El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-15
WOULD CHRIST CONDEMN OUR VICTOR
IOUS NATION?

/
IOUS NATION?
| Is this terrible state of affairs. thi
| ignorance of the things which maxi
| for peace, q characteristic of Ourselve
| as people and as a nation: [ ask tn,
question in all earnestness, in all ser
iousness. Were Christ to come toda,
! and from sorle lofty cloud as thron,
glance with all seeing eye over thi
broad land of ours and inspect its fair
| ness as once he did Jerusslum spread
in beauty before him. what would b,
see? what would be his words? wha
| would be his actions?
Most aSSuredly he would witness
nation in holiday attire, a nation re
JOicing. Peace prOclamatiOns he would
find on every hand and the conditions
of peace with the recently subjugatec
Spanish nation firmly fixed in every
mind. Even the children know tina,
the people Of Spain with whom war ha:
been ragged are to withdraw ther forces
entirely from this western hemisphere
that they have given up control of the
West Indies. and that no further trou-
BILE is to be apprehended from them. be
cause they have accepted the condi-
tioDs of peace imposed by the United
States. In very deed our country has
become the sovereign power of the
western hemisphere, and has success
fully maintained her right to plant her
flag and say to Spain or any other ns-
tion OF the world, wherever her inter
ests are at stake or wherever humaui-
tvs cause is jeoperdized, Thus far
shalt thou go and no farther" and woe
to the nation or people that heeds not
her voice or respects not her standard.
All yes, thank God this is the day of
ha Tnif tot 10
Christ will acknowledge the fact as it
has been by his almighty power alone
by the blessing of God upon our people,
that 1t has all been brought to pass.
- OF unto US, Q Lord, not unto US, but
unto thy uame, give the glory" But
mark to his words, what does he say?
Beholdiug ourselves today in our
pride, In our wealth and power, in our
pomp and pageantry OF successful war;
fare, like fair city builded about with
walls OF strength and beauty, buttres-
'ed with bulwarks formidable and
strong, sureties of a lasting peace, we
present a brave sight indeed, so per-
nsps we think. Yet the Christ who
ices all this and more, yet who seeth
not as man seeth, would cry aloud in
MS agony, and his message methinks
20 our nation would be just the same as
hat sent to Jerusalem of old time, "If
.hou hadst known at least in this thy
lay the things which belong unto thy
peace but now they are hid from thine
eyes"
1t it true? you ask Do you think the
wisdom of this age has failed to
grasp the things which pertain to
peace, that our nation is blind to the
pest interests of her people. that the
christ would not approve of us and our
ways, that as people, he would con-
Tenn us, would weep over our condi-
ion even on this day of our national
'eJoiclug2 [ most sssuredly do. AS a
nation we confessedly do not know the
hlngs which belong to our peace
hey seem hidden from our eyes. We
iced to be taught again the peace con-
iltlons imposed upon US. AS nation
We must learn again the meaning
u the words repentance, reformation,
md Righteousness. Individuals, of
course, in our nation have learned
hem but as nation we know nsught
If their high and heavenly meaning,
md 1t is high time that we were learn
ng.
THE CROSS OF CHRIST DEPOSED.
For transactions take place in our
and today which are subversive of all
peace, there is wholesale corruption in
rational state, and city legislation and
! long, long catalogue of CRYING evils.
1ut who raises The word of warning?
Who is it that rules in our land? What
power makes or rather epforces the
avs. Is it the power that emanates
rom the cross of Jesus Christ or ia il
he hand strengthened by Satan him
'elf. Nominally it may be the cross, |
out in reality it is the cross that re-
mains passive and inactive and the
powers of evil go on unchecked In this
work of destruction. There are cries
'f peace, peace-snd all the while the
Evil in the world is gaining the mas
cry, even in our nation.
The time has come, beloved, to cry a |
halt to these things. There is no need |
% upllft the cross unless we see to il |
hat 1t becomes lever mighty in the !
lands of it's champions to the pulling |
Town OF the strongholds Of evil.
A lew years ago, sparrow hawk |
le swiftly through the open window
If house across the street Opposite |
his church and attacked little can
Try in it's cage. 1t quickly picked out !
Us victims brains and then calmiv
lew forth again and quickly alipbted |
IN the cross that surmOunts this build
ng. observed it's flight and it's rest
ng place and soon afterwards q how
brought over the dead canary and |
howed it to me. | looked at the bird |
nd then at its slayer. But the hawk
,ept slts place on the cross and. of |
curse, the insensate cross made M
notion, uttered no word. raised mo oh.
ectlon. However, the cross is the
ymbol OF all that makes for true right
onsness in our land and it is the
'hristian people who are marsbaled
nder 1t as standard. Must thew too
emaln passive and inactive? Must
hey allow themselves to be meroed
ato the majority of evil doors. must
hey see fiaPrant violations of law and
fitness the fall of fellow human he
lgs under the very shadow of the
ross without one word of protest.
md is this condition to continue for
yer: '''
Forbid it, Almighty God and Heaven
rather. By thy holy spirit arouse
as people and rs a nation to a deem
ense of our responsibility in thv
ght. Take the fatal blindness from
ur eyes and make us truly to see the
onditions Of temporal and abiding
eace. Make US to do these tbinos
hich will promote thy honor and