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Evening sentinel, Monday, December 2, 1895 · page 3

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r‘ALL Suns.

"Our latest cut of Sack Suit
,is perfect and pleasing.“
Black Cheviots, $ 8.50
Fancy Cheviots, ' 7.50
Imported Cheviots, I0.00
”Entity Chevi‘ots, 8.00
Imported Cheviots, 12.00
iAll-wool Suits, mo, as

6.00

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Our Clothing .

Is an of our own make.
We have the advantages
of New York work people
T he
. best designersand cutters.

All new goods and bought

at‘close figures in the very

. on our Clothinn.

best market.

 

OVERGOATS.
-We have planned for a

big trade on, Overcoats this
Fall,
fine display of

3 Coatings _\\'ill

one who

 

looking for real

All colors and “qualities from

$6

.finest to the cheapest.

to $20. . "

 

and " our

Kerseys and
Oxford Mixed

captivate any-

is

‘up-to-date style

 

We are ready
to show you a
splendid line of
D. B. Sack Suits
for business. A
popular style in
Blue Cheviot is
particularly
good. You can-
" not go amiss if
i select one of this style for
fort and all around general

 
 
 
 
 
 

V e call attention to a very
new and plain Clay Diagonal,
jus the thing for Dress wear,
an. as we. have a“ variety of
sty s, shapes and prices,.it, is
ce'r ain we can please ‘ your
pod ethook,..and our ability to
fit perfectly is too well under-

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A careful survey of
the stock shows us a
complete line of nov-
Cities and
goods ”at prices that
are right. ‘

staple

. Men's trousers as low in
pritle as $2.00 for real service-
abli, well made goods. Also
allithe‘ finer qualities up to
5 .50. ., _

\3i'e call special attention to
a fil e Black Cord—made for

 

 

Ha‘t’is‘that ,
.. You Know.
Our line of Hats is such
thataglance
will show
/ you their
real value.
The quality
“\and make is
~of the best,
. and-they are
all made for

us ri‘ght here in town.

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Furnishing Goods.

A complete stock‘ of . 11 de-
sirable goods. The very newest
things in Neckwear, Gloves,
Hosiery, jewelry and Hand-
kerchiefs, Sweaters, ” Bicycle
Hose, -Shirts, Night Shirts,
and the only store in' town
where you. can buy Boys’
Furnishing Goods.

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GLOVES;

You will find everything
here that you can think of
and prices you will at‘onee
recognize as low. " Our orders
for Gloves were placed very
,early, and although prices
have advanced we give you
the benefit of our early
buying. ' '

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, UMBRELLA$.'3

.-\. perfect display of ”new
goods for the useful Holiday
Gift business and the kind for

 

 

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EVERY SHAPE.

‘ We run almost entirely on

one make of Collar. It is
the best and is in every way"
guaranteed. If not just right
we return your money for the
asking. Price, is cts. each,
two for 25 cts.

 

PENDERS.

Our lines of
these ~ goods
are :right. and
you can get

.suited as low
as 25 cents
for a real good

 
 
 

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, SWEATERS 3
All colors, at popular prices.

”5|.25
$2 and $3

5 all wool.

Great value, at
Others,

 

This is the best and most
popular shirt ' made. We
recommend them specially for
dress occasions. Satisfaction

 

 

quality. Others-atall prices.

éoyo’ Dop'm’t. 3
Everything for Boys. That
is our aim, and we can supply

SG'HOOL SUITS.

You can find in
Shrstockaschoice
and fine a variety
of Boys' Clothing
as you will see if
you search the
big stores in New
York and ”our
prices just as low.

ing,3 Furnishings ,and Hats.
It is‘iLthe - largest
store of this kind
in the city, and we
are in close touch
with Best & CO., of
. New York, where
A by telephone we
can order anything not in
our stock." \
CapeOvercoats

A sensible'real cold weather
coat, made in both fine and
I cheap'grades of cloth and the

 

Children's School Stilts, $2,
$2.50, $3, $4 and $5, of
goods we have tried and know
they are right. Extra pants
to match suits if bought at
same time—but we always
have a lot of odd pants at very
low prides. ‘

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~ TUXEDO.
\Vhere else
in the'city can
you buy Boys’
Tuxedo Dress

.Suits?
\V e have
' everything for
oys’“ wear, in-
cluding all
kinds of Fur-

always popular
ULéTER.3

‘9 A plain but good
style for school or
i We
this style as low as
$3 each, for. ages
6 to

 
 
 

 

driving.

