The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-05-20

our country from the time when the
Spanish government fitted out an eXpe-
dition to discover it to this time when
Spaniards would like to destroy it.
Butchery Must Be Ended.
Morning, noon and night let us COM
mend this beloved land to the care of
gracious God. That he answers prayer
is so certain that your religion is
hallucinatiop if he does not answer it.
Pray that in reply to such supplicat1on
the farmers boys may get home again
in time to reap the harvest OF next Ju-
", that our business men may return
in time to prepare for fall trade such
as has never yet filled the stores and
factories with customers, and that all
the homes in this country now saddened
BY the departure of father or brother or
son may months before the Thanksglv-
ing and Christmas holidays be full OF
10Y at the arrival of those who will Tor
the rest of their lives have stories to
tell of double quick march, and narrow
escapes, and charges up the parapets,
and nights set on fire with bombard
ment, and our flag hauled up to places
from which other flags were hauled
down.
Now that we have started Oh the
work let us make that Spanish govern
ment get out of this hemisphere. We
do not want her any more, with her IN
iustices and barbarism and stilettos OF
cruelty hanging around the shores OF
this free land. She must not breathe
her foul breath on our winds; she must
not again redden our seas with her
hutcheries. There bids fair to be scene
on the deep as disastrous to the Spanish
as that which whelmed their armada In
1888. Philip II, king of Spain, resolved
on the conquest of Europe, and already
in the compass of his dominions, besides
Spain, were Naples and Sicily, and the
| Netherlands, and the East Indies, and
the Canary and Molucca and Sunda and
Philippine islands, and Mexico and Gu
ba and some of the most splendid parts
of America. All the nations of the
earth except England were to her I'M
derlings, and the Spanish king resolved
that even England must bow the knee.
Although the destructive strength OF
modern battleships was then unknown,
the Spanish armada started for the sub
lection of England with about l4O great
ships, with 1900 guns, 1000 cavalry
horses and 80, 900 men. The battleships
were provisioned with LAT, 900 casks OF
wine and six months provisions. The
commanders and officers of these war
vessels were dukes and marquises and
noblemen. At Plymouth, England, on
the 9th of July, the prominent officers
of the navy were in bowling alley,
bowling with great glee-Lord Howard,
the high admiral; Sir Martin Frobish-
er, the daring explorer, and Sir Francis
Drake, the first circumnavigator OF the
world-when word came to them that
the Spanish armada was advancing.
The officers continued at the game of
the bowling alley until the game was
finished and then went out to investl-
gate the tidings, and sure enough that
mighty feet which was considered in
vincible, and which was to bomba
and overthrow England, was approach
], ing. hut the invading navy was destroy
ed, for the Lord Almighty appeared in
the fight
God Reigns.
A storm such as had never swept the
coast of England or aroused the ocean,
swooped upon the Spanish armada.
Most of the ships soon went down I'M
der the sea, while others were driven
helplessly along to be splintered on the
coasts of England, Ireland, Scotland
and Norway. Another Spanish armada
is crossing the Atlantic and we are
ready to meet it. The same God
who destroyed the armada in 1888
reigns in 1898. May he in his might,
either through human arm or dumb ele-
ment defeat their squadron, and give
victory to the old flag of Admiral Farra,
gut and David Porter!
Yet what the world most wants is
Christ, who is coming to take posses
sion of all hearts, all homes, al na,
tions, but the world bloc.-i the N -..-
of his chariot | would ike to see t-lS
century, which is now almost woanJ
up, find its peroratlou in some MI ny
overthrow of tyrannies and mighty
building up Of liberty and justice AL
most all the centuries have ended with
some stupendous event that transformed
nations and changed the map of the
world. 1t was so at the close Of the
fourteenth century; it was SO at the close
of the fifteenth century; it was SO at the
close of the sixteenth century; it was
so at the close of the seventeenth cen
tury; it was SO at the close of the eight
eenth century. May it be more glori
ously SO at the close of the nineteenth
century, blessed be the Lord God OF
Israel from everlasting to everlasting,
and let the whole earth be filled with
his glory" Amen, and Amen.
How to Address Bishop or an Angel.
1t is a fallaoy to suppose that the
title "lord," applied to a bishop, be-
longs to him only as q member Of the