Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-03
FAVORS EXPANSION.
DR.. TALMAGE DISCUSSES AN ABSORB
ING THEME.

ING THEME.
Points Ont the Way For the Amcri-
can People "a Perform Mighty
work-Thcy Hold the hey to the
Worlds Redemption.
Copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1901
WASHINGTON. June i.-ln this discourse
Or. Talmage steers clear IL the political
entanglements of our time and recon
mends that which will meet the approval
Of all who hope for the perpctuity of our
republic and the welfare of other lands
text. Genesis xviii. II. Thou shalt
spread abrOad TO the west aud To- the
east"
Since the Americana. Ilispanic war Is
concluded and the United States embas-
sador Is ON the way to Madrid and the
Spanish ambassador is ON the way 10
Washington the people Of our country
are divided into expansionis's and anti
expansiunists. From a different stand
point from that usually taken | discuss
this all absorbing theme. ! leave the po-
liiical aspect Of this subject to statesmen
and warriors and pray Almighty God
that they may be enabled Ia rightly settle
the question whether the islands in con
troversy shall l." finally annexed. or held
under protectorntc. or resigned To them
selves. while call attention 60 the fact
that n campaign Of moral and religious
expansion ought to be- Immediately
opened on widest and erandest scale.
At the close 81 this war God has put
into the hands 81 this country the key to
the worlds redemption. Heretofore the
religious movement ia pagan lands had 10
precede the educational. After In China
and India and the islands of the sea the
missionaries have labored over ~ or -
years the printing press and the secular
school came In. Now to better advan-
tage than ever before religious and secu-
lar enlightenment may ~ side by side.
and 50 the work be accomplished IN short
time and more thoroughly. Starting
with the fact that In Cuba and Porte
Rico and the Philippine Islands az least
three fourths ~ the people can neither
read nor write. what nm opportunity for
school and printing press. Within five
years every mnn In those islands may be-
taught 10 read not only the Bible. hut the
Declaration 81 Independence and the
constitution ~ the United States and the
biography ~ George Washington and of
Abraham Lincoln.
n seems Co me that the government 81
the United States ought 10y vote of con
grrss afford common schools and printing
presses to those hcnighir1 regions Our
national legislature 10y one vote appro.
printrd SJOtan.OO0 L. give bread and
medicine 20 Cuba. Why not 10y similar
generosity give S5OOOO.n00 for feeding
and healing the minds and souls 81 those
ignorant and besottcd archipclagocs. In
the name of God. nominate school for
every neiehhorhood ~ Cuba. Porto Rico
and the Philippines. As soon A. the
gavel falls M IL O'Clock 81 next Dec 4 on
the table Of senate and house Of repre-.
sentatives and the roll has been called and
the preliminaries observed let some mem.
Der % our national legislature. with
mind and soul and voice strong enough "a
he heard not only through those halls.
but through Christendom. propose a
measure for the mental aud moral Olsen
thrallment 81 the islands In controversy.
Higher Civilization.
What has made American civilization
the highest civilization the world has
ever sceng Next to the Bible aud the
church. schools. common schools. schools
reaching from the Atlantic To the Pacific
and from British America fo the gulf Of
Mexico. Five years under such cdura-
tional advantages and the whole subject
that keeps our public men agitated. some
of them 20 frothing nj the mouth. will
settle itself. Give those islands readers.
spoilers. ariihmeiicS. histories. black
boards. maps. Biographies. globes. Let
the state legislatures n their next meet
ing. some OF them assembling in early au-
tumn. take parts of those islands under
their especial educational patronage.
What is needed is state and national ac-
ton In this mater Of schools
Then let the editorial associations Of
the United States. as many Of such or
CARNATIONS as there are states. resolve at
the next convention 10 establish ia every
region Of those islands printing press.
Go be supported 10y people If this country
until il can become self supporting Each
Of these state editorial associations send.
ing OUT 10 those islands nj least one eli.
tor and two reporters aud cough typesct-
tiers. down will 90 the ignornnce aud su-
perstition Of those islands as certainly n.
the Spanish feet under C"rvcra sank nm.
der the pounding of our American battle
ships. and into their every port will z,
intelligence aud love Of free institution.
as certainly a into the harbor Of Manila
went Admiral Dewey on that famou,
night when be was not expected Hoe.
printing press. Nothing can stand be-
fore its bombardmcnt Editors 81 Amer
lean newspapers and publishers Of Amer
lean books. Take the ordination fol
such n magnificent service. Eloqucncc ~
yonder Capitol hill cannot meet the OK
igency. Enierams Of political platform,
or in state legislatures will not hasicr
the desired contamination one week ol
one hour or one moment
When Cubans AMI Porto IsicanS an,
Filipinos see the morning aud evening
newspapers thrown into the doorway,
and hawkcd along the streets Of IIavan.
and Santiago and Manila. thus. who can
not read 10y the force of curiosity wi
learn 10 read 50 that they may know
what information is l-cing scattered. ans
that which may be- missionary Effort NJ
the start and carried on by American,
sent forth Ia do the work will soon h,
done by educated natives. Porto RicaI
editors. Porto Ricnn reporters. Port.
Rican typeseitcrs. Porto Rican publish
ers, II was q great mercy to take thns,
islands from under the heels Of desI,otisln
hut IL will be mightier mercy 10 eman
cipate them from ignorance and degrade
tion. The expansion 81 the kmowlcdg,
and intellectual qualification Of all thns.
islandy regions is the desire of all int"lli
gent Americans. Awake all you schools
and colleges and universities and printin.
presses 60 our opportunity,
Open the Door For Christianity
Still further here is n wide open doc
for Christianity. First Of all. we have
the attention Of those people. The heath
en- nations are for the most part soporiiic
The American missionaries heretofore
had great difficulty in getting heather
dom 10 listen. They excited some com
ment by their attire. So different was tn
parting Of the hair. AMI the shape of tn
hat, and the cut Of the cont. and th'
formation Of the shoe of the eyangelizers
but the questions constantly arose In re
gard TO the missionary: who Is he?'