The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-12-03

Bering strait. those % miles Of water,
not deep. and they are spotted with
islands capable Of holding the piers Of
a great bridge. And what with Amer
lea and Asia thus connected and ST.
berian railway. and q railroad now
projected for the length Of Africa. and
Palestine and Persia and India and
China and Burma intersected with rail-
read tracks, all Of which viii be done
before the new century IL grown up,
the way will be open to the quick dT-
ilization aud evangelization Of the
whole world. The old map we used IL
study in our boyish days Is dusty and
on the top shelf or amid the rubbish OF
the garrett. and 70 win the present map
Of the world. however gilded and beau,
tifully bound. be treated. and an en-
tirely new map viii be put into the
infsntle band Of the coming century
The work OF this century has been
TO get ready, All the earth is now free
10 the Gospel except two little spotS,
one in Asia and one in Africa, while al
the beginning Of the century there
stood the Chinese wall and there famed
the fires and there glittered the swords
that forbade entrance to many islands
and large reaches Of continent. Dor.
nesian cruelties and Fiji island cannl.
balism have given way, and all the
gates OF the continents are swung open
with Q clang that has been 9 positive
and glorious invitation for Christian
ity 10 enter. Telegraph, telephone aud
photograph are TO be c~onsecrated 10
Gospel dissemination, and, instead Of
the voice that gains the attention OF
q few hundred or q few thousand PEG.
pie within the church walls, the tele.
graph will thrill the glad tidings and
the telephone will utter them to many
millions. Oh, the Infinite advantage
that the twentieth century has over
wha; the plneteenth century had at the
starting!
In preparation for this coming oen-
fury we have time in the intervening
year, TO give some decisive strokes at
the seven or eight great evils that curse
the world. II would be an assault and
battery upon the coming century by
thia century II we allowed the full blow
OF present evils TO fall upon the future.
We ought somehow to cripple or minify
some Of these denominations. Alec
hoAsm Is to-day triumphant, aad are we
TO let the a~n-deyouring monster that
has throttied this century seize upor
tho next without first having filed his
accursed hide with singing arrowI
enough 10 weaken and stagger himi
We have wasted about rs yeara How
50? While we have been waiting fol
the law Of the land to prohibit intoxl
cants we have done little to quencl
the thirst Of appetite in the palate anC
tongue Of a whole generation. Wheri
are the public and enthusiastic meet
ings that used to be held 80 years az
for the 0 purpose Of ~persuading tn,
young and middle aged and old tina
strong drink Is poisonous and damn
inga When will we learn that we mus
educate public opinion up TO a prohit
itory law or such a law viii not b
passed or II passed will not be exc
euted? God grant that all state an
national legislatures may build u
an impossible wall. shutting out N
alcoholic abominstion. But while "
wait for that let u. in our homes, In GU
I schools and our churches and on GU
platforms and in our newspapers. pei
, suade the people to stop taxing alcC
i. hole stmulant unless prescribed b
/. physicians. and then persude phys
clans not to prescribe Il II IN all the d.
muions Of therapeutics tb're may b
found some other remedy.
: Oh, save the young man oil to-day an
greet the coming century With q It'd
wave Of national redempt ,onl Do n,
/ put upon the cradle Of She twentiet
. century a mountain OF demijohns an
beer barrels and rum jugs and put
/. its infant hps wretchedness, dlseas
murder and abandonment In solutioi
. Aye, reform that army Of Inebnats
4 "Ah." you say. cit cannot be done
That shows that you will be OF no Vi
!, IN the work. 20 ye Of little faithl
. Away back In early times President d
e via Of Princeton college, one day foun
. man In utter despair because Of u
I thrall Of strong drink. The preSider
i said 10 him: "sir. be OF good chez
You a be saved. Sign the pledge
Q "Ah." said the ~despairing victim, :
e have often signed the pledge, but ha,
j always broken my pledge" But
2 said the president, II will be 20,
G strength TO keep the pledge. will |
I your friend and with Q loving ar
J GROUND you will hold you up. Whs
i your appetite burns. and you feel thI
= you must crafty II, come TO my how
/, Sit down with me in the study or wi
: the family in the parlor. and I will
e q shield to you. All that ! can do I
y you with my books, my sympathy, n
experience, my society, my love, h
. money. I will do. You shall forget yoI
0 appetite and masterit." look Of hoI
glowed on the poor mans face, and
a replied: "Sir. will you do all that
"Surely | will" Then J will ov,
Il come" He signed the pledge and Ike
i it, That plan OF President Davis wifi
Is saved one man. tried on q large sea
n will save a million men.
NTl.s Luzr 80 ekn rnFfd 10 DN,as
=. and Germany and England and {
X United States could safely disband
their standing armies and dismant
n. their fortresses and spike their gun
II What upcounted millions Of dolls
4. would be saved. and. more than tn
n. what q complete cessation Of hum
10 Slaughter What an improvement
a the morals Of uatiousi What an ado
ton Of that higher and better manifel
10 which was set 10 music and let do'
al from the midnight heavens OF Beth
hem ages sgol The world has got
T. come TO this. Why not make II (
d peroration OF the nineteenth centur
" Are we going TO make a present 10 I
r twentieth century OF reeldng hospit
and dying armies and bemisphe
% grayeyards7 Do you want the ho,
e Of other cavalry horses on the bresI
u Of fallen men7 Do you wan other b.
vest fields quilted with wheels Of z
carriageSf Do you want the sky I'll
ing with conhagratiop Of other hon
d. Eteads2 All. this nineteenth cent?
y has seen enough Of war, Make the
y termination that no other century sh
I. be blasted with H.
y VIII Il not be grand II on the first d