Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-06-03


ia the courtroom with their right hand
on Paine's age Of Reason or Vol
tf.i.s-s Philosophy OF Histore.- y pro-
poses TO take away from this country
The book that makes the difference be-
tween the United States and the king
dora OF Dohomey. between American
civilization and Bcrnesian cannibaiisnI
u in-idelity could destroy the Scrip
tuTcs it would in 200 years turn the
civilized nations back 70 seniharbnr-
iens. aud then from sen,ibarbarisrn into
mi'inight savegery, until the morals Of
n riehRSe-ie of tigers. rattiesnnkcs and
chifrpan2ccs would he better than the
morals of The shi1wrecled human race.
she only impulse in the ri1h. iircc-
ton chat this world has ever had has
come from the ribie. n was The moth
er ~ Roman law and OF hpaitlfui iuris-
prnoenec. That book has been The
mother Of oil reforms and nil charities
mother Of English magno chartasand
American Declaration ofIndepcndence.
Renjamir franklin. holding that holy
book in his hand. stood before an inf
dei club IN raris and read 20 them o,rt
90 che prophecies OF Habakkuk. and the
inAdeis. NO. knowing what book II was.
declared it was the best poetry they
had ever heatd. That book brought
George Washington down ON his knees
in fhe snow az Valley Forge. aud led
the dying Prince Albert 30 ask some
one 20 sing Rock of Ages.
tell you that the worst attempted
crime % the century is the attempt 10
destroy this book YetinfdeNty. loath-
rotten monster. stretches out its hand.
ichorous with the second death. 20 tr.e
the hand of this republic 10 stretches
g. out thrs1gh seductive magazines.
and through ivceum lectures. and
through caricatures OF religion. II asks
for al that part Of the continent al
ready fully settled and the tsvo-thirds
not vet occupied. 10 says. "Glve me
all ~ast 0f the Mississippi with the
keys of the church and with the Chris
tian printing presses. Then give me
Wyoming. give me Alaska. give me
Montana. give me Colorado. give me all
the states west Of the Mississippi and l
viii take those places and keep them BY
right OF possession lopg before the Cos
f,el eals-i,e ftasy nrfenchrsi.
And this suitor presses his case ap-
paliingly. shall the bauns OF that mar
riage be proclaimed2 "Nol" say tie
hmne missionaries OF the west. a mar
tyr band Of whom the world Is not
worthy. toiling amid faticues and ma
'oria and starvation. "No. not IF we
can help a.. py what we and our chill
dren have suffered we forbid the bnnns
OF that MARRIAGE" "Noi" say an patri-
otic voices. "Our institutions were
bought az too dear price and were de-
Tended ~ too great a sacrifice 90 be 40
cheaplv surrendered "Noi" saws The
God Of Bunker Hill and Independence
hall and Gettysburg. II did not start
this nation for such farce" "No,'
crv 10000 voices. "To infdeHty this
land shan not be married."
But there Il another suitor that pre-
scnts his claim for the hand OF this re-
public. . he is mentioned IN the verse
following my text where il SAYS: "A'
the bridegroom re i0iceth over the bride
so shall thy God rejoice over thee" II
is not my figure. II is the figure o. ths
world love Him that He stops az no hu.
initiation Of simile. He compares His
grace 90 spittle on the eyes of thc blind
mRn. he compares Himself To a her
gathering the chickens. and in nv text
lie compares Himself t0 suitor beg
ging a hand In marriage. Does thi,
Christ, 'he King. deserve this land? Be
hold Pilates hall and the insulting eN
pectoration on the Ease OF Christ. Be
hold the Calvarean massacre and th'
awful hemorrhage Of FIVE wounds. ia
cob served IA years for Rachel, bui
Christ. my Lord. the King. suffered 81
torture 80 years 10 win the love Of thi,
world. AS often princesses NJ their yer,
birth are pledged in treaty of marriag,
70 princes or kings Of earth, so this ma
ton At its birth was pledged TO Chris
| for Divine marriage
Before Columbus and his 100 men en-
barked on the Santa Maria, the Pints
and the Nina for their wonderful voy
age, what was the last thing they did
They sat down and took the holy sac
rament Sf the Lord Jesus Christ. Afte,
they caught the first sight of this coun
try and the gun OF one ship had an
nocnced il 10 the other vessels that Lane
had been discovered. what was the sons
that went up from all the three decks
Gloria in Excelsis." After Columbul
and his l20 men had stepped from th'
ships deck TO the solid ground, wha
did they do? They all knelt and con
secrsted the new world TO God. Wha
did the Husuenots DO after they lande,