The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-03-01

Philippine islands. Some orc asked
! L,ncoln If he was rot snxfons 10 hnv[
the Lord on his side lie said " No
but ! am anxious to tc on Tie Lord',
SIDE. There is a grcut deal Of diner,
thce between trying to find out which
IS Tue l,ord's side and trying TO bring
JehOVah from his throne to bolster uI
your slde. When ] bear q man say thni
IhlS Is GCG'S will when ! hear q man
arguing that God commands 81 war OF
conquest, feel ike asking him how he
knows. feel like asking him II Cod
! ever con muniCatcd it 10 him. If nc
says ne did ! want TO know the place
anu the time hc communicated it, and
VIII Try to prove an aiibi for the Al.
mighty ard show that it WAS somebody
else: lLaughter.) How do we know
Gods Will concerning MS? From his
own wGrd, | read in the Bible that
when Christ visited the village Of So.
maria and they refused to receive him
ard some OF the disciples wanted to
sumo the people, Christ rcbuked them
and said, :" Io know not what manner
Of spirit sc are, the Sou OF Man cane
into the worla rot to destroy mcn's
lives but to save them" And against
the Infamous doctrine Of conquest and
bloCd ! place the word OF Christ him
sell, tnht He came not to DESTROY but
10 save. Nothing has amazed ne more
than to hear ministers OF tho gospel
shouting for y war Of cot quest: r0ih-
IL has amazed ne moro than to hour
these who have taken on themselves
the oath to preach Christ ind Him
cruciied, shouting for u policy that
would make this nation the exponent
OF brute force among the latons Of thc
earth. | rcmcm Der that when the ar
ncunccment came that tho Child was
bJrn, it cpmc not 10 soldiers in battle
array, but to the shepherds who kent
their Hooks by night and IL was not a
c"Il to arms IL w"s peace on earth,
good Will toward mCn." That was the
doctrine Of the Nuz@renc, aud the dec.
trinc OF cOLQupst cannot find its f0un0a.
tiOn IN Holy Writ under the new dis
pensutlOn. | wish every Christian
might read sermon delivered by a
man named Brown az Rochester, n. y .
Lie took fer bis text the passage that
describes the scene where Christ was
before Plate, and piiatc said unto
Linn, knOweth Chou rot that have
power to release or put Thee to death"
And taking that text the minister con-
trasteC 1OrCc and 1--we. Plate repre-
SeDting force, and behind him was
{ az ar, and behind Caesar w8s the Ro
man government, and behind the R)-
man gOvcrnmC Mt lcgiOnS OF Rome. Be
fore Plate, helpless and aione, preach
itE the gospel OF love, stood Christ,
They rallied Him to the cross, and
these that stood around mockcd and
jecrod, and said " He is dead" but the
minister poittad how from that cay on
the power Of Cesar went and thG pOwo"
OF Christ increased pointed out how,
in a1Cw centuries she Roman govern.
ment was gone and its lCgiOns forgot
ten, whilc the nHmc OF Christ lived
with each passing year until millions
now take that name with revere nee
upon their lips. And then, the minister
said that in this nation today plate
and Christ stand face to face : that
might and right arc engaged in deadly
conflict, and tha: as we decide this
Philippine question we decide th is ma
tion's place among The nations Of the
earth. Shalt il stand before the wOrid
as a Pilatc saying, II have power to
release thee or the power to put thee TO
death :" Or shall it by It's holy exam,
Pic rlsc and by rising draw all men unto
it? What is to be our uatiOn's place :?
| believe this minister spoke the truth:
| believe that today lightan darkness
arc meeting upon this continent, and
as we settle this question We shall de-
eide whether this nation shall go on
and on light unto all the world, or
sink down to the level of the empires
that have gone down To death 1t is
because | believe that the destiny OF
this nation hangs upon the decision OF
this question that have lost no oppor-
tunity to cry out against the policy OF
conquest, although the Repu bllcans
say That we dare not discuss this sub
j@ct while the war is in progress.
say the President cannot convert the
kcpubllc into an empire | say that
Congress cannot change the form Of
government or the destiny Of the ma.
tion; that the destiny Of this nation
rests in the hands Of the American
people, and that until they speak no
one can say that We have adopted the
policy Of the empires Of tho old world
Do you thirst Tor the glory Of empire :?
! would not trade the ( Ory OF this r.
public for the glory Of all The empires
that have risen and fallen since time
began. (Chccrs.)
DO you want to be % world power :!
Oh yc OF little faith, this nation has
been wOrlC power for more than ~
century. For more than ten decades
this Republic mas been the most potent
influence in all the world for more
than ten decades this Republic, with
out great army, without a great
navy, has done more to mould the
destiny OF the human race than all the
other nations with their armies and
navies and doctrines OF force. This ma
tiCn has been light unto all the world.
You tell me that am pleading the
cause Of the filipinos? Oh, my friends,
! am pleading the cause of scv enty mil :.
lions OF people. | am not so much con
cerncd about the effect OF our policy on
the people Of the orient as | am CON
cc"ned about the fleet Of our policy on
ourselves and am not willing to cs
tablish an empire in the orient, but
because hate dcspotism in the United
States. (ApplausC) am not willing
to prcsclite by the sword even on the
shores OF Asia, because | do not want
that doctrine to be transplantcd on
American soil IL there p0isoh in the
blood Of tho hand ? will reach the
| heart. | am not willing TO plnut under
the American liAg on the far on Pni-
| lippino islands " d0Crinc am not
| willing TO plant at my own door.