Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-04-12

hold two Of them at arm S length, so
the Omnipotent does as he will with
the great orLs of worlds, with wheeling
consultations and circling galaxies,
swinging easily star around star, star
tossed after star Or sui and neon held
out at arms length and perfectly still,
as in answer to Joshua's prayer. To
God the largest world is pebble.
A Righteous SeIfishness.
Another reason why we should obey
the Paaline injunction of the text and
pray fer all that are in authority is that
SO very much Of our own prosperity
and happiness are involved in their do
ings. A selfish reason, you say. Yes,
but a righteous selfshness, like that
which leads you TO take care Of your
own health and preserve your own life.
Prosperous government means pros
porous people. Damaged government
means damaged people. We all go up
together, or we all go down taaether.
When we pray for our rulers, we pray
for ourselves, for our homes, for the
easier gaining Of livelihood, for bet
ter prospects for our children, for the
hurting Of these hard times so far down
the embankment they can never climb
up again. Do not look at anything that
pertains to public interest as having no
relation to yourself We are touched
by all the events in our national histo-
ry, by the signing Of the compact in the
cabin of the Mayfower, by the small
ship, the Half Moon, sailing up the
Hudson, by the treaty of William Penn,
by the hand that made the Liberty
bell'' sound its first stroke, by Old Iron
sides blowing the high seas, and, if
touched by all the events of past Amer
lea, certainly by all the events of the
present day. Every prayer you make for
our rulers, if the prayer be Of the right
stamp and worth anything, has a re-
bound of benediction for your own body,
mind and soul.
Another reason for obedience to my
text is that the prosperity of this coun-
try is coming, .and we want hand in
helping on its coming. AT any rate | do.
1t is a matter Of honest satisfaction to
soldier, after some great battle has been
fought and some great victory won, to
be able to say: Eyes, I was there.
was in the brigade that stormed those
that put the enemy to fight" Well,
the day Will come when all the fnan-
cial, political and moral foes of this re-
public will be driven back and driven
down by the properties that are now
on their way, but which come with
slow tread and in fatigue dress"
when we want them to take "the dou-
BILE quick" By our prayers we may
stand on the mountain top and beckon
them on and show them a shorter cut.
Yea, i'll answer to our prayers the Lord
God of Hosts may from the high heav-
ems command them forward swifter
than mounted troops ever took the field
at Eylau or Austerlitz.
In 1912 Holland was assailed. Her
people prayed nightly. The ships of
her enemies waived for the high tides
on which to come in. In answer to the
was detained 10 hours, and before that
IL hours had passed a hurricane swoop-
ed upon the enemies ships and destroy
ed them, and Holland was saved. II
God detained the high tide i'll answer
to prayer, will he not hasten it in an
swer to prayer? Surely it has been low
tide long enough. May the Lord hasten
the high tide of national welfare.
American citizens, our best hold is on
God. We have all seen families in pray
Err and churches in prayer. What we
want yet to see is this whole nation ON
it's knees.
Daniel webstcr's Words.
The most of them are dead-those
who il 1851 moved in that procession
that marched from the city hall of
Washington down Louisiana avenue to
Seventh street and then through Penn
sylvania avenue to the north gate of
yonder capitol to lay the cornerstone
Of the extension of that capitol. The
president who that day presided and
struck that stone three times
in dedication lCng ago quit earthly
scenes, and the lips OF the great orator
of that hour are dust, and the grand
master of that occasion long ago put
down the square and the level and the
plumb with which for the last time he
cornerstone well laid.
But what most interests me now is
that inside that cornerstone, in glass
jar, Theoretically scaled, is a document
OF national import though IN poor pen
It is the penmanship of Dan
lel Webster, which almost ruined the
of this country for many
years, because many thought if they
had Daniel Webster's poor penmanship
it might indicate they had Webster's
genius The document reads as follows:
eff it shall hereafter be the will Of
God that this structure shall fall from
it's base, that it's foundation be upturn-
ed and this deposit be brought to the
eyes Of men, be it then known that on
this day the nation of the United States
of America stands firm that their con
I'll flltiOn still exists nnimnaired and