Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-09-17

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Of surprise than was caused by the an
that the cable was landed.
Men were struck dumb with amazement.
They refused to believe. 1t seemed i'm
possible that victory should press so close
ly-upon the footsteps Of defeat. But God
had the enterprise in His own care, and
gave it the victory just at that moment
when it would most signally display His
over-ruling hand, and most effectually
strengthen the weak faith of man.
Having seen something of the watch
ful care God has taken OF the enterprise,
let US glance at some of the purposes He /
seeks TO accomplish by it. The strictly /
religious uses of the telegraph are not
the most obvious. Yet it is not difficult !
to conceive that it has such uses. It may
be the means of saving souls. 1t is on
record that sinner was converted by
means of the telegraph, who would have
died in his sins but for that. A soldier
in India lay upon his dying bed, ''having
no hope, and without God" No Chris
tian was near TO direct him to the Lamb
of God. But he knew of Christian
hundred and sixty miles distant, and to
him he telegraphed-'J am dying. What
must | do to be saved :" Instantly came
back the message of free grace Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt
be saved , ard back and forth went ques-
ton and answer till the soul of the dying
man found peace in believing, and he
left the world with words of hope and
JOY on his lips. The teIegraphic dispatch
es which have gone from city to city, and
from one prayer-meeting to another du-
ring the present Great Awakening have
had an appreciable effect in enkindling or
maintaining an interest, in giving a uni
form tone to religious feeling throughout
the country, and in exciting among Chris
tians holy emulation in the service of
God. In these brief messages there is
something of the directness of personal
intercourse, a directness which renders
them much more effective than similar
messages in writing can be. The faith,
the JOY, the devotion, which animate the
/ hearts OF Christians in one place, are, by
/ the very announcement of their existence
| inspired in the hearts Of Christians else
where. Hereafter, not only will hearts
answer to hearts in this country, but
hearts in this country to hearts in Eng
land and throughout the Christian world.
The great influence which the tele-
graph will have on the morals of the
world is apparent even to cursory obser-
vation. More than anything else of a
merely material nature, it will make per-
petual peace between England and
America possible and probable. That
slender rope of wire at the bottom of
the ocean ties the hearts of the two ma
tions together. Their respective chief
magistrates, in the first messages which il
conveyed across the waters, united in ex
pressing a feryent hope that it may
prove to be a bond of perpetual peace
and friendship between the kindred ma
tions." The people will, yet more heart
lily cherish the same sentiment, and will
not only hope, but demand that this shall
be the time and this the occasion to bury
all the ancient prejudices and animosi-
ties, and henceforth to have no other
rivalries than those Of love and good
works. This is now, more than evel
before, the interest Of the countries
Their business relations are brought
= into such intimate union that every fiuc-
} tuation of trade and commerce will affec
the two nations simultaneously anC
t throughout their whole extent. A rist
z or fall Of consols in London in the morn
! ing will tell upon all the stock sold il
2 Wall and State streets in the afternoon
r Let the Bank of England suddenly
7 make a considerable contraction OF it
2 circulation, and within three days thu
= Bank of Orleans will put itself in posi-
J ton to do the same. 4 variation IN tn,
I price Of grain in the English market
e will disturb the value of every bushel 0
: wheat on all the prairies of the West
n While such quick sympathy between
V all the pecuniary interests Of the twr
Y countries exists, and It must now con
d tinue while the world stands, war be
: tween England and America would b
n hardly less deplorable than a war be
: tween New York and Pennsylvania
d Selfshness has heretofore been the grea
It promoter of wars as between thes
d two countries, it viii hereafter be in th
If providence of God, the great conserva
n tor Of the peace.
d A single fact in our past history vii
e show how, even when war seems inevi
u able, the telegraph may prevent it. Ou
70 last war with Great Britain-may 1t fol
n ever be the lasi-was commenced by G
ID 10 obtain redress for numerous wrong
p suffered from that country, one Of th
e. most grievous Of which was her ordel
le in council" bywhich our whole commerC
with Europe was greatly embarrasse,
III and, in fact, almost destroyed. War W;
to declared on the 18Th Of June, 1872
e Before that day, the obnoxious orde
Lh had been repealed, but the fact Of the
j. repeal was not known here. Had Il
Is Atlantic Telegraph then existed, the il
u teligence Of the repeal would have bet
D instantly transmitted, the declaration
is war would have been deferred, ia hol
ar that further negotiations would procu
be reparation Of other injuries, and vel
1t probably a Peaceable solution Of Il
X whole difficulty would have taken plae
,ss to the saving Of thousands Of lives, nj
e, ions Of money, and an incalculable amou