The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-28
..EATIoNAL PROSPERITY

Prov. xivc54, Deut. vi:10-13. viii be
The subject for consideration Sunday,
June q. Il is one of vital Importance
ana should be given careful thought
What constitutes a nations prosper
ity? Can any nation be truly great that
Is not doing good? What makes our na-
tion great? It is universally conceded
that We are the most prosperous, be-
cause we are the most religious We
have at the head of cur national affairs
men who are avoweGIy religious mem
they look to the nations interests from
The stan5point of right, not Of might
s not the example OF such men. in high
places. great faetor FOR. p-osoerity2
1t is the good that prospeTs-it makes
the waste places Of the earth % bios
som as the rose. uncul-ivated ground
gives place to blooming orchards; the
superior disDlace5 the inferior.
il IS the good which places al the
head OF our schools men and women
who have attained TO the h!ghest stand
ard in education; that cur young chill
dren RAY be trained 10 be mighty fac
tors IN the prosperity of the nation
=
There Is more virtue than vice Better
politicians are coming into power Tne
1au Of commerce is Tor Elen Of c:lar-
acter- Our national ideals are Christian
Factors II Rational Prosperity.
All real. prosperity IS based upon the
gifts o. Cod Our mines, so inexhausti-
bic il their wealth. lakes, rivers, fields,
and forests, all these are natural re-
sources and gifts Of God to nan for his
use ard the betterment Of his condition
Our great statesmen are giant forces
IN our national prosperity No nation
is prosperous without the ADVICE and
Counsel of great and good men.
What constitutes q slater
Not highraised baJtlement Or lsbored mound,
Thick wall OF moatcd gate;
Not cities proud with spires and turTets
crowned:
Not bays and broad-a7rsed ports,
Where, laughing at the storm, rich ravies ride
Not Starred and sPlngied courts.
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pride
No: men, higil-m minded men,
With powers as iaT above dud brat1s e8dued
Hu forest, brake, o. den
As beasts excel cod rocks and .brarnbIes rude
Hea who their duties know.
But EHC2 Their rights, and, Eno7ing, dare
Prevent the loag-aiused blow,
and crusL ,hc ryraHt while they rend the
chain
These constitute state
The "Epworth HERALD gives the fol-
loving helps or the lessen.
The President Of tie United States is
quoted as saying. No naticn. no nat
ter how glorious its history can exist
unless e neutrality-suspicious. mind you
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ton ean permanently prosper unless the
GecaIogEe and the golden rule are its
guides in public and in private life
Abraham Lincoln said: 4 know that
the LcTd IS always On the side OF the
right. But It IS my constant anxiety
ard prayer that 7 and this ratien Should
be on the Le7d s side
IN his great speech in Springfield. H.
il June 1858, he sad. in quoting the
words OF Jesus: - house divided
against itself cannot stand"
Solomon said Righteousness exaIt-
eth nation; but sin is a TeDroach 10
any people.
Helps.
National prosperity is never acciden-
tai. The fruit OF nation is as natural
as the fruit Of q tree. Certain infiu-
ences contribute to a nations prosper
ity as definitely as tributary streams do
TO rivers volume
J. Christianity We have written our
creed upon our coin 1t were better
that It crystalline into national charac-
Ter. In God we trust That is our
national confession CT faith.
Let our Senators know that facts are
more forcefuI than fists. Moral man
hood IS more potent than m,lteFiaI mis-
sile Dogs fight with paws and claws
and teeth Men fight Wit. principles
and character and truth
The day Of the duel is done Let the
reign Of the TufIian cease. 80 Eoan ever
emphasizes his Righteousness by doing
wrong. a gentleman is never a ghouL
Honor never conducts itself dish0nor-
ably
Edmund Demoulias. in his book, An
glo-Saxoa Superiority" teaches that
France edUcates he- sons to be officers.
Germany eGuCates her sons TO De sol
diers. But America edUCates her sons
to be men. This is the AngIo-Saxou
idea; better, 1t is the Christian
idea; Christianity puts eternal emphasis
on manhood-the strength Of q nation is
in the strength Of her Christian man
hood
? Schools Only the educational in
stitutiOn where the spirit CT Christianity
is fosteTed IS a factor in national pro
gress and prosperity. Let every State
university, as well IS all others, re-
member the dying testimony % P-esi-
dent Andrew jackson. lie said: The
Bible. sir, is the rock on which or Re
public rests.
Our school teachers must everywhere
educate the boys and girls who are soon
&c be the nations citizens in the prin-
clples of Paul. and not in the theories
Of Paine.
Long ago the Bible should have had
permanent place in cur public schools
It's decalogue is the very basis of our
Americas science of Jurisprudence
There IS no place in our politics for the
man who says that the decaIogUe and
the golden rule have no place in poll
tics" Let the nation that would be true
select the trUest teachers to teach truth
TO her children.
,. Wise craftsmanship. The Pilgrim
Fathers laid the cornerstone Of this Re
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