The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-08


By the line Of thought which any man must follow
understand the progress Of the rise in past times God
at the outset when Christianity introduced had ga
thered the Roman empire, extending the whole
world under head, and had linked 1t together with
distant provinces with links Of steel The Assyrsn en-
pire stretched itself from from river
70 river TO the end Of the earth and the Greek empire
did So as to be extensive with the Roman EN-
Iire afterwards Why was it, IL was because God had
clements to introduce that required further lines Of
npncston running the earth to its widest dstri
tution and therefore 1t that he had united in his
Providence so many OF the remotes and most strange
tiCns under another that when Paul preach
ing before Caesar lac preaching through the world In
time that arrangement became longer necessary and
another necessary involving the breakng up of
that great empire Civilization demanded II In respect
simply TO civilization the interests Of Christianity de
nanded 1t. And then came TO pass the breaking
no Of the Roman empire and during that time
there was held grasp OF grasp Of prescy and
Papacy-upon tumutuous and surging population in
tie middle ages and believe that lie much proyden-
tAl fact any other do see how religion other
wife could have been hcpt alive The first thing to be
the jews set apart The next thing to proclaim
1t throughout the world and for that the Roman empire
was made universal The next thing to be done to
bring about reformation OF the abuses and In the
doctrine that had been absorbed into It, and for that the
Roman empire parted, and different nations we're
erected and the inventions which Christianity threw
for Itself as progressed In society Into and
operation among men The next thing to colonize
this country that it should become . Protestant
Christian nation, and that done under Gods
providence and now, the next thing is to dis
which has been upheld BY the past. Lord Brougham
said, many years ago, that not an axe could
fall in American forest that did not set in motion
shuttle in Manchester as an evidence OF the immediate
relations between England and America How nmedi-
that relation lie may be known from the fact that the
scarcely TO interpose any barrier between
the two nations. Into whose hands has God put the
power for distributing his influence the earth,
What nation Is 1t that the steam engine its nsru
ment Is 1t SPAIN Is 1t Italy No. 1t Is England and
America Look at the changes Of the last cen
fury. France had the CaDsdas, Spain had Mexi-
CO, Chill Peru, sud the mouth Of the Missis-
sippi and Portugal had the Brazils. Who has
them now! Most Of them independent, srd the in
luence of England is greater in every of them
than the parent countries 10 day. England and Ame
RIGA rule the Of the world These the
wonderful influences OF the Protestant religion which by
Sod good providence will the whole world unto
.hrtt This nation hx more power than any for dis
tioutng such influence and must fail to accom-
phh the great work which God has imposed upon
We mus, MI the heart Of this nation through and
htousn' 90 that hsll control the whole body Of the
e1pe oy Naching the evangelical faith and steadfast
70 the Truth as II is In Christ and when this
paton becomes an ally and minister of God 10 the re-
o. ,ne world the signs and prophecies Of the past
W. De inlnied N II We ought TO pray for the mission
VINO are going fromus, but we ought not 10 syra
psthize with Them and glad that the SERVICES ofthe
evening contained nothing Of the kind for IL Is this vor