Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-16
President Mclkinley,

as usual attended the morning serv-
ices at the Metropolitan NJ. L. church.
He went alCue to the church, and was
deeply impressed :. the fine discourse
delivered by the pastor, Rev. Frank
Bristol, d, d, The church was crowded
long before the services began. Scores
of persons remained standing through
out, and many more went away unable
to gain adInittance.
MIR. Bristol's Sermon
held the attention of his auditors from
the first sentence to the last. At times
his hearers were so thoroughly aroused
by his patriotic utterances that ripplcs
OF spontaneous applause swept over the
congregation. In part his sermon fol-
lows:
Psalm est:
q, sing untoth Lorda new song, for H. hath
done marvellous thiaEs;IIis right han ana His
holy arm hath g0ttel Him the Wet Dry,
The poets AMI heroes whose songs and
deeds made the Old time splcndi T. were pure
enough OF heart AMI large enough OF brain to
be able to Had thu divine philosophy OF human
events.
'"'' wv ''''i''"'' NJ 'ate'
Law Is universal. The more scientific a pao-
PIE become thf stronger Will be their BELIEF
ana trust IN ProVlden' g and the less contidence
viii they have in ln;k, accidental chance and
me other ab'urdiite', In the days OF mans
ignorance the prOyidential wa, looked upon as
the miraculous and the miraculOu, as the
p'o'"0"'i"" puV WIN Ihe CROWN OF science
The Miraculous Becomes Obsolete
and unnecessary. vncn proyide,re h,,on,ao
more evident and prominent in human orair.
There was Il time when the grrataSt pbilo.o-
pliers did not know that steam had been pro-
yided rs a motive power to serve man: that
electricity hal been provided for n multitude M
utilities
r,,o r.oo. nj,
~" No' N"o"
'"'" '''N" hl.'"iN hdi UtGl pro-
franz "A ~ rn h", "', n.y. .",, ~ h"9wS 'nat
clients meyer droamcd TIN, ,bboro bod ,a, ", Va
yidcd in tho nconn,ny NJ ra,,,no ,ha wv"
ties of pnpowdar and dvnomito. he ,,nssthii
ties of a mo1ern nav, an tn, n-o-.nntIa~
the Manila and S,nti,,n yt,,oita, h. ,hi w.
Amcricn doth take ncrossio, Ne, ,bo ba 20, nuh
mako tho hopndy NJ f,,o ,o,, r,iI nr,a" ""'
~ 4. u.,n,aa -
., NV """''
t,', n'ii5H US III V'u'! alu aiIiaAt' with
ifo'Iu2nee' me more science th2 more Proyi-
,ho' ,n,,,d,, 80, "i' ~ o~',"0' Vuo III ,'c "o' III
always mean or even Imply the MIRA rlous
God may WORK his will by the agencies of the
laws of nltura and the THOUGHT, Of nas
We should not qulrsel with the c,elant old
Pr"p'snioh'
.'The Winds and Waves are Always ON t,e
''"o VI '"' hp''st Na'lgatofs,' I
lor tne aoleSt haFI@at)lS Know how to use the |
winds and waves, AMI are in league with the
mighty laws that govern things. Col is on the
side Of good. fayoripr rood iinonrjarin" aonI
nnlitics ,,nod g,n. ,raoI h,,tI''% ne oU'' ,
ciplinc, good gcneralShip and good causes. In
u, '''en tli' mgn ana NATIONS allied them
serves VITA Providence b. faith; to-day mel
ana hatloh' ally them selves with Providence By "
knowledge Y
IheFe was "a Time when tie people found
Nature in sympathy with Their Struggles ,
for freedom. aql tn, storm ovarthrew IA, -
Egyptians in the Sea an tn sun and moon
stood stun in the day OF butte to give u rltAl- /
eouN cause II 8pot chance, an the stars in their
courSeS lolSAt against SiStrL What does all
Isls mean: WaSGod tea,hin man tle nece,-
Of mastering the elements and forces of u4- u
lure ana yoking them H. His purposes? Was
lie teaching tlen thai h. who has the laws of
nature on nj sue win, and that he Ohio con-
NV "o"ih9l tH- llShJ
Fights Ap,i,s. tho s,,r,
against the law and order AMI ycr, c,,o,i,, 8
ton Of things. AMI inu,t fan I, th;, ,haa {
provideatial age than the age of Nose T. d
the electric light less proyidentiol IN N tbo =
pillar of fire. Is Dliotl wheat barvnst H.. u
jroyideatill thin Il shower of ma,n,g la d
South Carolinl cotton crop less nrnvidonr,I II
han the quails of the wild rn ~ Araf1, q
orange grove, of California less nrovtdantiai ~
han the vineyards Of oil ,c1olg \VItthSI. "
,ovrcy of America les. nrnyi1a,,in q OF
hiding of Canaan Was the
Coming of the Pilgrims and Hucuenot. al
ess providcntial than the ezoluso of tba c5u. II
lren of Israel. Was the Declarati,n of InIa -,
less proyilentlal than the Dac,i"n,, ~
Sinai: Were the guns of Dnvav an S"~" dl
on less providential than Tho ra,pS' b,r "'p IT.
Joshua. the lamp, and nitcher. or ciIoon ). tr
he rod OF Moss: Were Manila and ' Snn'Iao VI T..
providential in the history of human ,rco5 .
om than Jericho AMI Al: Is Christian ciyiIi- Oh
alton less provldentlal than was Jewish BAR IN
If Goa ever had IL
A Peculiar l'eople fe
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