of prophecy can sweep the horizon of a deathless hope. Look forward to
the time when our place among the nations shall be the umpire of the
world. When England and Germany and France shall refer their
international questions to us for adjudication which otherwise would
be adjusted on the field of carnage; when we shall dictate to the
world by moral suasion, what shall be the rights of citizens and what
shall be the duty of the Government over them.

The proud position of my country looms up before me. England may plant
commercial colonies around the globe, and so may Germany and so may
France, but let it be the mission of this country to plant colonies of
moral ideas wherever the sun shines, and transform the political
sentiments of the world until all men shall be recognized as created
free and equal by the Father Almighty. Let this be our proud position.
Then it shall never be said that the ocean was dug for America's
grave, that the winds were woven for her winding sheet, that the
mountains were reared for her tombstone. But rather we shall live on,
and gifted with immortal youth, America shall ascend the mountain tops
of the oncoming centuries with the old flag in her hand, symbol of
universal liberty, the light of whose stars shall blend their radiance
with the dawn of the millennium.

EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.

"Your sermon yesterday upon the essential features of Americanism
deserves the applause of the nation. God speed you in your noble
mission."

WASHINGTON, D. C.

"Your sermon to-day was a masterpiece. God bless you."

WASHINGTON, D. C.

"I thank you from the bottom of my American heart for your sermon on
'America for Americans.'"

WASHINGTON, D. C.

"Your sermon exactly describes my sentiments, which you have put in a
cleaner and plainer light than I can."

MARYLAND.

"Let me congratulate you with all my heart on your immigration sermon
yesterday."

WISCONSIN.

"I have read the report of your sermon, and had I been present would
have risen to my feet in an 'Amen' applause."

OHIO.

"I have read your sermon, and thank God that one man has the manhood
to speak his mind on a subject which must soon come to the forefront