The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13
THE HAND OF GOD
 IN HISTORY OF NATION Dr. McLane's Sermon on the Significance of James
 town. EFFECT ON AMERICA Cavaliers Have Learned Ser vice is Best Title to
 Nobility.
EFFECT ON AMERICA

 William McLane of Plymouth church:
 He" (JehovaD will judge between many peoples, and will decide con corning strong nations afar off. Micah AS.
 These words, almost identical with the words of Isaiah, give the prophets Interpretation of the history of na- tions. The Sovereign God judges be- tween races and selects nations for special services This judgment must not be considered as the divine con- demnation of nations as worthless, but the choice of nations for the service of mankind Poets and philosophers, as well as prophets, have perceived this truth.
 There's a Divinity that shapes our ends.
 Rough-hew them how we will"
 There is "A power not ourselves, that makes for righteousness" God" :" says Plato, brings all things to just conclusion" We do well to believe that God chose the Hebrew nation for a special service, since through them He has given to the world the most holy religion. we do equally we'll to be- lieve that God chose other nations Greek. Roman and Teuton, that through them. art. law and civilization should be given to the world. We do well to study Hebrew history for re- ligious purposes. We do equally well to study American history for moral and spiritual purposes.
 
 Three centuries since, on the twelfth day of May cold Style), 1907, the flag of Spain fioated alone on the coast of North America On the evening of the thirteenth day of May, the flag of England floated also on that coast. T!.a former was destined to sink be- fore the latter; and both were destined to be displaced by a new flag whose Stars and Stripes were the symbol of higher national ideal and a larger human liberty than either Spain or England then knew. It may seem strange to some that more than a century elapsed after Columbus made his discovery before England obtained a possession on the continent of the New World. But England was not then the power among the nations which she afterwards became A com mon opinion among men, similar to the law of eminent domain, claims the right for the increasing populations among the nations to take possession of unoccupied territory and to compel tribes which would continue to live by the primitive methods of hunting to conform or to give place to the civil ization which will make the same ter ritory support vastly larger popula- ton. Such, at any rate, is the idea which underlies the taking possession of new territory. It Is not an idea which necessarily justifies needless cruelty. By the fact of discovery, na- tios.s have claimed the right to own and control territory and have ex- tended this claim far beyond their dis coveries. Under the flag of Spain, Columbus had made his discovery of a new world. Spain claimed it as her own. The pope-then the religious rul- CT of Europe, issued a bull promulgat- ing the claim of Spain. However, when ths knowledge of the extent of the ter ritory increased, other nations were disposed to dispute the right of Spain to own the whole territory. The re- formation broke the power of the pope over the northern nations. The desire for wealth. then, for land, then, for new homes, took possession of mems hearts A company of Huguenots driven from France made settlement on the coast of Florida. A little later i'll 1865 the Spaniards landed at St. Au- gustine and massacred the Huguenots along that coast. IA few who escaped made their way to England and re- ported the disaster Englshmen who in common with others of the contin- ent had looked towards the New World as a possible source of wealth began to entertain other ideas. Sir Philip Sidney cherished scheme ito check the increasing power of Spain and Rome in the New World by plant ing English Protestant settlements there until they should extend from ocean to ocean" Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to effect a settlement on the coast of Carolina, but it was unsuc- cessful. In the year 1903, James, the son of Mary. Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley, then king of Scotland, was crowned king of England. During his reign certain great events transpired. Parliament enacted laws favoring the reformed religion as against the reli- glon of Rome The authorized Eng fish version of the Bible which bears the name of James was printed. A national movement began for securing a portion of the New world for the English race and the Protestant re- llgion, and plans were perfected for planting public colonies in America.
 The first colonists were not "exiled fathers" but favored sons. Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury; Sir John Pop ham, lord chief justice and other no- blemen favored the movement. A com pany was formed in London and a charter was granted to it permitting the planting of colonies in America. by the Royal council of Virginia, whose members were to be appointed by the king and who were to govern according to such laws and instruc- tions as should be given by the king The document was not one of popular adahts but of royal prerogatives. The