Milford chronicle., 1905-07-07

ni- good courage. We American people
w The same God whom we worship yol
worship. The same God who watche,
m over us IN the ages past is the sam,
re God who will lead the English and tn,
b. American peoples now forward in the
n great work Of the civilization and the
l. Christianizafion of the round world
K redeemed from sin"
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4 England and America.
d As l believe the British empire. IN
u der God, has reiigiously made this ma
!. uion what It is. SO I hope that the Brit
s ish empire and the American people.
{ side by side, are going to dominate
the world everywhere fOr Christ. Il is
all folly for any one to state that the.
!. American government and the British
Z government are not working hand in
hand. When war was about to be de-
clared against Spain ia. order to liber-
ate downtFOdden Cuba. some one said
to Nh Mckinley: How Is England? ??
VIII England uphold yoW in this war?"
Then the president replied. England
is all night England is Americas
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ment is our friend She will ALWAYS I
be. our friend Side by side the two |
i English speaking natioas, shall vet
settle tle' Asiatic trOubbas- Side by
side they viii yet settle the African
and the Turkish troubles. As their
C6ristian missionaries in foreign lands
are'nOw working for a common Chris
tiau church. so ultimately their Chris
tians soldiers shall yet work side by 1
side to right all civil wrongs aud to
make war in the future an impossi-
bility for then public opinion, and pub
lie policy will never be allowed to be
unjust
Why am J preaching this as a Fourth
of July scra0n2 Because l feel that 3
it is about nme foC some one 10 lift a
voice and rebuke the prevalent idea
that England is our enemy. and that y
England, or; rather, the British en- T
pire, is jealous Of Us, or that we are
Jealous. of England I denOunce the
idea that at the first chance England
and America, like maddened tigers. a
will leap at each others throat The p
second reason, why I preach this ser P
mon IS that l would turn our thoughts
in love toward England and thereby
hasten the work which the two ma
tons, hand in hand. are bound to do
for the salvation OF this world for
Christ. But" says some one, ehoW
can you, claim that England is our
friend? We have had three great for
eign wars. TwO Of those Were. with
England. During the civil war we al
most had another bloody conflict with
ler. Can England be our friendpr 4
ONLY FamEIy Jars.
oh, Of course we have had q little so so
rouble with England We have. had 7
wo or three big family rows. When I
-ou were growing up in your fathers I
lome all the children We're not alwavs Z
It peace Your mother every little !
yhilss had to- come to the rescue and Z
our oil upon the troubled waters. s
sut those domestic troubles did not
rove that the brothers did not love s
rotners and sisters love sisters. We
ave'had few domestic quarrels with s
ur brothers and sisters across, the
cas- Our nelatives living there are :
Of saints Perhaps some of the sin VIC
ens are en- this side of the Atlantic -
5 well as on the or side. But a.
ioHgh we have had 6uT national diff Ms
'Fences, they are only domestic diff WI
,renees- The two nations are Of one
Ood. The two nations have. the one
eat purpose for the civilization of Hh
e worid for Christ So let US one =
Id all SPEAK more about the good the In
ritlsh people have done US and the FAs
'od they are doing us. Then by re
eaking about the good which our nail
'itiSh brothers snd sisters, have done Essre
ID are doing we will be drawn closer sss
ID closer together and as two nations is.
more able speedily to- accomplish Expr
work which God has given the 2. y
lglish speaking race to do.
IN closing this Fourth of July ser
IN l would end it with the sentiment
tn which Cyrus W. Field closed his
eech at the chamber Of commerce B
nquet Of 1866. Il close with this 4
he said-"Engand and 6
aerica elasping hands across the sea. <
" this firm grasp be a pledge Of g
endship for alla generations" Ave. 8
IRE than thlsl MAY the common q
'therhood Of the Anglo-saxon race x
the open door through which an 2.
lples shall enter into and kneel in Z.
great temple. where they shall Z.
rship the universal fatherhood of 5i
and the brotherhood Of man Z.
ough Jesus Christ our Lord" Hal st
iiah! Then shall the sword be turn So
into the plowshare and the spear 81
the pruning hook Then man sta
III never battle with man. and man
II not learn war any more. Amen Trail
amenl 7.2s S.pl'; RI
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