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' nishings and we “are '
{3 Up-To-Date Building Trade;
btyles. ' And having establlslled
.———4O-———

confidence in our deal-
ings, we are determined
3 to. keep up the standard
of quality and low prices.
“If a customer is at all

REEFER SUITS

for little fellows.“
3 to 3 years,
special style of
our own and ex- '
L actly right for i
siiiall boys.

Ask to

{I

purqhase'd of us we would
appreciate it;i‘f reported at

see once, that we may make

 

 

 

drels purpose—price 56-50- every day. 33 guaranteed oryourmoncy back thQWa suitable remuneratign.
W. A. Benedict & 60., W.‘3 A. Benedict'd 60., W. A. Benedict _& 60., W. A. B nedict & 60., W. A. B 3 edict & 60., W. A. Beppdict & 60.,
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con AS313) THE NATION:

DR. TALMAGE ‘TALKs TO THE GATH—

EFlING CONGRESSMEN.

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Be In Sure ‘l'hnt Divinity Is on Our Side,

' and That the Channwm Purify Poll-

,, tics and Protect the Ballot Box In the
End. ‘

 

Wasnm‘rrox, Dec. 1.--As tomorrow the
congress of tho United States assemble}:
. and many of the members were present at
the delivery of this sermon. Ilr. Tnlmage
' tookn most upproprinto theme, showing
that in all their work they might realize
that God has. always been on tho side of
this notion. Tcxt, II Kings vi, 17, “And
the Lord opened the eyes of the young
man, and he saw, and, behold, the moun-
tainvwns' full of horses and chariots of firo
round about Elisha."
The American congress is assembling.
Arriving or already arrived urn tho rcpro.

senttitives of all sections of this beloved

land. ' Let us Welcome them with prayers
and benedictionn. A nohlor group of mun
never entered Washington than those who
will tomorrow take their places in the
senate chmnber and the house of repro-
scntntivos‘. Whether they home alone or
leave their fniuilios at tho homestead fur
.awny, may the blessing of tho Etcrnal God
be upon thomlv We invite them to our
churches, and together, they in political
spheres and we in religious circles, will
give the coming months to consideration
, of the'bost interests of this country, which
God-has blessed so'inuch in the past that
I propose to show you and show them, so
(urns! may now reach their car or to-
morrow their eye through the printing
press, that (lod'will be with them to help
them as in the text be filled the mountains
with help for Elisha. t, 3
As it cost England mnny rcElmcnts and
$2,000,000 15 year‘to kocp . safely a trouble-
_ some captive at St. Helena, so the king of
Syria sends out a whole army to capture

‘ , one minister of religion—perhaps 50.000

men to take Elisha. During tho night
tho army of Syrians came around tho vil-
1030 of Dothun, where the prophet was

staying. At early daybreak the nmnserv-"

