Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-12-21
OUR NATIONS NEEDS.
MORE GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR HIS
BLESSINGS.
h'r. TaimRGe In Discourse on Chris
tf"n Patriotism Takes Us to Ta.k
For Our Lack OF Appreciation OF
the Lords Bounty.

the Lords Bounty.
WASHINGTON. Dee. 16.-Dr. Talmope
breaches 4 discourse of Christian pa
triotism and shows the resources of
our country and predicts the time when
all the world will have the same bless
ings. His two texts are. Revelations
Xxi, 13, ION the south three gates"
Psalm cxlvii, 20. He hath not dealt
so with any nation
Among the greatest needs OF orr
country is more gratitude to God for
the unparalleled prosperity bestowed
upon us. One of my texts calls US TO
international comparison. What ma
ton on all the planet has of late had
such enlargement of commercial on
portunity as is now opening before this
nation? Cuba and Porto Rica and the
Philippine Islands brought into close
contact with us. and through steam
ship subsidy and Nicaragua canal.
which will surely be afforded by con-
gress, all the republics of South Ameri-
ca will be brought into most active
trade with the United States. "On the
south three gates" While our next
door neighbors. the southern republics
ANArhROAAh NOlUulNS. imported
from European countries 1900 miles
away $6Io000.000 worth of goods In a
year, only S126,0000O0 worth went
from the United States-S126.00 0 600
out Of $675.0OO,OOO. only one-ffth Of
the trade ours. European nations TAX
ing the four fingers and leaving us the
poor thumb. Now all this is to be
changed. There is nothing but n COM
parative ferry between the islands
which have recently come under our
protection and only ferry between
us and Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Uru-
quay, Venezuela. Salvador. Nicaragua.
Colombia. Costa Rica, Ecuador and
Brazil, while there are raging seas and
long voyage between them and Europe
by the mandate of the United States
all that Will be changed through new
facilities Of transportation The His
pano-American congress. just closed at
Madrid, will fail i'm its attenpt to di-
vert all the trade of South America
from us to Europe.
An Advertisement.
In anticipation of what is sure 70
come nail on the front door of this
nation an advertisement:
Wanted.-One hundred thousand men
to build railroads through South Amer
ica and the islands of the sea under
our protection.
Wanted.-A thousand telegraph op-
orators.
Wanted.-One hundred million dol
lars worth Of dry goods from the great
cities Of the United States.
Wanted.-All the clocks you can
make at New Haven, and all the brains
You can spare from Boston, and all the
bells you can mold at Troy, and all the
mccormick reapers you can fashion at
Chicago. and all the hams you can turn
out ut Cincinnati, and all the railroad
iron you can send from Pittsburg. and
all the statesmen that you can spare
from Washington.
Wanted.-Rlght away, wanted nv
new and swlftcr steamers. wanted by
rail train, lawyers 20 plead our causes.
Wanted.-Doctors TO cure our sick.
Wanted. - Ministers TO evancelize
our population.
Wanted TO establish our
universities.
"On the south three gatesw Yea. a !
thousand gates! South America and |
all the islands OF the sea approximate
are rightfully our commercial domain. |
and the congress Of the United States |
Will see TO II that we get what belongs |
TO us.
And then tides OF travel will be some |
what diverted from Europe TO our Is
lands nj the south and 70 the land of |
the Aztecs. Much OF the Sl25. 900. 600 |
yearly expended by Americans In Eu-
rope Will be expended in southern ex-
ploration. In looking at some OF the
ruins OF the AZ cities which Stephens /
found only little way apart. aud In /
walking through the great doorways |
and over the miracles OF mosaic and |
along 10y the monumental glories OF an
other civilization, and ancient America
VIII with cold lips OF stone kiss the
warm lips OF modern America. and to
nave seen the Andes and Popocatepetl
VIII be deemed as Important as 10 have
seen the Alpine and Balkan ranges.
And there will be fewer people spoiled
by foreign travel and In our midst less
or the poor and nauseating imitation
OF the French shrug and the intention
al hesitancy of a brainless foreign
swell. The fact is that many are made
vain by European travel. and. though
sensible when they embarked, they re-
turn with collar and n cravat and n
shoe and coat and pronunciation
ana contempt for American instItu-
lions and the bend OF the elbow that
make one believe In evolution back
ward from man to ape. OF the many
thousands who now cross the sea an
nually thousands will on pleasure and
business visit southern lands. and so
tourists and merchants and scientists
and capitalists viii all help In this ma
tionai development ION the south
three gates" And what other nation
has such openings for commercial en-
largement ms ours?
our Happy Condition.
Again, in this International cornpari-
son notice the happy condition of our
country as compared with most coun-
tries. Russia under the shadow of the
dreadful Illness of her great and good
emperor. who now more than any man
In all the world represents peace on
earth. good will to men," and whose
empress. near the most solemn hour
that ever comes TO n womnn's soul. is
anxious for hin TO whom she has given
hand and heart, not for political rea-
sons. but through old fashioned love
such as hlcSscs our humber dwellings,;
ihdla. under the agonies OF famine
which though somewhat lifted has fill
ed hundreds of thousands of graves
anu thrown millions into orphanage; I
1,ustria only waiting for her genial
rrahcis Joseph to die so as to let Hun
gary rise In rebellion and make the |
palace of Vienna quake with insurrec- 1
ton; Spain in Carlist revolution and
pauperized as seldom any nation has
been pauperized; Italy under tho hor s
'ors Of her kings assassination; China {
with fear OF dismemher. {