Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-03-01

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teyy.} af California-The Future. g.3,st -.
+. We doubt if all the marvellous ,revolu-
lions Of l84S have SO agitated the minds
Of the American people, as the discovery
Of extensive gold mines in our new terri
tory on the Pacific, AS the press has
spread the infection, almost every body
from Eastport to Point Isabel has been
seized with the epidemic. From all parts
Of the country, intelligence reaches US that
this new type Of 'syellow-feyer' is carry
ing off its yictims--to California. Almost
every Atlantic port hepls to swell the fleet.
The passes Of the Rocky Mountains are
becoming thoroughfares for the emigrant
gold-diggers. A new crusade is proclaim
ed-not Of chivalry, but Of ararice not for
the holy land, but the land Of gold. Some
"leave their country for their country's
good;"d but many ofithe sons of our best
citizens 60 to seek afort,rne, perhaps a
grave, perhaps both, IN this new Ell Dora
DO. The passions iha, paralyzed the IN
Idustry, and corrupted the morals, and +ef-
feeted the ruin q. Spain, are raging in the
breasts OF millions. Of our ceunlrymen:
whether they shall be controlled and sane
titled, depends, under God, on the prompt
ness and efficiency Of the movements for
throwing the restraining, conservative in
fuence Of the Gospel around them ~" y,
II may not be easy 10 fathom the divine
purposes respecting these new develop
ments Of Providence. But iris obvious
that one design is to quicken the zeal Of
Christians in the work of God. When
Cotton Mather was in the midst Of a SER
mon on 'ssthe voice Or God III The thunder"
he says a message Just then received, that
his own house was struck BY lightning,
gave g, sensible edge"' TO his discourse
Such ga sensible edge is given TO- all the
the preexisting motives to holy living and
Jealous effort by the truth, stranger, than
fiction, respecting onr new POSSESSIONS
And now, if we would have the land des.
olated by he plague, of consuming coyet.
business; ii we would save the Sacrament
TO valley from becoming Pandemonium
ii Ne would keep the nation from Tioting,
and drunkenness, and destI uction, the peo-
pie of s God must. stand steadtastsin their
integrity, and not merely breast the waves
of seltishness and worldliness that will
s. weep across the continent, but now more
than ever, multiply, and sustain the agen-
.cies for aggressive evangelization.. To re-
TAX the aoar now, is to plunge downath
cataract To ifaherti whensaths conflict
thickens, is certain defeat. 5a"anta7 aashsa
s4l But there is another aspect Of this, mat
-ter.o This, strange movement has brought
another million square miles OF territory
into tire field Of domestic evangelization,
and is popula,ing portions Of with unex-
ampled rapidly. Home and foreign mis-
,sions have struck hands or the Pacific
Bible aud Tract operations have girdled
the globe. Anglo Saxon civilization will
spread along the Pacific, building cities
founding colleges and ~ schools, and
churches, setting up printing presses,
making railroads, and epropening steam
ships. The commerce Of the far, east will
seek the marlss Of, our far. western ports
and find its outlets through the channels
formed BY American enterprise across our
continent. May il not be, that the causes
which have thronged the Atlantic states
with European immigrants, will crowd
the Pacific shores with the teeming popu.
lation Of the Asiatic nations? And a.
Germany, France, and Ireland have beer
leavened, in amcasure, with republican
and evangelical principles, and will be ir
a greater degree by the reflex influence o.
their emigration; SO. may it not be thai
China India, and evenJapan, shall receive
missionaries, in due time, from the con.
verts among their native emigrants to The
American cost?i Thus it may be, ano
doubtless is the design ofGod to turn III,
flank of heathenism, and from new ant
nexpected quarter, with all the advan.
tages Of contiguity and facilities Of inter
course, to assail the kingdom Of darkness
San Francisco may become great centre
Of missionary operations for the South
American republics, the islands Of the sea
and the Asiatic nations. Bible and Tract
organizations maythence penetrate the do.
minions ofidolatry through all the avenues
of commerce and charity. The Sandwich
Islands, under gracious and providentia
preparation for quarter Of a century
may serve as the great "maritime depots'
81 the army Of evangelization. ,..5 =:
Mammon may mol lift his eyes from his
"muck rake long enough to see all this
Demas may not look above his "Hill Ln.
cre." S,and-still may put his hands in
his pockets and wish the church and The
world would be quiet. Doubtful may
think il will all be palmer when il, is over
But Evangelist thinks all these strang.
providential developments have a solemn
evangeiic import, when he reads, II,
shall have dominion, from sea TO sta, ant
from the river TO the ends of the, earth.
ssThe kings Of Tarshisl and Of the isle
shall bring presents" "To Him shall b
given of the gold Of sheba."lo"And lie
the whole earth be filled with His glory
bib Are Christians ready forosuch an an
swsr to their daily 'sprayer, "fhy king
dom Gomez" When providencesa NOR
wonderful than miracles are preparing +
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