ontof Elichn'rushed in and said: “What
shall wo‘do? Thm is a whole army come
todoctroy you! We must. die! We must
“ die!” But Elisha was not scored 0 bit,
for he looked up and saw tho mountains
all around full of supernatural forces, and
ho knew that if thorn were 50,090,8yrions
'nplnnt him there were 100,000 angels for
him, and in answer to tho prophct's prayer
In behalf of his nffrightcd munsorvnnt tho
5 man now it too. Horses of ‘flro
honoured to chariots of tire. and drivers
of fire pulling ruins of fire 00. bits of fire,
cud warriors of file with bmudiahed
"radio! 11m, and the brilliance of that
morning sunrise was eclipsed by the gui-
loplng splendor: of the celestial oavuloudo.
"And, the Lord opened the eyes of the
young man. and he now, and, behold, the
mountain woo full of homo and chariots
ollroround obont Elisha." I speak of
tho'uppar form of the text tbotoro to
fl‘htonouroldo on notion. .If all the
down-h no filled with armed threats, 1
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mscuo.
, y The Divine Equipage. ,
Yotl will notice that the divinocqnlpngo
is nlwpys rcprcsontod as n chariot of flrc.
Ez‘ckl land lsuinh and John, when they“
come to dcscribo the divine cqulpugo, ul<
ways ioprcscnt. lt an n wheeled, a harness-
ed, a upholstered ogriilugrntion. Itis not
n'ehxiliot liki- kings and conquerors of
earth piount, but tin organized and com-
pressed fire. That mcuns purity, justice,
chastiyl omcnt, dclivcruncotlmmgh burning
escape-1; Chariot of rescue? Yes, but a
chnrlzltoi fire. All our national disen-
thrnl .cnt-s have been through scorching
ngonlm and rod disasters. Through trib-
ulatioli tho individual rim-s. Through

 

tribuljtion nations rise. Chariots of res:
cue, bit chariots of fire. But. how do I
know but this divino cquipngo is on the

 
 
 
 
 

side i) our institutions? I know it by the
histor of tho inst 119 years. ThoAmeri-
can Rn‘olution started front the pen of

ohn ‘ uncock in Independence hall, in
1776. TN colonies, without ships, with-
out nipmunition, without guns, without.
trainer warriors, without .moucy, without
prestiiy . ()n the othcrsido, thornightiest
untim ,of tho mirth, thc lurgcstnrmit-s, the
t nnvios and the moat distinguish-
mnnder's and resources incxhunstio
ble, unl ncarly all nations ready to back
them 1) in the light. Nothing us against
immensity. . ’

’I‘hulcnuso of tho Amcrioun colonies,
which i'tartcd ut zcro, dropped still lower
gthrouglrtho quarroling of the gcncruls,
and though the jcalousios ut small suc-
cesses, l nd through the winters which sur-
passed all prmicccss n in depth of snow -
and horrors of count-u mcnt. Elisha sur-
roundel by the whole Syrian nrmy did not
seem rq ho worse 011’ than did tho 13 colo-
nleii’etcompnsscd nnd overshadowed by
foruigxypisnult. What decided the content
in our lnvor? Thc'uppcr forces, tho upper,

urmicsl The Green and Whito mountains
of New England, the highlands along the

Hudsol, the mountains of Virginia, all
tho Ap‘ nine in ranges tvcro full of ro-en-
for-conduits K‘h ah the young mun Wash--
lngton .nw by nth, and his men endured
the froj on foot. and tho gungrcnod wounds,
and th exhausting hunger, and the long
mnrclmhucuuae “tho Lord opened the eyes
of tho loung limb, and he saw, and, be-
hold, lho mountain was full of herons
and Clii‘l'lolfl of fire round about Elishal"
Washini in himself wins it miracle. .Whnt
Joshua was in sacred history tho first
Amcrfdm prcsidcut was in secular history.
A limit on] otbcr mcu excelled him in
fl'llYt'rviit things. but ho oxecilnd thorn all
in romilnu-ss :md‘cmnplclt-m-ss of char: .-
tur. ’l‘im ivorhl uovcr mw his Ill-140:3!
probahlv never will ecu his like again, be-
l'a‘lllM' ll cm pfullillil)‘ mu‘cr will be unothcr
such cx‘ :cm'y. llo mu let down :t‘dlvllio
intcrpo Hion. llii was .rom Hod direct.
l od'o Chariot firm Ito-cue.

