The times., 1899-01-16
keep ALL THE COLONIES
DR.. Townsend Asserts the
Providence of Expansion.
NEW REALMS OF PURPOSE
Acquisition of Hawn:i-Impcrinlis
AIarm-should Not Leave the Fill
pinos to Fate-Nirncles of Victory
at Manila and Before Snntingo.

The Rev. Luther Townsend delivered an
interesting sermon yesterday morning at
Waugh NJ Z. Church, his topic being
/ God in the Isles of the Sea" DIR. Town
send is one of the eminent divines of the
Methodist Church. having been for twenty
seven years a professor of theology in the
Boston University and having later served
a full term as pastor of the Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church. in Baltimore.
He is now one of the associate editors OF
the Baltimore Methodist.
DR. Townsend said in part:
Expansion of territory, as everyone
knows, has been thought TO he for our
Republic a suicidal policy; but whether
this is the case or not, expansion OF ter
ritory even beyond the natural water
boundaries of our country already has
| begun.
The Hawaiian Islands without the she'd
ding of drop of blood, or involving our
country in any troublesome international
complications whatever, have been placed
in our hands and under our protection.
We also have had commissioners in Cuba
and Forto Rico arranging the time ana
conditions OF Spanish evacuation, by which
the larger of these two islands. for time
at least must come under our protectorate
! and Porto Rico into our permanent posses
sion.
The United States. too, is arranging 10
take possession OF the vast group OF the
Philippines.
Many conservative men. a little time
since. from one cause or another, stood
aghast in the presence of these new un-
foidings. and Imperialism, almost new
word on American lips, was put into cir
cculation TO express a peril that is thought
to be so fun of mischief that it will plunge
cur country ultimately into national over
throw and ruin. But this word already is
becoming familiar and no longer startles
| our people when using il, and meanwhile
| the sentiment is growing very rapidly that
! imperialism is not such a dreadful thing
after all, and that, if it means the spread
OF American power, free institutions and
{ human happiness. it need not in the least
excite or alarm. provided there is any
! sterling vitality left in the American Re
| public. and of this since the war with
| Spain but few people are in doubt.
In 4 word, this nation of ours, in spite
Of itself. is coming into new realms of
purpose and opportunity; whether that
purpose is right or wrong and whether the
opportunity shall make for righteousness
or unrighteousness. safety or danger, We
cannot tell just yet, though everyone is
hoping for the best. and, if the best should
| fail to be the outcome, the fault is not
! Gods. but ours.
| And. likewise. it is beginning TO dawn
/ upon all thinking people that il We should
sail away from the Philippine Islands, as
| not few leading men three months ago
! were urging should be done leaving the
entire archipelago in the hands Of the in
! surgents or prey to any foreign gov
eTnment that might pounce upon them.
we should be guilty of great wrong. and
/ probably there is not disinterested civ
( ilized nation that would not pronounce
| such deserticn in such times as these un-
| christian if not inhuman. The judgment
/ has been forcefully expressed by one
writer on this subject that a nation which
would give back the Philippines to Spain
! would hand back TO a tiger the little lamb
rescued from its jaws.
But while these islands of the West
| India group merit even more than has yet
/ been said in their favor. still, in some re-
/ spects they have no such future as either
Hawaii or the Philippine Islands. William
| II. Seward. one of the most far-sighted
statesmen this country ever produced, after
his journey around the world. wrote that
| the Pacific Ocean, its shores, its islands
and the vast regions beyond, will become
the chief theatre of events in the worlds
/ great hereafter. And never has this
| prediction seemed so full of significance or
so near fulfillment as it does today.
Now, taking all the facts into consid
Grafton, it looks from our point of view as
H. ul!utI l4It p!ONIlSIIGt Oi bOG, me year
had come when the advancement OF the
Redeemer's Kingdom in Spanish colonies
no longer could be retarded by Spain. How
rapidly events few months ago transpired
and took their place in order. as by divine
assignment. War vas declared and vic
tories followed that if recorded in ancient
sacred history. would have been pro-
nounced by modern skeptics as impossi-
bic.
Had the two victories. the one at Ma
Mia. the other at Santiago. been recorded
in the Book of Kings. higher critics would
} have pronounced them incredible; il would
have been said that there could have been
at most but one victory and that the com
ness, made blunder. But here are the
facts right under our eyes, and thoughtfuI
men in Europe, as well as in America be.
gan talking of miracles as the only solu-
tion and are now Interpreting these
events to mean that the United States of
America has been selected or elected to
] give Protestant Christianity to those Span
ish misrued people, who have not been
permitted TO know what Christianity means
or to partake of its benefits any more than
If ii had not existed in the world.
"On moral and religious grounds, we
therefore would better say: oh, England,
Stand with US and We will stand with you
in an effort to rule this world. every part
In the presence of such purpose narrow
and puerile indeed seem the terms OF the
Monroe doctrine