Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-01-06

alton. public unrest, threat Of national
demolition and horrors national and
international. adjure you. let not the
twentieth century be met In that awful
way. but With all brightness of tempo
raj and religions prospects
First. lei us put upon the cradle OF the
new century new map OF the world
The old map was black with TOO many
barbarisms and red with 100 many
slaughters,and pale with 100 many suf-
ferings. Let US see 10 u that on that
map. so far as possible. our couh,ry
from ocean TO ocean is a Christinnized
continent--schools, colleges, churches
and good homes in long line from ocean
beach TO ocean beach, On that map
Cuba must be free. Porto Rico must
be free. The archipelago Of the Phil,
ippines must be free. n cruel Spain
expects by procrastlnatlon aud intrigue
TO get back what she has surrendered,
then the warships Iowa and Indiana
and Brooklyn and Texas and Vesuvius
and Oregon must be sent back 10
southern waters or across 10 the coast
OF Spain 10 silence the lnsolence, as &C.
cidedly as last summer they Ilenced
the Cristobal Colon and 0quendo and
Maria Teresa and Vizcaya When we
get those islands. thoroughly under our
protcctorat for the first time our mis-
sionaries in China will be safe. The
atrocities imposed on those good men
and women in the so-called Flowery
Kingdom will never be resumed, for our
guns will he too near IIong-Kong 10 al
low the massacre Of missionary settle
ments.
On that map must be put the isihmian
canal, begun ifnot completed. No long
voyages around Cape Horn for the
worlds merchandise. but short and
cheap communication by water instead
of expensive communication by rail
train, and more millions will be added
TO our national wealth and the worlds
betterment than have capacity 10 cal.
culate.
On the map which we will put on the
cradle on the new century we must
have very soon railroad bridge across
Bering strut. those sc miles of water.
not deep, and they are spotted with
islands capable of holding the piers of
great bridge. And what with Amer
lea and Asia thus connected and ST.
berian railway, and railroad now
| projected for the length of Africa. and
Palestine and Persia and India and
China and Burma intersected with rail
read tracks. all Of which will be done
before the new century is grown up.
the way will be open to the quick CT :
| ilization and evangelization of the
whole world. The old map we used II
study in our boyish days is dusty and
on the top shelf oramitl the rubbish Of
the garnet. and so will the present map
Of the world, however gilded and beau
tifully bound. be treated. and an en-
tirely new map will be put into the
infant'le hand of the coming century.
The work OF this century has been
to get ready. All the earth is now free
to the Gospel except two little spots
one in Asia and one in Africa, while al
The beginning of the century there
stood the Chinese wall and there famed
the fires and there gllttered the sword
that forbade entrance TO many islands
and large reaches of continent. Dor
nesian cruelties and Fiji island canni-
balism have given way, and all the
gates OF the continents are swung open
with clang that has been a positiv,
and glorious invitation for Christians
ity to enter. Telegraph, telephone and
photograph are 10 be consecrated tc
Gospel dissemination, and, instead O
the voice that gains the attention Of
n few hundred or few thousand PEG
pie within the church walls, the tele
graph will thrill the glad tidings aDt
the telephone will utter them to many
millions. Oh, the infinite advantag,
that the twentieth century has Owe
what the nineteenth century had at th'
starting!
In preparation for this coming cen
fury we have time in the intervening
years TO give some decisive strokes a
the seven or eight great evils that curs'
the world. 1t would be an assault ant
battery upon the coming century b.
this century II we allowed the full blow
Of present evils to fall upon the future
We ought somehow 10 cripple or minif.
some Of these abomination Alec
holism is to-day triumphant, and are W
to let the all-devouring monster tina
has throttled this century seize upo,
the next without first having filed hi
accursed hide with singing arrow
enough to weaken and stagger him
We have wasted about rs years. Ho,
so? While we have been waiting 70
the law OF the land TO prohibit intoxl
cants we have done little 10 quencl
the thirst of appetite in the palate an
tongue of whole generation. Wher
are the public and enthusiastic meet
ings that used to be held 30 years ag
for the one purpose of persuading th
young and middle aged and old tina
strong drink Is poisonous and damn
ing9 When will we learn that we mus
educate public opinion up to prohil
tory law or such law will not b
passed or II passed will not be, ext
cuted? God grant that all state an
national legislatures may build u
an impossible wall, shutting out III
alcoholic abomination. But while W
wait for thct let us, in our homes, in GU
schc1fs and our churches and on on
= rms and IN our newspapers. pc
be people TO stop taking alct
kWulant unless prescribed b
and then persuade phys
prescribe II II in all the d.
(erapeutics there uSS1ln