Litchfield enquirer., 1853-02-24
From the Puritan Recorder.
A Generation Of the Thousand Mil,

4 G0Ner2J1On Oh INC TROuSanW NH
Such a generation approaches For
FIRST, God has provided the resources for
it's support. The earth 10 full Of thy
riches, o Lord 90 10 this great and wide
sea- No 6nancier, indeed, can tell what
riches unrevealed Nature holds in trust
from God for man. But the land surface
of the globe is computed at fifty millions
Of square miles. Call one fourth of this
uninhabitable. Let the remaining three
fourlhs be covered with population OF
three hundred in the square mile, which is
less than one person to every two acres.
and less than the present density of popu>
lation 10 England, and you have genera.
tion of ten thousand milliGns. Over vast
portions of the domain decided by the Ma
ker to Adam and his race, still roam, un-
disturbed by man, the wolf, the tiger and
the elephant.
South America, teemins with the riches
of a creating God, 10 redeemed from utter
solitude BY only two persons on each
square mile. whore twice two hundred
might live in high christian civilization and
comfort. Let these rich wastes be settled
by the worlds best races, let imperial sci.
ence exact from nature her ampler Teven~
ues, let Northern yigor and good will as
sail the Torrid Zone, let the vast areas
covered with tobacco, thorns and thistles
be covered with wheat and cOru-let the
vast energies Of mind and muscle. the
wealth beyond computation, now worse
than wasted, be made to subserve human
velfare-let the waters Of the world yield
their largest tributes-let christian civil.
lization provide for tho proper diffusion OF
this aff1uence among mankind. let the
life OF God vitalize the heart Of the race.
and control its energies, and the ten thou-
sand millionS shall not lack for bread and
all the high blessings of a christian, social
state. Indeed, 10 the fancy wild. that sees
Ia the great christian future, human be-
ing, or oven Two we'll supported on every
acre of three four.hs Of Gods dry land
But who sees that vi. ion, sees generation
of twenty four or forty eight thousand mil
liDns!
Fifty thousand millions! Can mortal
prove that even such generation would
bankrupt the revenues of God Ia the 80.
cret stores Of nature
But, SECONDLY, the providence OF God
il throwing open these stores 40 never be.
fore since the world began. The spies OF
commerce. science, and christianity. trace
every river, pierce every forest. scale
every mountain Of the habitable world
The emigran. ship and the emigraut wag-
on, manned with pioneers. armed with Ok
and pillow, spindle and spelling book, are
expanding the realms OF civilization more
powerfully and widely than did the legiOus
OF Julius Caesar. And the missionary,
with his dictionary and Bible. 10 doing still
more. A spirit of migration. from God.
stirs nations from their ancient seats. and
by millions thew march to fulfil (uncOn-
sciously) Gods old decree that the earth
shalI b. inhabited.' ' A a*#
The low races Of barbarians. scattered
thrO' the worlds old wildnernosses. seem
doomed to the alternative of speedy civil.
cation or speedy extinction, for soon every
aero Of the habitable esrth will be marked
OF and decided 10 some tiller Of the ground.
Steam and lightning, angels swift and
strong, head tho great crusade. TTea.
snres, rich and manifold, are thns accu-
mulaiing at mans footstool. And what
achieV 0ments Of science, skill and en'er-
prise, transcendiDg all inst classic poets
ascribed Of old TO classic gods.
Commerce, too, like an angel OF might
and goodness, distributes through ail All
tudes and lOngtiludes the products OF each
cline, stimulating oil to exact from 'and
and seas their richest stores. Commerce
too like an angel Of peace, throws her chain
upon the demon Of war, and myriads OF
victims are spared to enhance and ePloy
the means Of human welfare. The De.
mOcralic principle 10 taking possession ct
human government. The gospel Of Christ,
armed with q regenOEatang spirit % work.
ing itself as controlling element int0 the
life aud struclure Of human sOciety.-