The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-22

second text means a volcano like We
suvius or Cotopaxi, or il means the gey.
sers of Yellowstone park or of Cali
fornia- You see a hill calm and still,
and for ages i~mmovable, but the Lord
out of the heavens puts his finger on
the top Of it and from it rise thick
and Impressive vapors: "He toucheth
the hills and they smoke"
Although my journey across the con-
tinent this summer was for the eighth
time, more and more am / impressed
with the Divine hand in its construc-
ton, and with its greatness and gran
deur, and more and more am | thrilled
with the fact hat it is all TO be irri-
gated, gloriied and Edenized. What
a change from the time when Daniel
Webster on yonder captoline hill
said to the American senate in regard
to the center Of this continent and to
the regions on the Pacific coast:
What do you want with this vast,
worthless area, this region Of savages
and wild beasts, of deserts, and cac-
tus, of shifting sands and prairie
dogs? To what use could we ever put
these great deserts or these great
mountains, im~penetrable and covered
with eternal snow? What can we ever
hope TO do with the western coast,
rock bound, cherries and uninyiting,
and not a harbor on II? / will never
vote one cen from the public treas.
ury 70 place the Pacific coast one inch
nearer Boston than it now isl What
a mistake the great statesman made
when he said thatl All who have
crossed the continent realize that the
states on the Pacific ocean will have
quite as grand opportunities as the
states on the Atlantic, and all this
realm from sea 10 sea to be the Lords
cultivated possession.
Do you know what in some respects
Is the most remarkable thing between
the Atlantic and Pacific? 1t is the
figure OF a cross on a mountain In Col
orado. II is called the mount Of the
Holy Cross" A horizontal c~reyiee
filed with perpetual snow, and a per.
pendicular creyice filled with o
but both the horizontal line and the
perpendicular line SO marked, so bold.
so significant, SC unmistakable, that
all who pass in the daytime within
many miles are compelled TO see IL.
There are some figures, some contours.
some mountain appearances that o
gradually make out after your atten.
ton is called 10 them. So a mans
face on the rocks In the White noun.
tains So 4 maiden's form cut In the
granite of the Adirondack. So a city
in the moving clouds Yet you haze
TO look under the pointing OF your
friend or guide for some time before
you can see the similarity. But the
first instant you glance at this side Of
the mountain in Colorado, YOU cry
out "A crossl A crOssr' Do O saw
that this geological inscription Just
happens 80? No That cross on the
Colorado mountain is not a human de.
vice, or an accident Of nature, or the
freak OF an earthquake. The hand Of
God cut il there and sot il up for the
nation 10 look at. Whether set up In
rock before the r OF wood was set
mp on the bluff back Of Jerusalem. or
set up at some time since that assassi.
nation, ] believe the Creator meant IL
% suggest the most notable event in
all the history Of this planet, and he
hung it there " the heart OF this
continent W indicate that the only
hope for this nation is IN the cross on
which our lmmanuo! died. The clouds
were vocal at our SayiouTs birth. ,he
rocks rent at his martyrdom, why not
the walls Of Colorado beer the record
Of the cruci6xion2
First consider the immensely OF this
continental possession. lit were only
a small tract OF land, capable OF moth.
ing better than sage.brush, and with
ability only TO support prairie dogs, |
should not have much enthusiasm in
wanting Christ 10 have il added 10 his
dominion. But its immensely and
ahluence no one can imagine, unless,
IN Immigrant wagon orkiage coach. or