Palisadian., 1923-03-09
Old-Time Eloquence
From DR.. Sam Small

If you want to read something of
extraordinary human interest glance
over the following report of a sermon
delivered February 2S in Columbus,
Ga. 1t is from the Ledger of that
city:
Dr. Sam Small, appearing under the
auspices of the National Reform AS
sociation, last night delivered his
"America-7the Moses, of the Nations"
address to a large audience at the
Rose Hill Methodist church. He will
be heard again at 1880 o'clock this
evening at the First Baptist church of
Phenix City
Dr. Small's address was an appeal
to Americans to awake to the fact
that their nation is the most impor-
tapt cog in Gods machinery for the
salvation of the world from self de-
struction. Filled with stirring fig
ures, which pictured the demoraliza-
tion of Central Europe and which epit-
omized America and it's people, the
lecture delivered last night brought
cheer after cheer from the enthusias-
tic audience.
That God needs America in his
business and that this is the only sat,
| isfactory explanation of the great
western nation, was the pronounce
ment of the famous lecturer. "He
has planted, promoted and equipped
il TO serve his PLANS for the ft.a-ro
welfare of the human race" he de-
clared
An example of the lecturers pow
erful command of rhetoric is found in
the following summary of the rise and
fall of nations in the history of the
world. and the final crash which has
ruined part of Europe and Asia:
"All the long way from Babylon to
Berlin the track of human progress is
Uttered on either side with the wreck
age of decayed and destroyed ciyiliza-
tions-the outgrowths of divine op-
portunities and the ruins of national
arrogance and anarchy.
Look at the so-called civilized
world today, and where is its leader?
England is bruised and bled white;
France is shell shocked and goaded to
fears and unable to handle the liberty
for which she has fought for centu-
ries; Russia is wallowing in the red
wrecks of bolshevism and blood brew
ed by atheism and anarchy; Germany
is wading to her armpits in the blood
soaked penalties of her ineffable
crimes against humanity; Austria is
dismembered, stripped to the bone
and broken out from crown to heels
with the leprosy of her lewdness and
lawlessness against God and man.
kind; Italy is rocking and rotting to
another fall greater than that of her
ancient empire; and the unspeakable
Turk flames back with defiance, fash
ing in the face of the nations scimi-
tar dripping the heart blood of mil
lions of starved and massacred Chris
tansi Can God or human hope find
a fit faithful world leader among
them? No sane man can dare say
yea; no believer in the love and JUS
tice of God can say that any one of
those nations can be the Moses of the
modern world"
In the prohibition law, which Amer
ica has embraced, the lecturer saw
another sign that this is the divinely
designated country for the leading Of
the world out of the darkness. do
any of you imagine" he asked, that
if God, when he hunted up Moses to
go back to Egypt and lead his breth-
rem to the promised land, had found
Moses up there drunk as blind owl
on bootleg booze, cursing his daddy
in-law because dinner was late, drag
ging his wife around by her hair be
cause she had sassed him, kicking his
children around the house and going
| about to shoot up the sheep with q
sawed off shotgun, he would eyer have
sent him to Egypt to be the deliv
/ erer?"