The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1897-07-16

through them revealed the moral consti-
tuition and bylaws of human society,
with the eternal principles of divine
worship: so the Greeks gave the world
art, the Romans gave US law and states
manship, Germany gave US music and
modern philosophy, England, invention
and commercial freedom and America
the most universal liberty and education.
But
LET US NOT, FOR ONE MOMENT, FORGET
that the evolution of each and all the ma
tions is the work of God, revealing Him
self to men, unfolding His plans in the
world, and making even the wrath of
men to praise His Holy Name. Moses
was His Lawgiver, Elijah His great
Prophet, Jesus Christ His only Begotten
Son, and all the leaders of the nations
His servants. In Moses was given the
germ of the nation, in Christ we look for
the perfect State, the Kingdom of
Heaven on the earth. We shall never
cease to study the life of Moses until
Christ shall come in the fulness of His
glory. 1t has been we'll said that
Moses led the worlds first emancipation
movement, liberating three millions
slaves.
Moses organized this horde of bond
men into the worlds first republic, the
United States of Israel, with local self
government, citizen soldiery, popular
and compulsory education, elective judi
ciary, primary, and appellate courts,
courts of the last resort, and most of the
various advantages of which modern re-
publics boast.
Moses legislated for the first constitu-
tional monarchy government of laws
and not of men, where rulers as we'll
as the people were alike amenable to law.
Moses made every citizen land-hold-
er, inalienable rights; introduced Home
stead Exemption; cancelled debts after
six years; gave every weary toiler a
weekly rest; legislated for the protection
of the poor and infirm; made the person
of every citizen sacred; guarded captives
from outrage and abuse; prohibited
usury; forbade cruelty to animals; and
ordained a system of legislation more
human that any the world has ever
known.
Moses introduced sanitary system
30 wise and salutary that the science of
the present day has only begun to appre-
ciate it's advantage"
Next in Importance to the divine
genius of the nation by which its gifts
and peculiar characteristics differ from
those of other nations is the promised
land which is it's home and the theatre
of its history. Each nation has a count
ry adapted to the development of its
peculiar gifts and virtues. Palestine
was the home of the Hebrew nation.
The land was the divine gift for the sake
of the divine call to Abraham and his
seed forever.
NOWHERE ELSE ON THE EARTH
could such people have had such
history. Nowhere else could such a
book as the Bible have been given to the
world as in the Holy Land. The Land
and the Book and the People go together
and illustrate the power, wisdom ard
goodness of God to the children of men.
And nowhere could there be more beau
tiful examples Of real patriotism than
are found in the history of the ancient
people Of God. How exalted was their
love OF country! How sad was the
wail Of loneliness when in exile they re-
membered their vine clad hills and YER
dant slopes and teeming valleys!
IF forget thee, o Jerusalem, let my
right hand forget her cunning! II do
not remember thee, let my tongue cleave
to the roof Of my MOUTH
And as I have already indicated the |
grand motive and inspiration Of this
divine example of patriotism was In their |
religion. The 122d Psalm, of which our
text Is portion, illustrates my idea of
Christian Patriotism, or that love of |