Connecticut western news., 1899-06-01


 Calvarean massacre and the awful hemorrhage of five wounds. Jacob serv- ed IA years for Rachel, but Christ, my Lord, the king, suffered in torture 33 years to win the love of this world. As often princesses at their very birth are pledged in treaty Of marriage to princes or kings of earth, so this nation at its birth was pledged to Christ for divine marriage Before Columbus and his 120 men embarked on the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina, for their won- derful voyage, what was the last thing they didf They sat down and took the holy sacrament of the Lord Jesus Christ. After they caught the first glimpse of this country and the gun of one ship had announced it to the other vessels that land had been discovered, what was the song that went up from all the three decks "Gloria in excelsis. Aft CT Columbus and his 120 men had step ped from the ships deck to the solid ground. what did they dof They all knelt and consecrated the new world to God. What did the Huguenots do after they landed in the Carolinasf What did the Holland refugees do after they had landed in New York? What did the pilgrim fathers do after they landed in New Englandf With pended knee and uplifted face and heaven besieging pray CT, they took possession of this continent for God How was the first American congress openedf By prayer, in the name of Jesus Christ From it's 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- tinent and see how it is shaped for inn measurable prosperities Navigable riv- CTS, more in number and greater than of any other land, rolling down on all sides into the sea, prophesying large manufactures and easy commerce. Look at the great ranges of mountains tim bered 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. Cli- mate for the most part bracing and fa- vorable for brawn and brain. All fruits, all minerals, all harvests. Scenery dis playing an autumnal pageantry that no land on earth pretends to rival No South American earthquake. No Scotch mists. No London fogs No Egyptian plaques. No Germanic divisions. The people of the United States are happier than any people on earth. It is the tes- timony 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 children. To him-blessed be his mighty name-to him of cross and tri- umph, 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 con tributions and your prayers, hasten on the fulfllment of the text.
 The Immigration Question.
 We have been turning an important leaf in the mighty tome of our national history. One year at the gates of this continent over 500, 900 emigrants arriv- ed. I was told by the commissioners of arnioration that the nroba bilky was that in that one year 600, 900 emigrants would arrive at the different gates of commerce. Who were theyf the pau pers of Europef No. At Kansas City, I was told by gentleman, who had op- portunity for large investigation, that a great multitude had gone through there, averaging in worldly estate $500. I was told by an officer of the govern ment, who had opportunity for authen- tic investigation, that thousands and thousands had gone, averaging $1,000 in possession each. I was told by the commission of emigration that 20 fami- lies that had recently arrived brought $85, 900 with them. Mark you, fami- lies, not tramps. Additions to the na- tional wealth, not subtractions there from I saw some of them reading their Bibles and their hymn books. thanking God for his kindness in helping them cross the sea. Some of them had Christ in the steerage all across the waves, and they will have Christ in the rail trains which at 5 o'clock every after noon start for the great west. They are being taken by the commission of emi- grafton in New York, taken from the vessels, protected from the Shylocks and the sharper, and in the name of God and humanity passed on to their destination, and there they will turn your wildernesses into gardens, if you will build for them churches and estab- ct, For. hoy to Christian missionaries.
 Are you afraid this continent is go- ing to be overcrowded with this popu- lation2 An, that shows you have not been to California, that shows you have not been to Oregon, that shows that you have not been to Texas. A fishing smack today on Lake Ontario might as we'll be afraid of being crowded by other shipping before night as for any one of the next ten generations of Americans to be afraid of being over crowded by foreign populations in this country. The one state of Texas is far larger than all the Austrian empire, yet the Austrian empire supports 35,- 900, 900 people. The one state of Texas is larger than all France and France supports 36, 1000, 900 people. The one state of Texas far surpasses in size the Germanic empire. yet the Germanic empire supports 41,O0O, 900 people. tell you the great want of the western states is more population.
 While some people may stand at the gates of the city, saying, "Stay backl" to foreign populations, press out as far beyond those gates as I can press out beyond them and beckon to foreign nations, saying, "Come, come, all ye people who are honest and industrious and God loyingi" But say you, "I am 80 afraid that they will tcing their prejudices for foreign governments and plant them here." Absurd. They are sick of the governments that have op- pressed them and they want free Amer ica Give them the great gospel of well come. Throw around them all Christian