Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-06-07


graves of Christendom of the hope Of re-
,urrection. 1t proposes to chisel out from
| The tOmb-stones Of your Christian dead the
| words, "Asleep in Jesus" and substitute
the words, "Obliteration-annihila
Iuhdelity proposes to take the letter from
the worlds Father, inviting the nations to
virtue and happiness and tear It up into
fragments so small that you cannot read .
word of it. 1t proposes to take the conso-
lation from the broken hearted and the
soothing pillow from the dying. Infldelity
proposes to swear in the President of the
United States and the supreme court and
the Governors of States and the witnesses
in the courtroom with their right hand on
TAT 8 "Age OF Reason" or Voltaire's
Philosophy Of History" It proposes to
lake away from this country the book that
makes the difference between the United
Stntes and the kingdom OF DahOmey, be-
Tween American civilization and Bornesian
canniDaiisn. n iniideiiIy cOuid uesI.~;
the Scriptures, It would in 200 years turn
the civilized nations back to osemibarbarism,
and then from semibarbarism into mid
night savagery until the morals OF a menag-
erie OF tigers rattlesnakes and chimpan-
zees would he better than the morals OF the
sbipwrecked human race.
The only impulse in the right direction
that this world has ever had has come
from the Bible. 1t was the mother OF
Roman law and Of bealthful Jurisprudence.
That book has been the mother OF all re-
forms and all charities-mother OF Eng
lish magma clmrta and American Declare.
tion OF Independence. Benjamin franklin.
holding that Holy Book In his hand, stood
before an infidel club In Paris and read to
the m out OF the prophecies OF Habakkuk.
and the infldels, not knowing what book
it was, declared that 1t was the best poetry
they had ever heard, That book brought
George Washington down on his knees In
ing Prince Albert to ask come one to sing
Crock of Ages"
tell you that the worst attempted cri ne
Of the century is the attempt to destroy
this book. Yet infdelity, loathsome, stencil
ful, leprous, pestfferous, rotten monster
stretches out its hand. ichorous with the
second death, to take the hand Of this re-
public. 1t stretches 1t out through seduc-
tive magazines, and through lyceun lec-
lures and through caricatures of religion.
1t asks for all that part of the continent al
ready fully settled, and the two-tl'rds not
yet occupied. 1t says: "Give me all east
of the Mississippi, with the keys OF the
church and with the Christian printing
presses-then give me Wyoming, give me
Alaska, give me Montana, give me Colo
RADIO, give me all the States west OF the
Mississippi. and will take those places and
keep them by right of possession long be-
fore the gospel can be fully tntrenched."
But there Is another suitor that presents
his claim for the hand OF this republic. He
IL mentioned in the verse following my
text where 1t says. Gas the bridegroom re-
! ioiceth over the bride, so shall thy God re-
| joice over thee" Before Columbus and his
| 10 men embarked on the Santa Maria. the
| Pinta, and the Nina, for their wonderful
| voyage, what was the last thing they iid2
| They sat down and took the holy sacrament
| OF the Lord Jesus Christ. After they caught
| the first 9limse Of this country and the gun
| Of one ship had announced 1t to the other
vessels that land had been discovered, what
| was the song thst went up from all the
| three decks? "Gloria In excelsis." After
1 Ill t~1 a.
| from the ships deck to the solid ground.
what did they do7 They all knelt and con-
(; secrated the new world to God. What did
the Huguenots do after they landed In the
| Ca.oIinns? What did the Holland refugees
do after they had landed in New York;
Ianded IN New Engiandf WRh benasd kDoo
| and uplifted face and heaven besieging
prayer, they took possession of this contt-
nsnt 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 marriage with Christ.
And then see how good God has been to,
US! Just open the map OF the continent
| and see how 1t Is shaped for immeasurable
prosperities. Navigable rivers. more In
| number and greater than OF any other land.
| rolling down on all sides to the sea, prOphe.
| sying large manufactures and easy COM
merce. Look at the great ranges of noun
tains timbered with wealt.. 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 con; CURED that extreme weather hardly
ever lasts more than three days-extreme
heat or extreme cold. Climate for the
| most part bracing and favorable for Drawn
and brain. All fruits. all minerals.
all harvests. Scenery displaying an
on eaish to rival nI SS No
South American earthquake. No Scotch
mists. No London Fogs. No Egyptian
plaques. No Germantc divisions. The
people OF the United States are happier
than any people on earth. 1t Is the testi.
mony OF every man that has Travelled
| abroad. For the poor more sympathy,
| for the Industrious more opportunity.
| Oh, how good God was to our fathers, and
how good He has been to US and our chill
| dren. To Him, blessed be His mighty
name-to Him of cross and triumph, to
| Him who still remembers the prayer OF the
| Huguenots and Holland refugees and the
pilgrim fathers, to Him shall this land be
| married. Oh. you Christian patriots. by
your contributions and your prayers,
' hasten on the ful0llment of the text.
While some people may stand at tho
| gates of the city, saying, 'Stay backr' to
foreign populations, press out as far be-
! yond those gates as can press out beyond
| ing, "Come, come, all ye people who are
honest and Industrious and God lovingi'
| But say you, 81 am so afraid that they
will bring their prejudices for foreign gov
They are sick of the governments that
| have oppressed them and they want FREQ
| America! Give them the great gospel Of
| welcome. Throw around them all Chris
tian hospitalities. They will add their in
dustry and hnrd earned wages to this
country, and then we will dedicate all
to Christ and thy land shall be married"
But where shall the marriage altar be2
Let 10 be the Rocky Mountains, when.
| through artificial and mighty irrigation,
all their tops shall be covered, as they
| will be, with vineyards and orchards and
| gSain8elds. Then let the Bostons and the
New Yorks and the Charlestons Of the
| Pacific coast come to the marriage altar
| on one side, and then let the Bostons and
| the New Yorks and the Charlestons Df
the Atlantic coast come to the marriage
| altar on the other side. and there be-
| tween them let this bride Of nations kneel.
and Their II the organ Of the loudest
thunders that ever shook the Sierra
foundations Of the AlleRhanies on the
| other side should open full diapason Of
wedding march that organ OF thunders
| could not drown the voice OF him who
would take the hand Of this bride Of nations.
| saying, "As bridegroom rejoiceth over q
bride, 80 thy God rejoiceth over thee At
that marriage banquet the platters shall
| be OF Nevada silver. and the chalices OF
California gold and the fruits of northern
orchards, and the spices OF southern
| groves, and the tapestry of American manu-
facture, and the congr ratulations from all
the free nations Of earth and from I'll the
triumphant armies OF heaven, And so thy
| land shall be married.
The Chicago Drainage Canal from
Lake Michigan to Joliet will be shown
by a typographical model on a scale
of seven inches to the mile at the Paris
Exposition. 1t will cost $500.
The most expensive fur is that OF
the black fox of Kamtchatka, the
skin Of which when dressed becomes
a very attractive blue. single skin
is worth as much as $1,000. A pelisse
worn by the Emperor Nicholas. lined
with this fur. cost SIC. 900.
| An old man named Gregor Berds