The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02

of the prophecies of Habakkuk and the
infidels, not knowing what book il was.
declared it was the best poetry they
had ever heard. That book brought
George Washington down on his knees
in the snow at Valley Forge, and led
the dying Prince Albert to ask some
one to sing Rock of Ages"
tell you that the worst attempted
crime of the century is the attempt 20
destroy this book. Yet inidelity, loath
some, stenchful, leprous, pestiferous.
rotten monster, stretches out its hand.
ichorous with the second death, to take
the hand of this republic. 1t stretches
il out through seductive magazines.
and through lyceum lectures, and
through caricatures of religion. 1t asks
for all that part of the continent al
ready fully settled and the two-thirds
not yet occupied II says Give me
all east OF the Mississippi. with the
keys of the church and with the Chris
tian printing presses. Then give me
Wyoming, give me Alaska. give me
Montana. give me Colorado. give me all
the states west Of the Mississippi and
will take those places and keep them by
right Of possession long before the Cos
pei can be fully ntreuched.
And this sutton presses his case APP
palingly. Shall the banns of that mar
riage be proclaimed? moi" say the
| home missionaries Of the west. a mar
/ tyr band of whom. the world is not
worthy, toiling amid fatigues and ma
!aria and starvation. "No, not if we
can help II. by what we and our chill
dren have suffered we forbid the banns
Of that marriage!" "No!" say all patri-
| otto voices. "Our institutions were
bought at too dear price and were de-
| Tended AZ too great sacrifice 20 be so
chcaplv surrendered" moi" says the
God of Bunker Hill and Independence
| hall and Gettysburg. 81 did not start
| this nation for such a farce" NO"
cry 10000 voices. ITO infdelity this
| land shah not be married."
| But there is 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 bridegroom reioiceth over the bride.
/ so shall thy God rejoice over thee" II
! is not my figure. II is the figure Of the
| Bible. Christ is so DESTROYS 10 have this
world love Him that He stops at no hu-
| initiation Of simile. He compares His
| grace TO spittle on the eyes Of the blind
man. Tie compares Himself to a her
gathering the chickens. and i'm my tex:
| lie compares Himself to a sutton beg
cling a hand in marriage. Does this
| Christ. 'he King, deserve this land? Be
! hold Pilates hall and the insulting eX-
pectoration on the face of Christ. Re
/ hold the Calvarean massacre and the
awful hemorrhage of five wounds. Ja-
/ cob served II years for Rachel, but
| Christ, my Lord, the King, suffered In
torture 80 years to win the love of this
world. AS often princesses at their very
birth are pledged in treaty of marriage
10 princes or kings of earth, so this ma
ton at its birth was pledged to Christ
for Divine marriage.
Before Columbus and his 100 men en-
parked 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 and 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 dock..
Gloria in EXcelsis." After Columbus
and his 100 men had stepped from tie
ships deck to the solid ground, what
did they do? They all kuelt and cor
secrated the new world to God. What
did the lluguenots do after they landed
in the Caruliuas? 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
riage with Christ.
And then see how good God has been
to us! Just open the map of the con
NiANAAN anu SNt AAbN II - oAAt fiNh AhA IN
measurable properties. Nayicablo
rivers, more in number and create.
than any other land, rolling down on
all sides into the sea, proPhesyiLg 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 extreme
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 harvests
Scenery displaying an autumna pa.
geantry that no land on earth pretends
to rival. No South American earth
quakes. No Scotch mists, No London