The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-01-27

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take control OF those archipelaSoes dnd
rule them, and perhaps to our humiliation
and destruction. TIE other theory II that /
II ". take possession OF those once Spanish
colonies We invite foreign interference and
enter upon a career that will finally be the
demolition OF this government. Both posi-
tions are unreasonable mistakes. God has
set apart this continent for free govern.
ments aud the triumphs OF Christianity.
and We may take either the frst
or the second course without ruin.
We may say to those ISLANDS. I'VE
free. Now stay free. while We see that the
Spanish panther never again puts it's
paw on your neck" Or We may invite
the annexation OF Cuba and Porto Rico and
say to the Philippines. Get ready by edu.
cation and good morals for free govern.
meut. 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 endeayor. God
is on the side OF the right. and by earnest
impioration for divine guidance on the part
OF this nation We will be lee, TO DO the right,
We ar on the brink Of nothing. There i,
no frightful crisis. This train OF Republic
can and Democratic institutions is a
through trsin. and all We want is to have
the engineer and the brAkenen and the
CoUluttOI HLtcuu ~ DuS.U-S5 0Gu lQ0
passengers keep their places.
a vast majority Of men have no surplus
OF confidence for others and hardly
enough confidence Cor themselves. They
go through life saying depressing things
and doing depressing things. They chill
prayer meetings., discourage charitable in
stitutions, injure ommerc and kill
churches. They blow out lights when they
ought to be kirdliny them. They hover
around q dull fire on their own hearth and
take up so much room that no one can
catch the least ~caloric. insaai OF stirring
tho hearth into a blaze. mo crackle Of
whose backlog would invite the whole
neigbborhood to come in to feel the
Astounding warmth and see the tr%anstigur-
alton OF the faces. As We all have TO
guess a 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 Il lot OF inSrates
the Lord has a. HIS table. People who
have had three meals u day for fifty years
and vet fear that they will soon have to
rattle their knife and fork on An enotv
dinner plate. How many have baldwin.
ter and spring and summer and fall
clothing for sixty years, hut expect an
empty wardrobe shortly! How many have
lived under free institutions all their davs,
but fear that the United States may bs
telescoped in some foreign collision! Oh.
but the taxes have zone up! Yes, bat
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
a few men who have faith In God and that
mighty future which holds several things,
among them a millennium. Columbanua
said to bis friend. "Deicolua. WHY are you al.
ways smiling?' The reply was, because no
one can take mv God from mel" We want
more men to feel that they have a mission
- nhoo~ nfhneo md "a - m - ,,~ khn
OF peoples mouths which have q Ions
while been drawn down, more Davids WIZ
can shepherd whole nocks Of bright hopes,
and can play u harp OF encouragement
and strike down a Goliath OF despair. ant
OF whom we can say, "Thou art worth 10.
900 OF us"
I admit that this thought OF my tex
fully carried out would change many o: tn,
worlds statistics. Suppose a village 1
said to have 1000 inhabitants. and tina
one-half OF t~hem-namely. 5o0-have 70
years been becoming less in body, an,
through niggardliness and grumhling les!
In soul. Each one ofthese Is only one-hal
OF what he once was or one-half OF wha
she once was.
That original 500 rave been reduced one
half in moral quality and are really onI
$50. Suppose that the other 500 hav,
maintained their original status and ar
neither better nor worse. Then tn
cnliIe poPutatlOu OF InaL Niiiage Is t0t
But suppose another village OF 1000, an
500 Of them. as the wears go by, through
mental and spiritual culture. augmen
themselves until they are really twice th
men and women they originally were
and the other SEQ remain unchanged al
are neither better nor worse. then the pop
nlation or that village Is 1900. Meannes
! is subtraction and nobility is addition
According as you rise In tho scale q holi
ness and generosity and conservation, vor
are worth five or ten or ffty or 100 or 100
or 10 900 others.
Notice. my friend. that his David. war
Tior. s~trategist. minstrel. master OF blall
, Yarsa and stone sIinrar at tha Giant xhn-