The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-01-19

and other nations will take control of |
these archipelagos and rule them, and |
perhaps to our humiliation and de-
struction. The other theory is that II
we take possession Of these once Span
ish colonies, we invite foreign inter-
ference. and enter upon q career that /
will finally be the demolition Of this
government. Both positions are i'm Il
measurably mistakes. God has set
apart this continent for free govern
ment and the triumphs of Christianity,
and we may take either the first or
the second course without ruin. We
may say to those islands, We do not
want you, but we have set you free;
now stay free, while we see that the
Spanish panther never again puts its
paw on your neck Or we may In
vite 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 terrific
r1es, on the way to be one OF our
states" And there is no power in Eu-
rope, Asia or Africa, or all combined,
that could harm this nation in Its
worldwide endeavor. God is on the
side of the right, and by earnest i'm
ptorat1on for divine guidance on the
part of this nation we will be led tx
do the right. We are on the brink OF
nothing. There is no frightful crisis.
This train of Republican, and Demo-
f11fio S~ +h~0 11Crt0 n
and all we want is to have the engi-
neer and the ,brakemen and the con-
ductor attend to their business while
the passengers keep their places. We
want men in this nation with faith
enough for all. We want here and
there David worth ten thousand men.
The warrior David of my text
showed more self-control and moral
proWess in staying at home than he
could have shown commanding in the
held. He was natural warrior. Mar.
tial airs stirred him. The glitter Of
| opposing shields fired him. He was
one of those men who feel at home in
the! saddle, patting the neck of paw
Ing cavalry horse. But he suppressed
himself. He obeyed the command Of
the troops whom he would like to
nave commanded. Some of the great
est Sedans and Austerlitzes have been
in backwoods kitchens, or in nursery,
with three children down with scarlet
fever, soon to join the two already in
the churchyard, or amid domestic
wrongs and outrages enough to trans
| form angels into devils, or in COM
mercial life within their own counting
rooms in time of Black Friday panics,
! or in mechanical life in their own car
penter shop, or on the scaffolding of
walls swept by cold or smitten by
heat. No Geographic wires reported
the crisis of the conflict, no banner
was ever waved to celebrate their VIC
tory; but God knows, and God will
remember, and God win adjust, and by
him the falling Of a tear is as certainly
noticed as the burning of world, and
the nutter OF sparrow's wing as the
flight OF. the apocalyptic archangel. Oh,
what God we have for small things
as we'll as big things! David no more
helped at the front than helped at
nome. The four regiments modified
for the defense Of the throne of Is
rael were right in protesting against
Davld's exposure Of his life at the
front Had he been pierced of an ar
row, or clOVen down with battle-ax,
or fatally slung from snorting war
charger, what a disaster for Israel!
Absalom, his son, was a low fellow,
and unfit to reign, his two chief char
acteristlcs were his handsome face and
MS long hair-so long, that when he
had it. cut, that which was scissored
on, weighed 1.-TWO hundred shekels
after the kings weight and when a
man has nothing but handsome face
and an exuberance of hair, there is not
much Of him. The capture or slayine
of David would have been a calamity
irreparable. Unnecessary exposure
would have been crime for David, as
it is a crime for you. H..
In nine cases out of ten, the fatal
ties every day reported are not the
fault Of engineers or brakemen or con.
ductors or cab-drivers, but of the stu.
pidity and recklessness of people al
street or railroad crossing. The,
would like to have the Chicago limited
express train, with three hundred pas
sengers, and advertised to arrive at {
certain hour in certain city, slow VI
to let them get two minutes sooner t
their destination, not one farthing O
> their own or any one else's welfare de
pendent on whether they arrive on,
minute before twelve o'clock, or on,
:, minute after. You ought to get per
mission. from railroad superintendent
to mount beside the engineer on 10
connective, to realize how many evils o
!. recklessness there are in the world
funeral professions whipping UP to re
across before the cow-catcher strike
, the hearse; man of family, with wifi
and children beside him in a wagon
: evidently having made close scalcula
: ton as to whether stroke from tn
= locomotive would put them hackwar