The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-06
pr1LPIT EDITORIALS.
,,..d nv In. Frank Crane at Trinity
pen chicago. Preceding the Usual
sermon SUI day. June o. 1898
con Of BATTLES IN 10TH CENTURY
rronurirhted. 1891

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why 1t is that providence
seems to work necessarily 'nioue"
'ro,s revolutions and social cohVui-
- is one of the mysteries we 90
80 and perhaps never SHALL unuer-
-, II would seem so much better
= ,o,otv could peacefully develop TO
- higher and better conditions put
s,oh Is manifestly not the programme
cod The institution of Christian
% 81 rise of democracy and the begin
- - 10 modern science, We're marked |
- oarsecutions and with the display |
~ hrmon malevolence. Peaceful as was
.ho Masters teaching, yet He foresaw
~ hitter struggles that lay before HIS
.n,,tb and declared that He came not
90 hiring peace but sword upon earth !
:" 80
The alternating feature to this I'M
Dleasant fact is that after all the strug-
sIes of humanity are struggles up
T,ard The nineteenth century is pc
cnliarly illustrative of this proposition.
II has been full of wars, IL mas peen
marked with gigantic campaigns OF
conquest. civil strifes and social con-
eicts In it's earlier years 1t witnessed
the colossal triumphs OF Napoleon and
the CONFUSION Of all Europe; toward
~ olose the American rebellion, one
~ the most destructive wars or MS
tory And there is a singular thing
ohout the armed conflicts of this GEN.
turv which is worthy of note; that is,
tbat their invariable result has been
triumph of liberty and civilization. 1t
&c as though the God of progress has
been striding forward with footsteps
that shook the earth-but striding for
ward taking no step backward. IL
NAV be interesting to review the pages
OF this centurys strife and see how
"He maketh the wrath of man to praise
Him" / shall not attempt chronology
cal order critical eXactness nor hlstori-
cal exhaustiveness, but merely indicate
some of the great national epoch-mak-
ing events.
What was the meaning Of the great
battle of Waterloo in 1915? Its provi-
DENTAL significance was the removal
of Napoleon. and that absolutism for
which he stood, from the path of those
forces which had been set on foot by
the French revolution. Democracy and
the lust rights of the individual were
thus given free play both in France and
fin the rest of western Europe. To be
sure. the Bourbons came again, but
only TO drop away soon in "the revolu-
ton Of contempt" Democratic ideas
leavened the nations. AS Waterloo
overthrow Napoleon the Great. so Sedan
overthrow Napoleon the Little, and the
way is cleared in France for progress
In Germany the commissions of the
century have produced a united father
land and a constitutional government
out of a horde of petty quarreline
feudal states
In Italy the power of Metternich
''the modern Mephistopheles," and o.
the reactionary principles for which hi
stood, has been crushed, and that coun
try enjoys a measure of unity and free
dom. The reign of ecclesiastical tyran
ny is broken and free inquiry prevails
In Austria the principles for which
Kossuth struggled although he seemed
to fail, have been realized in the mail
at last.
In Mexico the revolution against tn
tyranny Of Spain has been crowne'
with success. JuareZ marched in tri
umph into the capital, Hidalgo ha
taken place by the side of Washing
ton in history. Porfirio Diaz has dem
onstrated the ability of Spanish pop
ulace to conduct successfully repub
lie; he has shown that intelligence an
craftsmanship can gradually and sue
cessfully lead an ignorant people to ma
tional prosperity and that democrat
is as good a nurse as monarchy for
race rising from benumbing SLAYER
into conscious citizenship.
The revolutions of the Spanish reput
a aArin hnU hasa n
most uniformly successful, and the d.
velopment of those nations, since the
have been dsenthralled, has been sue
as to convince the most unbelieving {
the wisdom of their revolt.
In 1857 the horrid Sepoy rebellion
India demonstrated the folly of II
East Indian company in encouragir
heathenism and discouraging Chri!
tanity. AS result of that conflict II
company was abolished, India can
under the direct control Of the BIRTHS
crown, and a more enlightened polio
since then has so dealt with the nj
yves that monstrous strides have bee
made toward civilization in this regiC
or caste and cruelty. The security
English law and the fostering influen
or English government have produce
profound and beneficial changes in Il
lie OF the Hindu people.
sss
In China the war OF 1856 resulted
the treaty OF Tientsin, which provide
That persons teaching or professir
the Christian religion shall alike be e.
Titled to the protection Of the Chine
authorities; nor shall any such peac
ably pursuing their calling. and not o
tending against the laws be persecut
or interfered with" In August 49,
the walled kingdom was opened. by III
memorable compact, to the CONNER
and the gospel of civilization.
The Crimean war decided the pr
dominacy of modern ideas, as repr
sented by England, over ancient, fe
oal and autocratic ideas, as embodi
IN Russia, in the control Of the entran
TO the east In this war the Britt