The Holt County sentinel., 1899-08-04

TO trouble the waters Of Satan's prosper
ity and the final outcome is "Get the'
behind me Satan" Such angels wer'
sent into this ignorance and stagnatior
to move it by tanning the smolderlni
Goals of mans mental powers and reli
giOus conscience. This created cOmmo
ton, and this commotion aroused Chris
tian thought and Christian thought
Christian action and Christian action g
warfare between the powers of darkness
and powers of good. To live upto ones
convictions on the side of right at tina,
time was difficult to do but when dont
it made very marked the dividing line
between right and wrong This brought
upon the Christian the emnity and bit
ter hatred of evil doers. Persecution
was their common lot and experience
To live Christian on the other side oi
the sea was at that time anything but
pleasant so far as present comes into
consideration. Priestcraft and Statecrafi
would bitterly fight before they would
come down and out, before they would
allow liberty and right, to walk the Land
They would drive, the good. from their
land rather than allow them the liberty
Of their conscience but their driving
them away was Gods opportunity. Fol-
he took them up and brought them over
| IN tho nfhar c,la nf tho saa anA hare hp
has planted them nation-a Christian
nation-and such were our fathers, and
such the origin of our inheritance.
Next let us consider our inheritance as
it now is in this the year 1899.
Our nation has reflected itself upon
some of the other nations and especially
those OF the old world and has made
them better nations. By force of arms
and example it has compelled them to
be better. 1t has made Others Of them
tremble and what its influence upon
them still may he we know not. OF all
the nations there is not another to
compare with our own Although young
it is in the forefront of nations. Its al
most sixty five millions of people are
free as ar. no other sixty five millions Of
people on the earth. yet at the same
time it is no doubt giving shelter oper
sons who are the advocates Of principles
that if accepted would destroy it.
In addition to freedom there is now
union in this land As never before. Re
cent events have shown it to be SO. The
old dividing line between the north and
south has faded away. A common flag
is the glory of our people. There may
be those who for some purpose. selfish
or otherwise would love to keep up sec
tional feeling but it can not be done.
This coming anniversary Of our country
finds it "A common brotherhood under
one and the same flag and upon one and
the SAM constitution. North, south,
east and west are one.
Then as to progress. In all material
improvement it is simply one stride Of
advance after another. Intelligent
thought flashes over the wires from
every place, and the steam engine brings
not only the necessities and luxuries of
the land but of the world to our doors.
Another feature of the present is that
although the nation is in war it is cloth
ed in the mantle Of peace. Here and
there one has gone to the country's ser
wee Aside from this we could not tell
there was a war. At one time in our
history this could not have been.
Again the homes and home comforts
of this nation are better than anywhere
else. The homes of the royalty in some
lands would likely outshine US but we
are speaking of the homes of the masses.
Such homes have more temporal com
forts than formerly. Kings and Queens
of other times would have envied the
comforts this nation affords its people
Along with the home is general intelli-
gence. The school was made one of the
pillars of our national structure. An
intelligent and educated citizenship is
necessary to our existence. Hence our
schools are watched, improved and their
influence widened. Our boys and girls
have wonderful opportunities offered
them 10y our schools. Provision is made
for higher degrees than the public school
can furnish. This provision is well sup
ported by means and pupils. The Ian
guages, the sciences and the arts are
pursued. Men and women are coming
out from such training and education
who are powers in thought and great in
action. In number they are very many.
The progress, tie home and the school
are all what they are because Of the
church. 1t is very true there are very
many not Christians but the influence
of the church pervades this nation now
even as it did at first. The people Of this
nation, as did Columbus, bow down be
fore God and they as the Pilgrims, con-
tinue to build churches. In the coun-
try-in the village-in the city, churches
abound and Sabbath bells ring and
many of the people irrespective Of color
or language go up to the House of the
Lord. They came over from the other
side of the sea and God made of them
here a great Christian nation and that
nation still is and is ours.
Again it will be well for US to remem-
ber that although the present is as it is,
bright, and full of promise, there are
many evils at work, that If allowed to
mature would soon darken the present
and destroy all hopes for the future. 1t
is often the case that sons from lack OF
proper appreciation and by misuse
squander and spread to the winds the
estate of father and so could it be in
the case of this our national estate and
so would it be if certain class could
carry out their designs. The one thing
needful is to continue in prayer and sup
plication and in the fear of God use
every lawful means to educate and en-
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