Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-15

as the coast of Maine is east of it, so
that the central city of the American
continent is San Francisco.
have said these things about the
magnitude Of tho continent and given
you few specimens of some of it's
wonders to let you know the compre-
hensiveness Of Christ's dominion when
he takes possession of this continent.
Besides that, tho salvation of this con-
tinent means the salvation OF Asia, for
we are only SO miles from Asia at the
northwest. Only Boring straits separate
us from Asia, and these will be spanned
by great blidge. The SO miles of water
between these two continents are not all
deep sea, but have three islands, and
there are also shoals which will allow
piers for bridges, and for the most Of
the way the water is only about 20
fathoms deep.
rlutonic Nomenclature.
Tho America Asiatio bridge which
will yet span those straits will make
America, Asia, Europe and Africa one
continent. So, you see, America evangel-
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 pangs of seasickness,
and the prophecies in Revelation will
be fulfilled, "There shall lie no more
sea-" But do mean literally that this
American continent is going to tie all
gospelized? do. Christopher Column
Santa Maria, and his second brother
Alonzo when he went ashore from the
Pinta, and his third brother Vincent,
when he 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 moro right to
this country than have to your pocket.
book. To hear him talk Oh 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 great capitalist or that
he 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 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 "The DEVILS Slide, " "The
DEVILS Kitchen 1.-THE DEVILS
Thumb, "The DEVILS Pulpit, 1.-THE,
DEVILS Mush Pot" "The Devils Tea.
kettle, "The DEVILS Sawmill, "The
DEVILS Machine Shop, " "The Devils
Gate" and so OH. Now, it is very much
needed that geological surveyor or con-
grossional committee or group of distin
guished tourists go through Montana
and Wyoming and California and Co.
dorado and give other names to these
places. All these regions belong to the
Lord and 10 Christian nation, and
away with such Plutonic nomenclature!
But how is this continent to he gospel
lied? The pulpit and Christian print
ing press harnessed together will be the
mightiest team fer the first plow. Not
by the power of cold, furmalistic theol-
ogy, not by ecclesiastical technicalities.
l am sick of them, and the world is
sick of them. But it will be done by
the warm hearted, sympathetic rresen-
tation If 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 the
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.
Fishing For Men.
On the Columbia river we saw the
salmon jump clear out of the water i'll
different places, suppose for the pur-
pose Of getting the insects. And if when
we want to fish for men we could only
have the right kind Of bait, they will
spring out above tie food Of their sins
and SORROWS to reach it. The Young
Men S Christian associations CT America
will also do part Of the work. They are
going to take the youtg men of this ma
ton for God. These institutions seem
in better favor with God and man than
ever before. Business men and capital
lists are awaking to the fact that they
can do nothing better in the way OF liv-
lag beneficence or in last will and tesla
ment than to do what Mr.. Marquand
did for Brooklyn when he made the
Young Mems Christian palace possible.
These institutions will get orr young
men all over the land into stampede
for heaven. Thus we will all in some
way help on the work, you with your
ten talents, I with five, somebody else
with three. 1t is estimated that to irri-
gate the arid and desert lands of Ameri-
ca as they ought to be irrigated, it will
cost about 500, 900. 900 to gather the
waters into reservoirs. AS much contri-
button and effort as that would irrlgate
with gospel influences all the waste
places of this continent. Let us by
prayer and contribution and right liv-
ing all help to fill the reservoirs. You
will carry bucket, and you cup, and
even a thimbleful would help. And
after awhile God will send the floods OF
mercy SO gathered pouring down over
all the land, and some of us on earth
and some of us in heaven will sing with
Isaiah, "In the wilderness waters have
broken out, and streams in the desert,