism driven OF tho face Of the earth.
The gates of al nations wide open for
the Gospel entrance when the church
shall give up its intellectual dandy
ism. and quit fooling with higher
criticism, and plunge into the work.
Is ut . life-saving station the crew
pull ont with 1''lffeboat to take the
sailors OF ship going to pieces in the
Skerries. l thank You. old and dying
century; all Heaven thanks You. and
surely all the nations OF the earth
ought to thank you l put before
your eyes, soon to b dim for the last
sleep. the facts tremendous. ! takS1
your wrinkled old hand and shake 1t
congratulation. bathe your fevered
brow. and freshen your psrehed lips
from the fountains of eternal victory:
But my text suRgests that there are
some things that this century ought to
do before he leaves NJ. Thus saith