Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-10-21

us from Asia. and these Will 10 spannen
BIZ great bridge The SO miles OF water
between these two continents are not all
deep sea. but have three islands, ana
there are also shoals which will allow
piers for bridges, and for the most OF
the way the water is only about ~
fathoms deep.
PIuf0nic Nomenclature.
The America Asiatic bridge which
will yet span those straits Will make
America, Asia, Europe and Africa one
continent. So, you see, America eyangei-
lied, Asia will be evangelical. Europe
taking Asia from one side and America
taking it from the other side. Your chill
dren will cross that bridge. America
and Asia and Europe all one, what sub
traction from the paDgs of seasickness.
and the prophecies in Revelation VIII
be fulfilled, "There shall be no more
sea. But do mean literally that this
American continent is going TO be ali
gospelized? | do. Christopher Column
bus when he went ashore from the
Santa Maria, and his second brother
Alonzo, when he went ashore from the
Pinta, and his third brother vincent
when be went ashore from the Nina,
took possession Of this country in the
name of the Father and the Son and the
Holy Ghost. Satan has no more rignt 10
this country than have TO your pocket
book. To hear him talk on the roof OF
the temple, where he proposed to give
Christ the kingdoms Of this world and
the glory of them, you might suppose
that satan was a great capitalist or thas
be was loaded up with real estate, when
the old miscreant never owned an acre
or an inch of ground ON this planet
For that reason l protest against some
thing | heard and saw this summer and
other summers in Montana and Oregon
and Wyoming and Idaho and Colorado
and California. They have given devil
istic names TO many places in the west
and northwest.
As soon as you get in Yellowstone
park or California you have pointed
out to you places cursed with such
names as 1.-THE DEVILS Slide, "Tlo
DEVILS Kitchen" 1.-The Devils
Thumb. 1.-The DEVILS Pulpit, The
DEVILS Mush Pot, 1.-THE DEVILS Tea.
kettle, " "The DEVILS Sawmiil, " The
DEVILS Machine Shop. 1.-THE Devils
Gate, -" and so on. Now, it is very much
needed that geological surveyor OF con-
gressional committee or group Of disJin.
guished tourists 60 through Montana
and Wyoming and California and CO.
dorado and give other names 10 these
places. All these regions belong TO the
Lord and TO Christian nation, and
away with such Plutonic nomenclaturel
But how is this continent 70 be gospel
lied? The pulpit and a Christian print
ing press harnessed together will be the
mightiest team for the first plow Not
by the power Of cold, furmalisric theol-
ogy. not by ecclesiastical technicalities.
| am sick Of them, and the world is
sick of them. But it Will be done by
the warm hearted, sympathetic presen-
tation Of the fact that Christ Is ready
to pardon all our sins. and heal all our
wounds, and save Us both for this
world and the next. Let your religion
of glaciers crack off and fall into tho
gulf stream and get melted Take all
your creeds Of all denominations and
drop out of them all human phraseology
and put in only Scriptural phraseology
and you will see how quick the people
will jump after them