The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-06

death, the support of their wife and chill
dren would be safe through the opera
tons of this law.
yss MOSES AND WASHINGTON.
Both Lead Great Nations Out of Polit-
ical Bondage to Promised Land.
A special sermon, Appropriate to Inde-
pendence Day, was preached by the Rev.
Dr. Pittinger, rector of the Church of the
Good Shepherd Sunday His text was
i Deuteronomy 33, 13-16-the blessings
!, of the twelve tribes.
"God, for carrying on his work in this
world" said DR.. Pittinger, "calls not only
individuals, but even nations as WE'LL, into
! his service. He hath made of one blood
! all the nations of the earth to dwell Ito
gether. Blessed of the Lord be his land,
for the precious things of heaven, for the
dew, and for the deep that coucheth be-
meath; and for the precious fruits brought
/ forth by the sun, and for the precious
things put forth by the NOON and for
the chief things of the ancient noun
tains and for the precious things of the
lasting hills; and for the precious things
of the earth and the fulness thereof, and
/, for the good will of Him that dwelleth in
the BUSH
eve as nation were in Gods thought
when these words wer spoken by
Moses. How comprehensive are the
blessings here pronounced upon Joseph
| by his father. And they are all crowned
by the one great blessing-the good will
of Almighty God.
''While God appoints the abiding place
of nations and determines the bounds of
their territory, he also determines and
fits the character of the nation to the
country it is to inhabit."
Here the preacher enumerated the
points of similarity between Moses and
Washington as the leaders of two great
nations out of political bondage. Both
George Washington and Moses" he said,
"were raised up, by God for a special
work. They both brought ag reat people
to land promised them by God They
both met with sharp opposition, but they
swerved not from duty. The great de-
tiny of him and his people, just as much
as that of Moses and the Israelites, had
been foreordained and marked out by the
God of nations.
| iAIlu W udL IL WOllueTlul heritage Is lIliS
that God has given us through this great
man? No man knows, no man dreams
of it's resources, it's latent wealth, its
power to sustain ag reat people. In ev-
cry section, North South, East and
West, almost daily we are awakening to
a realization of some new source of
wealth. Verify God has blessed us thus
far.
"Now the question is will we retain
that greatest of all blessings-will we
prove ourselves worthy of the good will
of Almighty God?'
Extracts from Washington's Farewell
Address were now read. The first was
touching in a general way the dangers
that threaten a republic. The second
was a warning as to the baneful influ-
ences of parties. This the preacher
thought was the greatest danger to the
government at the present time.
| Within the last political campaign, he
said, a man who is very prominent in re
ligious circles and whose words are worth
considering, said that the men and wo-
men of this country were becoming too
much educated; that they were being
educated away from labor instead Of to
it; that they were coming more and more
to regard manual labor as dishonorable
and therefore to be avoided. This was
in a campaign and a howl of criticism
was raised all over the country.
"Since that time, Within the last month,
/ have heard State official make use Of
almost identically the same words, but
he was applauded, because party feel
ing had died down and the opinion Of the
world touching this matter had changed.
"Again during this time of the Jubilee
in England, the opinion has been more
than once expressed, by men of great
prominence, that it would be better for
us too, to live under a monarchy. Such
expressions as these show whittier we are
drifting. 1t shows that mems minds may
be so gradually trained as to hear, at
, least with tolerance, what they would
|, once have impa tiently denounced as trea-
sion"
Another evil that Washington foresaw
was the harsh criticism of legislative
bodies and our officials. There are, the
seaker said, patriots at the head of most
of our departments and in Congress, and
, there should not be indiscriminate denim.
citation Of the acts of the opposite party.
, The warning as to relations with for
eign nations was also read, but the great
est and most important part of the ad
dress, he said, was that part recommend
ing that morality and religion be preserv-
ed and cherished. "He cautions us also
to literally support our public institu.
tons, and insists upon our maintenance
+ of system for educating those who are
Ito compose the citizenship of the com,
T monweslth."
, The preacher here took occasion to refer
to the local taxation election for the aid
, of the public schools about to be held
all over the State, and advised his hear
r ers not to miss this opportunity of help
ing those who cannot help themselves
of building up in morality and enlighten
I ment the people of the State and the cit
j. izenship that is in the future to become
an itegral and molding influence in thi
|, republic given as heritage to His peopl,
!. by God Himself.
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