The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-12-21
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
snbieci our Nations Needs-we >aoa'd
show More Gratitude tn God for tits
BIessings - our Lack of Appreciation
OF the Iord'- Bounty.
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breaches A discourse OF Christian patriot
ism. and shows the resources of our coun-
try. aud predicts the time when all the
world will have the same blessings. Hls
two texts are. Revelations Xxi. lS. On
the south three gates Psalm cNlyii. N.
He hath not dealt ~ with any nation.
Among the greatest needs OF our coun-
try - more gratitude 10 God Tor the an
parelleled prosperity bestowed upon Us.
One of my texts calls Us 60 International
comparison. What nation on all the plan.
et has of late had such enlargement Of
commercial opportunity as l. now opening
before tins nationy Cuba and Porto Rico
and the Philippine Islands brought into
close contact with Us. and through steam
ship subsidy and Nicaragua canal. which
will surely he Afforded by Congress. all the
republics of South America will be brought
INTO most active trade with the United
States On the south three gates.
While our ncNt-door neighhors. the south
ern republics and nelghboring colonies,
imported from European countries 5000
miles away S675 O00.0N worth ol goods IN
a year. only Sl2d,Oo0.000 worth went from
the United states sl25 0Oo 900 out OF S615,
OO0.OO0. on,y one-tfth OF the trade ours,
European nations taking the four fingers
and leaving Us the poor thumb. Now all
this il 10 he changed. There Is nothing
nAl a com iNAlANANN AfiAN ANANAAh wv Aft
ands which have recently come under our
protection, and only ferry between rs
and Bolivia. Peru, Paraguay Uruguay,
Venezuela Salvador Nicaragua, Colon
bia. Costa Rica. Ecuador and Brazil, while
there are raging seas and long voyages be
tween them and Europe. By the mandate
oi the United States all that will be
changed through new facilities of transpor-
tation The llispano.A congress,
Just closed at Madrid. will fail IN its at
tempt TO divert all the trade of South
America from Us 10 Europe.
Ia anticipation OF what is sure To- come
| nail on the front door ol this nation an
advertisement.
Wanted One hundred thousand men
TO build railroads through South America
and the islands OF the sea under our pro.
lection.
Wantcd-A thousand telegraph opera
tors.
Wauted-Onc hundred million dollars
worth of dry goods from the great cities
OF the United States.
Wantcd-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
rcapers YOU fashion at Chicago, and all the
hams YOU can turn out at Cincinnati, and
al the railroad iron YOU can send from
Pittsburg, aud All the statesmen that You
can spare from Washington.
Wanted - Right away, wanted by new
and swfter steamers, wanted 10y rail tram,
lawyers TO plead our causes.
Nantcd-Doctors TO cure our sick
Wanted Ministers to oyangeh2e our
population.
Wanted - Professors TO establish our
universities.
"On the three south gates,' Yea. a
thousand gates South America aud all
the islands of the sea approximate are
rightfully our commercial domain, and
the Congress of the United States will see
90 II that we get what belongs to us.
And then tides OF travel viii bc some
! what diverted from Europe 20 our islands
at the south and TO the land of the AZ
tees Much of the Sl25000,OO0 yearly eX'
pended 10y Americans IN Europe will be
expended IN southern exploration, IN look
| ing at some of the ruins OF the forty seven
| cities which Stephens f-und only "A little
way apart, and in walking through the
| great doorways and over the miracles oI
! mosaic and along by the monumental glo
ries OF another civilization, and ancient
! America will with cold lips of stone ks.
! the warm lips OF modern America, and "a
! have seen the Andes and PopocatepetI
! will he deemed as important as 10 have
! seen the Alpine and Balkan ranges And
! there will be fewer people spoiled by for
! cign travel and IN our midst less OF the
| pourand nauscdtug imitation of the French
! shrug and the intcntIo Ioual hcsiLancy oi a
/ brainlcss foreign swell. The fact ~ that
many are made vain by European travel
| aud. though sensible when they embarked
! they return with a collar and ,ravat and
\ a shoe and coat and pronunciation and
! a contempt for American institutions and
! the bend Of the elbow that make one be
! lcvc in evolution backward from man a.
! ape OF the many Thousands who now Gro
! the sea annually thousands will on ploasut,
/ and business visit southern lands. and Ho
| tourists and merchants and scientists and
! capitalists will all help m this national de-
! yelopment. "On the south three gates.
| And what other nation has such openings
! for commercial enlargement az ours;
Again m this international comparison
notice the happy condition OF our country
/ as compared with most countries. Rus
sia under the shadow OF the dreadful 49,
| ness Of her great and good emperor. who
! now more than any man nj all the world
/ represents peace on earth, good Will to
| men, and whose empress, near the most
| solemn hour that ever comes 10 WON
! ans soul, is anxious for him TO whom she
! has given hand and heart. not for political
| reasons but through old fashioned love
such as ble-scs our humber dwellings
! India, under the ag0nIcs Of famine which
! though somewhat lifted has filled hun
/ drcds of thousands oi graves and thrown
millions into orph1uage, Austria only
| waiting for her genial Francis Joseph a.
! die 30 ~ 10 let Hungary rise In rebellion
and make the palace oi Vienna quake with
! insurrcctiOn. Spain in Carlist revolution
! and paupcrized a. seldom any nation has
] been pauperizcd; italy under the horrors
! Of her kings aHsaR.inatIOn. China shud
/ dering with n fear OF dI-memberment. hcr
/ capital IN possession Of foreign nations
After a review of the conditions IN other
/ lands can you find q more appropriate NJ
/ torance in regard 10 our country than the
/ exclamation Of the text. lie hath not
/ dealt 20 with any nation
| Compare the autumual report II hlr
/ vests IN America ths year and the har
/ vests abroad Last summer ] crossed the
| continent Of Europe twice. and | saw ~
! such harvcsts A. are spoken of m thiS
statement Hear D.. an you men and
women who want everybody 20 have
| enough % eat and wear. ] have 10 tel
/ you that the corn crop of our country
this year b. one of the four largest
| crops on record 2 500 90 bushels The
| cotton crop. though smaller than al
some times, will on that account brins
| bigger prices. and 10 cotton planters oi
4 the South are prosperous The wheat
/ fields have provided bread enough and u
/ spare. The potato crop one oi The five
| largest crops on record. 2ll 900 900 bush
/ els twenty-five million two hundred
\ thousand swine slain, and yet ~ many
\ hogs left
But now give you the comparative ~
! ports and if0tgrfa which tell the story 0I
/ national prosperity 81. nothing elae can
] Excess of exports over imports. SJi4 90.
] O10 Nov lef all ur-sifuists hide them
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