Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-06-09

/ for our American Christianity to cross
over and take the round world for Gcd.
We need new evangelical alliance or
ganized for this one purpose. In all de-
nominations there are those with large
enough hearts and who have been thor
oughly enough converted TO join in
such an advanced mOvement-men VINO,
putting aside all minor differences OF
/ opiuion. "believe in God. the Father
Almighty. Maker Of heaven and earth'
and in Jesus Christ. his only begotten
Son. " and who would march shoulder
to shoulder in such gospel campaign
/ The result would be that those islands,
after such scene Of gospelization'
would assort themselves into denomina-
tions TO suit themselves. and some
would be sprinkled in holy baptism and
others would be immersed in those
warm rivers and some would worship
/ in religious assemtlage silent as the
Quaker meeting house, and others
would have as many jubilant elacula
tions az a backwoods camp meeting,
and some of those who preached would
be gowned and surpliced for the work
and others would stand in citizen s ap-
parel or in their shirtsleeves preaching
that gospel which is TO save the world.
Religious Teaching Needed.
Mark you well that statesmanship,
however grand it is, and wise men Of
the world. however noble cannot DO
this work. Mere secular education does
not moralize Some Of the most thor
oughlv educated men in all the world
have been the worst men. Quicken a
man intellect while at the same time
you do not make his morals good. Gnd
you only augment his power for evil
Geography aud mathematics and meta
phsyics and philosophy will never quail
fy people to govern themselves \
corrupt printing press is worse than 10
printing press at ALL but Jet loose an
open Bible upon those islands and let
the apocalyptic angel cnce fly over
them. and you viii prepare them To
become either colonies of the United
States government. or. as hope VIII
be the case, independent republics.
I God did not exhaust himself when ho
built this nation Those islands viii yet
have their Thomas Johr lus. qualified
TO write for them declarations OF Iude-
pendeuce; and George Na-hiueton-.
capable Of achieving thelrhurtias; and
| Abraham Lincolns strong enongh 10
emancipate their serid0m-, AMI Long
fellows and Brvants. capable of putting
their hills and theirriyers and their land
scapes into poems; and their Bancroits
and Prescotts. to make their historie5'
and their Irvings To write their sketch
Books: and their Charles OConoi'
and Bnfus Choaies. TO plead in their
courtrooms; and their Daniel Weriers
and John J. Crittendeus, TO move their
senates.
The day cometh-haar it an ye who
have no hope for those islands Of bee
dwarfed and diseased iiiiterates-the
day cometh when those regions VIII
have Christian civilization equal 10
that which this country now enjoys
while / hope by that time this country
will be as superior 20 what ii now Is
rs today Washington and New York
are better than Manila and Santiago
Do you see by this process of g0.pelized
intelligence those archipelaeoes viii as
nation be protected from the TWO
woes urophesied in regard TO this coun-
trv-the one woe prophe-led by the ex-
pansionists and tie other woe proph'
esied bY the anticxpansionists? 1t Is
said bv those who would have us take
all we can lay our hands Oh as a nation
that. unless we enter the door now
omen for the enlargement of our ma
tiopal domain. we Will decline the mis-
sion which God in his providence has
assigned us. But surely 10 woe viii
come upon us or upOn them II we
Cbristianize them as we now have the
orportunity of doing The political
technicalities are nothing rs compared
with the importance Of this movement
implore all political ezVansionists to
augment us in this work OF moral ana
religions expansion. for unless those
islands are moralized and elevated IN
intelligence and habits we do not want
them. and their annexation would be
political damnati0n. On the other hand
I implore all antiexpansionists TO take
a hand in the gospslization Of Cuba
Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands
The only way to prepare them TO take
care Of themselves Is TO give them the
Ten Commandments that were pub
lisbed on Mount Sinai and let them
hear the groan Of sacrifice that was
breathed ont on the heights Of Golgotha
What they most want is the gospel, the
pure gospel. the omnipotent gospel the
gospel that helps heal the wounds of the
g body and irradiates the darkness Of the
mind and achieves the ransom Of the
q soul
One Platform For All.
But on this platform the 50 called ex-
nonsionists and so called antiexpan
sionists will yet stand side by side
= Though am not a prophet or the scr
= Of prophet. within five years, If tins
religio-educational work is properly at
tended to, there viii be Cuban re
a public. a Porto Rican republic and
: Philippine republic, none Of them on
- large scale but they viii al have theii
!. schools and printing presses and evan
q gelical churches their presidents then
% senates aud house of representatives,
: their mayors and their constabnlaries
!, and as good order will he observed II
- their cities as now reigns on PeVsyl
= vania avenue, Washington. or Broad
!. way, New York
3 Christ has started for the conquest o
= the nations. and nothing on earth o
. in hell can stop it, The continents ar
= rapidly rolling into his dominion, an
a why not these islands which for th
n most part are only fragments broken OF
- from continents. the interval land
:. having been sunk by earthquakes al
~ lowing the ocean TO take mastery owe
=, themg Each mother continent ha
- around it a whole family Of little cor
4. tinents. II the continents are being