The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-20
n, Or. TALMAGE.
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5 DISCOURSE.


u hov our Lack of Appreciation
sns lords Bounty.
tcopyright 1901
,roN. ID. G. - DR.. Talmage
fisHiSo DISCOURSE Of Christian patriot
sibe, tvs the resources of our coun.
lnd snredicts the time when all the
nu have the same blessings. His
y VIZ are. Revelations xxi. l3, "On
ins three qates;" Psalm oxlvii, 20,
nui,n .ot W dealt go with any nation"
n'n the uhv greatest needs of our coun.
wong S'I gratitude to God for the un-
~, ,rrosperity bestowed upon us.
fteu rtexts calls us to international
Wy What nation on all the plan
late had such enlargement of
m.,;sl opportunity as is now opening
ph;s nation? Cuba and Porto Rico
y n. W.. philippine Islands brought into
ms m,act with us, and through steam
wnJ wa0,Jv and Nicaragua canal, which
@ be afforded by Congress. all the
WV "a South America will be brought
''n.s active trade with the United
nV'S Son the south three gates"
z .rr next.door neighbors, the south
oO~hrcs and neighboring colonies,
SaJ from European countries 5000
.Tay s875.000,0O0 worth. OF goods in
orlv sl26,0O0,000 worth went from
~ FrlD,sd States -sl28, ,000, 900 out of $685.
" s''cn only one-hfth of the trade ours,
w nations taking the four fingers
.r;rg ms the poor thumb. Now all
s he changed. There is nothing
"A ,omnarative ferry between the isl.
.Icb have recently come under our
4 lion and only a ferry between us
Il Poliyia. Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay,
y Deh Salvador. Nicaragua, Colon
q rosta Rica. Ecuador and Brazil, while
,rs raging seas and long voyages be-
,Spm and Europe. BY the mandate
N n. limited States all that will be
..s5 through new facilities of transpor-
The Hispano-American congress,
Jo,ed at Madrid, will fail in its at
\ Ia divert all the trade of South
.,,,a from us to Europe.
mtcipation Of what is sure to come
A on the front door Of this nation an
,hsement:
T,rted-One hundred thousand men
ma railroads through South America
he Islands of the sea under our pro-
Tmted-A thousand telegraph opera
r,Dtsd-One hundred million dollars
n Of dry goods from the great cities
" United States.
|Tnted-All the clocks you can make at
Haven. and all the brains you can
4 from Boston, and all the bells you
nod at Troy, and all the Mccormick
r,r YOU fashion at Chicago, and all the
I. YOU can turn out at Cincinnati, and
4 Ne railroad iron you can send from
tburr and all the statesmen that you
a ,tare from Washington.
Tnted - Right away, wanted by new
wiiter steamers, wanted by rail train,
IUss to plead our causes.
to cure our sick.
HElnted-Ministers to evangelize our
uhtion.
|rnted - Professors to establish our
4 URHtes
D. The three south gates!" Yea, a
rand gates! South America and all
stands of the sea approximate are
hlly our commercial domain, and
Congress of the United States will see
that we get what belongs to us.
Nd then tides Of travel will be some
! diverted from Europe to our islands
u south and to the land of the Az
Much of the $l25. 100000 yearly ex-
Nd by Americans i'll Europe will be
nled in southern exploration, in look
It some Of the ruins of the forty-seven
which Stephens found only n little
ipart, and in walking through the
doorways and over the miracles of
hE and along by the monumental glo-
pi another civilization, and ancient
ra will with cold lips of stone kiss
nm lips of modern America, and to
sreen the Andes and Popocatepetl
Be deemed as important as to have
the Alpine and Balkan ranges. And
will be fewer people spoiled by for
havel and in our midst less of the
'ndnauseating imitation of the French
and the intentional hesitancy of a
ness foreign swell The fact is that
are made vain by European travel,
though sensible when they embarked,
return with a collar and cravat and
y and a coat and a pronunciation and
tempt for American institutions and
knd OF the elbow that make one be-
u evolution backward from man TO
W the many thousands who now cross
ninnually thousands will on pleasure
BUSINESS visit southern lands. and so
is and merchants and scientists and
alits will all help in this national de-
nent' "On the south three gates"
what other nation has such openings
inmercial enlargement as ours?
pn, IN this international comparison
lhe happy condition of our country
anpared with most countries. Rus
nder the shadow of the dreadful i'll
u her great and good emperor, who
more than any man in all the world
Sns peace on earth, good will to
ana whose empress, near the most
VI nOur that ever comes to a wom-
Na, is anxious for him to whom she
Neh hand and heart, not for political
u, but through old-fashioned love
olesses our humber dwellings;
under the agonies of famine which
somewhat lifted has filed hun
thousands of graves and thrown
l INTO orphanage; Austria only
Y lor her genial Francis Joseph to
% 70 let Hungary rise in rebellion
-'1e the palace of Vienna quaao with
auoni Spain in Carlist revolution
ruperlzed as seldom any nation has
:slperlzed; Italy under the horrors
nngs assassination; China shud-
WIN fear of dismemberment, her
N possession of foreign nations.
review of the conditions in other
.a you lind a more appropriate ut
"a ~ regard to our country than the
auoh OF the text, He hath not
- win any nationP
tsie the autumnal report of har-
America this year and the har-
SIoad' Last summer | crossed the
s OF Europe twice. and / saw no
.nteSts as are spoken of in this
@ Hear it, all you men and
VINO want everybody to have
eat and wear. | have to tell
~. 'le corn crop of our country
,n Is one Of the four largest
record, 2,l05, ,0O0, 900 bushels. The
uOp' though smaller than at
,uss' S-a' will on that account bring
%nVeS' and 80 cotton planters of
a are prosperous. The wheat
~ N provided bread enough and to
ihe potato crop one of the five
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