The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-07-15

There is No Chance, No Accident, No Fate
The Winds and the Waves Are Al
ways on the side OF the AbIest Navi-
Eators-Naturc's sympathy for Strug-
Cling MortaIs.
WASHINGTON. July 1l.-Yesterday
was day of thanksgiving and prayer
in the nations capital. The presi-
dents recent proclamation was fol-
lowed by patriotic utteranees from
many pulpits. Prayers were offered
for an early contamination. In nearly
every church where the proclamation
had suggested the topic of the sermon,
special music of patriotic character
was rendered, many of the services
closing with the hymn America"
President Mckinley,
as usual, attended the morning serv-
ices at the Metropolitan NJ. z. church.
lie went alone TO the church, and was
deeply impressed by the-fine discourse
delivered by the pastor, Rev. Frank
Bristol, d. ID. The church was crowded
long before the services began. Scores
of persons remained standing through
out, and many more went away unable
to gain admittance.
MT. BrlstOIS sermon
held the attention of his auditors from
the first sentence to the last. At times
his hearers were so thoroughly aroused
10y his patriotic utterances that ripples
of spontaneous applause swept over the
congregation. In part his sermon fol-
lows:
Psalm as.I:
q, sing unto the Lord new song. for He hath
ffar rfrrF
holy arm hath gotten Him the victory.
The poets AMI heroes whose songs aud
deeds made the old time splendid were pure
enough OF heart an1 large enough OF brain u
be able TO find the divine philosophy Of human
events.
There Is No Chance. No Accident, No Fate.
Law is universal The more scientific a pso-
PIE become the stronger will be their belief
and trust in Providence and the less confidence
will they have in lusx, &c .dsntal chance and
the other ab5urdities, In the days OF mans
ignorance the prOvidential was looked upon
the miraculous and the miraculous the
prOvidential. But with the growth Of science
The Miraculous Becomes ObsOlets
aad unnecessary. when Providence becomes
more evident and prominent in human affairs.
There was a time when the greatest philOso-
pliers did not know that steam had been pro-
vided n motive power to serve man; that
electricity hal been provided Tor a multitude of
utilities
The Greeks Did Not Know
that more than seven metals had been pro-
vidcd Tor the arts. while this age knows that
from 80 to 90 have been provided The an
clients never dreamed that there had been pro-
vided in the economy Of nature the pOssibili-
ties OF gunpOwder and dynamite; the pOsSibili-
ties OF modern navy, aal the possibilities OF
the Manila and Santiago victories, b. which
America doth take accession by the hand ami
make the bounds OF free Iom wider yet.
1t Is Science or knowledge
that brings Us in tOu II a1d alliance with
Providence The more science the more Provi-
dence. Yes. the more science the more God il
the worlds his-o-y. ThsIprO yidentiII does not
always mean or even imply the miracIlOus-
J;oi may work his will by the agencies OF the
laws Of nature and the thoughts OF men
We should not quarrel with the elegant old
proposition:
The Winds and Waves are Always ON tho
side OF the AbIest NavigatOrs,"
for the ableSt navIgatOIS know how to uSs the
winds and waves. ami ara in league with the
mighty laws that govern things God i on the
side OF good, favoring good financierilg, good
politics, good guns, good lttl ShipS. good dis
cipIine. good generalShip Gn1 good causes. In
the Olden time men ana nations allie them
selves with Providence ~ faiJh; to-day mel
and nations ally themselves with Providence By
knowledge.
There was time when the people found
Nature in sympathy with Their Struggles
for freedom. AMI tlo storm overthrow the |
Egyptians in the SEA AMI the an moon |
stood still in the day NJ battle to give right
e1us cause good chance. an the stars in their |
courses fought ggainst SiSecL What d)eS ell |
this mean Was God telchin man the neces-
sity OF mastering the elements and forces of na-
ture and yoking them u His purposes. Was
lie teaching them that he who has the laws of !
nature on his side wins and that h who con- /
tends against the right
Fights AgAinxt the stars,
Ezainst the law ana order and very cOns,itu-
tiCn of things. and must fan Is this tn IA. a 1
l,SS providcattal age than the age Of Moses: Is /
the electric light less prOvidential than the /
Pillar OF fire. Is Dakota wheat harvest less 4
IrlvidcujiIl than a shower OF ma1nas l. /
South Carolina cotton crop less proTidsntial Il
than the quails OF thu wilderness Are the /
orange groves OF California less providential
than the vineyards Of ol I Z iciol? Was ths dis
covrey OF America less prOvideltial than the
finding OF Canaan Was the
Coming OF the Pilgrims and HuguenOts
less providentiaI than the exodus of thu chill
dren Of Israeli Was the Declaration of IIde-
pendence less prOvitential than the Decalogue
OF Sinais Were the guns OF Dewey ami Samp-
son less providential than the rams horns Of
Joshua the lamps ald pitchers OF Gideon, or
the rod Of Moses: Were Manila and Santiago |
less providcntial in the history OF human free
dom than Jericho AMI Ais Is Christian civili-
zation .esS providsatial than was Jewish bar
bariSn-s If God ever had
Peculiar People
He has them now. They are the product of
al the struggles and aspirations of the pass |
The men who stand before Santiago are not
the product OF day or Of q century; they
are ths rich conSummate flower Of the
ages, the highest evolution OF history They |
represent manhood that has climbed century
Oy century up the steps OF light and liberty. and
row stands in sight OF the glorihed 81 mmiSs of
the universal freedom and
The Universal brotherhood of Man.
The men who offer their lives on libel tvs
holy altar to-day caught their inspiration from
the men who fought for their convictions in
our civil war. and those great men of our civil !
war bad heard Of The revolutionary heroes. and
were proud TO emulate their deeds OF patriotic
vsl0r; bat the men OF the revolution had in
herited
The Spirit of the Pilgrim Fathers
saG were determined = prove themselves
worthy OF their noble sires; the pilgrims had
the mantleS Of the reformerS resting upon their
broad herculean shoulders aud the reformers
Te-1em 0erei with reverence the martyrs. aud
the martyrs had seen the apostles. and the
apostles had touched the Christ.
There Is Your Providence la History.
DO you look toward Manila and Santiago and
say superior guns did the business: say su-
perior men stood behind the schools and God,
The supreme stood behind the religion. There
is our lesson OF Providence The miracle work !
ers to-day ar our e1ucators. the men and
women who are g-viag u an Intellectual mas /
tery Of nature and 81 armOred mastery Of our |