The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-12-09

NOW CyCi0 VIII Usher 1n-N0eda OF tho
Now Age-The- End of = tho Century
watch Night.
TEXT: "The children OF Issachar, which
were men that had understanding OF tho
times, to know what Israel ought to do."-
Chronicles XIII. 32.
Great tribe. that tribe OF Issachar, When
Joab took the census, there were f45 600 OF
them. Before the almanac was born,
through astrological study, they knew from
steller coDjunctions all about the seasons
Of the year, Before agriculture became an
art they were skilled In the raising OF
crops. Before politics became a science
they knew the temper Of nations, and when
ever they marched, either for pleasure or
war, they marched under a three colored
fag-topRz, sardine and carbuncle. But
the chief characteristic Of that tribe OF
Iasachar was that they understood the
times. They were not like the political
and moral incompetents OF our day, who
are trying to guide 1898 by tho theories Of
1928. They looked at the divine indica-
tons In their own particular century. SO
we ought to understand the tiFhS, not the
times when America was thirteen colonies,
huddled together along the Atlantic coast,
but the times when tho nation dips one
hand In the ocean on one side the continen:
and tho other hand in the ocean on the
other side the continent; times which put
New York Narrows and the Golden Horn OF
the Pacific within one flash Of electric
telegraphy; times when God Is as directly,
as positively, as solemnly, as tremendously
addressing us through the daily newspaper
and the quick revolution OF events as He
ever addressed the ancients or addresses
us through the Holy Scriptures. The voice
OF God In Providence Is Is important as
the voice OF God In typology. for In our
own day we have had our Sinais with thun.
ders OF the Almighty, and Calvaries Of sac
ritce, md Gethsemanes that sweat great
drops OF blood, and Olivets OF ascension,
and Mount Pisgahs OF farreaching vision.
TI,T ~ h. -IHI -tl
years ago and sent His Son TO redeem 1t
near 1900 years ago has yet much to do
with this radiant but agonized planet. May
God make us like the children OF Issachar,
(which were men that had understanding
OF the times, to know what Israel ought
to do"
The grave OF this century will soon be
dug. The cradle OF another century will
soon be rocked. There is something NOV
ing this way out Of the eternities. some-
thing that thrills me, blanches me. appalls
me, sxhilarates me, enraptures mo. It
will wreathe the orange blossoms for mil
lions OF weddings. 1t will beat the dirge
for millions OF obsequies. 1t will carry the
gilded banners OF brightest mornings and
the black flags OF darkest midnights. The
world will play the grand march OF its
heroes and sound the rogues' march OF its
towards. Other professions may halt or
break down or fall back, but the procession
led by that leader moves steadily on and
will soon be here. 1t will preside over
coronations and dethronements. hail 1t,
I bless it, I welcome it, the twentieth GEN.
tury OF ths Christian era.
What NAV we expect OF IT, and how shall
We prepare for 1t, are the M omebtous Ques-
tions propose now to discuss. As in fami-
Hes, human nativity is anticipated by all
sanctity and kindliness and solGnnity and
care and hopeeulness, so ought Es prayer
fully, hopefully, industriously, 6nfldently
prepare for the advent Of Il new century.
! Th. nineteenth eentuEx, -MapSt n3:insteenth'
L1Wf'SSnftfry Inherited the wrock OF reyolu- :
tions and the superstti ons OF ages.
sins of Old World tyrannies; the 'reign OF
terror" bequeathing its horrors; Robes
pierre, plotting his diabolism; the Jacobin
club. with its wholesale massacre; the
Euillotine, chopping it's beheadments. The
ground qnaking with the great guns of
Marengo, Wagram and Badajos. All Eu-
rope in CONFUSION. Asia In com mparativs
quiet, but the quietness Of death. Africa
In the clutches OF the slave trade. Ameri-
can savages In full cry, their scalping
knives lifted. The exhausted ard poverty
struck people of America sweating under
the debt of $500 900 900, which the Revolu-
tionary War had left them. Washington Just
gone into the long sleep at Mount Vernon,
and the nation in bereavement; Aaron
Burr, the champion libertina, becoming
soon after the Vice-Presilent. The Gov
ernment Of the United States only I'm ex-
pertinent, most OF the philosophical 1And
prophesying 1t would be disgEacaficked
ure. No poor sio4ns's.s.t~Ssf6f Il than this
tRs . sssS snt Ina nsativity The United States
US Journey. its Constitution hayIne w
y, prhieu In 1883, and most OF the nat1ons t
.ne .ne earth laughed at our Goyernmen, -, ot
US nrst attempts to walk alone. III
no pirtnday OF our nineteenth centrr,
occurred in the time OF war nru ren.ury
oi''ed states Navy, under Captain Tn,
on, commanding the frgate Const;.nt;nn
.,S -, IN collision with the French triratnss
Irst IinEeahce ana L1nsurgente, and the
lrowhed IN the roar OF naval hatt, "eie
'o.iticai strife on this continent wos anu ,i
~ tsest. the parties rendlng each otba1
MT OF tbis Uep,ne nirn. rage. The birthday pres.
'on, public unrest, threat ~ natt,
ati"nai ION; ana horrors national and intar
a. atiohal. / adjurs you, let not tha t tn.er-
n in century ,I be met in that awful wav b"t
Eious prospects anu re- l
sw 90, na, ,oe us put upon the cradle q, tb. !;
"A NOV, Try new map OF the world The ,
~ mai mop was biack with too MANY h,rhaN .
,le With ieu t Win TOO many slauchters and 4
' it VIII MIN TOO many sufferngs. Lei ns s :,
IL that on that map so far no Use, Us SEQ D
from ocean to ocsan 20 =
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.es ,n, oea anu good homes in Iopn lin, I"
m 'ni ocean beach to ocean beach ~ .h i'ne :,
up cuba must be free. Porto p;o on that IA
,es .sen; rrst ne archipelago Of the PbiIin st ~ ~
DECENTRALIZATION 1 uffe, II cruel Spain expects nj
Ik Wnat she has surrendered. then th Gee Oh o..
\ Tapa iowa and Indiana and Brookivn 10 ~,
u n, ueNns and vesuvius and Oregon m,aa ns ,i'
ne cnss, nah TO Southern waters or across nr ~,
- le coast ofSpain 10 osiencetbe jns"ias ~, pr
CO. 'iS as iast -Lmmer they silenceI ,.h
=. ,Tr,sa"bal rsl Colon and Oonendo ana cit cn
!o, =" Islands thoroughly under our nro sot ~. n
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