The Delta independent., 1901-05-31

Europe. . living civilization. But for
her arrogance she was cast out and
cast down. The Lord weighed her
spirit.
The Weighing Of Nations
And 30 the spirit of our American
nation is put into the royal balance,
and 1t will be weighed as certainly as
all the nations of the past were
weighed and as all the nations Of the
present are being weighed. When we
go to estimate the wealth Of this ma
ton. we weigh its gold and silver and
coal and iron and copper and lead.
and all the steel yards and all the bal
ances are kept busy. So many tons of
this and 70 many tons Of that, a
mountainful Of this metal and anoth-
er mountainfnl Of another metal. That
Is we'll. We want to know our mining
wealth. our manufacturing wealth,
our agricultural wealth. and the bush
el measure and the scales have an i'm
portant work. But know right we'll
there is divine weighing in this
country all the time going on. and l
can tell you our country's destiny If
you will tell me whether 1t shall be
q God honoring nation. reverential to
the only book Of his authorship, OBJ
serving the shalt nots" Of the law of
right given on Mount Sinai and the
law OF love given on the Mount of
Beatitudes, one day out of the week
observed not In revelry, but in holy
convocation. marriage honored in GER
emony and In fact. blasphemy 81
fenced in all the streets. high toned
systems Of morals in all parts of our
land, then our institutions will live
and all the wondrous prosperities of
the present are only faint hint OF
the greater properties to come.
Keep the National Life Pure.
But IL our character and behavior
as a nation are reversed and good
morals give place to loose living and
God is put away from our hearts and
our schools and our homes and our
people and our literature be de-
bauched and anarchism and atheism
have full sway and the marriage rela-
ton becomes a joke instead of a
sanctity and the God whom Columbus
prayed to on the day of his landing
from stormy seas and whom Benta-
min Franklin publicly reverenced
when he moved amid derisive cries
the regular opening of the American
congress with prayer shall in our ma
ttonal future be insulted and bias
phemed. then II will not be long be-
fore we will need another Edward
Gibbons to write the decline and fall
Of the United States republic.
Pyrrhus was king and had large do
minion. but was determined to make
war against the Romans. and Cineas.
the friend Of the king. said to him.
"Sir. when you have conquered them.
what will you do next?" Then ST.
cily il near At hand and easy to mas
ter" And what when you have con-
Quered Sicily!" Then we will pass
over to Africa and take Carthage.
which cannot long Withstand us.''
when these are conquered. what will
you next attemptf" Then We will
fall In upon Greece and Macedonia
and recover what We have lost there"
well. when all are subdued. what
fruit do you expect from all your
vfctories?" Then" said the king. I'VE
will sit down and enjoy ourselves"
Sir" said Cineas. may we not do It
now! Have you not already a king
dom Of your own. and he that cannot
enjoy himself with kingdom cannot
with the whole world" l say to you
who love the Lord. the kingdom is
within you: make more OF the invisi-
BILE conquests. Study a peace which
the world has no bushel to measure.
no steel-yards to weigh. Az far as
possible we should make our balances
like to the divine balances.