Smyrna times., 1858-09-23

er- tue peoples; together carrying their merchal
nd die to every port, working the machinery th
he accomplisheS more than all the Combined labc
n. OF the rest of mankind; together traversng I'll
he great deep, "walking in search of the depth,
d, going even to " the doors of The north - topt
I'd ther exchanging friendly courtesies, as in tn
as restoration of abled vessels together fulfil
Ih ing the pledges of their treaties, in suppressin
is every form of base traffic and oppression, an
ID protecting the sanctity of international law
of and, lastly, together weaving the mystic cor
IS which now knits them into one as the parts O
If the same continent, and relates them to eacl
r other as nelghbors on the opposite side of (
: great highway and thoroughfare. Must the,
not feel that here is an alliance of all the ele
4 ments OF peace uniting them, upon which Goo
has set his seal and strengthened it with his
5 own arm Yes! it is the vital bond of union
f between the mother and her child. This speak.
; lng-wIre gives pledge to us of its future pro-
mise, IN It's first utterances "peace on earth.
good VIII To man." Its voice has gone unto the
ends OF the world, and we behold the two hem.
Ispneres nterlocked in friendly embrace.
While single nation has been rejoicing in
the teats of her arts and warlike monuments.
whole continent, aye! the world lifts Up its
loud halleJuh and song of" peace, goodwill to-
wards men," Every battle of the warrior is
with confused noise and garments rolled in
blood" but this is triumph that portends no
evil to any one and is TO be the medium of
thought and feeling for the nations 1t inau.
gurates new era in their history, and opens,
as by the llghtning's glare, new and easy
path for the diplomacy of foreign courts, and
an escape from all the dark inricacies and en-
langllng harrassments occasioned by delay and
IN the adjustment and correction of mis-
understanding. By its very nature, as subtle
ana invisible element and medium of communi-
cation, it is leading the mind from the gross.
ness of an appeal TO arbitration by arms, and
causing men, as well as nations, to despse the
settlement of questions of law and right by the
lest OF physical prowess. Its tendency is to
elevate and dignity the relations of nations bv
by the very triumph itself, as by the lesson it
teaches OF the superiority of mind to matter
We cannot but stop to reflect what a contrast
il presents TO the invention of gunpowder, or to
any other OF the resources of war. Along its
consecrated track, messages of peace have flown
with the wings Of the lightning, and its first
communicat tions are, that there is peace in
China, that its ports are open, and that it is
about tobe admitted to the society of nations.--
In the words of the poet
-" No storms the chain shall break;
Nations our greetings take
Hear now call
Peace speaks from shore TO shore,
Good will be eVermUre-
While this work adore,
Praise God for all'
3. The third reason that may be given
for our rejoicing, and showing the common ad-
vantage conferred upon all by this work, is,
that it is a new highway of intelligence-an
additional means of increasing knowledge and
quckening the minds of men. The earth and
the ocean are now bound with electric railways,
upon which knowledge travels with rapidiry
greater thun that of steam. Local barriers are
all leveled, the sea is bridged and men are al
most ubiquitous. So near are the most distant
nations about to be brought together, that word
can no sooner be spoken, an important fact or
event transpire, than its echo is heard in
another hemisphere, and it is discoursed upon
by the very antipodes. The American me.
trOpois has become the suburbs of the great
city of London; and their inhabitants have |
been interchanging the salutations of hosp. |
tdlity and friendship on the same day at their
national banQuets. This new and almost instan-
taneous power of communication will not only |
produce important changes in the commercial |
and political world, saving men from the delu-
sion OF RumOr, the imposltlOns of Fraud, from |
unnecessary shipments and outfits, and ena- |
bling them TO act with intelligent forethought,
and not by mere speculative conjecture; but |
we may regard i: as voice crying in the will. |
derness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord
make straight in the desert highway for our
God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every
mountain and hill shall be made low, and the |
crooked shall be made straight, and the rough
places lain, and the glory Of the Lord shall be
revealed, and all flesh shall see it together
for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it," 1t
is token of the fulfllment of prophecy, that
men shall run 10 aud fro and knowledge shall
increase, and no man shall say, Know the
Lord" but all shall know him, from the least TO
the greatest. The words OF the Psaimist ppIy
to this wonderful invention, "Ther line has
gone out through all the earth, and their words
unto the end of the world" There will soon
be no speech, nor language, where the voice of
the gospel is not heard. Soon the intelligence
of another revival. new outpouring of Gods
spirit will be flashed along these minsterlng
wires to the missionaries in foreign lands
soon, doubt not (the time is at hand), when
the whole Christian world can be simultaneous
ly gathered together in prayer before the throne
Of grace, agreed 10 one want and invoking the
Divine manifestation among the nations. And
soon, (who can doubt itD those wires will
trenble with the mighty cry, sent over to US
by Gods servants, as from the heather, Men,
brethren, what must we do? :" This great in
vention, and this application of it, even along
the beds of the ocean. where eternal silence
reigns, is TO become the consecrated organ Of
spiritual and religious sympathy and union be-