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shall ihsiire national success; She faith, but “ faith without works is pruning hooks, an«l nations learn loose in your streets, while your
once prbcUinhid, “ Thbrti is Hd Gfid; dHad.” TltMb tliankofibrings arc. I war no more.” Our political cal­ children without moral instruction
and death is an eternal sleep,” and the works of our faith. Atheism, dron has been bubbling for soinC Of restraint ran in wildness through
soon the streets of Paris ran |n may give a fat Jiving to one advo­ time, but it is purifying itself, every alley an«l street oil the
blood, and her people have not re­ cate who will go through the “ spiritual wibkedness was found in Lord’s day; but now you have two
covered from this irreverence. country declaim against Christiani- high placjes.” We ha«l placed ba«l beautiful church edifices, two good
■S unday ■sclm al s,
c hi l dren
Look at Russia, a waste«I exchequer,' ty7~gntV' b ur le s q i i tt- - RTflBCI'i;" tTUt tliu
a boiling seething chaldron, filled heart of the people is for the came that we could place our alt meet once, and many twice, on
with internal war, with her Siberia right, church bells still send forth hands on the crucible—the ballot each Sunday to study the sacred
to which she banishes 12(000 of het their sacred peals on each resurrec­ box tlieti the Work of puriHcation Scriptures an«I sing songs of praise
aii«l thanksgiving to the Heavenly
subjects annually, yet tile Czar tion morning, ahd call millions to could begin.
But
there
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trembles in fear. Old Germany is the hptise of jirayer and thanks-
----- muair U in . in „Jier,.jiatiouHl...Atfiurx; giving. “ Tjm_ population of the’ irbdur land for which we should more closely observe this Sun-
Bismark may do well, yet things United Stat« \s has increased eleven render great tliankH"and give es- " 7!ay"d «w,.. for in t he.. rat i o.. of its-—-
are unstable. Prussia is jealous of times over in one hundred years, pecial aid, that is the temperance observance will the moral standard
Russia and Germany, when they while churches have increased reform. It was once like the pro­ of your town be elevated. A few
get into dispute over a piece of thirty-svveh times over, ah«t one phet’s cfutkl, hot larger than a man’s dollars gained is not to be com­
territory, uno is afraid and the hundred years ago there was one hand. It no longer hangs on the: pared to the moral education of the
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other dare not; so they let the dis­ church for every 1,700 persons, horizon, but is nearing the zenith' young.
And, finally, may we so cherish
puted spot organize as semi inde­ now there is a eliureh for every and spreading and darkening from
pendant, and they stand off. Go 529 pCfSohs,*’ besides there are which the vivid ligntehings Hash, an«I foster our country, by our love,
where ohl VesiiViAs pours out her more persons studying the Scrip­ while the muttering thunder is gratitude, industry, and moral in­
incense to God, and you will find tures now than at any former threatening the doom of the li«|uor tegrity, that it shall grow in inter­
Italy in intereene distress. Spain period of the world’s history. Our busmess. It is no longer a little nal purity and honor before the
is in rebellion, so that the land of God does not confine his habitation ripple on our beach, but it is a nations of the earth, that it will be
the Castillian is for freedom or to a «lew drop, but he has a “ house tidal wave, sweeping over moun­ one of the proudest thoughts of our
war.
not made with hands eternal in the tains and hills, through valleysand lives to say, ‘ Thank God I am. an
1 cannot take up every nation in heavens?’ Gen. George WashiugT plains, and if you are not."going to American.” And may we say like
this,’but youmay feel'tlie-puTse of tort iirtrH “ ft-is 'impossibleto -take—tt -part- in—Uns -great—work,-, tlie.shining dollar that speaks_with.. _.
each one and take th«, diagnosis, govern the world without God. stand aside' or you will be swept its silver tongue from your busi­
and you Will find internal commo­ He must l>e worse than an infidel away by the onrushing tide. Some ness stand, “ In Go«l we trust?’
