p. 432, para. 8 | American Sentinel, Vol. 13, No. 27 (July 14, 1898)

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It will now no doubt be the order of the day for the churches throughout the land to erect their poles and have their flag-raising exercises. The initiatory, we believe, has been taken in this direction by the Trinity Baptist Church of Jersey City. On July 4, on a grass plot in front of the church, an American flag was hoisted to the top of a sixty foot pole, and unfurled to the breeze with much ado. Patriotic addresses were made by several ministers from other churches; the Declaration of Independence was read, and “America,” “The Star Spangled Banner,” and “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,” were sung, and a gun salute was given by the Boys’ Brigade.

Christ said to his church: “Ye shall receive power when the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Has the church received the power? Are they His witnesses?

Christ said to the church: “Go ye into all the world, and PREACH THE GOSPEL to the whole creation.”

Is the church preaching the gospel? Christ said of his church: “They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.” Reader, is that true of the church to-day?

We are told disaster will befall the nation because of its disregard for Sunday; we are told that God’s displeasure is upon those who desecrate it; we are told that God will not fight the battles of those who do not honor that holy (?) day; and yet, in spite of all this, it would seem that the very opposite is the case. Two whole fleets have been wiped out of existence, with not the loss of a ship and only the death of one man on the American side; and to-day the nation is rejoicing because of the favor which they say God is bestowing upon them in their war with Spain.

SOME things that seem mysterious in the circumstances of the war are, that after having repeatedly cut the “last cable” between Cuba and other lands, Havana still remains in cable communication with Madrid; that the Spanish destroyer “Terror,” after being sunk by the fleet in an effort to run into Santiago, is able to make an attack on the “St. Paul” at San Juan; and that the decrepit Spanish government is able to supply its soldiers in Cuba with smokeless powder, to their great advantage, while the soldiers of “Uncle Sam” can only be supplied by their great country nearby with ordinary powder, the use of which in battle makes them a conspicuous target for the enemy.

THE Editor is in attendance at the International Convention of the Christian Endeavorers, now in session at Nashville, Tenn., and we shall probably hear from there in our next issue. Don’t miss it.

THE Canadian Parliament has excluded from Canada newspapers published in the United States on Sunday. By this the Parliament is enabled both to demonstrate its high morality and gratify the natural instinct of the flesh to speak disparagingly of one's neighbor.

The battles now being fought in Cuba are the first in which civilized nations have used weapons of modern manufacture against each other. The result is terrible execution when the projectiles reach their mark; but the casualties do not seem to be greater on the whole than occurred in the battles of former wars.

THE army of the United States now in Cuba is probably the finest for its size that ever fought under the stars and stripes. Both physically and in point of morale and enthusiasm, the men are almost above criticism. And probably no American army ever surmounted such difficulties as have been overcome without a murmur of discontent by the soldiers at Santiago. And this suggests one of the worst things about war: its victims are not the worst men in the country, but the best.

THE American “reconcentrados”—the wives and children of our great army of drunkards—are suffering and starving by thousands all over the national domain. For them no army appears with its devoted heroes ready to brave any danger and difficulty to effect their rescue. It seems to be the opinion of those who justify war in Cuba on the ground of humanity, that the cause of humanity is not represented in these hapless women and little ones at home.

The “Centerist” or Roman Catholic party in the German Reichstag, have recently so gained in strength that they have demanded the repeal of the law banishing the Jesuits, and the re establishment of the Catholic department in the Ministry of Public Worship. Emperor William, however, is reported to have said that as long as he is King of Prussia there shall be no vote sanctioning the return of the Jesuits.

POLITICAL corruption is apt to be far more manifest in the government of a colony than in the administration of home affairs. The N. Y. Voice declares that the government of the territory of Alaska is almost as corrupt as is that of Spain in her colonies; and if this is true, the prospect for good government in territory so far distant as Hawaii or the Philippines cannot be said to be bright.

RITUALISTIC practices are found in fully half of the churches in England, according to the Tourists' Church Guide, published by the English Church Union. Out of 8,183 churches 4,334 use altar lights, 4,030 the mixed chalice, 2,026 vestments, while in 7,044 the eastward position is observed for the altar.

This all-important question is being settled to-day by great organizations of Christian young people, of which the Society of Christian Endeavor is now the foremost example. Shall they seek to the legislature—to politics—for power to accomplish the Christian work they have undertaken? or shall they seek “power from on high”—the power of God? In the illustration the movement seems to be towards the legislature; and this, unfortunately, correctly represents the situation. And in this lies the gravest peril to them and to the country.

“THUS saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the OLD PATHS, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.” Jer. 6:16. “I am the Lord thy God, which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.” Isa. 48:17.