Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-01-08

commenced in 1916; and Reviews add
Magazines have multiplied in equal pro-
portion. Sabbath schools, now so widely
extended. and hallowing every valley and
glen Of our whole country, had their be-
ginning within the half ceniury-lhe New
York Union having been formed 10 1917.
the American Union in 1924, and the
Massachusetts Society in 1889. Within
that period, also, most of those forms Of
benevolence designed TO meliorate the suf-
feriugs of the blind, the insane, the deal
and dumb, and the idoiic, have had their
birth. The Hartford Asylum for the
Deaf and Dumb was opened. under the
care OF Mr.. Gallaudei, in 1917; the New.
York Institution in 1918, and since that
time eighteen have been opened, and thres
institutions for the blind, and eighteen in
s,iiuiions for the insane. many of them
amply endowed and Of high character.
Our young country has borne no in-
considerable par, in that wonderful i'm
pulse given to Science and Discovery.
which makes so signal a mark upon tho
annals Of The half century. The conlri-
buttons made in this country. TO Astronomi.
cal dlscovery-to the growth, consistency
and value Of Geology, whose birth lies
within our period. by the researches Of
SIlliman, and Hitchcock, and the wise and
liberal explorations authorized by the States,
10 Chemistry, by the labors Of Hare, Silli-
man. Henry and others, and by the great
invention OF Morse. Of the Magnetic Tele-
graph. lis rapid extension over The country.
and it, subordination TO the uses Of COM
merce-to Botany, by the observation and
zeal OF Nu,all, Eaton, Elliot, Bigelow. and
Torrey-,o Zoology BY the labors Of VIII
son, and the more elaborate and splendid
researches and descriptions Of Audubon
to Mathematical science, and TO other Of
the great departments Of human knowledge
the great part borne in The practical dif-
fusion Of the sciences, by means Of skilliul
school. books and apparatus. and the gene
raj incorporation of them into the course
Of education by our colleses-all these
evidences of the progress Of science among
US are not only creditable, but highly dis
iinciive Of The age.
| 10 the progress ofthe Arts, and the ac-
cumula,ion Of weath, material resources,
and increase Of internal Improvements, the
advance has been still more striking.
Eighteen canals. some Of them among the
largest and most costly in the world, have
been constructed. Steamboats, were un.
known prior to our era-Fulton making
his first trip to Albany in 1907, in lhirty-
TWO hours. The tonnage now, of the
steamboats, on our waters, is not less than
26O. 900 tons, and the aggregate value Of
them over eighteen millions. Railroads.
100, are among the ,riumphs of the era.
the first one being finished in 1897. In
eighteen years, from 1890 10 ls4s, over
five thousand miles Of railroad were fin-
ished, al an expense Of one hundred and
twenty millions. Since then, the progress
has not been less and now among the
familiar topics Of thought and expectation.
is the completion OF a railroad TO the
Pacific.
But there is no element Of progress more
conspicuous than that exhibited during the
haf-century, in the schemes aLd achieve.
men,s Of Christian benevolence. II has
been The great era Of missions, Ct voluntary
and associated benevoence, of social and
political reform, Of revivals. and the most
cheering diffusion OF the principles of free
dom and religion. American Missions
have written all their honorable and beau
tiful history during this period. In 1910.
the American Board came into being-the
spring Of the missionary movement in this
coun,Tv-with an income Of 1899, now
increased to more than quarter Of a mill
lou. Since then, at least six other distinct
missionary associations have been formed.
which are made the medium OF annual do.
nalious for the spread Of the gospel.
amounting 10 not less than six hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. Home Missions
have had their chief development and his.
tory, il not their origin in this period.
The American Home Missionary Society
was formed by The incorporation Of several
local associations. in 1926, having an iu- b
come Of $4,000, which now reaches
about 100000. Other societies of the
kind have also multiplied both in numbers
and resources, till almost every religious
denomination has its scheme. Bible So
cIe,ies, also, are the product Of our event.
ful era the American Bible Society being
formed in 1916, enlareing from year to
year its rssources ill thew now exceed