The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-14

archipelagoes and rule them, and per-
haps TO our humiliation and destruc-
Iion. The other theory Is that IL we
take possession of those once Spanish
colonies we invite foreign interference,
and enter upona career that will finally
be the demolition Of this government.
Both positions are immeasurabie mis-
takes. God has set apart this continent
for free government. and the triumphs
of Christianity. and we may take either
the first or the second course without
ruin. We may say TO those islands,
I'VE do 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 right.
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 brakeman
| and the conductor attend to their bust
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 go through life aging 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 kindling
them. They hover around dull fire
on their own hearth and take up so
much room that no one can catch the
least caloric. instead of stirring the
|
whose backlog would invite the whole
neighborhood to come in 10 feel the
Astounding warmth and see the trains
| figuration of the faces. AS we all have
to guess a great deal about the future,
let us guess sonnet thing good, for it will
be more encouraging and the guess will
be just as apt 10 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 PLATED How many
have had, winter and spring and sum-
mer and fall, clothing for 60 years. but
expect an empty wardrobe shortly.
How many have lived under free insti-
buttons all their days, but fear that the
United States may be telescoped in
some foreign collision! Oh. but the
taxes have gone up! Yes. but. thank
God, it is easier, with money. to pay the
taxes now that they are up than it was
without money to pay the taxes when
they were down, We want few men
who have faith in God and that mighty
future which holds several things.
among them a millennium. Column
banus said TO his friend: Delicious.
why are you always smiling?" The re-
ply was: Because 10 one can take my
God from mel" We want more men 10
/ feel that they have a mission TO cheer
Others and TO draw up the corners of
peoples mout his which have a long while
been drawn down-more Davids who
can shepherd whole fiocks of bright
hopes and play a harp of encourage
ment and strike down a Goliath Of de-
spair. and of whom we can say: Thou
art worth 100000 Of u.s."
| ! admit that this thought of my text.
| fully carried out. would change many
of the worlds statistics. Suppose vii
lage is said to have 1000 inhabitants
4 and that one-half of tbem-namely. 500
| have for years been becoming less in
body, and through niggardliness and
grumbling. less in soul. Each one of
these is only one-half of what he once
was, or one-half of what she once was.
The original 500 have been reduced one
| half in moral quality, and are really
only $50. Suppose that the other 500
1 have maintained their original status
| and are neither better nor worse. Then
the entire population of that village is
$50. But suppose another village OF
1000, and 500 Of them as the years go
by. through mental and spiritual cul-
ture. augment themselves until they
are really twice the men and women
they originally were, and the other 500
remain unchanged and are neither bet
ter nor worse. then the population Of
that village is 1900. Meanness is sub
traction and nobility is addition Ac-
cording as you rise in the scale of holt
ness and generosity and conservation.
you are worth 5 or 10 or so or 100 or 900
or 10000.
| Notice, my friend, that this David.
warrior, strategist. minstrel. master Of
blank verse and stone singer at the
] giant, whom the soldiers Of the text es-
timated clear up into the thousandfold
OF usefulness, on this particular occa-
sion staid at home or in his place OF
temporary residence. Gen. Joab, Cen
Abishai and Gen. lttai. who commanded
| ba how In Tho tfvh t,x.;v, nd lar