The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-17

Dor. hard 10 move that the sIigbt ruirs
Of that city are really worth visiting
our own nation VIII be JUDGED by ,h,.
same moral Iaw. by which all other
nations have been indeed The indie
mcpt day for individuals wnl probobry
come far on in The future .Jndomep,
day for nations is every day. every doy
weighed. every dar approved or every
day condemned Never before in the
history Of this country ba. the Amer
lean nation been more surely in the
balances than il is this minnie Do
right. and wc 20 IN. DO wrong and
we 20 down. am not so anxious to
know what this statesman or that war
rior thinks wc had better do with Cuba
and Porto Rico and the Philippines as
| am anxious 10 know what God thinks
we had better do, The destiny Of this
nation will not be decided on yonder
cApi'oiine bin or at Man 4 or at the
presidential ballot box. { r it will be
settled in Heaven.
Another thing decided N the high
/ pay - VI Ntk NllitNttNf IS lbAl MS W OF III,
with or without Us. will be made over
into q ,rcnr Of aEhorescence and purity.
DO not thin K that such a contamination
! depends upon our personal fidelity. It
VIII be- done anyhow, Gods cause does
not 60 ~a-beggiug. II all the soldiers Of
Jesus Christ now living should become
trscrtcrs and 20 owe" to the euemy. that
would not defeat the caG>e. \ large
part Of The Bible is taken up with tell
ing us what the world will be. There is
a large army human and angelic. now
N the field. but Gods reserve forces are
more numerous aud more mighty than
hose no" at the front, and II He could
in Gideun'S time rOut The Midiauites
with 4 crash of crockery, and if He
could in Shamgar's time overcome a host
with an oN goad. and il in SamsOu'S
time He could defeat an army with a
b~iearhed la"bone. and il the walls OF
Jtricho went down under a blast of
perforated rams horn. and if in Chrisr's
day blind eyes we're cured by ONT
Weui of >piti.c, then God can do any
thing He says He will do. As Yet He
mas taken only Il sword ont Of whole
aruorN OF weapons. Do not get nervous, !
o, II the Lord were going to be defeat
r". The redemption Of these hem
spheres was settled in Heaven. and |
Isaiah aud Ei"kle, and lIabakknk and
MH'AChl aud -. John only reported
what the Lord God Almighty had de-
cide& upon, Ny only fear is that our
regiment viii not get INTO the fight TO
70 something worthy Of the Christ who
redeemed MS and We be left in lazy en-
compliment al Tampa when We ought
10 have been at Santiago.
Oh that romfDq Fsy If the yvnrrd's
p4r5ecifan, The earth will he sr
rfarr.d ,ba, ,h- s-ar,r,ralopy yyir NO
ct.rg.f There will he M moro calls
"a rnner,srce <or alt will have TO-.
ma mar, gathering NJ aims for
'tr moor. for the poor will have been
., rirbra. mn h,.ri,al Sunday far Ills.
,n.r,aF homes viii have ha.r ga, md
bp votrrf. all haoIsF and tha in
.rr,Ir. ds.aaxa. ~ ,,l.r .irau uu
have haer overcome hy q na.erfa med.
.r, and q rbarmacv and . dentistry and
a, t~bar,rsrt-r. ,Es- have rc7onarad
,~yorr-birg that ssufctar tho rorv. NV
mr. tooth or e,s or rrh-ha,i.b.
,loTy egrd universal Tho roul.
TO-. a,,5 ,he cir.rsr, ,rl tho ror,,.,
nd ~ .,b,u,or nd .bo sirr.or,s
MIN avid ~. 5.,.;.+'- so,,or. oT5 ,bo
scientists X ray Will have fulfilled their
The social life ofrbe world
yill be perfected. In that m~iIlenufaI age
imagine ourselves standing in front
a house Iirhtcd for lcyee. We enter
Imonp qroups flied with gladness and $
rood sense and rallyinp each I