The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-13

will he disastrous TO our nation. and
other nations will take control OF those
archipelagoes and rule them, and per-
haps to our humiliation and destruc-
ton. The other theory Is that II 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 immeasurablc mis-
takes. God has set apart his 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 10 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 10 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
lulS III lAS WI INV lhN tb
deavor. God Is on the side of the right,
and by earnest importation for Divine
guidance on the part of this nation we
will be led 10 do the right. We are on
the brink of nothing. There is no
frightful crisis. This train of repub-
lcan and democratic institutions is a
through train. and all we want is 10
baua tho and tho hra Il a m "a N
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 a 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 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 kndling
them. They hover around dull fire
on their own hearth and take up so
liihNh lOOlll AuuA Nv Ont Null CdAtu Nut
least caoric, instead of stirring the
hearth into a blaze, the crackle OF
whose backlog would invite the whole
neighborhood TO come in TO feel the
Astounding warmth and see the trains
fguratiun Of the faces. As we all have
to guess a great deal about the future,
let Us guess something. good for il Will
hp t,,,ro prnpttruuftt,Y ~ Il ,rtt.le ,,+ttt
be just as apt to come true, What a lot
Of ingrates the Lord has AT His table
people who have had three meals n day
for 50 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
mer and fan, clothing for 60 years, bur
expect an empty wardrobe shortly!
| How many have lived under free instr
| tutions all their days. but fear that the
| United States may he lelescoped in
some foreign collision! Oh. but the
taxes have gone up Yes. but. thank
| God IL is easier. with money, to pay the
taxes now that they are up than il 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
bauus said to his friend: "Deicolus.
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 mouths which have a long while
been drawn down-more Davds who
can shepherd whole hocks of bright
hopes and play harp of encourage
ment and strike down a Goliath of de.
spair, and of whom we can say: Thou
art worth 100000 of us"
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
and that one-haf of them-namely, SOC
have for years been becoming less in
body, and through niggardlness 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
! Nv VI u lHdl oub HuNc uttu Z ca uttN one
half in moral quality, and are really
only $50 Suppose that the other SOC
have maintained their original status
and are neither better nor worse. Then
the entire population Of that village /,
$50. But suppose another village Of
1000 and 500 Of them as the years &c
by, through mental and spiritual cul
ture, augment themselves until they
are really twice the men and wome1
they originally were, and he other 5O(
remain unchanged and are neither BET,
ter nor worse. then the population o.
that village is 1900, Meanness is sub
traction and nobility is addition. Ac
cording as you rise in he scale Of holi
ness and generosity and conservation
you are worth or 10 or so or 100 or / 900
or 10000.
Notice, my friend, that this David
warrior, strategist, minstrel, master O.
blank verse and Stoun SlinUar Of IA.