Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-06-03

riage be proclaimed? mol" say the
home missionaries of the west. martyr
band of whom the world is not worthy,
toiling amid fatigues and malaria and
starvation. "Nol not if we can help it.
By what we and our children have suf
fered, we forbid the banns of that mar
riagel' "Nol" say all patriotic voices,
dear a price and were defended at too
great sacrifice to be SO cheaply sur
rendered. mol" says the God Of
Bunker Hill and Independence hall and
Gettysburg 81 did not start this nation
for such farce - "Nol" cry 1900
voices, "to infidelity this land shall not
be married."
Christ ns the bridegroom.
But there is another sutor that pre-
sents his claim for the hand of this re-
public. He Is mentioned in the verse
following my text where it says, SAG
the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride,
so shall thy God rejoice ever thee. . 1t
is not my tigure-it is the figure of the
Bible. Christ is so DESTROYS to have this
world love him that he stops at no hui
initiation of smile. he compares his
grace to spittle on the eyes of the blind
man. He compares himself to hen
gathering the chickens. and in my text
he compares himself to n sutton begging
a hand in marriage. Does this Christ.
the king. deserve this land2 Behold Pr
late's hall and the insulting expectora-
ton on the face of Christ. Behold the
Calvarean massacre and the awful
hemorrhage of five wounds. Jacob serv-
ed IA years for Rachel, but Christ. my
Lord, the king suffered in torture 33
years to win the love of this world. AS
often princesses at their very birth are
pledged in treaty of marriage to princes
or kings of earth, so this nation at its
birth was pledged to Christ for divine
marriage Before Columbus and his
1870 men embarked on the Santa Maria
the Pinta, and the Nina, for their won
derful voyage, what was the last thing
they did They sat down and took the
holy sacrament of the Lord Jesus Christ.
After they caught the first glimpse of
this country and the gun of one ship
had announced it to the other vessels
that land lad been discovered, what
was the song that went up from all the
three decks? "Gloria in excelsis. Aft
er Columbus and his 1870 men had step
ped from the ships deck to the solid
ground, what did they do. They all
knelt and consecrated the new world to
God. What did the Huguenots do after
they landed in the Carolinas? What did
the Holland refugees do after they had
landed in New York? What did the
pilgrim fathers do after they landed in
New Englandt With Bonded knee and
uplifted face and heaven besieging pray
er, they took possession of this continent
for God How was the first American
congress opened? By prayer. in the
name of Jesus Christ. From its birth
this nation was pledged for holy mar
rage with Christ.
And then see how good God has been
to us Just open the map of the con-
tinent and see how it is shaped for i'm
measurable properties Navigable riv-
ers, more in number and greater than
of any other land, rolling down on all
sides into the sea, prophesying large
manufactures and easy commerce. Look
at the great ranges of mountains tim
bered with wealth on the top and sides,
metaled with wealth underneath. One
hundred and eighty thousand square
miles of coal One hundred and eighty
thousand square miles of iron. The
land so contoured that extreme weather
hardly ever lasts more than three days
extreme heat or extreme cold. Gil
mate for the most part bracing and ia
vorable for Drawn and BRAIN All fruits,
all minerals. all harvests. Scenery dis
playing an autumnal pageantry that
no land on earth pretends to rival. No
South American earthquake. No Scotch
mists. No London fogs No Egyptian
plaques. No Germanic divisions. The
people of the United States are happier
than any people OH earth. 1t is the tes-
timony CT every man that has Travelled
abroad. For the poor more sympathy
for the industrious more opportunity
Oh, how good God was to our fathers,
and how good he has been to us and
our children. To him-blessed be his
mighty name-to him of cross and trl-
umph, to him who still remembers the
prayer of the Huguenots and Holland
refugees and the pilgrim fathers, to
him shall this land be married Oh.
you Christian patriots BY your con-
tributions and your prayers. hasten on
the fulilment of the text
The Immigration Question.
We have been turning an important
leaf in the mighty tome of our national
history. One year at the gates of this
continent over 500, 600 emigrants arriv-
ed. was told by the commissioners of
emigration that the probability was
that in that one year 600, 900 emigrants
would arrive at the different gates OF
commerce. Who were they2 the pau
pers Of Europe? No. AT Kansas City, l
was told by a gentleman, who had OPP
portunity for large Investigation, that
great multitude had gone through
there, averaging in worldly estate $500
1 was told ~ an officer of the govern
ment, who had opportunity for anthem
tic investigation, that thousands and
thousands had gone, averaging 81, Ooo
in possession each. was told by the
commission of emigration that 90 fami-
lies that had recently arrived brought
$50, 600 with them. Mark you, fami-
lies, not trnmps. Additions to the ma
tional wealth, not subtractions there
from saw some of them reading their
Bibles and their hymn books, thanking
God for his kindness in helping them
cross the sea. Some of them had Christ
in the steerage all across the waves,
and they will have Christ in the rail
trains which at o'clock every after
noon start for the great west. They are
being taken by the commission of emil
grafton in New York. taken from the
vessels, protected from the Shylocks
and the sharper, and in the name OF
God and humanity passed Oh to their
destination, and there they will turn
your wildernesses into gardens, if you