The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-09

ys>> ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH FuLSnEsT or
Pnovare, p The religious element having en-
tered into he spirit of rejoicing with which
the nevs If \ re laying of the Atlantic cable
bias been receive and it being claimed in come
quarters that tie discovery of the telegraph
was a sort of ins vir> ton, it is interesting to
notice what may be deeAned prophetic vision
of that event Tha. which We now see real
lied, the Evangelist m. " have Seen eighteen
hundred years ago on the island of Patmos, a.
in glass dimly and the II >uowing prophetic
words may, without much stra Jung oe applied
to the great wonder of the age -
=" And !saw another mighty angel COL aSwn rros
his bead and bis face was a. were The SUM- end hin ess
And be had in his hand little book open and =
set hs right foos upon the sea and his left foot a. VIZ
earth
.Ane cried With loud voice, a. whom lion roar n
voices
And when the seven thundsss had uttered their voices
saying unto me- ssa up those things which ths ss1sa
tnundere uttered, and write them not
And me angel which saw stand upon tho SEA upSa
the earth lifted up his hand 70 heaven,
Ana sxas ~ Hin that nyst forever and ever vAe
earth the things that therein ars ana The ss ana ss
things which are therein. that thsre should b tina y
longer.
1t is not the business Of newspaper editors to
interpret prophecies. We leave that to divines,
whose more appropriate function it is. Never
theless, it strikes us that the connection of the
Old and New Worlds by the electric telegraph
comes nearer 10 realization of this vision than
do the fulfilments claimed for most of the pro
phccies Of the Bible. It requires no great
CTR ho(4L o: -, r.
electricity as the realization of the idea of the
other mighty angel come down from heaven.
clothed with q cloud" a rainbow upon his head.
and little book typical of economy of words)
in his hand; and the cable answers exactly to
the description given of the angel, having his
right foot upon the sea and his left foot on the
earth. The picture is completed, and the ASST
initiation all but perfected by the reference to
the heaven and the earth and the sea, aud By
the announcement that "time shall be 40
longer"
Whether the prophecy relates or not to the
subject with which we have suggested it's con-
nection, it is remarkable that the last clause Of
it is being literally fulfilled. Time exists GO
longer. The despatch that is forwarded from
iLoboOu ~ nOoh 40 iSColNSO Az I~SW YIN IONr
or five hours before the sun reaches his meri-
dian. What prophecy has been fulfilled in
ancient or in modern times with 50 much exac-
titude as that which is found at the commence
ment Of the tenth chapter of Revelations. We
have thus called attention to the subject, and
without going into it more fully We leave it to
the divines and theolOgians. Let us have their
views as to the prophecy and its fulflment.
Success OR FAMuRE-A CONTRAsr.-Many
wise and witty things have been said and writ
ten In all ages, to show the difference with
which the same enterprise is viewed when it re-
cults in success and when it results in failure.
We have never had any better Illustration of this
than we now have in connection with the great
enterprise of the age. After the first and second
attempts to lay the Atlantic cable had failed,
wiseacres shook their heads in sympathetic dis
appreciation Of Mr.. Field, and said, What
fool he was.' 1t was evident to them all along
that the thing could never succeed, and they
could not understand why sensible clear
headed man like Field would risk his whole
fortune In such railroad-to-tbemoon under
taking If he had ventured third of it or a
half, there might be some excuse for him. but
to have placed it all on the hazard Of die
where the chances were a hundred to one
against him-worse even than the Wall street
ottery, conducted under the name of the
Stock Exchange-was an evidence Of folly and
absurdity which they could not overlook aud
for which he deserved to suffer.
Now all that is changed. Midnight has given
place to noon. The sun shines brightly In the
heavens and the shadows Of the night have
passed away and are forgotten. Failures have
been only the stepping stones to success the
most brilliant. The cable Is laid and now the
Cyrus W. Field, although but yesterday there
were
None 80 poor 70 do him reverence.
The wiseacres who shook their heads the
other day, and pitied while they condemned
him, are now among the foremost in his praise,
and help to make his name household word
Bells are rung and guns are fred, and buildings
are Illuminated In bis honor throughout the
length and breadth Of this land and prominent
among all devices. and first on every tongue.
and uppermost in every heart, is his name
Had be not, like the great Bruce, persevered in
the face Of repeated failures until his efforts
were at length crowned with success, he would
have been held up to the growing generation
as an illustration Of the danger Of allowing our
minds TO I've absorbed by an impracticable idea,
and his history would have been served up In
play and romance, and used
To poin, moral or adoru tale
AS II is, the nation is proud Of him. the world
knows him, and all mankind ia his debtor.