THE CHURCH MILITANT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1364, 7 October 1886, Page 3

THE CHURCH MILITANT.

Speaking on Federation at Adelaide, Iramedittply before leaving Australia, Bidiop Mo -rhoase said ; Wha' is going to he the next move of Prince Bimurck, the man of myaten ? And I do not think ho rious that some ■'f us cuniio* lift up his mantle and see his scheming f-ce beneath it in what he haa been doing recently What do you think he haa taken those Caroline Islands for 1 And what do you think ho put his paw on the north of Now Guinea for I I think I know. Tho next step in Europe will be that. Get many will take Holland, I' is inevitable. An t when Germany takes Holland what wdl it take ? Borneo and Java. And wth Borneo and Java, and the Caroline Idands and New Guinea, you wi 1 have Germany encircling Australia all over he northern frontier. (Applause.) And what do you think will follow then ? Suppose you are separate, and suppose Germany goes to war with England, what do yon think will hao r en ? You do not know, perhaps, and I do not know, but we can make a shrewd guess. Why you know there was a certain Yankee captain, who when the English were fighting the Peiho forts, in China and got rather the worst of it, watched as long as he could, and then said, with an oath I am not g' ing to repest, although I have every respect for it (laughter), “ Blood is thicker than water.” and went in and fought, for the English. (Applause ) Yes, and I say this, if we were separated to morrow, and wo saw the old mother in need, we shpuld say the same, “ Blood Is thicker than water ; you shall not beat my mother, none of you.” (Applause. I know that will be so, ladles and gentlemen, because I have tried it. You know I am In tho habit of speaking strongly, and hotly when I feel rather hotly. I happened to be up in the northern part of my diocese at. a p'ace called Shepherd-town when England was in Imminent danger of beb g set upon by France, the Gannan'c Federation, and Russia I assure you 1 felt very hot indeed, and lout this question to a meeting crammed with fine study selectors and their sons. I taid, “Doyru mean ti tell me that you are going to stand by and let the mother of lig'it and liberty be smitten to the earth by these northern despots ? Do you mean to tell me that you will let these brutal men strike your mother in the face and never strikes blow for hei ?” What do you think they did ? Jumped on the benches, every mother’s son of them, waved their hats above their heads, and said, “ Hurrah for England " (Applause.) And, ladies and gentlemen. I am not a soldier, hnt if I had been I would not have cared leading thesi men against any army that ever took the field.