The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-28
ON THE EAST SIDE.

J. J. Mitchell, pastor of the Park
dale Methodist church, preached the
meeting in Parkdale, at the Third
Christian church, this morning he
chose his text from Psalms, 14720. 1t
was He hath not dealt so with any
other nation
He said in part: There is a God,
ten thousand voices in ocean and air
proclaim it. We see God shining in the
sun, giimmering in the. stars, and bios
soming in the trees, and we pity the
man who has no God.
His providence is seen enveloping
the whole creation with girdle of pro-
lection. His mighty hand is clearly
seen directing the destiny of the world
in the past. When mankind became
excessively corrupt he sent forth the
sweeping water of the deluge to
strange and destroy. When man lapsed
into idolatry he raised up Chaldean
to be the father of the faithful. While
surrounding nations worshiped sum-
moon and stars, quadrupeds, birds, and
fish, he WOrShiped the God of heaven.
When oppression laid its cruel hand on
His people He brought them out of
bondage with a mighty hand and an
OutStretched arm.
When His enemies conspired to blot
out the knowledge of the true God
from the earth, Jehovah girded on his
sword, led His people to battle and vic
tory. AS he was the God of the Israel
its. so He may be said to be our God.
nation
There is a striking analogy between
our nation and the commonwealth of
Israel They We're a branch of Gods
we. They were guided by the Lord of
Hosts in their struggle for freedom
and SO were we. They were sheltered
under the wing of the Almighty I'm the
day of storm and darkness, and so were
we. They were the worlds hope for free
institutions, and so are we.
Behold this new born nation, a ma
ton as it were born in a day. Only a
hundred and twenty-five years old
Liberty could find no more secure abid-
ing place in the old world. The Goddess
of Liberty, casting a regretful glance
behind her, plumed her wings for flight
and on these western wilds finds a Sc
curer abiding place.
Here the oppressed and the perse-
cuted found an asylum and a home.
I'm due time these settlements were
formed into local governments called
colonies under the control and protec-
ton of England. High duties and ex-
cessive taxes were imposed upon them
without granting them representation
in parliament. They plead again and
again for relief and Justice The ulti-
mate of human endurance was reached
and then there was grand union meet
ing at which the Rocky Mountains
presided The Mississippi made the
motion, the Alleghanies seconded it and
all the lakes, rivers, mountains and
plains voted unanimously that all men
are created free and equal The AL
mighty strengthened hearts and nerved
the arms of our forefathers to strike
for their affairs and firesides They
poured out their blood like rain. They
endured every hardship and sacrificed
everything but honor. truth and their
trust in God. And God delivered them
from the hand of the oDpressor and
gave them this goodly inheritance.
I'VE thank God for our goodly heri-
tage. He has given land of vast
extent and unparalleled fertility; it is
washed by an ocean on one side and
the gulf on the south and by a neck
lace of lakes on the north-one hand IS
stretched out to the far northwest and
the other to the seas.
s.He has blessed Us with industry and
enterprise, intellectual religion advant-