[do lot. know how many can read the
history if thus-u timcs without admitting
the con‘ost wwuioeldeil by the upper forces.
Then, i 180i, whonour civil war opened,
many the north and at thosouth pro-
noun it national suicide. It was not
con , against cowardice; it was not
wealth , ninot poverty; it was not largo
states . : inst email states. It war hero-

 

 

 

iun ~ . heroism; ltwuthoroooum
of generations tborooouroeo
finwutbomnoftho
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. thuwhcels were not heard, and tho tlnsh

 

 

wris ond hali'of the nntion in nrmcd wrath
int-cling tho other hull of tho nation in
armed indignation. What could como but
extermination? .

At tho opouinu of tho war tho com-
mander in chicfof the l'nitcd Status forces
was a man who had ln'oii grunt in battle,
but old ago bud coino, with many it3|flrmi~ i
lies, a" l in» had a right to lillllflllllt'. Ila
could not mount a. hers», and ho rode on
the battlefield it. a carriage, asking the
driver not to'Jolt _‘.'. too much. During

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the most of the four years of- tho contort
on the southcrn side wusu man in midlife,
who had in his vclns tho blood of runny
generations of warriors, himsclfoncof'tho
heroes of Churnbusco and (Icrro (iortlo, 3
Contrcruu and (Ilmpultcpec. As the years
nonfiction and the scroll of carriage unrollo _
there came out from both sides n lwroisn l
and n strength. and n determination t . t l
the world had ncvcr si-cn mnrshulcd. And I
what but extermination could come when l
Philip Sheridan and Stonewall .lacksonl
met, and Nntbnicl Lyon and Sidncy -
dohnston rode in from north and south,
and Grunt and Lou, thw two thundorlmlts ‘
of battlc, elmlml? Yet we am a nation‘, l
and yet wo‘ are at pcnw. Earthly eonrngo
did not deeldo the conflict. The upper
forces of tho text—they tcll us thcrowns
n battle fought above the clouds on Look-
out mountain, but there was sonuzthing
highcr than that. 3

Again,.thc horscs and chariots of God
camo to tho rcsouo of this notion in 1870,
at the close of n lll’llh‘llltlllillll election fa-
mous for fcrodty. A durkcr cloud yet set-
tled down upon this nation. ’l'ho result
of the election was in unpum, umi rcvolu:
tion, not betwcon two or three sections,
hutrcvolution in cvory town and village
and city of thc l'nitcd Stan's, sccmcd ini-
ininent‘. ’l'hc prospoct was that Now York
would throttlo New York, and Now Or-
lozz‘nn would grip New Orleans, and Boston
Boston, and Savannah Savannah, and
Washington Wnsblmgton. Sumo said Mr.
,Tildonwvns clcctcd, othcrs st Mr. Hayes
Won elected, and how hour we ‘cruno to
univcrsnl rnnssm-ro mum of “H guessed,
lu'lt (ind only knew. I uscrlbo our escape
not to tho honesty and rightcousness of
infuriated politicians. but. I nucribo it to
the upper forces of tho text.

God the Friend of tho‘ Notion.

Chariots of umrcy rolled in, and though'

was not sum, yot all through tho moun»
tuins of tho north, and the south. and the
(wt, and the West, though the lioofeilllid
not elnttcr, tho cuvulry of God gullopmi
by. Itcllyou hiod is the friciul of this
notion. lnthc nwi'ul t-xciti-mcnt at tho
mmsucro of Lincoln, win-n them was It
pmspcct th/ut urontcr slunghttp‘vyould opcn
upon thin notion, (ind huslmithotcmpcst.
1n thunwlul cxeitcuwnt at tho time of
Garth-id'sit-sziszaluzuiou God ‘put his foot
on tho hunk of the cyclone 'l‘o prov" God
is on thcrhh- of this notion l nrguo from
thulmtolghtor nlm- grout nntlonulhnr-
vests, and from tho national health of tho
last quarter of u century, npldnmlcu vcry
exceptional, and from the great revivals of
religion, and from the spreading of tho
church of ‘God, and from‘tho continent
blouominz with asylum: and refurmotory
institutions, and from on Monintion

. scrutinized ballot box.

