The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-04-26

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Gods word for it, yet ace are not able to
see the good, for aoe see through a glass
darkly. and can not comprehend the re-
lations Of one event 10 another, in all its
rami6cations; hence. we do not under
stand the bearing which one event has
upon another. God has a apurpose in this
event, and although we may MT bo able
to comprehend that purpose, at present,
yet we are sure that God will bring some
good out of it, although it is now cause
for deep mourning.
What may be that purposcs We Ame-
Iicans are great hero worshipers. When
we find man we love and revere, we
"x alt him far above mans true position.
When we find a man who has done SO
mncA for our country's welfare as our
late President, we are prone to forget
| the Lord who makes the man, the instru-
ment in His hands of these things, and
we lean upon the arm Of flesh, entirely
losing sight Of Gods agency in the mat
ter. Especially have you seen this to
be the case in the history Of our country
during the last four years. One general
fails. and we are downcast-we have
placed too much confidence in him, a..d
when he shows us his unftness or inca
pacity for the high place to which he is
elevated. we lose almost all confidence
until we get another human arm to which
we may cling. All wrong. II we had
that confidence in GoD which we ought
TO have in Him, as the God of nations,
we would not feel SO utterly forsaken
when one Of Gods agents is removed
from us. We have not made God the
stronghold Of our confidence, but we have
placed too much reliance in our Presi
dent.
Do not misunderstood me rs saving
that he was not IN every way worthy our
love and respect; but yet he was only
man--an agent in GoD's hand for accom-.
pliShing His purposes--and as such, we
should have looked beyond the agent to
the prime mover of all these things, and
should have placed ourconfdeuce there
instead of In the arm of flesh. We be.
lieve that, under God, President Lincoln
was the preserver Of his country. and the
longer he would have lived the more we
should have loved him, and in this try.
ing hour of the nations regeneration,
when so much was dependent upon our
President we were in danger Of losing
Sight of Gods hand, and seeing only our
Chief Magistrate, in these stirring events.
That which draws away our affections
from The true and only proper object Of
Alteration and confidence, is oftentimes
removed from our sight, that we NAV be
ed to the true and living God And why
may not this be The case in our national l
bereavement? One month ago we read
m article written BY politician, in which I
he used this language. " God grant to
spare the life Of Abraham Lincoln for
he nation must go to ruin if he dies"
Now Abraham Lincoln is dead, and the
nation has not gone--is not going to
ruin. God will teach men. by his special I
'cts Of Providence, that His arm is the {
'nF safe support nftime Of trouble, and
i they put their trust in man. they will s
ind that it is not a safe confidence.
Says David. the man after Gods own (
,eart, ~ is etter 10 trust in the Lord Z
han to put confidence in man. "It is
'etter to trust the Lord than put conf S
ence in princes ~ g God removcth l
ings and setteth up kings"-He himself
the kln5 el Blngs, and 1T is wiser to
rust in Him than in rulers under Him t
hey may fail, but He shall never fail n
Ie has absolute control over all the soy Il
reigns and rulers Of the earth, to place u
, authority whom He will. and to le- a
,ove them when He will This thought y
! our text was doubtless suggested toi /
'aniel, and made the foundation of thisll ID
orlion Of Ills hymn ofpraise, from what e
e was permitted to see. in the disclosures U
ade TO him in the Interpretation of the d'
Teani. He saw, at that time. that there g.
ould be most important revolutions Of
ngdoms and nations, under the hand Of ri
cd; and being deeply impressed with Ihs
lese great prospective changes, he makes ca