tion through and through, which that lacks faith, and more than one has said, that ‘ unless litjuor And may we not only each year,
only can be healed by an etjual wicked that has not graditude drinking is checked our nation will but each day, be able to lift our
citizenship and the rights of the enough to acknowledge his obliga­ be wrecke«l on the craggy rocks of eyes upward with joy and bare our
ballot box. England is fast ap­ tion.’ Andrew Jackson sai«T7pbint debauchery, or sink in the whirl­ foreheads for the blessings of
proaching that point, and: I doubt ing
to the Bible on the stand: pool of Bachanalian revelry, and heaven an«I the benedictions of
«n
not there are those in my audience “ That book, sir, is the rock on our government be a legend of the angels and unite with the nation in
There are many good singing that anthem of praise:
to-day who will see her place her which our Republic rests.” Samuel past.”
things
in
store for us, as a nation, “ Happy is that nation whose God
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Adams,
ill
a
letter
to
Thomas
Paine,
first President at the head of her
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national power. There are now 19 said: “Do you think that your if we will dare to do right. Look is the Lord.”
Republics on the earth. The Re­ pen, or the pen pf any other man, at our land, her cheek is Hushed with
Many a Christian trusts Christ
public of the United States, one in can unchristianize the mass of our health, her step is elastic, an«I .she
Mexico, five in Central America, citizens ? or have you hopes of cor­ moves with a queenly majesty as to carry him through the valley of
nine in South America, two iu Eu­ rupting a few of them to assist j’ou the Columbia of heaven. It is our the shadow of death, who docs not
rope and one in Africa, beside other , in so bad a cause.’’ Said General lot to live in the grandest period of rely upon him to take him through
nations fast approaching that point, Grant: “ Hold fast to the Bible as this world’s history, and in this the dread to-morrow. If you are
and they all l«X)k to America as the sheet anchor of our liberties; “ sunny land of gold.” Our country Christ’s you have no right to
their beau ideal of liberty. Have write its precepts on your hearts is in the enjoyment of great pros worry. He is a safe pilot. You
We not much then for which to be and practice them in your lives. perity; she is at peace with the can trust him in the shallow, «piiet
thankful; and, in fact, thanks is To the influence of this book we world; we have ha«l abundant river as well as in the sea beyond.
about all we can give to the Lord - j are indebted for the progress made harvests with a large national sur­ —Alliance.
we can’t give him money, gold, i in true civilization, and to this we plus, besides when any other na
It is a great deal better to lead a
mining stock, flocks, herds, broad j must look as our guide in the tion is in distress she reaches out holy life than to talk alxiut it. We
acres, or sacks of grain ; no, for the I future.” An«l the world wept over her pitiful hand and wailing cries are told to let our light shine, and
“earth is the Lord’s an«l its fulness the lamented Garfield as they never to noble ami generous America; if it does, we shall not need to tell
thereof.*’ You know how you feel ha«l before, because of his firm her mountains are still full o£ any laxly it does. The light will be
when you have done a neighbor a faith in the Bible as the Magna treasure. She is sending a colony its own witness.— 1). L. Moody.
favor, yes, one after another, and Charta of the nation and Christi­ to old Palestine» while her mission­
Coming to the Savior we need
then he turns away from you with­ anity as our country’s hope. We aries are found ill every benighted
out even a thanks or a nod. So ’ stand to-day as a people of alxmt ’ clime. All of our institutions of not fear to place our hand of faith
the high ground of Scripture which ; 50,000,000, with only a standing learning and homes for the afflicted in his hand of power, for he is able
we should occupy is that, “every i army of 25,000, such a thing has are well fostered, and while we ex­ and willing to lead from dark net 8
goo«l and ev\ery perfect , gift comes ; never been known of any other press our thanks for all these into the marvelous light of love an«l
down from the Father of lights in nation; and all nations are^Tast blessings, let us confess pur national 'grace.— Ex.
whom there is' neither variableness learning that they can settle their sins and promise to do better in
To rejoice in another’s prosperity,' -
’
nor shadow of turning.” “ As the troubles without blood, that arbit­ the future. ' *
is to give content to your own lot;
» littlp stream Hows to the ocean, its ration c«>sts much less, and is more
As citizens of this beautiful vil­
native home, so our thanks point to honorable; and may the day hasten lage you have much, very much to mitigate another’s grief is to al-
the great ocean of Divine love.” j when tjie “ swords shall, be beaten for which to be thankful. Only a leviate or dispel your own. T. Ed-
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This nation has a large and firm into plow shares and spears into few months ago unbridled sin ran wards'. ~~