,(lrovcs of vognbonds wundcn-d up nml

‘, nothing, because nothing couldm sudden-

.or cash paid down. the suspicious causes-

you as 1 son the regiments wheeling down
tho sky, unduly jcremiuds turn into dox-
ologlcs. had that which was tho (iomi lr‘rlv
day of tho nation‘s crucifixion bcconn-s
tho I'L'istcr mom of its n‘surroction. 0f
courso Hod win-ks through human instru-
un-utnlitics, and this national betterment
in to come among other things through It
liy the law of reg-
iistrntion it is almost impossible now to
"have illegal voting. ’l‘hcrc was a time—-
yonund I retm-mlwr it very well—when

down on clcction day, and from pollto
poll, and vim-4| horn and voted third and
voted cvcrywlu-rc, und thcro’wus nochul»
Iomzc, or, if thcro were, it umountcd to

ly ho proved upon tho- \‘ugnbotuls. Now
in every wull orirnnircd neighborhood every
votcris watched with FlW't'n'Sl- scrutiny.
If I am in u region whom I run allowed a
vote, I must tell the registrar my name,
and how old Ium, and how long I have .
resided in the state, and how long I have 5
rcslded in the ward or the township, and
if I misriprcscnt 50 witnesses will riso and
shut me out from the ballot box. Is not
that n grout advance? And tin-n notieo
tho lnw that prohibits n mun voting if ho
has licton tho election. A step further
needs to be taken, and that mun forbidden
nvoto who has oil‘cri-d or tnkcn n bribe,‘
whether it buin tho shapo of n frco drink

obliged to put th3cir hand on tho Bible and

swear their vote in if they vote at all. So,

through the. sncrcd chi-st of our nation's

snil'rngc, redemption will come. “
l ’ “'nnh Out Your Eyes.

God will save this~nntlon through on,
aroused moral sontimcnt, There has never
been so much discussion of morals and
innuendo. Moo, whether 0 not..thcy no—
knowlcdgo what is right, hnvo to think
what is right. Wu have men who have
had their hands in tho public trcuslury tho.
most of their lifetime stcnling all they
could lay their handson. dist-nursing uh)
quoutly‘nlmut dishonesty in public serv-
ants, and men with two or throo families
of their own prcuehlug eloquently about
the hcuutics of tbosovcnth commandment.
Tho qucstlon of nolploty nnd drunkenness
in thrust in the face of this nation as never
bci'oronnd tukcs n port in our political
contests. "’l‘ho question of national so-
hricty'is'izniug to bc rcsxwutfully nnd dol»
ormnlnlly hrnnl :it tlu; bar of every logis-
laturc. it'llll'i‘t'l‘y Imuso of rcprcsrntntivcs,
and cvory stutc wuutc, and no omnlpotcnt.
voice will rinu (lower thc sky and “cross
this land and back again, saying to thosu
:‘lSing tidcs oi' drunkenness which thrcutcn
to whclm homo and church and nation,
”Thus for shuit Ilmu l'Illlil', but no furtbcr,
and hero «hull thy proud wows lm stnidffl

I linvo not in my mind it shadow of dis-
bonrtnu-nl its largo as tho shadow of a
house ily‘s wing. My faith isin tho uppur
forces, ,tlu'i upper m'mlos of tho man. God
is not Ill-ml. ’i'ho chariots urn not un-
whouicd. if you would only pray mom
and wash your oyns in tho cool, bright
wutcr fresh from tho woll iif_(,1liristliiti ro-
form, it Would ho said of you, as of this
one of the tort, "'l'ho lmrdopcnmi tho eyes
of the young nmn, and homw, and, bu.
hold, the mountain was full of horse» and
chariots of flro round about Elisha."

