The Republican journal., 1916-02-24
This a Christian Nation?''
address by William Knowles Cooper Of
Washington, D. c.


Washington, D. c.
Wednesday evening. February 16, Will
1 p,,Ulfs Cooper of Washington. D. G., ad-
I'D company of men and women at BAN
4 ,5vsr nv the members of the Baptist
I,,5 Mr.. Cooper's subject was, ais This A
5sr Nsnon?" MIR. Cooper's residence IN
Is;ogr5a for several years. during which
se has been in very close personal and
L., relations with many OF the leading
..r,an of our country enables him to speak
5epree of authority which very few
/ could use.
5arslopng his subject the drift of his ar
o,- was along the line that our forefathers,
,,r The guidance of Almighty God, builded
i, than they knew at the time. For in
H. the capital of the United States was IN
-. o,aces and others were under considera-
d, the time the decision was made to To-
an the shores of the Potomac. The wisdom
h. fnsl selection was proved conclusively
/ h time of the War of the Rebellion, when,
kontro, Of the State OF Mary land, the Presi-
WAS enabled to prevent the Legislator
meeting and the State from seeding
! Oh would have isolated the capital from
Ebern sympathy and support. At this same
Al juring the War of the Rebellion he
one instance in connection with the
&tberl army, where apparently the hand OF
oyer-ruling power had to do with the
tGss Of the nation. "Stonewalp' Jackson
! scciently killed by one of his own men.
nember of his regiment would gladly have
b bis life for his general. At the close of
second day of battle on the field of Gettys-
II Lee as heard to remark: "If Stonewall
! kslu was here, victory would have been
L." The poiAg brought out very forcibly
tts speaker vas this-did the Almighty have
: tnd IN iepriving Lee, through what appear
Be mere accident, of the support of the
Iers Who in his opinion would have made
sess possible? So on down through history
! topper traced many happenings, and in
b case tying the thing up to the providence
heyeJy interesting incident was his refer
1 a meeting at the First Presbyterian
1'ci ~ Washington on Sunday, February
de lass. On arriving al the church he
mat Henry VanDyke was supplying for
sgu.ar pastor. MIR VanDyke preached
! Day TO a very large number of congress-
lo asnators. He also had in his audience
The foreign diplomats. He has just
fnea as a special representative of the
a1meuC to the Netherlands. His subject
a. PARTICULAR Sunday was 1.-The Peace of
61ich passeth all understanding" Mr..
D. brought out very forcihly that nowhere
% earth, in no other country, could man
'anDyke have preached such a sermon to
/ 81 audience
Fother very interesting part was in connec-
with the Boxer uprising in China, An in
r IN putting down the uprising. $20.000,-
was sent as an indemnity to the United
+ his was returned to the Chinese
enment. The result of that is that the
r. regard America as their best and
n friend. They are patterning their
flment and their institutions after the
+ Of the United States. Our influence in
country is greater than that of any other
because of that friendly act.
report could possibly set forth any ade-
dea of Mr.. Cooper's talk. Those who
not there have missed a rare treat. MIR.
IN IS man of very pleasing personality,
fsresting speaker, and one of the best en-
aers Belfast has listened to in a long
The very kindest comments are heard
| SIDES by those who were present,