The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-18

'idhy pstitS vi the WI III VI lhS
first time the bell of Liberty rings
through many realms OF Europe and
we are singing today with thanks
giving and praise.
The Victory l. The Lords.
He hath done marvellous things;
His Right Hand, and His Holy Arm
hath gotten Him the victory
For many hundreds of years, by
Gods plan, there were no kings. At
ter long clamoring by the people for
king, God permitted it, and a long
line OF mistakes and wickedness be
gan that found its elimination in
the rottenneSS Of the HohenzollernS
and the pitable debaclc and tragedy
that now lies open to the eyes Of the
world. But there seems TO be
swinging back today toward the plan
OF God. Through the years God has
been working many changes to bring
the kingdoms of this world to be
come the ngdoms of our Lord, and
of His Christ" In the eighteenth
century, God brought across the At
lantic the cream of the Anglo-SaXoE
race men and women who had sturdy
faith in Divine Providence, and with
them began a republic founded on
principles of liberty, justice and
righteousness, that He might have
an instrument for the swinging of
the world back to His plan. Then
France shook off it's despotism, thru
blood and tears, and established a
government for the freedom of the
people. Then England, from Shiny
pits OF debauchery and crime, climb
ed to heights of freedom and infiu-
ence, until today the sun refuses to
withdraw his rays from that nations
power. Within the last few months,
there has been perfect rain of mon
arches, like meteors from the sky:
Russia, Bulgaria. Greece, Hungary.
Austria, Germany; with the throne
of Turkey tottering out into the
night.
GLORY! Glory! Hallelujah! Our
God is marching OIL"
The balance of power thrown i'll
by the United States of America was
Gods own reserve force for the final
triumph of liberty, righteousness
and peace Surely, God raised up
America for such a time as this. He
has nu1sed it from its infancy with
His providential care. He has never
permitted a nationwide famine or
it the greatest producing country of
the world. 1t produces rs per cent.
of the wheat grown in the world; IS
per cent. of the corn; 40 per cent. OF
the iron; 40 per cent. of the coal;
SO per cent. of the copper. Some
body figured that if the value of the
farm products of this country for one
year were put into twenty-dollar
gold pieces, and laid on the earth,
touching one another, they would
form a line of gold through Alaska,
through Mexico, and on to the 18TH
mus of Panama. and there would be
enough left to run another line from
New York to San Francisco, and
some pieces would fall off into the
Pacific Ocean. We have the great
est coast line, the finest harbors, the
most magnificent inland waterways
of the world. The Encyclopedia
Britannica says that the Mississippi
river, with its branches, affords 81
500 miles of narigable waterway. All
Europe has 1,70e miles, Or less than
one-half the length of the great cen
trail waterway of the United States. |
Besides this, we have about six and
one-half times as many miles of rail-
road as any other country in the
world. Along with all this wealth
and facilities and favor of God, there
have been instilled into the Ameri-
can people from the days of their
earliest existence until now, the |
principles of liberty. justice, and |
All these things have |
made America a wonderful instru- |
ment in the hands of God for the ov-
erthrow of oppression and brutality. |
The last flash of booming artillery |
across the western frontier was the |
auroral afterglow of an effete bar
barism. Thus may all the enemies |
of civilization and liberty perish |
from the land and from the sea.
The victory is the Lords, and we
should be humble and grateful for