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b
1,000 people, yii unwind-lice of on people,
or 20 pcople. or in or ‘2. We want no such
religion as that. no such notional religion,
but we want this kimlni national rcligion
—thc \nst nmj‘ority oftlw pctpit-converted
u'mi cmnuclimi—aml tiwn they will mun-
ugc tho sm'iillir as well .is tln- n-ligious.
Church Will Iluic tho Ballot Box.
lhi‘you say that this is liliiiriu‘tit'ulilel
No. The (inn- is i'uniilil.‘ just us certainly
us there is in God. and thnt this is his
book. and that ln- huslln-strcngth and the
bounty to fnliili his promises. Ono of the
ancient (‘iiii‘t'i‘ni‘s uscd to pride himself on '
pcrt'ort'nint.r that which his cpnnsciors said
was impossible, and I haw to tell you to-
day that. man‘s impossihlcs are God’s

crnt illiil Milli m ltllii, " iMiii )\:Ii su- m: "
have a few forum. and tin-y have so many
more?” .'\llilllit‘Mdtlli‘?»\\'i'l‘l‘:lili‘l,’1llll'ilill
tho munlim-ss of their numbvr and tho
grcntnv-ss'oi' tho runny. minimums. their
mmnmmicr. simightcncd himself up and
said. with indignation and \‘ulwmcuvc,
"flow many do you reckon mo to Iii-i”
And when \w .‘t‘n‘ llu' vast :u-mics arrayed
against tho (‘flllm‘ of sobriety it may some
limos bo wry lllfl'l-ill‘lifllllK. but lnsk .you
in looking up your csiinu-uc of the forces
of i-igliit-ousucss—-l ask you how many
do you i‘l'i'l'vi‘ll the Lord Hod Almighty to
In? llr is our nunlunndt-r. 'i'ho Lord of
li¢:i\ is his name, lli:\\o3tlw bcst nu-
tliurity torso} ing that tho chariots of God
on: 20,000, umi Iln- monuinins urr full of

3. cnsics. “limb he said. and shall. he not
int-in. - ., - °
Politics Need. Religion. :lotltl. . llnith‘ln- c:iniilunpli:cil,(alml‘will he
3 ,. . m. mug t o puss? ‘w fn'tsiian re<
. V . .. . l v3 1 u -- ._ . . ‘, . -
In "you in} do 1b. ibnut llu turd of “mo" h. comingto tnlu; pusscssiou 018w

tho t'lirist inn rclipion to purify and make
dcccnt Aun-ricnn pullllf'r-C’ At cvi-ry yi-nrly
orqmidrcnninlch-ctiou \vu have in this
rr-untry grout nu.11ufactories—manufac-
torics allies—and they uro run day and
night. and they turn out half a dozcn a
day, all cq'uipi’cdnnd ready for full sail-
ing. lint-1:1! lies and rillllll lics. Lies pri-
vate. and lies public. and lics prurient,
lit-Ls cut him, and lies cnl- diagonal, long
limbcd lies, and lics with iloulilo back no-
tloh; lles complimcntaiw. and lies dcfuiua—
tor-y; lies that sumo proph- bclicv'c, and
lies that all the pcoplc bellow, and lies
that nobody lu‘llt‘\'l“.~'; lics with humps like
cunwls,‘ and Scalcwliku; crocodiles. and .
ndcksns‘lotmus torks, and foot as swift
usnn antohipo‘s, and stings like :iddcrs;
lics raw and scullopcd nud'pziuncd and
sit-wed: crawling lics, and jumping llcs,
and souriiur lics; lit-s with .‘ittm'inucntl
screws and rulllcrs and bruhlcrs und rcndy l
wound bobbins; llcs .by Christian people 3i,
who never lie except during cicctions, and ;
lics by people who nlwnys lichbut lit-at
themselves in u. prcsidcutinl canifinign. ‘

I cotlfoss I am usbmncd to bum in for-
clgncr visit this country in such times. I
should think ho would stand Ilnzcdhhls
hand on his pm-kcthook, and dnro not go
out nights. What will the hundreds of
thousands offorcigncrswho come here to
llvc think of "us? What u disgust they
must hnvo forthc land of their udoptlonl
The only good thing; about it is mn‘ny of
thcm cunhot understand tho English lun-
gunnc. lot I sopposc tho (lorrnun‘nnd
Italian and Swr-di-zh imd‘ l-‘i'cnch papers
iruuslntc it all .tllil pctllllu out Rho infernal
ntuil‘ totlmsulisi-rilwrs. . ‘

