difference of temperament, the physiologist tells us that after careful analysis he finds out that the plasma and the disk in the human blood have the same characteristics:  so that if you should put twenty men from twenty nationalities abreast in line of battle, and a bullet should fly through the hearts of the twenty men, the blood flowing forth would, through analysis, prove itself to be the same blood in every instance.  In other words, the science of the day confirming the truth of my text that “God hath made of one blood all nations of men.”

I have thought, my friends, it might be profitable this morning if I gave you some of the moral and religious impressions which I received when, through your indulgence, I had transatlantic absence.  First, I observe that the majority of people in all lands are in a mighty struggle for bread.  While in nearly all lands there are only a few cases of actual starvation reported, there is a vast population in every country I visited who have a limited supply of food, or such food as is incompetent to sustain physical vigor.  This struggle in some lands is becoming more agonizing, while here and there it is lightened.  I have joy in reporting that Ireland, about the sufferings of which we have heard so much, has far better prospects than I have seen there in previous visits.  In 1879, coming home from that land, I prophesied the famine that must come upon, and did come upon, the deluged fields of that country.  This year the crops are large, and both parties—­those who like the English Government and those who don’t like it—­are expecting relief.  I said to one of the intelligent men of Ireland:  “Tell me in a few words what are the sufferings of Ireland, and what is the Land Relief enactment?” He replied:  “I will tell you.  Suppose I am a landlord and you a tenant.  You rent from me a place for ten pounds a year.  You improve it.  You turn it from a bog into a garden.  You put a house upon it.  After a while I, the landlord, come around, and I say to my agent:  ’How much rent is this man paying;’ He answers, ‘Ten pounds.’  ’Is that all?  Put his rent up to twenty pounds.’  The tenant goes on improving his property, and after awhile I come around and I say to my agent, ’How much rent is this man paying?’ He says, ‘Twenty pounds.’  ’Put his rent up to twenty-five pounds.’  The tenant protests and says, ‘I can’t pay it.’  Then I, the landlord, say, ‘Pay it or get out;’ and the tenant is helpless, and, leaving the place, the property in its improved condition turns over to the landlord.  Now, to stop that outrage the Relief Enactment comes in and appoints commissioners who shall see that if the tenant is turned out, he shall receive the difference of value between the farm as he got it and the farm as he surrenders it.  Moreover, the government loans money to the tenant, so that he may buy the property out and out if the landlord will sell.”  Mighty advancement toward the righting of a great wrong!  But there and in all lands, not excepting our own, there is a far-reaching distress.  And let those who broke their fast this morning, and those who shall dine to-day, remember those who are in want, and by prayer and practical beneficence do all they can to alleviate the hunger swoon of nations.