Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-06-22
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cane. Perhaps there may ~ nothing like
Il till His second coming. Here * a de3n-
ite1ess Of aim that y most helpful ana IN.
spring. The millions OF dollars given Tor
the ption Of the world and the thou
sands Of glorious missionaries who have
gone forth among harbaric nations were
given and enlisted under great and i'm
measurable idea. Bat when they come 70
aii to the great and imneasurable idea
the idea II definiteness We Will Infinitely
augment the work. More than three hun
d-el million OF heather in India. rnore than
thr-e hundrei million Of people in China
aud more millions Of heatLens than can be
guessed outside OF those countries some
times atagger AMI confDund and defeat our
faith. Bat here in these islands OF present
T controversy We can farm ont the work
among the churches and in five years, under
tho blessing Of God, not only fit the Ieo-
pie for the right Of suffrage, but pre-
pare them for usefulness and heaven.
The difference between the general
idea Of the worlds evangeliza-
ton and some particularized field Of
evancclization f. the difference between
tie Improvement OF agriculture a rnOng all
nations ana the Improvement of seventy
five acres put under ones especial care
and industry. BY all means LEI the gen
eraI work 20 on. But here is the specific
field for religious concentration and de-
yeIopnent. This is not chtmcricll 0 i'm
1 SA-k J. IfFI4 tlAiD i4Cl hiI~ lidt a.
American Missionary Association Of the
Congregational Church has already begun
the work at san Juan, CtuaiO and AlbOn-
ito, and all denominations OF Christians in
six months will be in those islandy fields,
and we ali need with our prayers and
contributions to cheer them on to take for
God and righteousness those regions
which our American navy has captured
from Spanish perfidy.
1t has been estimated that this America.
Spanish war cost Us 300. 900, 900. II would
not cost hait Of that to proclaim and carry
on and cOnsummat a holy war that will
resrne those archipelagors from satanic
domination. Who will volunteer? | beat
the drum OF a recruiting station. Who will
enlist under the one spared, blood striped
banner OF Immanuel? Cuba and Porto
Rico and the Philippines are stepping
stones for our American Christianity to
cross over and take the round world for
God. We need 4 new evangelical alliance
organized for this one purpose. La all de-
nominations there are those with large
enough hearts and 10 have been thor
oughly enough cOnvertet to join in
such an advanced aforementioned who,
putting aside ali the minor differences Of
opinion, "bclleve in God the Father
Almighty, Maker Of heaven and earth,
aud in Jesus Christ His only begotten
SON." and who would march shoulder to
shoulder in such a Gospel campaign. Tho
result would be that those islands. after
such Il scene Of COS pelizatiOn, would aSsOrt
themselves into denominations to suit
themselves, and some would be sprinkled
IN holy baptism and others would be i'm
mcr5ed in those warm rivers and some
would worship in religious assemblage
silent as'the Quaker meeting house, and
others would have as many jubilant ejacu-
~lations as a backwoods camp meeting. and
some of those who preached would be
gownnd and surpliced for the work, and
others would stand in citizens apparel or
in their shirtsleeves preaching that Gospel
which is to save the world.
Mark you we'll that craftsmanship. bow
ever grand it is, aud wise men of the world.
however noble, cannot do this work. Nero
secular education does not mOraliZe: Some
of the most thoroughly educated men in
nl the world have been the worst men.
Quicken a man intellect while at the same
time you do not make his morals good, and
you only Augment his power for evil. Geo
graphy and mathematics and metaphysics
and philosophy will never qualify a people
to govern themselves. corrupt printing
press is worse than no printing press at
all, but let loose an open Bible upon those
islands and let the apoculyptic angel once
fly over them, and You will prepare them
TO become either colonies Of the United
States )vernment, or. as | hope will be
the case, Independent republics.
God did not exhaust Himself when He
built this nation. The islands Will vet have
their Thomos Jeifcrsons, qualified to write
for them declarations of Independence; and
George W~ashinStons, capable Of achieving
their liberties; and Abraham Ii coins,
strong enough to emancipate their serf-
,lo.ns. and LongfellOws and Bryants. cap
able Of putting their hills and their rivers
and their landscapes into poems: and the
BinrrO(ts and Pres~0tts, TO make their his
tories; and their IryinCs. to VIZ to their
S&etch Books; and their Charles O'Conors
and Rufus ChOates. t. plead in their court
rooms; and their Daniel Wcb,ters and John
J. Crittendens, to nov their Senntes.
The day c~ometh-hear it all Va who have
10 hope for those islands Of he-dWarlrl
and diseased il,iterateS-the day cometn
when those regions will have a Christian
civilization equal to that which this coun-
try now enjoys. while l hope by that time
this country will he rs superior to what it
now is as to-day Washington and New
York are better than Manila and Santiago.
10 YOU see in this process OF gospellzel
Intelligence those archipclaCoeS Will as
4 nation be- protected from thu. two woes
lrophecised in regard TO this countrv-.ha
one Woe propnepiSed by the expanSioniet,
ana the other woe prophecieed rs the
anti-eNpausionlsts2 1t Is said by those vino
would have us take all We can lav our
hands on rs q nation that. unless we enter
the door now open for the enlargement OF
eur national domain, We will decline the
mission which God IN His providence has
assigned us. But surely no woe viii
come upon us or upon them if We
taristtanize than rs We now have the
opportunity Of doing. The political teen
Hicailties are nothing as compared with
the Importance Of this movement. i'm
pore all political eXpa~nsionists to aug
ment Us in this work Of moral and reiic-
lol!s expansion, for unless those Islands
ar" moralized AMI elevated in Intelligence
and habits W. do not want them. aud their
annexation wauli be political daInnation.
On the other hand. | laplore all anti
"Spahslonist> to take u band In tho v0s-
r"tlZatiou OF Cuba, Porto Rico and the
lai}lppine Islands. The only way t pre-
pare them TO take care Of thamselye. + TO
give them the Ten Commandments that
We're published on Mount Sinai and .et
teen hear the -roan ~ sacrifice tina: was
lrttthft out OF tlle heiCEt-.o or Go!cotha.
Mat tlev most want is the Gospel. TIE
SGra Gospel, the o-nnipoteat G8saei. the
Gospel THAT helps heal the woruas 0I the
10y Anl ltr3!jateS the darkness Of thu
i2lnd and achieves the ransom q the s0uI.
bIt on this platform the 0=clI.el OK.
p1n-ioniSts auisae4ilai NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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HI = prophet or thu son Of Il pranha-
Wt.htn i've wears, itthIs reliclo-etueaitan.l
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