The Delta independent., 1900-10-05
BISHOP FOWLER.
WHAT THE GREAT METHODIST
LEADER SAYS OF MCKINLEY.
GOD HAS EXPANDED Us"

All men now begin to recognize the
providential character of Abraham Lin
coin. We see him as one Of Gods s
prophets.
History repeats itself. One genera
ton stones the prophets. and the next
, their. children. build them monu-
| menrS Only few souls have the
, intuition TO recognize. living prophet.
/ These prophets thrr dress nor act
| like the old prophets; that would b..
, mere clarlataniSIu. Every prophet
must be fitted into his own time. suit
his own environment One comes a.
pilgrim. like Abraham: another as Il
hire'i man and hrrIsInan. like Jacob:
another a. 4 leader and lawgiv"r. like
Moses. Another as warrior. lik" Josh
ua: another lik. an cN.ruri"ncr like
Elijah: another AS scholar. like Paul; ;
each man ti'tin. his own age.
: To find Il prophet. We must not take
the grave clothes of the dead seers.
and run through the mari. trying L"
! find some man whom they will nit. W.
must 50 read events as to recOgntZ:
the nan who fits and ills his time. ii"
must be in league with events. Ma
poleon on -. Helena said: AT Water
| loo events deserted me. lie dropped
out OF the nick Of time. The prophet
must I've history -n,aker. To md our
prophet. We must find the trend OF
events: then we can easily md the
hand that is making the bend in the
stream of history.
This hand We find in the White
House.
/ President Mckinley may no; fit the
| clothes Of the old prophets. but he Is
fitting the trend of events in this age.
He 80 stands in the midst OF the
worlds forces that he reaches results
/ in civilization. lie is bending the
streams OF history in the right direc-
ton. Sink down into the undrrcurrent.
down below the party strife Oh the sur
face. down into the great str-am that
sweeps on through the sea OF the cen
turies bearing tn" races up I" higher
latitudes and levels. and catch the
moral forC-.s that are evolving the
worlds destiny. and You will find that
, this statcmrn; i not I.'li'Ic>. but relis-
! ion-IOd'~ religion. that m"v.s always
ON in one direction.
The three greatest missionary events
! Of the Christian era since the crucifiN-
| ion of Jesus are: First. thu. conversion
Of st. Paul, This "I" ned the door I"
/ the Gentilc>. this was our chance. So.
ond. the firing on Fort Sumpt.r. This
made the Saxon race tit for evenreli-
cal uses Third the blowing up Of the
! Maine This unified the nation and
sent us out alrut our work.
1t melted The American elements in
the furnace. Of war. and made all
! Americans one The son of General
/ Grant and the nephew "f General Lee
marched side by side under one nag
and against a common enemy.
These SaNons are said to I've bad
! neichtors We have som" dark spots
! In our history. The Saxon sometimes
! has ma1. a had record. Yet il must
also be said that We have never ell
shaved "a race. without leaving il trrer
! than l; :yas before We rEslavri II. For
the ages through and ,hs world around
there can be found no such liberties
anywhere else as are found under the
Stars and Stripes.
The blowing up Of the Maine was an
eye-opencr to us. and soon to all the
world Our great Washington 1--WE
should never speak his name but t"
honor it,. our great Washington said
to us. as little strip "f Atlantic colo
nies. Beware Of foreign rntanGle-
ments.' 1t was the height Of wisdom.
1t suited our infancy Ike bib. lie
pinned this bib ul"n us. and said:
Keep in the middle of the lot. or The
boys on the next lot viii throw mud
on your bib" :" We kept in the mill
die Of the lot. and grew till we out
grew the lot. We grew from 3.sS.Su
tn 1J,snHH. The bib was too small
for us 1t looked like a cotton patch
on the breast Of our uniform. We had
morp ls.Cf~tcaks and silk dresses. more
spelling hooks and New Tc>tamerts. TO
the Thousand Isrlle than could be
found anyw her" els" in the world.
We were As much under obligations
10 help the I-porer and more ignorant
races a> ever -. Paul was to go far
hence. to th. Grntilcs:~ but We stuck
to our Atlantic waters. ,ua>tei by our
shows. W. held ont" our litII, bib. con-
tented. cNr,,tiuS to stay always in our
western waters.
But one day the Spanish touched on
a ma gazine undc1 ms. Then the jiS was
up. Come what might. we must fight
to the finish. We went up into the air
and cane down ,vCrywhrr,>-to stay
This scnt us ont ahrut our provi,lcn-
tial job: this made missionarirs Of us
We are in Manila We are ready TO
help China.
God has expanded up: we can't help
II.
You might as we'll try t" catch that
eagle IrrrhsSi on a Crac Of the noun
tain>. pluminE his pinicns To wr'stlc
! with the whirlwini. and then try to
| crowd him hack into tho little eGEShell
ont Of which he wis broken. as to try
to throttle this American race and
crowd IL hack int" he thirteen original
| thirteen colonies. Some Of the old
gentlemen on that old soil Of some OF
those old thirteen COLONIES. who have
never left IL. may ihink IL would h q
good thing for our grrat continent en-
' 4. =. Il..a
f, II is impossible.
God has expand us.
One mark of the prophet Of eur time
| Il In his ability to read events, plan