St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-05-15

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good men on both sides the - ought
to b every day pray ire.
What power pat its hands upm
astronomy in Joskus's time and made
the sun and moon Stand still? Joshua
X, II: "Then spoke Joshua unto the
Lord" Prayer! As giant viii talks
two or four great globes, and In -
founding Wy swing them thus way OF
that. or hold two of them at arms
length, % the Omnipotent does as He
will with the great orb of worlds,
with wheeling consultations and
circling galaxies, swinging easily star
around star, star tossed after star; OF
sun and moon held ont 1T arms length,
and perfectly still, as in answer to
Joshua's prayer. To God the largest
world is pebble.
Another reAson why we sho'id obey
the Paulina injunction Of the ss.t and
pray for al that In authority il, that
% very much of our own prosperity and
happiness are involved in their doingx
4 selfish reason, you say. Yes, but .
righteous sclfshness like that which
leads you to take care of your own
health. and preserve your own
life. Prosperous government means
. prosperous people. Damaged gov
eminent means . damaged people.
We all go up together or We
all go down together. When we pray
for our rulers we pray for ourselves,
for our homes, for the easier gaining Of
q livelihood, for better prospects for
our children. for the hurting of these
hard timos SO far down the embank-
ment they can never climb mp again.
Do not look at anything that pertains
to public interest ~ having no relar
ton to yourself We are touched BY
all the events in our national history,
by the signing of the compact in the
cabin ::of the Mayfower, by the small
shp. the HALF Moon, sailing mp the
Hudson, by the treaty Of William
Pean, his the hand that made the lib
erty bell" sound its first stroke, by Old
Ironsidcs plowing the high seas. And
If touched by all the events Of past
America, certainly by all the events Of
the present day. Every prayer you
make for our rulers, if the prayer be at
the right stamp and worth anything.
has . rebound of benediction for your
own body, mind and soul.
Another reason for obedience to my
text is that the prosperity Of this conn
try Is coming, and we want . hand In
helping on its coming; 1t any rate. !
do. 1t is matter of honest satisfac-
tion TO . soldier, after some great bat
tie has been fought. and some great
victory won, to be able to say: "Yes. I
was there. l was in the brigade that
those heights was in that
bayonet charge that put the enemy in
to fight" Well, the day will come
when all the financial. political
and moral foes of this republic
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 10 take the double
quick" BY our prayers we may stand
ON the mountain and beckon them on,
and show them q shorter cut Yea. in
answer to our prayers the Lord God Of
hosts may from the high heavens COM
mand them forward swifter that mount
ed troops ever took the field at Eylau CT
Austerlitz. In 1872 Holland was assailed.
erpeople prayed nightly. The ships Of
her enemies waited for the high tides ON
which to come in. In answer to the
prayers offered the tide, rs never be-
fore, was detained twelve hours, and
before that twelve hours had passed .
hurricane swoopcd upoa the enemies
ships and destroyed them, and Holland
was saved. If God detained the high
tide in answer to prayer, will he not
hasten it in answer to prayer? Surely
it has been low tide long enough. May
the Lord hasten the high tide of ma
tional welfare. American citizens! our
hest hold in ON God. We have all
seen families in prayer. and churches
in prayer. What we want yet to sec is
this whole nation on its knees
The most of them are dead; those
who in 1851 moved in that procession
that marched from the city hall of
down Louisiana avenue
to Seventh street, aud then through
avenue to the north gate
of yondcr capitol, to lay the corner
stone of the extension Of that capitol
The president who that day presided,
and solemnly struck the stone three
times in dedication, long 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 pronounced . cornerstone
well laid. But what most interests me
now is that inside that cornerstone, in
. glass jar. Theoretically sealed, is ,
of national import, though
in poor penmanship. It is the penman-
ship of Daniel Webster. which almost
ruined the penmanship Of this country
for many years, because many thought
If they had Daniel Webster's poor pen
it might indicate they ha6
Webster's genius The document reads
IS follows:
IF it shall hereafter be the will Of
God that this structure shall fall from
its base, that its foundation be up
turned. 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 constitution still exists unim-
paired AMI with al its original useful
ness and glory, growing every day
stronger and stronger in the affection
of the great body of the American peo-
pie, and attracting more and more the
Of the world; and al here
whether belonging to pub
lie life or to private life with
hearts devoutly thankful to Al
mighty God for the preserve