Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-06

" tbr OtaSiot HQhfu
.C -@sAA4eAa
"Ana he cried aud sale; Alas, mssteri far 40
was borrowed. 80 Kings, Vi. 5.
Notwithstanding the general proiiiga-
cy Of Israel, through the influence
Elisha, the schools of the prophets In
creased 10 suoh an extent that the place
where they dwelt was too strait for them.
And the sons Of the prophets said, ''Let
us go, we pray thee, unto Jofdon, and
take thence every man beam, aud let
us make Us place there where we can
dwell. And he answered, 20 ye. And he
said, be content, pray thee and 10 with
thy servants. And be answered, will
20. So he went with them, and when
they came to Jordan they cut down
wood. But as one was telling beam,
the ax head fell into the water; and he
cried, and said, Alas, masteFi for 10 pds
borrowed And the men OF God said,
Where fell it2 And he showed him the
place, and he cut down stick, and cast
il in thither; and the iron did swim.
Therefore said he, Take il up to thee
Aud he put out his hand, and took it.
lst TAe fgsplemeHt a0ith pAich ths
serran icas telliag tAe rood, seas bOr-
rosOed.
We, an nation, are the recipients of
many borrowed blessings from God.
This land-one of the garden.spota Of
earth, with It's mountains, hills, valleys.
rivers and lake8---is from God. ltyields
its gold, silver, lead. coal, corn, wine,
milk, honey and oil One Of the last
blessings bestowed upon Moses was the
privilege Of standing upoa Mount Neho,
and beholding the promised land. One Of
the high privileges Of the American eiti.
zen is 10 stand upon the frost mailed
mountains Of the North, or upon the
hills Of the sunny South, beholding the
natural beauties Of this fair heritage
Almost entirely surrounded By water, ii
would seem that God, in his providence,
had set apart this country for this pecu-
liar people, and well may they sings
Columbia, tho gem Of the ocean,
Tho land of the brave aud the free
Tho shrine OF each patriots devotion,
The world ohers homage 70 thee"
But what Ia o country without gov
ernment2 1t is a garden without fence,
subject to be trodden down and devasta.
ted by every prowling beast like the
workman's implement, a heive without
the ak, utterly useless in his hands. We
have the best civil government under the
sun; one after which all other govern
ments may well copy and we believe
before Christ comes TO rule King Of Ma
tons, the Republican form of Govern.
ment win be adopted by all the world.
We are n fair people. Some Of the
race are black, some are red, and many
have various pecnliarities which render
them much less comely than We But
alas for usl We have found ont too soon
that we are handsome
We also have a noble language, equal,
If not superior, 20 any other in the world.
God has blessed us with peace For
more than fifty years the angry clouds of
war had not gathered on our nation s
horizon. aNUG
We grew in numbers, wealth and pow
er as no other nation ever grew. We
said, 1.-THE cattle upon thousand hills
and every beast of the Geld ara mine.
God has also given to this nation
ssFhcus souRe, A.
Whose sudden visitatiOns dare the world,
And vanish like lightning, bat lsavs behind
A voice that in the distance far away
waksns the siumbering ages"
Our pulpits have been graced with the
eloquence of Bascom, q Snethen, a
Beecher, n Stockton, and Simpson.
Our armies have been led foFtkto victory
by Washington, a jackson, Sheridan,
q Sherman and Grant And most
uobly has the Ship of State been steered
by Washington, Jackson. Jefferson, and
the lamented Lincoln. God gave US
Il E. L.. tAA.1A,.f~a1 eIss -.
and political heads of the Government.
Thsy seere borroUed- -
. There mast haze been some aegi-
9enec upon the part Of The serranh or
he could haUe discovered the looseness
or ar, and kept IL .Jrom falling iat0
| the tcatcr. n .r..r -,f.s,-
We have not only been guilty in the
sight of God, of sins of omission, but also
| of commission. We were spending nail
lions of dollars annually for Intoxicating
liquors Thirty thousand Of our citizens
! we're swept into eternity every year by
/ intemperance. We were spending more
/ for tobacco than for all educational pur
poses. We were spending more for the
support Of dogs than for the support o.
the ministers of the Gospel
We were guilty Of Sabbath-hreaking
Of diobedience 70 parents, Of pride, o.
covetousness, Of profanity, and OF for
getting God In many things God did
not seem to hs in all our thoughts. Sew
eral times our efforts were crowned witt
success; victory perched upon cur ban
uer, but again We acted foolishly and
wickedly, our hearts grew proud, and
we began 10 wonder Il there was not soms
way By which to exist as q nation, and
still retain the seGaeerf which had 81
long been eating at the very vitals of tbs
Government. The results were, reversei
followed our efforts TO put down the re
bellion.
Again we grew humble and Penitent
The stronghold of the rebellion fell
The rebel chief and the flower of tn
enemy's army were captured. How die
; the people act upon the reception of thi