The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-06-03

mother OF all reforms and AL cnartuea
mother Of English magma ehsrta and
American Declaration Of Independents.
BENJAMIN Franklin. Solding that holy
book in his hand, stood before an inf
Del club in Paris and read to them out
Of the prophecies Of Habakkuk. and the
inndels. not knowing what book Il was
declared IL was the best poetry they
had ever heard. That book brought
George Washington down on his knees
In the snow at Valley Forge. aud led
the dying Prince Albert 10 ask some
one 20 sing Rock OF Ages"
l tell you that the worst attempted
crime Of the century Is the attempt TO
destroy this book. Yet inadelity. loath-
some. stenchfui. leprOus. pesuferonS.
rotten monster. stretches out its hand,
ichorous with the second death, to take
the hand Of this republic. IL stretches
Il out through seductive magazines,
and through lyceum lectures. and
through c~aricatures of religion. tasks
for all that part OF the continent al
ready fully settled and the two-thirds
not yet occupied. IL says; Give me
all east Of the Mississippi. with the
keys Of the church and with the Chris
tiar printing presses Then give me
Wyoming. give me Alaska, gire me
Montana, give me Colorado. give me all
the s;aies west Of the Mississippi and I
will take those places and keep them by
right OF possession long before the Cos
pei can be fully intrenehed.
And this sutton presses his case aP-
p~allingly. Shall the banns OF that mar
rage be proclaimed? moi" say the
home missionaries Of the west. q mar
tyr band o. whom the world Is not
worthy, toiling amid fatigues and ma
aria and starvation. mo, not II we
can help It. By what we and our chill
dren have suffered We forbid the banns
Of that marriage!" "Nol" say all patri-
otto voices. Our institutions were
bought at too dear . price and were de-
Tended at too great a sacrifice to be 90
eheaply surrendered" mol" says the
God Of Bunker Hill and Independence
hall and Gettysburg. II did not start
this nation for such q farce" mol"
cry 10000 voices. ITO infidelity this
land shan not be married."
But there IL another sutton that pre-
sents his claim for the hand Of this re-
public. He is mentioned in the verse
following my text where It says: "As
the bridegroomrejoiceth over the bride,
90 shall thy God rejoice over thee" 1t
IL not my figure. II is the figure Of the
Bible. Christ is so DESTROYS to have this
wo-ld love Him that He stops at no hu-
initiation Of simile. he compares His
grace TO spittle on the eyes Of the blind
man. He compares Himself to a hen
gathering the chickens, and in my text
He compares Himself to q suitor beg
ging Q hand in marriage. Does this
Christ. che King. deserve this land? Be-
hold Pilates hall and the insulting ex-
p~ectorstion on the face Of Christ. Be
hold the Calvarean massacre and the
awful hemorrhage Of Ave wounds. ia
cob served IL years for Rachel. but
Christ. my Lord, the King. suffered In
torture IS years TO win the love Of this
world. A often prineesses at their very
birth are pledged in treaty Of marriage
TO princes or kings Of earth. 30 this na-
ton at its birth was pledged to Christ
for Divine marriage.
Before Columbus and his 100 men en-
barked on the Santa Maria, the Pinta
and the Nina for their wonderful voy-
age, what was the last thing they did,
They sat down and took the holy sac
rament Of the Lord Jesus Christ. After
they caught the first sight Of this coun-
try aud the gun Of one ship had an
nounced Il to the other vessels that land
had been discovered. What was the song
that went up from all the three decks?
GLORIA in Excelsis." After Columbus
and his 100 men had stepped from the
ships deck to the solid ground. what
did they DOT They all knelt and con-
secrated the new world to God. What
did the Huguenots do after they landed
In the Carolnas? What did the Hol-
Land refugees do after they landed in
New York? What did the pilgrim
fathers 10 after they landed in New
England? With Bonded knee and up
lifted face and Heaven besieging prayer,
they took possession Of this continent
for God. How was the first American
congress opened? By prayer, in the
name Of Jesus Christ. From its birth
this nation was pledged for holy mar
rage with Christ.
And then see how good God has been
to usl Just open the map Of the con-
tinent and see how It is shaped for i'm
measurable properties. NsNgable
rivers, more In number and greater
than any other land. rolling down on
all sides into the sea, prophesying large
manufactures and easy commerce.
Look at the great ranges Of mountains
timbered with wealth on the top and
sides, metaled with wealth underneath.
One hundred and eighty thousand
square miles Of coal. One hundred and
eighty thousand square miles Of iron.
The land SO contoured that extrsme
weather hardly ever lasts more than
three days-extreme heat or extreme
cold. Climate for the most part brac-
Ing and favorable for Drawn and brain.
All fruits, all minerals. all hsrvests.
Scenery displaying an autumnal pa
geantry that no land on earth pretends
10 rival. No South American earth
nuaEaa No GanNak uAN.A. Hz-l--