Nothing but ('in'istinulty will ever stop
Inch a flood of imicrcm-y. 'l'bo (lliristinn

cry.bnllot box, of cvcry schoolhouse, of
every hnmc, of «very vallcv, of every
mountain. of ivory hero of our national
domain. This‘ nation. notwithstanding
all tlu-cvil intlniuicos that nro trying to
destroy it, is going to Iii'c. '
chcr since. according to John Milton,
whcn "sutun was hurlcdhmdlong flaming
from tho othcrcul skies in hideous ruin
and combustion down." how tho powers '
of dnrkncss b'ccn solictcrmincd town this
continent us now. What njcwol it ls-n
jewel curvvd in rclicf, the cumoo of this
plum-t! ()nonosido of us thc Atlantic
pecan. dividing us from tho \Vornout gov-
ormncnts of Enropc. ()n the othcr- side
3 tho' l’nriflo occun, dividing 'us from tho
superstitions of Asia. (in llli‘ north of us
the arctic son, which is tho‘ gymnasium,
in which the explorers and navigators do-
vclopthcii'couruui'. A cuntincnt 10,500
miics long. iT,oio,oo.i sqlmi‘o miles and
all of it. but about onc-scvcnth capable of
rich cultivation. ()nc hundred millions
of population on this continent of North
and South Anu-rica—i00,000,000 and
room for many humircd millions more.
All flora and all fauna, all metals and all
precious woods nud ull grains and all I
fruits. 'l‘bo Appalachian rungo'thobock-
bononnd tho rivers tho ganglia carryingv
life all through and out to tho extremities.
s hmus of Din-ion the narrow waist ofo
ant'contlncnt all to be under one gov-
ornmcnt and all frco and all Christian and
the sci-hoot Uh’rist's personal reign. on
earth if ’uccordin to tho expectation of
many good people he shall at last not up
his throne iii-this world. Who shall have ,
this hcmispimro—Christ or salon? Who “
shall have the shoro of her lnlnnd soul, the
sllvor of her Noviulns, the gold of her Colo-

 

rcligi-in will spcid; nftcr nvvlillc. The mdos,tlw tolurwotms of her observatories
lulllnusgatu and low scuminl through the brain ”5 lwr universities, the whootol

which \vc wudc cvcry ‘ _vcur of cvt-ry four
yours must l-o robukrd by that religion
which spin-ks from its tivo grout moun-

tuins—ii-om tho ono mountain lntoning the other frrin Born . .
tho commund, ”Thou shalt not licnr (“My ’ l 8 “In“! to Cope

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witni-ss against thy neighboy,” and from,’ giritifhl‘ 'iiiniiuiittii'ldiffln?(lll:m 10:“:
tin othcr mount. making plea for kindnoss- population vast lmyond all human compu-
uud lilt'rslflk 1'0th "1M1 cursing. Yfifii tutlonlr Who nhull havo'tho hemisphere?
wouro going to huvo o nntlonnl’ religion. You and I will docldo that or help todo.
'Ilu-rc uro two kinda of national roligion; oido ”3 by conscientious yidto by earnest
Tim mm is supported by the state and is n“ prayer. by maintenance of gnaw“ mm.
mutter of human politics, and it has great tutions, by support of ms philafithraplel,
PMNMBO. and 011110!" men Will “WEB“ by putting body, mind , and soul .on tho
tor prominence without reference to qunll' right side or all moral religious and nn- 3
notation-pond it: archbishop in supported clonal movement; ' '
byololory of 075,000 0 your, and there ‘ ,
m [not cathedral. with Ill the machin-
wenm : ~ ~ ., mi"

her prairies, tho l'lC" of her sovnnnus, the
two grout man-nu bunt-hos, tho ono reaching
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