The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-08-24


and our county saved. Aud how should
an oppressive but rcponiiOg nation keep d
fastf The word OF the Lord plainly tells
us how. Is not this tho fast that have
chosen, TO loose the bands of wicked0ess
10 undo tho heavy burdens aud let the op.
pressed go free, and that ye brake every
yo6of When We ar9 as ready ia put
away om sins as to ccnfess them, then the
Lord will turn again o,id bless us.
! We are called on to-day not only TO make
confession Of our sins and pray for pardon,
but to pray for the suppression Of tho re.
hc'lion, tho reunion of the several States.
and the restoration Of order and law and
peace. We arc called on to pray that tho
| Supreme Ruler of the Universe will not
destroy us, nor suffer us to be DESTROYED.
but that we may still maintain our place
among tho uatious Of The Garth. There is
strange unwillingness OH the part of
many, TO acknowledge our danger They
regard confession OF danger equivalent to
an acknowledgment that we are beaten, or
will be beaten by our enemies. Hence
they speak proudly and boast that no ma
tion no power nor combination of powers
is able to subduo or weaken this great nh.
ton. So thought Rome, arter her legious
had overrun Goul aud Britain and destroy.
cd Carthage and trampled under foot Asia
Minor and che Grccian states though lust
then on the eve of destruction. SO thought
Assyrria in the days of her strength, when
she seut that mighty army against Israel
but tho angel of the Lord soon taught Tho
Assyrans that human strength is weak.
ness, when God opposes. Napoleon once
said that Providence is on tho side that
has the greatest guns. But go to Water
loo and impure the cause Of his overthrow,
1t was not the superior gcncralship of
Wellington, Notwithstanding tho opinion
of Englishnen to the contrary. A few
hours before tho battle, which decided the
late of Napoleon and Of Europe, there fell
heavy rain and soltened the ground, SO
that his great guns could not be used, to
advantage. And the delay caused by the
rain gave time for the reinforcements to
reach the allied powers before the battle
was decided. That shower Of rain was
what conquered Napoleon in spite Of his
great guus
| see, moving off the coast of Spain, the
most splendid fleet ever sailed tho seas
one hundred and thirty mon Of war.
That Is the Inviuciblo Armada Of Spain-
tho 81 A4s.-.,e .Jni--a.- -,
have made such dis play of strength on
the seas. But God sends a storm and do
stroys tho iIcet and humbles tho pride
70 Spain. We may learn wisdom
dom by looking to the history Of other ma
tious, to see how God rules in tho armies,
Of the earth, Ms well as in tho armies OF
heaven. Now that we have become "a
great nation, able to marshal mighty ar
mics and send ont matchlcss fleets to sea
we are apt to forget where our strength
lies. Like NebUchadnez29r We takc all
tho glory to ourselves. Tho words and the
fate of that proud king ought to remind as
that God still rules. In the days of his
glory, whom his kingdom had become the
greatest in the EARTH and his capital city
surpassed all others, the king spako and
said Is not this great Babylon chat | have
built by the might of my power, and for
the honor Of nsamajosty2 For this boast.
ing and besep Is he would not give God
the glory, Ge'%as deprived of his reason
unnamed rGd driven out with the beasts
of the heltEIKil soyen times had passed
over his ho9I. Ard when he was uttorly
humblod hc spako in another strain
'sThen Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine
exssso heaven, and mine understanding
&ned unto me. Then | bless the Mos
4 49,, and praised and nonored him that
lsfhvoth forever whose dominion is an ever
lasting dominion, and his kingdom is from
4 generation to generation, He doeth ac
cordng to his own will, in the armies o
heaven and among the nations Of the eartl
and mono can stay his hand. And nov
when our humiliation is sufficient, and on
understanding fully returns, and we Rck
nowledge the God Of heaven we may expoc
his Judgments to be removed, and our na
ton restored to his favor.
7. But the eyes Of the nation seem to b,
turned to Grant and Sherman moro thai
to God We acknowledge tho supremac.
i. of the hero rather than the God of battles
0 Therefore, the darkness still gathers, an
, the storm cloud of battle sweeps on. Thi
t is moment big with The fate of nations
4 for the destiny ofmany people is wrapt u
in our destiny Already, more than tweI
q ty nations make up our OWL. They al
i pouring lp upon us from the East while IL
r broad Pacific is becoming another highwa
/, over which the tribes of the farther Ea
are pouring TO our golden castle. The tid
!. of emigration is swelling; and still the
f come Well let them come, We bid the
welcome to the home Of freemen. We sti
, believe that God has chosen this land to |
a home for the oppressed Of all othc
4 lands.
. Dutthe influence of this nation viii n
/. be limited to those who reach our shore
" Already il is oltacross the ocean. WI
j. tho Autocrats Of Russia aud China no 9th
=. ration wiolds greater Influence than o
ia own. American Instiutons are mouldil
D. tile politics Of many Earopeau States. F
"a more than half century, the eyes Of
m Europe have been turned 10th New WoI
\. eagerly watching us, as we work out /
" grand experiment of seH goyernmept