Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-01-19

ing, false as false can be The one is
that il we decline 10 take under full
sarge Cuba and Porto REQ and h.
Philippines we make declaration that
will be disastrous to our uSItuD, and
other nations will take coutsol Of ose
archipelagoes and rule them, aud per.
haps to our humiliation and destruc-
ton. The other theory is that IL we
be the demolition Of this government
Both positions are immea>urab.e mis-.
takes, God has set apart this continent
for free government. aud the triUmphS
Of Christ aIity, and WE may takesither
the first or the second course without
ruin, We may say TO those Islands
I'VE Go not want you, but we have set
you free: now stay free, Willie we see
that the Spanish panther never again
puts its paw on your neck, or We may
invite the annexation Of Cuba and Porto
Rico, and say to the Philippines: Get
ready, by education and good morals
for free government. and at the right
time you shall be one Of our territories
on the way to be one of our states"
And there is no power in Europe, Asia
or Africa or all combined that could
harm this nation in its worldwide en-
deavor. God is on the side of the rig ut,
and by earnest imploration for Divine
guidance on the part of this nation we
will be led to do the right. We are on
the brink of nothing. There is no
frightful crisis. This train of repub
liCan and democratic institutions is a
through train, and all we want is 10
have the engineer and the brake man
and the conductor attend to their busi.
ness and the passengers keep their
places. We want men in this nation
with faith enough for all. We want
here and there David worth 10000
men.
A vast majority of men have no sur
plus of confidence for Others and hardly
enough confidence for themselves.
They so through life saying depressing
things and doing depressing things,
They chill prayer meetings, discourage
charitable institutions, injure com.
merce and kill churches. They blow out
lights when they ought to be kidding
them. They hover around a dull fire
on their own hearth and take up so
much room that no one can catch the
least caloric, instead of stirring the
hearth into a blaze, the crackle of
whose backlog would invite the whole
neighborhood to come in to feel the
nj i'm ~
tguration of the faces. AS we all have
10 guess great deal about the future,
let us guess something good. for it will
be more encouraging and the guess will
be just as apt TO come true. What a lot
OF ingrates the Lord has at His table
people who have had three meals day
for so years and yet fear that they will
soon have to rattle their knife and fork
on an empty dinner plate! How many
have had, winter and spring and sum
mrr and fall, clothing for 60 years, but
expect IN empty wardrobe shortly!
How many have lived under free insti,
tutions all their days. but fear hat the
United States may be teIescoped in
some foreign coliision Oh, but the
taxes have gone up, Yes, but. thank
God, it is easier with money To pay he
taxes now that they are mp than it was
without money to pay the taxes when
they were down. We want u few men
who have faith in God aud hat mig hty
future which holds setera. things.
among them a millennium. Column.
banus said 10 his friend: "DcicoluS.
why are you always smiling =" The re-
ply was: because 10 one can lake my
God from me-" We want more men 10
feel that they have mission to cheer
Others and to draw up the corners of
people mouths which have long while
can shepherd whole hocl> Of bright
hopes and play a harp Of cncourag
ment and strike down Goliath OF de.
spair, and of whom Hr can sly: Thou
art worth 100000 of rs
I admit that this thought of my text,
fully carried out. would change many
Of the worlds statistics suppose IA vii,
lage is said TO have l.o0u Inhabitants
and that one-half OF them namely. 500
have for years been becoming less in
body. and through niegard!ness and
grumbIing, less in soni. Each one of
these is only onehaIf Of what he once
was, or oue-half Of what >hp once was.
The original 500 have been durcd one.
half in moral quality. and are really
only 259. Suppose that the other 800
bpv of,,t .