The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-02-01
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greatest pulpit orator in AmeriCs, do
Iivered a lecture in that city o few
evenings ego, upon "The Future of
Our Country" The editor informs his
readers that "the attendance at the
Bishops lecture was very large, and
that, from the first sentence to the
last, he had attention. We can
scarcely recall an occasion when each
hearer seemed so thoroughly absolved
with the discourse. There was moth
ing in tono but the purely Oonvcrsa-
tional, and yet the spell was absolute" ."
If we had the space to spare in this
weeks issue, we would be glad to lay
before our readers the whole Of the
lecture, but our readers will be amply
paid in reading q synopsis Of the able
and eloquent address. ~
The chief points made were that
the future Of this country is to be
great and glorious:--
First. From the convictior which
God has given our people that the
destiny Of our land is to be q great
one.
Second. The same conviction exists
in the hearts Of the masses OF the peo-
pie Of the other nations Of the earth.
Third. The material elements for
the growth OF our country are indi-
cations Of its future growth. Look
at the map Of our country ard you
will notice thatit occupies the "belt
Of power" "a
From the earliest history Of our
race, the capital Of no great nation
has ever existed south OF the
Equator, nor has such q nation or
capital existed south Of rs degrees
north OF the Equator Let our
thoughts run over ancient history,
and you will see that Carthage, Egypt,
Palmyra and Greece, Germany and
Gaul, all lie between rs and 90 de-
grees of north latitude. Great Brit
ain, part of Prussia aud Russia, ex-
tend north of this, but leaving out
those parts of countries, the belt VI
power from earliest history has been
between rs and % degrees north lati-
tude. Aud between the 25th and
49th degrees on the north, the precise
latitude that has ruled all other parts
of the world, God has placed us; the
center of literature, Of philosophy, Of
poetry, Of craftsmanship, If the
laws of God be uniform, and the same
principles govern tor the thousand
years to cope that have governed for
the thousand years Of the past, the
peop.e who exist IN this country must
be one of the great ruling powers Of
the earth.
Turn to Egypt, Pbenicia, Greece,
and the other great countries, and
you will see how vast our area COM
pared with the most favored nations
Of the past, Egypt on y triangle,
one hundred miles from the base 10
the apex. Phenicia was u strip Of
land, something over one hundred
miles long, by ten or fifteen in breadth.
Greece scarcely extended twenty
miles in any direction from Athens.
What are France and England, It.
ally, Spain and Germany beside the
United States II you will take out
the Russian possessions, all Europe is
not nearly so larg1 rs the United
States. Estimate the population OF
this globe at twelve hundred Inilliona,
and suppose each family TO contain an
average of five persons, you might
bring every family on the globe here,
and give TO each home OF seven
acres of land. r,
Fourth. The character OF the pop
ulation. We fnd that the population
of this country came originally from
the eastern table lands nf Asia aud
as the tide Of emigration passed from
Eastern Europe to Western Europe,
and then over Northern Europe, the
conflicts through which IL struggled
for ages devolvod an energy and re.
sistless perseverance not equalled Ia
any other people And from them
came in time the people who emigra.
ted TO this country, educated and pre-
pared 10 mark out new pathway foi
great nation IN the future.
Fifth. Consider that God has givel
10 this race a theater untrammelOd by
any Of the institutions Of the past
Colonies have been established before
but never under sach favorable cir
oumstances; the old institutions werl
maintained but IN this country Al
entirely new system Of things grew
up, and old usages disappeared as III
mist Of the morning. No trace o
the former Inhabitants OF the land 70
mains. King Philip 10 gonoj Tecum
sch IL gone, and bis warriors hav'
passed away. They fed from rive
10 mountain, and from mountain 4
| river, and their faint echoes only
| reach Us from the far Western plans
And yet, IN going they have left AZ