The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-06-10

AN@-A - 49,
enough converted 20 Join in such an
advanced movement; men who, putting
aside all minor differences OF opinion,
believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker Of Heaven and earth and in
Jesus Christ. His only begUttsu Son.
and who would march shoulder 20
shoulder in such. a Gospel campaign.
The result would b- that those Islands.
after a scens Of equalization. would
assert themselves into denominations
to suit themselves. and some would be
spriukled in holy baptism, and others
would b. Immersed In thOse warm riy-
erx. and some would worship in relig-
ious ~assemblsge silen, as the Quaker
meeting hOuse. and others would have
a. many jubilant CALCULATIONS as 4 back
woods camp meeting, and some OF those
who preached would be gowned and
supplied for the work, and others
would stand in citizens apparel or In
their shirt sleeves preaching that Coo
pei which Is 10 ave the world.
Mark you well that statesmanshiP,
however grand IL is. and wise men Of the
world, however noble. cannot do this
work. Mere secular education does not
moralize. Some Of the most thoroughly
[ educated men ia all the world have been
the worst men. Quicken Il mans intel
lect. while at the same time you do not
make his morals good. and you only
augment his power for evil. Geography
and mathematics and metaphysics and
philosophy will never qualify a people
10 govern themselves, 4 corrupt print
ing press is worse than no printing
press at all, but let loose al open Bible
upon those islands aud let the apocalyp'
tic angel once fy over them and you
will prepare them to become either col
onles OF the United States government,
OF. az | hope will be the case, i~ndePend-
ent republics.
God did not exhaust himself when he
built this nation. Those islands will yet
have their Thomas Jefersons, qualified
TO write for them declarations OF indie
pendence; and George Washingtons,
capable OF achieving their liberties and
Abraham Lincolns, strong enough TO
emaacipate their serfdOms; and Long
p fellows and Bryants, capable OF put
A tingtheir hills and their rivers and their
landscapes into poems; and their Ban
, cTOfts and PrescOtts TO make their his
tories; and their lrNings TO write their
A sketch books; and their Charles OCon-
A ors and Rufus Choaies TO plead IN their
= c~ourtrooms; and their Daniel WebsteFs
and John q, Crittendens TO move theil
senaies,
The day pometh hear IL oil " Whs
a have no hope for thOse islands VI b.
dwarted and diseased illiterateS~-thi
day cometh when those regions vii
have a Christian civilization equal u
4 that which this country now enjoys
A while | hope by that time this countr.
will be as superior to what II now
as to-day Washington and New IorI
"A are better than Manila and Santiago
Christ has started for the conquest O
. the nations, and nothing on earth or /
hell can stop il. The continents az
~ rapidly rolling into His dominion, an
- Why not those islands, which for tn
,d most part are only fragments broke
Az oF from continents, the Interval land
having been sunk by earthquakes, u
lowing the ocean to take mastery ayI
"a them? Each mother continent hi
nround II Il whole family Of little cont
- nents. II the continents ARE being
-. rapidly e~yangelized, why not the !
lsndsP II America, why not Cuba al
the Bahamas? II Asia, why not Il
Philippines and the Moluccas? II /
rope. why not the Azores and the Or
news? II Africa, why not Madagasc
" and St. Helena? The same power tn
broke them OF the mainland can Ii
them into evangelizatiop.
In the old book, which has beromf
e new book by reason Of modern disco
cries, especial attention Is called 10
Islands. Declare the Lords praise
Tbs islands" commands Isaiah. u
the multitudrs Of the islands he 81
thereof" says the PsalmiSt. "All I
islands of the heather shall worsi
Him. writes Zephaniah. "lie sh
turn His face to the islands, prophes
Daniel. "The inhabitants OF the is
shall he aStOnished at thee iorett
Ezekiel. Hear 1t and declare II TO
Islands afar of" exclaims Jeremi
90 You see from this the islands are moi
be neglected. Perhaps they are
Lords fayorites, as in households
there il any fayoriiism at all I is
ti,s wegkest, The islands too small
The take Care Of thsmselTes haYe ihe ct
AZ nal God 10 take care Of thea let
tions look out how they tread on the
lands, however small and weak,
NJ they are omnipotently defended. II
nur may not be able 10 marshal large arm
ose or TO send out nayies to sweep the
We but better than that, they have
chariots Of Heaven on their side and
VIM. drawn swords of the Almighty. b
aye as much faith in the salvation Of
me. smallest island OF the Falklands, Of
,en. Canaries, OF the Ladrones, OF the /.
lines, Of the Fits, Of the Barbadoe;
los tbs Cape Verdes, Of the Society isla
b W I have IN the salvation OF America
lich The continents themselves are {
be larger islands. and the world in VI
Ious We live is only a still larger island,
and the solar system Is a group Of islal
EN- and the universe Is an archipel
studded with islands OF worlds
IRIS rounded by the great ocean Of infnii
qpd immensity. 80 you see when
planned the universe He diagram
bs II into islands, and he will look u